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Palin v. Rove and the Battle for the GOP's Future
American Thinker ^
| November 2,2010
| Lee Cary
Posted on 11/05/2010 4:07:11 PM PDT by Hojczyk
The battle for the future of the Republican Party will fully engage tomorrow morning in the wake of today's election. The opposing forces will be initially represented by two Republicans who hold no elected office: Sarah Palin and Karl Rove.
Palin represents the Tea Party Movement (TPM). Rove is the lead consigliere for the Republican bluebloods. Will their groups eventually consolidate their disparate agendas? The answer will determine the future of the GOP.
After eviscerating Christine O'Donnell's campaign, Rove challenged the TPM in Der Spiegel, where he was quoted as saying,
If you look underneath the surface of the Tea Party movement, on the other hand, you will find that it is not sophisticated. It's not like these people have read the economist Friedrich August von Hayek. Rather, these are people who are deeply concerned about what they see happening to their country, particularly when it comes to spending, deficits, debt and health care.
His knowledge of Tea Partiers' reading habits is flawed. And his explanation of people's concerns is merely an affirmation of the obvious. He's since tried to clarify and soften his implied criticism of Tea Partiers, but once you accuse others of being unsophisticated, it's hard to step back and reframe the discussion. Actually, it's impossible.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: gop; palin; rove; rulingclass; sarahpalin; teaparty
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posted on
11/05/2010 4:07:15 PM PDT
by
Hojczyk
To: Hojczyk
You might as well put Palin vs Statists.
To: Hojczyk
I won't forget Tokyo Rove.
I watched in real time as he trashed COD on the night she won the primary.
I trust him less than the Toesucker (and that's saying a lot).
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posted on
11/05/2010 4:10:40 PM PDT
by
sauropod
(The truth shall make you free but first it will make you miserable.)
To: Hojczyk
FUKR and the RINO GOP elite you rode in on!! I’m staying with Sarah Palin and the Tea Party!!
Let the rebellion begin!! Oooh rah!!
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posted on
11/05/2010 4:10:42 PM PDT
by
Jim Robinson
(Rebellion is brewing!! Nuke the corrupt commie bastards to HELL!!)
To: Hojczyk
And Kraut just said that the House Leadership will not be happy if Michelle Bachman won a leadership post.
He said someone of her “orientation”.
Meaning, she is just not “the right kind of people” for leadership in the GOP.
And he feels the same about Palin.
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posted on
11/05/2010 4:11:36 PM PDT
by
roses of sharon
(I can do all things through Him who strengthens me. Philippians 4:13)
To: Hojczyk
Better brush up on your backstroke, Karl. Sarah Palin and like minded Americans are not going to back away from what's been started to reclaim our country from libs, rats and RINO’s.
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posted on
11/05/2010 4:13:27 PM PDT
by
JPG
(Memo to GOP: DO NOT GO WOBBLY...NO COMPROMISE...REJECT SOCIALISM.)
To: roses of sharon
Time for Rove to take a long walk on a short pier.
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posted on
11/05/2010 4:13:39 PM PDT
by
Louis Foxwell
(The American Revolution is just as unpopular with statists today as it was at our founding.)
To: Hojczyk
Rove is so very much 2000, Sarah is so very much 2012. Sorry, but time marches on.
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posted on
11/05/2010 4:13:51 PM PDT
by
ops33
(Senior Master Sergeant, USAF (Retired))
To: Hojczyk
Now that the election is over, the establishment GOP wants Sarah and the Tea Party to sit down and shut up until it needs them again.
Sarah has a lot of strengths, but sitting down and shutting up are not among them.
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posted on
11/05/2010 4:13:54 PM PDT
by
bwc2221
To: Jim Robinson
Music to my ears, Jim Robinson. THANK you.
To: roses of sharon
Your just supposed to supply the votes. They’ll do the thinking for you.
To: roses of sharon
Meaning, she is just not the right kind of people for leadership in the GOP. And he feels the same about Palin. Maybe they should just stay in the kitchen, eh Karl? Wait for the old boys to make the decisions THEIR old blue-blood way?
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posted on
11/05/2010 4:14:20 PM PDT
by
paulycy
(Demand Constitutionality. Save America From Bankruptcy.)
To: roses of sharon
And Kraut just said that the House Leadership will not be happy if Michelle Bachman won a leadership post. He said someone of her orientation. Meaning, she is just not the right kind of people for leadership in the GOP. And he feels the same about Palin. Yeah, later, hammerhead. Much later.
To: Jim Robinson
To: roses of sharon
Got news for Karl and Kraut. There’d be about 60 or more fewer Republicans in the congress next year had it not been for Palin, Bachmann, DeMint and Tea Party America!!
They would do well NOT to trash those who make it possible!!
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posted on
11/05/2010 4:15:23 PM PDT
by
Jim Robinson
(Rebellion is brewing!! Nuke the corrupt commie bastards to HELL!!)
To: Hojczyk
I am pretty unsophisticated, but my vote counts the same as Karl Rove’s.
If Rove wins the party loses.
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posted on
11/05/2010 4:15:50 PM PDT
by
Venturer
To: onyx; penelopesire; SE Mom; hoosiermama; maggief; Liz; rodguy911
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posted on
11/05/2010 4:16:00 PM PDT
by
STARWISE
(The overlords are in place .. we are a nation under siege .. pray, go Galt & hunker down)
To: roses of sharon
Is she gay?
What did he mean?
I am sick of the elitists..they have helped drive this country into ruin.
To: Hojczyk; ynotjjr; afnamvet; mick; sauropod; ColdOne; the lastbestlady; BattleHymn; xzins; ...
SARAH PALIN'S PING LIST
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posted on
11/05/2010 4:16:22 PM PDT
by
onyx
(If you truly support Sarah Palin and want on her busy ping list, let me know!)
To: Hojczyk
Tokyo Rove has no GOP future, Palin or no Palin.
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posted on
11/05/2010 4:16:41 PM PDT
by
MrEdd
(Heck? Geewhiz Cripes, thats the place where people who don't believe in Gosh think they aint going.8)
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