Posted on 09/16/2010 4:23:48 PM PDT by Justaham
Ingenious!
Here we all thought Karl Rove was bashing Delaware conservative Christine O’Donnell and all along he was just raising money for her senatorial campaign. Karl Rove walked back his attacks on Christine O’Donnell this morning on FOX News.
“My job as a Fox analyst is to call it as I see them,” Rove explained this morning. “My job is not to be a cheerleader for every Republican.”
Rove listed all the reasons he’s said in the past why O’Donnell has destroyed the GOP’s (already outside) chances at a Senate majority — the problems with “honesty” he first mentioned on Hannity, her strange finances, etc — but then made it clear that he’s 100% behind the party’s rising star.
“Look, I endorsed her the other night,” he said this morning. “I was one of the first to do it.”
(Excerpt) Read more at gatewaypundit.firstthings.com ...
Well maybe it’s my computer but nothing comes up on the link except the header and the side bar listing blog sites. The section where the article is suppose to be is blank.
Is he really backtracking or is this satire?
Many Conservatives now give more credence, and in some cases outright respect, to Dick Morris than they do to Karl Rove.
“Strange Days have found us,
Strange Days have tracked us down.”
He never endorsed her—at least not in his appearances yesterday and the day before on Fox News. All he did was badmouth her, and viciously.
Of course not. But let's say for conversation sake it was. It was the dumbest trick ever perpetrated because it backfired on the trickster big time. He didn't just shoot himself in the foot, he amputated his leg.
Got it...just slow connection I guess...
I call them as I see them too.
You sir a a little Boehner who suffers from impotence and back biting bench sitter who had his glory days.
How about this Mr. Rouge.
Your shtick is so 2004. If you ain’t schilling for our team then you should retire next to a lake that is stocked weekly with fish so you can catch them.
If that ain’t easy enough for you then we can put you in a rocking chair next to a barrel full of fish.
Lunatic must’uh fell down a flight of stairs and hit his head on every damn step.
Right now My opinion of the formerly “Magnificent Buhstard” is he is lower than a grave diggers boots.
I love your honesty. You must be a true conservative!
Tokyo Rove on crack cocaine?
Leni
What convoluted thinking. Reminds me of Obama’s logic and the way the talking heads in the WH spin things.
Well, call me a contrarian, and I wish O’Donnell the best, but all along all Rove was saying - along with Perino and other commentators - is that O’Donnell will be a harder sell than Castle to get another Republican senator elected and to secure a GOP majority.
Do I agree with DeMint? Yes and no. I can assure everyone this: I am in Delaware, am a native of 50 years, and every down-ballot conservative, including many conservatives such as Colin Bonini and Gordon Winegar, wanted CASTLE at the top of the ticket given his proven crossover appeal.
I spoke with other operatives in the DE GOP senate caucus today and the consensus was uniform: it is now every man for himself, which is regrettable.
O’Donnell might yet win the general, or she could collapse entirely. Castle would have waltzed into the seat and many downballot conservatives would more likely have been elected.
I understand out of state folks desire to only view the Senate seat from a national perspective, but we in Delaware had our game plan which has now been obliterated. Our chance to retake the State house is now gone, too, and we had a good shot.
Rove is a liar. He attacked her, lied about her,
defiled her reputation, and he is being quoted
by the DNC, to help the DNC, even as this is posted.
Rove, you are a bastard.
Rove is dead to me.
Karl just proved he is an opportunist of the worse kind.
It is true that her coffers filled as a result, but come on Karl, we are conservatives.
Turdblossom seems to fit. *snort*
Castle was Rove’s guy. Rove and the DC establishment felt he’d have no problem being chosen. But that didn’t happen. Not only that, it was another nail in the coffin for establishment control. I think this was so unexpected it blew the lid off their ability to cope. I think you’re putting way too much into a simple election event.
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