Posted on 09/16/2010 7:24:54 AM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia
That’s what one listener just called Karl Rove on the Sean Hannity show. The conservative base is in full-scale revolt. This is a good and healthy thing.
Close political observers of and on the Right know that the revolt against Big Government/Open-Borders Rove/Bush-ism has been brewing a long time. See here, here, here, and here, for example.
Mark Skousen sums it up well:
Rove covers the financial crisis of 2008 briefly in his book, only two pages, but blames the entire affair on the Democrats’ failure to support Bush initiatives to regulate Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae. Barney Frank and Chris Dodd were “the true villains.” If only the Democrats had granted the Bush Administration the regulatory powers it sought, the crisis would have been minimized, according to Rove.
Funny, Rove conveniently fails to mention the role of Bush HUD Secretary Alphonso Jackson, who was accused of corruption and cronyism with Countrywide and other financial institutions. In 2004, Jackson worked hard to increase Fannie’s and Freddie’s “affordable” housing goals for minorities with subprime lending. And under his leadership, the FHA reduced its down payment requirements from 3.5% to zero in the midst of the financial crisis!
Sorry, Karl, but you can’t blame the financial crisis on just the Democrats. There was plenty of blame on both sides of the aisle.
(Excerpt) Read more at michellemalkin.com ...
HA HA!!
That’s right!!
Hope hsi temper tantrum loses him his FOX News job.
With any luck, they will boot that inspid blond Dana Perrino with him. She is another clueless RINO.
I'm sure there are plenty of others...
Michelle is just as guilty as Rove...she uses any excuse to take potshots at Bush just like Rove takes potshots at O’Donnell.
That’s very good!!!
Karl’s rep has always been that he was the cold-blooded realist who maintained his cool while everyone was losing theirs.
I saw him Tuesday night. He was boiling with anger. Since he is sticking with the same anti-O’Donnell talking points I am convinced it is a personal vendetta.
In analytical mode he could just barely live in both the worlds of TV political analyst and campaign strategist. In emotional mode he has to pick one or the other.
I respected his opinion before - even when I disagreed with him. Now I change the station when he comes on.
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