Do you approve or disapprove of Karl Rove's American Crossroads running anti-HRC ads in IA?

[DemocratSinceBirth]

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[Live and Learn]

1. Bernie doesn't. He would get rid of Super Pacs. Hillary must since she uses them. nt

[dlwickham]

4. And Bernie has a super PAC on his side

And Bernie has a super PAC on his side

[Live and Learn]

5. Ahh yes, a union. LOL What a comparison! nt

[dlwickham]

7. still a super PAC

He has yet to tell them to stop working on his behalf

[JonLeibowitz]

30. He cannot. It is illegal to coordinate.

[dlwickham]

40. Do you know what coordinate means

Do you know what coordinate means

[dlwickham]

2. Let's keep this kicked

[Live and Learn]

3. Oh yes, let's. nt

[DemocratSinceBirth]

8. I am not surprised...

If the GOP wanted to run against Clinton in the general election they wouldn't do anything to weaken her or make her lose in the Primary.

I will pre-empt any rebuttals by stating the opposite:

If the GOP didn't want to run against Clinton in the general election they would do everything possible to weaken her or make her lose in the Primary.

[JonLeibowitz]

31. Always sticking to the issues, the HRC folks do. Glad to see what matters.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

32. I don't understand your response. Could you please elucidate?

Thank you in advance.




Always respectfully,
DSB

[restorefreedom]

6. do you have a link to the ad in question?

if its rovian, i am sure it is loathesome, but i would like to see what we are talking about.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

9. Here

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/hillary-clinton-flattered-karl-rove-attack-ad/story?id=36343405


Rove isn't stupid. He is attacking her from her left.

[MeNMyVolt]

12. That ad looks like exactly what's posted here everyday.

To a tee.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

16. Rove is very clever, attacking from her left...

What is disingenuous is he is using the same money to spend on attacking her that he decries her for raising.

I don't like Repubs gaming our Primary but it is not unexpected.

[emulatorloo]

19. That's how he rolls. 'Disingenuous' is a really nice way to describe this ad

[DemocratSinceBirth]

22. He helped elect and re-elect Bush* so he does have some political chops.

His record beside that is desultory. He risks entering Dick Morris territory.

[emulatorloo]

28. He still is very savvy at putting together a manipulative attack

Note how several of your responders endorse the ad.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

29. Gotcha

[morningfog]

46. Kind of like Correct the Record going after Bernie?

Hillary decries the super PAC big money, yet coordinates with one to attack Bernie. Disingenuous is a charitable description.

[restorefreedom]

34. thanks for the link

rove is scum, but the ad is nothing out of his wheelhouse. they think they can predict voter thinking and they have failed so many times already. the "red menace" ads against bernie are sure to follow....

[joshcryer]

41. Brilliant ratfucking.

Fuck Rove.

[emulatorloo]

18. Here's the ad on YouTube at the American Crossroads page

[restorefreedom]

36. thanks.

typical rove. as if the repubs have a leg to stand on when it comes to being owned by big money.

stupid, stupid, karl. he is slipping.

[napi21]

10. Yes, I voted yes, because Hillsry's super PAc's do it too. If I say no tp Karl's

I'd have to say no to all of them.

Actually, I'd LOVE to see ALL negative (personal attack) ads GONE! But we all know that will never happen.

[emulatorloo]

14. Karl Rove will be happy to lie about Bernie when Bernie wins IA and NH

Will you still be a Rove fan then?

[Punkingal]

11. I don't approve anything that slug does.

[MADem]

13. The Turd Blossom FEARS CLINTON!

He's pretty stupid to telegraph his terror, though!

Brilliant photoshop, that....

[restorefreedom]

35. turd blossom....i like it. nt

[MADem]

37. That was George Bush's name for Rove.

It was meant as a term (or a turd) of endearment.

Here ya go: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turd_Blossom

[restorefreedom]

39. interesting. i tend to think of rove

as turd without the blossom. i know, not very nice of me.....

[virtualobserver]

15. It shows how vulnerable Hillary is to truthful negative ads

That ad would worry me if I was Team Hillary.

It also shows the danger of SuperPACS.

[sufrommich]

17. Interesting tactic,to say the least.

And *crickets* from Rove and friends about Bernie Sanders.

[Autumn]

21. I disapprove of ads that lie done by anyone. I watched the ad. It's the truth

[virtualobserver]

23. That is the problem with nominating Hillary....The Republicans don't need to lie to attack her.

[saltpoint]

24. Very hard for me to imagine

approving anything Karl Rove might be involved with.

[dlwickham]

27. Some people just want to watch everything burn

No pun intended

[saltpoint]

42. Rove is something of an unknown quantity

to me because all I really know of him is his stooge-like supplication to George W. Bush and the nearly constant propaganda he spews as a network political "analyst."

He must have seen early on where the levers of power were positioned, and managed to park himself as close to them as possible. Unfortunately for the citizens of the country, that was very close indeed.

[MoonRiver]

25. Kick!

Who would approve this?

[Jarqui]

26. I don't like Rove, hated his tactics and I don't like to see the GOP run a Dem candidate

I haven't seen the ads but if they're classic Rove, they're probably dishonest.

In general however, looking past who is doing it and what they're specifically saying, the GOP have weighed in on Dem primaries for a long time. In this particular case, making the primary tighter for Hillary so that she has to spend more money to beat Bernie while laying the foundation for cutting her to pieces in the general election is not a bad campaign strategy. I cannot fault them for that part - even though I'd prefer they didn't do that against a party I support.

[enid602]

33. Rove

All this back and forth, and not even one comment on Karl's nifty toupee in the picture.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

43. Rove looks like Glenn Beck in that picture, lol.

DSB

[Kentonio]

38. I don't really understand the question.

A disingenuous, dishonest Republican hack does exactly what you'd expect him to do, and you ask a forum full of Democrats if they approve?

[Vinca]

44. I don't care what Turd Blossom does, but it is amusing.

He seems to think if he takes Hillary out, Bernie won't be able to beat the GOP candidate . . . despite numerous polls saying the exact opposite.

[Blue_In_AK]

45. Under our current system,

it's legal and acceptable. We don't have to like it.