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Rove May Leave Within Weeks
U.S. News & World Report ^ | November 17, 2006

Posted on 11/17/2006 12:00:02 PM PST by West Coast Conservative

The rumors that chief White House political architect Karl Rove will leave sometime next year are being bolstered with new insider reports that his partisan style is a hurdle to President Bush's new push for bipartisanship. A key Bush advisor tells the US News Political Bulletin, "Karl represents the old style and he's got to go if the Democrats are going to believe Bush's talk of getting along." The advisor said a departure might come in "weeks, not months." A Rove ally, however, noted that he has a record of out-witting his critics.


TOPICS: Breaking News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bullshot; bush; dontletdoorhityou; magnificentbastard; permanentmajority; rove
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To: eureka!

You Got it! And we are still being negative and whining! It's over, they won.
Let's help the Democrats self destruct by making FUN of them at every opportunity!
That is the one thing, like the Muzzies, their giant Egos cannot stand for!

Spend the next two years treating them like Human Fire Hydrants (including the MSM) as they have done to us!
Be funny, be sarcastic, be truthful.. but do not resort to the gutter which keeps getting deeper, thanks to the moonbat coalititon!
Have faith and humiliate kindly.

I have already spoken to my Demo nut family as America having had an "Oprah" moment and employing the "Junior High Prom Queen" to be third in Line to the succesion of the Presidency!
Ask your fiends and neighbors if they know what a "Whip" is in Government.. when they look at you stupidly and you explain kindly
Maybe they will think twice about their vote next time..
if we are still here that is.
Shut their hanging jaws for a few.
Hang in there gang
We have a tough row to hoe.


381 posted on 11/18/2006 8:42:25 PM PST by acapesket (never had a vote count in all my years here)
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To: Sword_Svalbardt

Rove is a Mormon? Who knew??

They are taking over the country! Wait until the FReeper fundamentalists find out.


382 posted on 11/18/2006 8:45:06 PM PST by Palladin ("Open a new window; open a new door; travel a new highway.")
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To: cva66snipe

>>Bush has always been a closet Democrat

So was his dad.<<

Disclaimer: I have never voted anything but straight Republican.

BUT

How do we consistently get handed wishy-washy, substandard candidates like George Bush I, Bob "Clammy" Dole, and George W. Bush?


383 posted on 11/18/2006 9:50:53 PM PST by SerpentDove (It's not rocket surgery.)
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To: edsheppa; beckysueb

>>Or maybe that was in the plan where the Preseident signed CFR so the Dem 527s would to outspend the Rs. So many good plans, hard to keep them straight.<<

And when he signed CFR, he said it was unconstitutional and the Supreme Court would no doubt overturn it (which they didn't).

Another BRILLIANT plan. The brainpower behind that one was truly astounding.


384 posted on 11/18/2006 10:03:58 PM PST by SerpentDove (It's not rocket surgery.)
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To: George W. Bush

>>But this new 'bipartisan' Bush may empty FreeRepublic of Bushbots as he finally flies his true colors.<<

Like cockroaches, there will always be Bushbots.


385 posted on 11/18/2006 10:09:21 PM PST by SerpentDove (It's not rocket surgery.)
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To: STARWISE

He aint going. Don't freak out. Geez. It is just speculation.


386 posted on 11/18/2006 10:45:35 PM PST by rwfromkansas (http://xanga.com/rwfromkansas)
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To: SerpentDove
How do we consistently get handed wishy-washy, substandard candidates like George Bush I, Bob "Clammy" Dole, and George W. Bush?

By a movement withing the GOP called Rockefeller Republicans. Ford was the first to actually make it to POTUS. Poppy didn't win on his name but rather the Reagan Legacy which he immediately destroyed. He was as liberal as Clinton and lost. The GOP Conservatives went elsewhere and if they hadn't went elsewhere they would have stayed home.

Something else happened between Poppy's being booted out and Bob Dole that few talk about. We all know the GOP won both houses in 1994. But very few talk about the fight that occurred in the party and took control of the party agenda from the Conservatives. There was a major power play against Newt. One of them involved was Bill Paxon. You may remember his wife who was one of Doles 1996 keynote speakers Susan Molanari who was also in congress during this. Simply put the Conservatives lost control of the GOP and the Rockefeller's again took over.

The Rockefeller GOP controls the RNC which controls the money. The GOP congress has not been Conservative led since early 1996. What made matters worse was since 2000 there has been an ongoing effort from the White House to purge the party of Conservatives and replacing them with moderates. This led to the Nov. 7 revolt. It cost the GOP it's Conservative base but it also cost the GOP Conservative DEM crossovers and as a result some DEM blue dogs won.

387 posted on 11/18/2006 11:06:51 PM PST by cva66snipe (If it was wrong for Clinton why do some support it for Bush? Party over nation destroys the nation.)
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To: Perdogg

I don't know if that bill hurt Talent - I heard that lack of money at the end hurt - and I still think that that horrible Fox commercial hurt although there was a counter ad by Patricia Heaton and others. There is too much misinformation out there about stem cell research. Talent supports stem cell reserach - not EMBRYONIC stem cell research which is what a selfish person like Michael J. Fox supports. I sent hundreds of dollars to Santorum by the way and he lost big.


388 posted on 11/19/2006 8:33:40 AM PST by juliej
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To: Lunatic Fringe
LOL! :D...like democ'RATs
389 posted on 11/19/2006 9:05:31 AM PST by skinkinthegrass (Just b/c your paranoid; Doesn't mean they're NOT out to get you. :^)
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To: cva66snipe

Thanks!


390 posted on 11/19/2006 9:31:02 AM PST by SerpentDove (It's not rocket surgery.)
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To: SerpentDove
Like cockroaches, there will always be Bushbots.

I think we all need to go back and read JimRob's statement about what FR stands for. No wonder we lost, all this infighting. Everyone wants everything exactly their way. No one can agree 100% and no one wants to give an inch. So we throw the baby out with the bath water.

391 posted on 11/19/2006 10:16:22 AM PST by beckysueb
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To: paudio

I like your tagline.


392 posted on 11/19/2006 11:10:29 AM PST by SuzyQue (Remember to think.)
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To: beckysueb
>> think we all need to go back and read JimRob's statement about what FR stands for.<<

Okay:

Free Republic is the premier online gathering place for independent, grass-roots conservatism on the web. We're working to roll back decades of governmental largesse, to root out political fraud and corruption, and to champion causes which further conservatism in America. And we always have fun doing it. Hoo-yah!

I don't see anything that says we have to be Bushbots.

393 posted on 11/19/2006 11:17:10 AM PST by SerpentDove (It's not rocket surgery.)
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To: SuzyQue
Thank you. I visited your profie. My thank you to all your family members who serve to keep freedom.

About my tagline, this is the elaboration:

I am a social conservative, but I think it's time for us to set our priority right.

We like to criticize liberals for choosing 'high culture' over fighting against Islamofacists because we think that path may lead to our demise. But, apparently we do similar thing. What's the point of pushing for getting a "Christian" president if it results in Hillary (or any other Dim) presidency, which is more likely to surrender to international pressure including pressures from Islamic countries?

We like to say that WoT is a war for our survival: to protect our life-style, civilization, etc. And we look down upon liberals for complaining about 'human rights violation'. The way I see it, we are doing the same thing: we are complaining about 'life of the babies', 'gay marriage', etc.. at the expense of our own (and/or the future generation's) lives.

394 posted on 11/19/2006 12:13:58 PM PST by paudio (War on Terror is more important than War on Gay Marriage...)
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To: SerpentDove

True, but I don't think we will ever win again unless we unite and stop all the bickering and different factions in our movement.


395 posted on 11/19/2006 12:30:39 PM PST by beckysueb
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To: A.Hun
"Conservative twits abandoned the President and the Republicans, blame them for the loss, then bitch cause they aren't listened too."

I need to take issue with your characterization A.Hun - They may have abandoned the President and Republican Party, and it is clear that they are quick to cast blame for their (mis)fortunes, but anyone who undertook such a selfish and cowardly deed is most certainly NOT A CONSERVATIVE!
396 posted on 11/19/2006 12:57:04 PM PST by rockrr (Never argue with a man who buys ammo in bulk...)
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To: West Coast Conservative

The dominos begin to fall.. I think many Conservatives sealed their fate when they stayed home on election day... You know with that old mantra of we have to hold them accountable...


397 posted on 11/19/2006 1:26:01 PM PST by tomnbeverly (Ted Kennedy used the KGB to undermine Reagan. Who used Al-Qaeda to undermine Bush?)
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To: paudio
I agree. Gay marrige becomes irrelevant if we are dead.
398 posted on 11/19/2006 7:42:09 PM PST by SuzyQue (Remember to think.)
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To: Obadiah
Hard to tell what the real back story is here. My guess is that Rove is leaving and had planned on leaving at this point all along. I would further speculate that attaching the bipartisanship angle to Rove's long planned for departure is simply an attempt to tack on political points for free.

My guess is that you are right. Thanks to the Plame scam, Rove and his family have racked up huge attorney bills. No doubt he's sick of the sharks nipping at him everyday. It's obvious Karl didn't have his head in this election. Maybe it was because he got too caught up on worrying about getting indicted and finally got sick of the ruthless politics. Whatever the reason, if Rove does leave, it's another win for the dems.

399 posted on 11/19/2006 7:52:05 PM PST by demkicker (In the minority or majority, I'll never stop kicking dems)
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To: Palladin

Obviously you haven`t been told yet about the secret Bush/Fox/Mormon/Hillorat consperesy to petition the UN to allow Mexico to annex America and cancel Thanks Giving.


400 posted on 11/19/2006 9:44:39 PM PST by bybybill (`IF TH E RATS WIN, WE LOSE)
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