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Analysis: Rove Helped Make, Break Bush (AP - Ron Fournier)
cbs news ^ | 8/13/07 | Ron Fournier - ap

Posted on 08/13/2007 6:15:03 PM PDT by NormsRevenge

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1 posted on 08/13/2007 6:15:05 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
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It was one helluva ride, that's for sure,, and it ain't over yet.

President Bush and his senior advisor Karl Rove (R) walk towards Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base outside Washington before departing for Texas August 13, 2007. REUTERS/Larry Downing

2 posted on 08/13/2007 6:18:32 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Welcome to FR. The Virtual Boot Camp for 'infidels' in waiting)
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To: NormsRevenge

The thing about Rove is his crazy hair. People with crazy hair are usually brilliant.


3 posted on 08/13/2007 6:26:17 PM PDT by Jaysun (It's outlandishly inappropriate to suggest that I'm wrong.)
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To: devolve; NormsRevenge; ntnychik; PhilDragoo; dixiechick2000

4 posted on 08/13/2007 6:27:00 PM PDT by potlatch (MIZARU_ooo_‹(•¿•)›_ooo_MIKAZARU_ooo_‹(•¿•)›_ooo_MAZARU_ooo_‹(•¿•)›_ooo_))
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To: NormsRevenge

Rove’s own word came into doubt when a White House spokesman, after checking with him, denied that the strategist was involved in the leak of a CIA agent’s identity. Turned out, Rove was one of the leakers.


For a second there I thought he was talking about that supersleuth Valerie...the news media is so predictable.


5 posted on 08/13/2007 6:28:54 PM PDT by crazyhorse691 (The faithful will keep their heads down, their powder dry and hammer at the enemies flanks.)
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To: NormsRevenge
his driving ambition _ create a governing coalition that would outlast the Bush presidency
He's a good guy, but he has a problem with the letter 'C'.

He focused too much on making Coalition, and too little on being Conservative.

6 posted on 08/13/2007 6:45:41 PM PDT by samtheman
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To: NormsRevenge
Bush, a disciplined candidate with a clear vision for his presidency, defeated Democrat John Kerry, a weak candidate with a fractious campaign.
In fact, under Rove's guidance, the Republicans pulled out a decent win from the jaws of a landslide. They should have trounced that mealy-mouthed medal-faker, but they didn't. They squeaked by in a single show-down state: Ohio. And they might have even lost to the flip-flopping traitor if it wasn't for the Swift Boat Vets. When I think of 2004, I don't think overly generous thoughts about Karl Rove.
7 posted on 08/13/2007 6:50:00 PM PDT by samtheman
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...but he’s still a magnificent b@st@rd in my book.


8 posted on 08/13/2007 6:50:13 PM PDT by XEHRpa
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To: NormsRevenge
Bush's biggest mistake _ using 9/11 to divide Democrats and Republicans rather than uniting the public behind a grand cause or shared sacrifice.

What a crock of Fournier! The division occurred when the Democrats focus-grouped their strategy to depict Bush as an evil, traitorous liar.

9 posted on 08/13/2007 6:54:25 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler ("A person's a person no matter how small." -Dr. Seuss)
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Turned out, Rove was one of the leakers.
Oh, really? It turned out that way? Where did it turn out that way? On the planet Zanklon? Because here on earth, it turned out to be a State Department leak.
10 posted on 08/13/2007 6:55:14 PM PDT by samtheman
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Fournier should end each column with a statement that his wife worked for the Kerry campaign.

Poser.

11 posted on 08/13/2007 6:57:56 PM PDT by roses of sharon
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To: roses of sharon

Before any so-called “journalist” accuses Rove of playing rough, they should ask themselves WWAD? What Would Atwater Do?


12 posted on 08/13/2007 6:59:33 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler ("A person's a person no matter how small." -Dr. Seuss)
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13 posted on 08/13/2007 7:02:42 PM PDT by Windcatcher ( ()
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LOL, Rove has nothing on Atwater, our last ruthless SOB Republican.

But even Atwater had nothing on the DNC and their MSM, who for 40 years have smeared and ruined lives, reputations, and livelihoods with impunity.

14 posted on 08/13/2007 7:04:49 PM PDT by roses of sharon
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To: NormsRevenge

None of these inside-the-Beltway clowns get it yet. Rove’s, and Bush’s and the RINO’s downfall was the arrogant jihad for amnesty and open borders that was totally out of touch with the will of the vast majority of the American people.

This liberal clown, Ron Fournier of the AP, like the rest of the left wing MSM, are themselves so into amnesty and open borders to increase Dem voters and the welfare state that they also can’t see that their pet cause was Bush’s and Rove’s demise. So they look for Social Security or Iraq.

This is bi-partisan stupidity by these elites. Neither of them deserves to be in charge. We are governed by morons.


15 posted on 08/13/2007 7:07:14 PM PDT by oldbill
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To: roses of sharon

evilcrats... every one of them!

LLS


16 posted on 08/13/2007 7:08:23 PM PDT by LibLieSlayer (Support America, Kill terrorists, Destroy dims!)
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To: Windcatcher

LOL! Thanks for the laugh.


17 posted on 08/13/2007 7:10:05 PM PDT by XEHRpa
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18 posted on 08/13/2007 7:17:49 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Welcome to FR. The Virtual Boot Camp for 'infidels' in waiting)
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To: NormsRevenge

Yeah fournier, we should care what you think about the President and Rove, why? If a democrat was in office on 9/11 we’d probably be celebrating ramadan and payin’ jizya by now.


19 posted on 08/13/2007 7:21:50 PM PDT by Eagles6
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To: NormsRevenge
I’d like to know what his advice was to the President concerning the “comprehensive” immigration bill. Was he as out of step with the public as the President? Was he also “surprised” by the outrage of the American citizens? Or, did he tell the President the truth but he just didn’t believe him.
20 posted on 08/13/2007 7:29:57 PM PDT by Prokopton
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