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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Fri Sep 28, 2012, 12:40 PM Sep 2012

Karl Rove is losing it – for now

Karl Rove is losing it – for now
He's still the boss of the GOP, but boy did he blow it with Romney

BY CRAIG UNGER

Karl Rove is back as GOP party boss, but this time it’s clear that even the best-laid plans of the savviest political strategists often go awry.

That became obvious earlier this week, on September 25, when Missouri senatorial candidate Todd Akin reaffirmed that he was staying in the race in defiance of Rove, who had demanded Akin’s withdrawal and yanked American Crossroad’s millions from his campaign after Akin touted the prophylactic character of “legitimate rape.”

When pulling the Super PAC dough didn’t faze the stubborn Missouri Tea Partier, Rove went ballistic. “We should sink Todd Akin,” he declared, according to Bloomberg Businessweek. “If he’s found mysteriously murdered, don’t look for my whereabouts!”

Rove’s remarks did more than just reopen the schism between the GOP establishment he embodies and the Tea Party, which has begun to see him as a ruthless party boss. It also showed that the Republicans have another serious problem in addition to Mitt Romney’s disastrous candidacy: Karl Christian Rove.

Rove’s comment about Akin was not the first time this campaign that he linked himself to murder. At the Republican Convention in Tampa, in response to a question I asked him at a CSPAN-televised event, Rove falsely asserted that my new book, Boss Rove: Inside Karl Rove’s Secret Kingdom of Power, accused him of being a murderer—an apparent reference to the 2008 death of his computer guru, Mike Connell. Again, the “murder” comment was off point and completely unnecessary.

Let’s get this straight: Out of the blue, this highly disciplined, message-centric Machiavellian strategist has completely unnecessarily associated himself with murder. Twice. What is Karl Rove smoking?

Read more:
http://www.salon.com/2012/09/28/karl_rove_is_losing_it_for_now/

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Karl Rove is losing it – for now (Original Post) DonViejo Sep 2012 OP
Have I said to today how much I hate that doughy pasty faced fuck? nt Guy Whitey Corngood Sep 2012 #1
"Karl Rove is a treasure Guy Whitey Corngood Sep 2012 #4
Maybe his conscience is bothering him? Frustratedlady Sep 2012 #2
Karma should have caught up..... AnneD Sep 2012 #6
Conscience? tavalon Sep 2012 #20
Time to retire Karl progressoid Sep 2012 #3
Canned ham with glasses PlanetBev Sep 2012 #12
That ham does bear a stricking resemblance to turd blossom. tavalon Sep 2012 #21
The real question is, Who did Karl Rove Murder? UCmeNdc Sep 2012 #5
an apparent reference to the 2008 death of his computer guru, Mike Connell. oldhippydude Sep 2012 #8
For sure that was a murder RoccoR5955 Sep 2012 #10
Rove threatened Connell ailsagirl Sep 2012 #16
Karl *Christian* Rove? Dirty tricks & all? Defender of traditional marriage now on his third one. nt Bernardo de La Paz Sep 2012 #7
I was going to say ailsagirl Sep 2012 #18
I think it's irony tavalon Sep 2012 #22
... ailsagirl Sep 2012 #24
I wish I knew what Rove was smoking. RoccoR5955 Sep 2012 #9
It's not that tough. Javaman Sep 2012 #11
It would not be a surprise if... Stewland Sep 2012 #13
I hope he poops his fat pants! Kteachums Sep 2012 #14
Far from losing it modrepub Sep 2012 #15
Rove actually wrote a piece today in the WSJ accusing OBAMA of lying!!! TroyD Sep 2012 #17
Projecting his own sins/crimes on others is standard practice for Rove.,,nt Wounded Bear Sep 2012 #23
It doesn't matter. NCLefty Sep 2012 #19

Frustratedlady

(16,254 posts)
2. Maybe his conscience is bothering him?
Fri Sep 28, 2012, 12:58 PM
Sep 2012

Maybe he's not sleeping well.

Maybe his plotting is spilling over into the speech portion of his brain?

Just thinkin'.

AnneD

(15,774 posts)
6. Karma should have caught up.....
Fri Sep 28, 2012, 02:48 PM
Sep 2012

with that evil Toad 20 years ago. He can't run for office because he is as dirty as last weeks trash. He preffers to be the puppet master and king maker. And yes, he has been playing the right like a Strativaris.

His MO is sliming decent people. He loves salacious sex scandals and smear campaigns. Some of his classics: the whisper campaign in Texas that Ann Richard was gay, John McCain fathered a black child (the young child was adopted from India) prior to the South Carolina primaries when he was ahead of Bush, the prosecution and persecution of Don Seigelman of Alabama. He is suspected to be the brains behind Julius Assange's rape charges (imagine what he could do with the wiki leaks information).

He should have done prison time with all of Nixon's other crooks. I am glad to see him with egg on his face with Romney. I just wish it could be tar and feathers. Once you understand Rove, you can small his shit a mile away.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann_Richards

http://www.thenation.com/article/dirty-tricks-south-carolina-and-john-mccain

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Siegelman

http://ctwatchdog.com/govt/rove-suspected-in-swedish-u-s-political-prosecution-of-wikileaks

oldhippydude

(2,514 posts)
8. an apparent reference to the 2008 death of his computer guru, Mike Connell.
Fri Sep 28, 2012, 03:10 PM
Sep 2012

if i am not mistaken tis goes back to the 04 election and the Ohio totals..

 

RoccoR5955

(12,471 posts)
10. For sure that was a murder
Fri Sep 28, 2012, 03:21 PM
Sep 2012

After the guy was going to turn State's evidence on Rove's lousy ass, all of a sudden he turns up dead. But the RapeubliCON sheriff declares it a mystery, I guess, or they would have done a thorough investigation.

ailsagirl

(22,842 posts)
16. Rove threatened Connell
Fri Sep 28, 2012, 06:58 PM
Sep 2012

Said he had to take complete responsibility for the plan and its (successful) implementation, or else. Connell refused, and the rest is history. KR wins again. Had Connell not fixed the Ohio numbers, Kerry would have rightfully won in 2004.
Nobody crosses KR and gets away with it.

Bernardo de La Paz

(48,789 posts)
7. Karl *Christian* Rove? Dirty tricks & all? Defender of traditional marriage now on his third one. nt
Fri Sep 28, 2012, 03:09 PM
Sep 2012

After two divorces.

Ironically it is his middle name.

Javaman

(62,442 posts)
11. It's not that tough.
Fri Sep 28, 2012, 03:26 PM
Sep 2012

basically the Dems finally have grown a spine and are using roves tactics against him.

he's really not a complex thinker.

The Dems on the other hand when using roves tactics then combine it with lots of smarts has a pretty predicable outcome: the repukes flail.

I keep imagining rove all angry and biting and swearing into his fists, "Curses, foiled again!"

 

Stewland

(163 posts)
13. It would not be a surprise if...
Fri Sep 28, 2012, 03:29 PM
Sep 2012

I would not be surprised if murder is just one of his many dark deeds. Karl plays to win and had had a lot of power given him.I wonder what he knows about Paul Wellstone 's plane crash?

modrepub

(3,469 posts)
15. Far from losing it
Fri Sep 28, 2012, 06:43 PM
Sep 2012

I won't consider justice served until someone figures out how to take all his money and actually make him have to hold down a real job. If only someone could pull off what Murphy and Aykroyd did in Trading Places then all would be right in the world

TroyD

(4,551 posts)
17. Rove actually wrote a piece today in the WSJ accusing OBAMA of lying!!!
Fri Sep 28, 2012, 07:17 PM
Sep 2012

As if Romney, the biggest pathological liar of any nominee in history, was a man of total truth!

As Robert Reich (Clinton Labor Secretary) said recently, Romney is the biggest liar he has seen in the 7 Presidential Elections during his lifetime!!

NCLefty

(3,678 posts)
19. It doesn't matter.
Fri Sep 28, 2012, 08:52 PM
Sep 2012

The average American still doesn't know who he is, and the average Republican will still take his money any day of the week.

'MERCA!

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