I wrote Mr Rove on his web sit and he was considerate enough to respond personally and I thank him for that. From bottom to top below is the transcript:
Mr Rove
Thank you for your considered response. Being a veteran and having served two tours in Viet Nam I think some of my dues are paid up.
I am sure if fitness and character were the only question the current president would not occupy the office and most of congress would be empty. To me it is the matter of the greater sin. To have some personal baggage is the lesser sin when contrasted to the statist left in both parties betraying the constitution and the people of this great country.
Mike Castle was a traitor to the principles of limited government and free markets, something you pretend to support.
As to having tax problems, the current tax system is one of the greatest tools of government oppression there is and it doesn’t seem to disqualify one from being the Secretary of the Treasury.
Being retired, I dont have $50M dollars but I do support conservative candidates wherever I find them.
I do believe you are a strong and faithful Republican, however I do not accept your assertion that you are a conservative. Just my opinion.
Having said that I do enjoy your visits to Fox News
God bless you and thank you for your service to this country and to President Bush.
Regards
name withheld
On Sep 14, 2010, at 8:33 PM, Karl Rove wrote:
I’m helping raise $50 million to elect Republicans like Rubio, Toomey, Portman, Blunt, Buck and Angle, so you’ll excuse me if I laugh when you say should change parties. What you doing to pull your weight?
If we attack President Obama for putting people who can’t pay their taxes into his Administration, how can we defend a Republican candidate who doesn’t pay her taxes, her college bills, or her mortgage; has had no visible means of support; and sued a reputable conservative organization claiming she was the victim of sex discrimination? She didn’t win the lawsuit: her employer said she was fired for trying to run her own pr consulting firm out of their offices while on their clock.
We conservatives want conservative candidates, but we do our cause little good by nominating people with serious questions about their fitness and character.
On Sep 14, 2010, at 11:34 PM, ___________ wrote:
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Mr Rove, for the guy that brought us the greatest expansion of government under a republican since Nixon, attempted amnesty for lawbreaking aliens, and a completely flawed Iraq war strategy and defense you have a lot of chutzpa badmouthing the now republican senate candidate for Delaware.
Your wing of the republican party would lie down with the devil and be just fine with that as long as he was “our devil”. Pathetic. If I wanted liberals ruling the country I would vote for the democrats whom are at least more honest about themselves than the liberal RINOS.
If your going to work against the conservatives then at least have the grace to change parties.
Regards
name witheld