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Karl Rove To Sarah Palin: Get A Thicker Skin (video)
RealClearPolitics ^ | August 24, 2011 | RealClearPolitics

Posted on 08/24/2011 7:49:40 PM PDT by i88schwartz

Karl Rove responds to controversy over his speculation if Fmr. Gov. Sarah Palin will indeed enter the GOP field. Rove said chances are she will jump in, but was not definitive in his observation.

"I mystified," Rove said about his speculation. "Look, she is all upset about this saying how I am trying to sabatouge her in some way. How do I speculate on her future."

"Look, if she doesn't want to be speculated about a potential presidential candidate there is an easy way to end the speculation. Simply say 'I'm not running.' Instead, every time she pops up in the public eye like she did on CNN, at the Iowa State fair a short number of days ago. she said 'I haven't made a decision.'"

"I'm just speculating that more likely than not she is going to be a candidate."

"Now I said 'I wouldn't bet a lot of money on it' because it is such a close thing and I am not privy to her thought-making process. But it is sign of enormous thin-skin that if we speculate about her, she gets upset. And I suspect if we didn't speculate about her, she would be upset and getting ways to get us to speculate about her."

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2012; backstabberrove; benedictrove; greta; karlrove; misogynistrove; palin; rove; rove4romney; sarahpalin; thinskin; tokyorove
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To: sklar
Yeah Karl. Ya know who had a REALLY thick skin? George W Bush.

His skin was so thick he allowed the crooked liberal media to make up outright lies and repeat them so often -- without protest or rebuttal -- that the American people let those lies harden into "fact". Which destroyed his Presidency and paved the way for Obama.

IMHO, Sarah's skin is about PERFECT.

Brilliant retort!
81 posted on 08/24/2011 9:43:38 PM PDT by lewislynn ( What does the global warming movement and the Fairtax movement have in commom? Misinformation)
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To: Huck

“Trivial nonsense.”

Agree. I believe he’s deliberately picking a fight.


82 posted on 08/24/2011 9:59:06 PM PDT by bronxville (Sarah will be the first American female president.)
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To: i88schwartz

Take a look at the quote from Karl at the top of this post.
He shrewdly said, “Instead every time she pops up like she did on CNN.........”.
This is a shot at FOX and her FOX contract, which will be the first thing to go before she can declare for a presidential campaign. That would be her kick off.
Karl does two things here. He reminds FOX that her contract forbids interviews with other networks or cable channels, and he brings to the viewers mind that since she is under contract with FOX, she is still telling them that she is not running, and they must believe her.
I just thought it interesting how Rove circled her contractual relationship with FOX.


83 posted on 08/24/2011 10:30:32 PM PDT by RitaOK (TEXAS. It's EXHIBIT A for Rick. Perry/Rubio '12)
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To: i88schwartz

Take a look at the quote from Karl at the top of this post.
He shrewdly said, “Instead every time she pops up like she did on CNN.........”.
This is a shot at FOX and her FOX contract, which will be the first thing to go before she can declare for a presidential campaign. That would be her kick off.
Karl does two things here. He reminds FOX that her contract forbids interviews with other networks or cable channels, and he brings to the viewers mind that since she is under contract with FOX, she is still telling them that she is not running, and they must believe her.
I just thought it interesting how Rove circled her contractual relationship with FOX.


84 posted on 08/24/2011 10:31:41 PM PDT by RitaOK (TEXAS. It's EXHIBIT A for Rick. Perry/Rubio '12)
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To: Sarah Barracuda; i88schwartz

>>> I think it makes Sarah more popular that this ass clown is hated on BOTH sides of the isle

Two years of polling and a failed movie have shown consistently that nothing makes Sarah particularly popular, or taken seriously outside a small niche.

Rove didn’t say anything many here on FR weren’t saying. Many thought the Sept 3 “announcement” was going to be something significant, instead of just another empty tease. So Rove, and Palin supporters on FR were both wrong. Big deal.


85 posted on 08/24/2011 10:31:41 PM PDT by tlb
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To: tlb; Sarah Barracuda; i88schwartz

Actually 2 years of polling has consistently shown Governor Palin in the top tier of 2012 candidates, in fact normally, she has been bouncing between first and second with Romney.

Palin is definitely in the top three, even after this latest Perry entrance, as Gallup shows.


86 posted on 08/24/2011 10:36:23 PM PDT by ansel12 ( Bristol Palin's book "Not Afraid Of Life: My Journey So Far" became a New York Times, best seller.)
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To: i88schwartz

Rove’s fifteen minutes were up a loooong time ago.


87 posted on 08/25/2011 2:21:21 AM PDT by Iron Munro (Muslims who advocate, support, or carry out Jihad give the other 1% a bad name)
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To: i88schwartz

Do something about those sinuses, Karl. They are affecting your brain.


88 posted on 08/25/2011 2:42:22 AM PDT by AdaGray
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To: bigheadfred

She stood beside Perry and Bachmann, too. Does that damn her in your eyes as well?


89 posted on 08/25/2011 3:25:06 AM PDT by Spirit of Liberty
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To: i88schwartz

OMG, Rove is such a drama queen! How does anyone take him seriously anymore?


90 posted on 08/25/2011 3:26:11 AM PDT by rintense (ABO can KMA.)
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To: BuckeyeTexan

Um, no one here mentioned Perry.


91 posted on 08/25/2011 3:28:26 AM PDT by rintense (ABO can KMA.)
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To: i88schwartz

Any Normal Human Being would have Probably jumped off a Building Years ago if they had Half of the Treatment Sarah Palin has had and this Fat Pig Rove has the Nerve to say to Sarah Palin ,get a Thicker Skin.
Hey Fatso put a Fork in it,your way past Irelevant


92 posted on 08/25/2011 3:29:57 AM PDT by ballplayer
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To: i88schwartz; All
"Look, she is all upset about this saying how I am trying to sabatouge her in some way. How do I speculate on her future."

He is sounding like a whiney teenage girl in a 70's sicom.

Next thing he will say is "Marsha, Marsha, Marsha".....

Man I think this guy has issues...

93 posted on 08/25/2011 3:40:36 AM PDT by taildragger (( Palin / Mulally 2012 ))
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To: Batman11

Thank you! Why doesn’t this little man just go away?


94 posted on 08/25/2011 3:44:37 AM PDT by liberalh8ter
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To: i88schwartz

Pound sand, Poppin’ Fresh...


95 posted on 08/25/2011 3:45:29 AM PDT by who knows what evil? (G-d saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.org.)
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To: i88schwartz

Poppin’ Fresh knows that if Sarah comes to Washington with a wave of conservative candidates; his career is toast.


96 posted on 08/25/2011 3:53:04 AM PDT by who knows what evil? (G-d saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.org.)
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To: i88schwartz

STFU Karl, You don’t have kids that get attacked daily by the msm. Even a DS child.

Tell the msm to knock it off. Your priorities are all screwed up.


97 posted on 08/25/2011 4:44:15 AM PDT by Marty62 (Marty60)
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To: Freddd

Yup, I do think she swings downward. Do you think Maher IS NOT beneath her?

Oh, and his T-insult was directed at Palin herself.


98 posted on 08/25/2011 5:08:50 AM PDT by pogo101
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To: bigheadfred

Touche’. I am not a supporter of anyone at this time (I do think it is DU tacky and hypocritical of the Palin ping list gang; to attack Bachmann) If Rove said this about Bachmann the same backyard gang ping list would be in favor of Rove. This entire thing highlights the split that the Obama campaign loves.Divide and they will try to conquer and hope the tea party and GOP split.


99 posted on 08/25/2011 6:12:58 AM PDT by Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid! (It is possible to both promote Palin and support Bachmann at the same time, ya know.)
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To: tsowellfan

That is exactly what I thought. No time to counter attack.
He hates that Sarah Palin is beating him at his game. Cause this game is all he has. I think this prediction is his last chance at relevance.


100 posted on 08/25/2011 6:30:41 AM PDT by PattyinMD
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