Rove To Hold Calls With Big Donors Thursday

[highplainsdem]

Source: TPM

Karl Rove, whose outside spending groups poured close to $400 million into 2012 races, will place calls to big donors Thursday and brief them on the election results, according to Politico.

Karl Rove’s Crossroads outfit is holding a phone calls for its big donors Thursday to sum up the race, said Stan Hubbard, a Minnesota media mogul and mega-donor. “Obviously, somebody made a mistake and didn’t do things right. There’s no question about that,” he said.

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Rove may have some angry donors on the line, reports the Huffington Post. "The billionaire donors I hear are livid," a Republican operative told the HuffPo. "There is some holy hell to pay. Karl Rove has a lot of explaining to do … I don't know how you tell your donors that we spent $390 million and got nothing."

Read more: http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/rove-to-hold-calls-with-big-donors-thursday

[powergirl]

1. I guess the ole' Trickle Down situation

didn't pan out. Karl will keep every dime he made from those jerks. They will try to sue him, I'm sure.

[Rob H.]

37. I'm guessing there's still gonna be some trickle-down

...only it'll be warm and wet and running down Rove's leg, just like Election Night.

[JoePhilly]

2. Overheard at the meeting ... "Leave the gun ... take the cannoli."

[lalalu]

13. Ha Ha, being from Jersey I love it.

[Botany]

31. Beat me to it

[ProudProgressiveNow]

46. >

[ChairmanAgnostic]

3. You mean, putting the calls on hold, right?

[FedUpJerseyGirl]

4. Someone's just dug a hole out in the desert....n/t

[BeyondGeography]

5. The bloodbath will continue...what a great week

I feel like an overindulged Roman emperor.

[wordpix]

73. yes, it's not often we "little people" get something sweet

[iandhr]

6. Do you think they will ask for their money back?

[Andy Stanton]

7. I hope they tear him a new one.

[skeewee08]

8. So much for "Master Mind"

[Blue Owl]

9. Crossroads closed.

May this be the end of the low-road troll they call the turd blossom.

[EnviroBat]

10. I hope they "take him for ride"...

Out to the desert, where they break both of his legs and leave him for dead. They need to disappear that pig fucker...

[booley]

64. Why? Rove is awesome

Look at how the mere mention of his name can get Democrats out.

He suckered conservatives to waste hundreds of millions of their money and set them up with a false sense of security.

We need Rove to stay for as long as possible to continue his incompetency among the conservative elite.

[lalalu]

11. Special delivery for Karl Rove.

" I wasn't expecting a package"

[LonePirate]

12. I would love to be a fly on the wall during that meeting.

These billionaires should start working with the president instead of against him. They need to realize there are things more important than their greed.

[question everything]

39. Don't worry. Like everything else these days, it will leak (nt)

[wordpix]

75. let's hope there's another "servant" with a camera set up on the table

Keep paying a non-livable minimum wage and see how far you get, R's

[mountain grammy]

14. Rove is the political Bernie Madoff

with the blessings of our 5 corrupt supreme court justices.

[yends21012]

15. Meeting via telephone

He will be calling from a secret, undisclosed location, I'm sure.

[Anthony McCarthy]

16. I wonder if he's doing it by phones

because they can't attack physically over the line.

I deeply hope to see legal troubles for Rove and Crossroads, ruinous legal troubles that will destroy both.

[loudsue]

17. Oh, these billionaires who push Jesus & family values and the bible will forgive him

[ladjf]

18. OMG! What is Rove going to say to his rich donors ? nt

[rurallib]

44. "we needed more money!"

[magical thyme]

56. maybe he'll quote Rick Perry...

"Oops!"

[wordpix]

78. lol, ah, that sweet reminiscence

[bemildred]

19. I can hardly wait for the secret video. (hint hint.) nt

[eggplant]

42. Yes, please!

Let's hope someone on our side is on the call.

[Zambero]

20. They know the results full well

No return on their investment. Will they be recharging Rove's coffers for the 2014 mid-terms? Only if they wish to qualify for the "fool" category, where they take deliberate steps to be parted from their money yet again.

[Ganja Ninja]

21. It's not just all the money they donated to Rove.

These guys have been holding back the economy for four years anticipating their big win. That's money they could have made plus the money they donated to Rove and other GOP PAC's down the drain. It's billions of dollars for nothing and to top it all off their taxes are now likely going up. And thanks to the exposure of Romney's tax dodging they may lose some of their legal tax loopholes. It's just the kick in the teeth they needed.

[lalalu]

26. Good points

[demgrrrll]

58. Didn't think of that

[wordpix]

76. It's so fantastic, they blew billion$ AND it's not tax deductible AND their taxes will increase

I love it.

Of course, Rove and his gang have maneuvered it so their orgs are "nonprofit" so maybe the rich R a-holes will be getting a tax deduction, after all. All I can say is, IRS should look into the BS "nonprofit" groups like Xroads.

[FamilyMan]

79. You are correct

Some financials showed that bigger corporations were intentionally sitting on an average of three million dollars in hiring funds...simply not using it to prevent Obama's job numbers from improving. Now they will be forced to comply since it is not sustainable for them to hold out any longer.

[lastlib]

22. "Leave that to me....

"I am the only one who can apologize to His Majesty."

(from Midway)

[JackN415]

23. He overpromised, oversold his capability in the begining. Now, under delivered...

He will have excuses and analyses,... but his aura of magician or evil genius is certainly gone. Nothing more painful to him than being tossed into the dustbin of irrelevancy and useless has-been.

[Ineeda]

24. "Bush's Brain"

had his senior moment, and forgot something crucial in the calculation to steal it for them. “Obviously, somebody made a mistake and didn’t do things right. There’s no question about that.”

[Third Doctor]

25. This was what he was thinking of

when Ohio was called for Obama the other night. Seeing this guy squirm makes my day. He is finally getting what is coming to him.

[yardwork]

27. My candidate lost! I want my money back!! I paid for that candidate fair and square!!!!

[gkhouston]

28. He's going to brief them on the election results?

Yeah, I think they already know how it turned out.

[Blandocyte]

29. Rove will be be doing pool boy duties and washing limos for years

"Karl, dammit, just how much DOES it take to buy a win for the candidate that will offer us a return on our investment, anyway? Well, you got some paying me back to do. Get over here this afternoon and Raul will show you some work I need done."

[leftyohiolib]

30. he's just gonna blame sandy - actually he's already doing it

[truebrit71]

32. I wonder if he will be invited on a fishing trip.....

[Marie Marie]

68. No, I heard that Cheney invited him on a hunting trip.

[Paulie]

33. He's also going to have to explain to the IRS.

Crossroads was two different orgs. A PAC and a non profit issue advocacy group. The donors will be known soon unless Karl wants jail time as I recall from earlier in the year.

[wordpix]

77. IRS should definitely look into these "nonprofit advocacy" groups like Xroads. Such BS

[truthisfreedom]

34. sandy sandy sandy sandy sandy sandy sandy...

"wop wop wop wop wop!!!"

[Rob H.]

35. Is it possible to rip an asshole a new asshole?

I guess Turdblossom is about to find out.

[R. Daneel Olivaw]

51. Rove is not an asshole. Assholes serve a function. Rove is a hemorrhoid.

[texanwitch]

36. Might not want to fly on any small planes.

Nothing like a pissed off group of rich people.

[Texin]

45. Yeah. And I wouldn't be getting into any limousines these guys send to carry me to

an "audience" with them either.

Karl better hire a food taster.

[texanwitch]

54. Yep.

He cost some super rich folks a lot of money.

Along with tax cuts and power.

I don't think they are the forgiving type.

You can't always buy what you want.

I am so proud of the American people for standing up and voting.

I stood outside my polling location for a couple of hours.

There was a steady stream of people coming to vote.

That was so good to see.

[Hayabusa]

67. On the bright side

he'll finally find out where Jimmy Hoffa went to. Bad news, he ain't going to tell anyone...

[Javaman]

38. a spectacularly failed grift. nt

[louis-t]

40. They're gonna be mad they didn't get their "free stuff".

[NICO9000]

57. Yes, they also want "things"

[GliderGuider]

65. "Where are those gold-plated levers of power you promised me Karl? Hmmmmm?????"

Illicit shivers of delight...

[highplainsdem]

69. +1,000,000.

Especially the tax breaks that would have more than compensated for their donations.

[shawn703]

41. Rove will tell them they didn't give enough

If only they would have given him $780 million instead of $390 million, the results would have been different. He'll admonish them to not be as cheap next time.

[struggle4progress]

43. +

[lilithsrevenge12]

47. CAN WE START A POOL

to see when his plane is going "to go down"?

[Blue4Texas]

48. Karl will suffer whatever happens to Ponzi schemers

[Larkspur]

49. Somewhere an alligator or crocodile will eat well after this meeting

I have this image of those Reich wing billionaires looking like those Bond billionaire villains from Specter.
Failure is not an option for them. Turd Blossom left a stench of massive failure.

[R. Daneel Olivaw]

50. I could have done more for this country with 390 million and be able to sleep at night.

Any of us could.

The problem is these same donors could give the same amount all over, without hurting their bank accounts (offshore or otherwise), and help Americans in desperate need.

They would rather screw this country with 390 million than help it so screw them.

I hope they are crying, but they probably pay somebody else to do it for them.


Either way Rove has made his $$ so he is laughing.

[Voice for Peace]

66. evildoers ultimately, eventually, attract Evil unto and onto themselves

I do think this is a law of nature.

[Gregorian]

52. Mmmm, ham.

[olddad56]

53. Obviouslyy, somebody made a mistake and didn’t do things right. There’s no question about that,”

Something went wrong because the people decided the election not the money? Thant is no mistake in my mind.

[calimary]

55. Cue the Steve Miller Band!

kkkarl rove's new theme song: "Your cash ain't nothing but trash"!

[Mr. Sparkle]

59. I hope they kept a receipt

muhahahaha

[yellowcanine]

60. "brief them on election results." "Are you going to believe me or your lying eyes?"

[DisgustipatedinCA]

61. I'll save Karl some time. Brief: you lost, and you don't get your money back. Questions?

.

[oldbanjo]

62. I wonder if there was also some betting on who

would win, people have been killed for less.

[LongTomH]

63. “Obviously, somebody made a mistake and didn’t do things right. There’s no question about that,”

Yeah, No Shit, Sherlock!!!!

[budkin]

70. One of the best outcomes of the election... so much conservative money down the shitter!

[Sheldon Cooper]

71. Karl, Karl, Karl...

Shit's about to hit the fan, son.

[Tom Ripley]

72. I hope that motherfucker ends up in the trunk of a car at the airport parking lot

[llmart]

74. Karl has made a lot of rich enemies.....

and he will be looking over his shoulder for the rest of his life and pissing his pants whenever he hears a loud pop.

Karma's a bitch, ain't it KKKRove?

[Sierra89]

80. oh boy, almost feel sorry for him...Rove might be going on a one way ride.

"Leave the gun, take the cannoli."