Posted on 09/14/2010 8:35:24 PM PDT by Brices Crossroads
I just finished watching Karl Rove trashing GOP Senate primary winner Christine ODonnell. It was on Sean Hannitys FNC show. Might as well have been Olbermann on MSNBC. The establishment Beltway strategist couldnt even bother with an obligatory word of congratulations for ODonnell. He criticized her character and rectitude and claimed she hadnt answered questions about her financial woes. She did so here. Rove mocked her security concerns as nutty. Yet, her concerns have been more than justified. See here.
Rove came across as an effete sore loser instead of the supposedly brilliant and grounded GOP strategist that hes supposed to be. Expect more Washington Republicans to start sounding like Tea Party-bashing libs as their entrenched incumbent friends go down.
At ODonnells victory speech, she invited a 9/12 patriot to speak. He sent a special message right back to Rove, recounting how Rove had met with Delaware 9/12-ers and Tea Party folks to try and convince them to back the more electable candidate. No one is going to tell us how to take care of business, the 9/12-er said he told Rove. And now, he observed, the more electable candidate Rove wanted them to vote for has been unelected.
The Freedomist reports more details of the meeting:
Rove Tried to Cut a Deal For Castle With Tea Party- Teaparty News- The Collier Brothers
Sources at the Christine ODonnell victory party revealed to The Freedomist that in December of last year Karl Rove met with Tea Party leaders in Dover, Delaware trying to get them to cut a deal in which they would leave Mike Castle alone and NOT support ODonnell.
The Freedomist has also learned that Rove was allegedly acting as an operative, although in what capacity it is not known, even as he is playing the role of a political analyst on Fox New in a fair and balanced way.
That's what I'm saying. I won't.
Rove seems to be heading in the Charlie Crist, Ken Mehlman, and Lindsey Graham mold.
Attacking O’Donnell, the GOP’s choice, on the night of her nomination, was pretty clumsy, Turd Blossom.
Rove should go away now.
Bingo
agree
Very disappointed with Rove and Perino - Stewart Varney nailed it
I have the book--I bought it when it first came out. It demonstrates clearly that many of not all of the worst decisions of the Bush era were made by Karl Rove. In many cases, he admits he was wrong.
Karl is a bad guy because he has developed credibility at our expense and has used the credibility to support political decisions that are in many cases just plain wrong.
Frankly, if I were running a campaign for a Conservative in Delaware, I would view it as a plus to have Rove peeing on me; I would run against Rove and the Bushes as well as against the Dems and I would be very comfortable.
The real bottom line is that the Country Club-Rove-Bush Republicans and the Dems stand for advancing the same policies. Just different labels. Few substantive differences. Their policies are the reason your Country is in such difficulty. We don't have all the answers but we are not for continuing to pursue failed policies.
Someone needs to get Ms. O'Donnell and explain to her what she needs to do which is a pretty simple message and she ought to win. Rove is wrong again--if managed properly, O'Donnell ought to win this.
I have a different view of his anger.
He see’s the GOP Party Machine he and Bush Built Crumbling.
His “Rainbow Coalition” approach to party building in not working today.
Christine may win Delaware, she may not.
However, the SURE FUTURE Election losers will be RINO’s.
That’s the message sent tonight.
Dana Perino on Fox News tonight was also snotty.
I see that the same way.Seems it all went away when amnesty came up.
HEAR,HEAR!
Hannity was getting red he was so mad that is why he kept Rove on. I hope Rush sees this and drops Rove from his Christmas list.
I was listening to Hannity’s radio show this afternoon. He said he had been getting pressure from the Republicans regarding his staunch support of Christine O’Donnell. He sounded like he was miffed and I know I was hissed off.
Sounds like the RINO power elites in DC are really starting to worry about their cushy jobs. They need to listen to their constituents, if they have a snowball’s chance in Hades of keeping those jobs.
Wonder how long it will be before Rove joins David Gergan the Gagman on the MSM news shows?
Rove wants a repeat of the party that gave it all to the Democrats in 2006. No thanks!
Maybe if enough of us load up Hannity’s email with complaint about Rove, Perino and Dickyboy and Newty he will not have them on UNLESS he takes a stand against their positions as he did with Rove tonight. Hay Hannity..if you or your staff, Sweet Baby James, is reading this thread..take heed!
Karl has never been a conservative with principles. He fancies himself a power broker, and guess what? He’s now out of a job because the TEA Party members don’t need him to succeed. So naturally, Karl sees his book deals and speaking engagements going down the tubes tonight.
His savage attack on Christine O’Donnell was disgusting. Tomorrow every one of us should contact Fox and tell them that we believe he no longer has anything useful to contribute to the political discussions on Hannity, O’Reilly etc. because he is so “yesterday.”
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