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Rove reviews: Donald Trump, Rand Paul struggled at debate
CNN ^ | 8/7/15 | Walbert Castillo

Posted on 08/07/2015 6:09:23 PM PDT by jimbo123

Top political strategist for George W. Bush, Karl Rove was unimpressed with a couple of debate performances from Thursday night, critiquing the style and tone of Donald Trump and Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul.

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"If you like Trump, that's not going to necessarily turn you off but the issue is that 80% of the people are supporting somebody else," Rove said. "Language like that, attack on Megyn (Kelly, the Fox News debate moderator), his refusal to say I'm a team player -- all of those things create a ceiling on how far he could go, and I think we may actually see some diminution in support of the next couple of weeks."

With perhaps the exception of two people last night -- Trump and Paul -- Rove said he believes the rest of the GOP hopefuls "opened up opportunities for upward movement."

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Ohio
KEYWORDS: gope; jebbush; megynkelly; reincepriebus; rnc; rogerailes; rupertmurdoch; tokyorove; trump
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To: jimbo123

Dear Karl,

“there is some lovely filth down here”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8bqQ-C1PSE


21 posted on 08/07/2015 6:36:15 PM PDT by Zeneta (Thoughts in time and out of season.)
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To: jimbo123

Maybe he us off somewhere getting his head polished.

A true pompous ass.


22 posted on 08/07/2015 6:44:30 PM PDT by ZULU (Democrats are paleosocialists)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

2005: “Rove, you magnificent bastard!”

2015: “Rove...you bastard.”

...

2016: “Rove...you tard.” :)


23 posted on 08/07/2015 6:46:09 PM PDT by Shugee
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To: Boonie

Hey Porky Pig, STFU you fat load!!


24 posted on 08/07/2015 6:48:24 PM PDT by Batman11 (The orange, weeping, drunk, squishy oompah-loompah and Yertle McTurd-le gotta go!)
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To: Shugee

Awesome!

Speaking of four-letter words starting with ‘t’, Dubya affectionately refers to rove as the ‘turd blossom’, meaning he came from a crappy background, but he rose to such commanding heights. Now rove is just reverting to turd status.


25 posted on 08/07/2015 6:53:11 PM PDT by Vision Thing ("Community Organizer" is a shorter way of saying "Commie Unity Organizer".)
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To: Colonel_Flagg

I loved it and it expose that Krispy Kreme supports warrant less searches - Not Good. Good for Rand for exposing that Jelly Donut.


26 posted on 08/07/2015 6:53:52 PM PDT by Patriot Babe
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To: Vision Thing

Agree - turd works just fine, too!

Thanks for the laugh!


27 posted on 08/07/2015 7:06:03 PM PDT by Shugee
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To: Zenjitsuman

28 posted on 08/07/2015 7:14:55 PM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: jimbo123

IMO he is behind the Fox hit job on Trump.


29 posted on 08/07/2015 7:35:38 PM PDT by databoss
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To: jimbo123

Rove the dope on election night zippys second time around “we have it in the bag we win!” NOT! He is a bloviator!!!


30 posted on 08/07/2015 7:38:59 PM PDT by ronnie raygun
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To: databoss

And in typical Rove fashion, he missed the target and took out one of his own (Jeb Bush).


31 posted on 08/07/2015 7:41:15 PM PDT by jimbo123
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To: jimbo123

Karl who?


32 posted on 08/07/2015 8:08:46 PM PDT by Maudeen (A Sinner Saved by Grace)
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To: jimbo123

The exchange with Megan Kelly was no different than the trump we’ve already seen. The comment that could - and should - hurt him the most is his endorsement of the single-payer healthcare system in Canada - saying it works well for them. We’ve seen and read enough horror stories about what is going on up there posted right here on FR to know that is complete nonsense, and puts him in a corner if it were to become a campaign issue in the general election.


33 posted on 08/07/2015 8:21:16 PM PDT by Republican Wildcat
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To: Republican Wildcat

(no, I did not mean to lowercase Trump’s name)


34 posted on 08/07/2015 8:21:54 PM PDT by Republican Wildcat
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To: jimbo123
"If you like Trump, that's not going to necessarily turn you off but the issue is that 80% of the people are supporting somebody else," Rove said.

Karl, you pathetic bastard. The race is split 17 ways right now and Trump has about 25% of the vote sewn up. That's a commanding lead in anyone's book.

Over the months ahead, candidates will drop like dominoes, and Trump's numbers will only rise in proportion, as will those of the remaining contenders.

This is grade school stuff, ya moron. Quit trying to spin simple arithmetic to look dismal for Trump, when the exact opposite is true.

35 posted on 08/07/2015 9:52:58 PM PDT by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: The Ghost of FReepers Past
Rove is irrelevant to me. Well, not completely irrelevant. I do find him to be a nuisance sometimes.

Thank you for the uncontrollable belly laugh. That's the funniest thing I've read all day :-)

36 posted on 08/07/2015 9:56:58 PM PDT by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: jimbo123

Go shove another donut down you face, Carl. You are rapidly becoming an irrelevant kiss-up.


37 posted on 08/08/2015 1:51:40 AM PDT by AdaGray
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To: jimbo123

Dear Karl, go eat another cheeseburger and call the Bush family! They’ll tell you how wonderful you are!


38 posted on 08/08/2015 3:07:43 AM PDT by poobear (Socialism in the minds of the elites is a con-game for the serfs, nothing more.)
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