No longer the elusive kingpin of the Bush administration, Karl Rove is free to roam about the media and country, offering advice and, as he will in Wichita on Thursday, helping the Republican Party raise money. A New York Times article explored Rove’s new pundit role on Fox News, in Newsweek and elsewhere. Jon Meacham, the editor of Newsweek, revealed that when he hired Rove last fall as a contributor intended in part to “responsibly provoke,” it provoked several hundred readers to cancel their subscriptions. Many people especially are greeting Rove’s thoughts on the Democratic primary battle with skepticism. “Wouldn’t taking his advice be a little like getting health tips from a funeral home director?” said Bill Burton, Barack Obama’s press secretary.
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The head lying cheating slandering face of the Repub. party, welcome to Wichita.
The only thing I want to hear from Rove is a confessional memoir, on how he helped to screw America.
Rove is a pretty good pundit/analyst. Far from the baby eating monster that the libs portray as his image.
Sounds like the same kind of idiotic nonsense from the “free speech” liberals that resulted in losing Rumsfeld as a speaker here.
kkkarl rove is an evil man.
that said, democrats are just sore because he kicked their asses so many times.
But I’m sure st obama will change all that…
We hope anyway.
Rove should be tried for his traitorous outing of Plame.
Rove will fit right in with the “liberal media” (sic)
Rove no ordinary Putz.
Here’s an example of Rove’s prowess as a Pundit.
1) In 2006, roughly a week before the midterm election, Rove predicted “a Republican Senate and Republican House” by claiming sole access to “THE math.” [NPR, 10/24/06]
2) In November of 2000, Rove claimed the “election will not be close.” Rove predicted Bush will “win enough states to get about 50 more Electoral College votes than he needs to win. Rove also predicted Bush will get about 50 percent of the popular vote, with Gore at about 45 percent.” [Houston Chronicle, 11/6/00]
3) During the 2000 primary campaign, Rove declared: “We’re going to win New Hampshire,” referring to the Republican primary. [USA Today 1/25/00]
In reality, the Democrats swept into Congress in 2006, winning both the House and the Senate. The 2000 presidential election was extremely tight, with Al Gore winning the popular vote. And in the 2000 New Hampshire primary, Sen. John McCain routed Bush by 18 percentage points.
As Media Matters has documented, the political press has consistently “accorded significance” to Rove’s prognostications even though they were nothing more than bluster and deluded self-assurance.
Doesn’t that guy have some subpoenas to respond to or is he too busy deleting e-mails in violation of a court order?
Ah, another designated bashing thread on Republicans for the Leftist Liberal Progressive Pundit Commies.
Among his other misdeeds, Karl Rove has refused to swear, under oath, that he had nothing to do with the political prosecution and jailing of Alabama Governor Don Siegelman. He has also successfully deflected questions about his use of U.S. Attorneys to conduct political prosecutions of Democrats.
Karl Rove is a cancer on American democracy. The sooner he is in jail for his willful wrongdoing, lies, and lawbreaking, the better.
“Phantom” notes –
“In 2006, roughly a week before the midterm election, Rove predicted “a Republican Senate and Republican House” by claiming sole access to “THE math.” [NPR, 10/24/06]“
Torture the numbers long enough and they’ll confess to anything.
Even a beknighted place like Wichita Kansas should be shamed by the presence of this thug.
Rove’s career started when he was 8 years old, and a ten year girl, who was Catholic and a Kennedy supporter, kicked his ass for wearing a Goldwater button.
These humble beginnings is where this dork’s machismo comes from.
This is the Kansas RepubliCON Party that brought the despicable Kathrine Harris, who helped “deliver” Florida for Bush in despite of the will of the majority, to Kansas and actually gave her an award.
Now the bring us the man who represents the very worst of modern politics.
Are these idiots tone-deaf or what?
They are parodies of themselves.
Listen to ReguLiar sticking up for the toad that walks like a man.
Hey, ReguLiar, going to the luncheon?
That’s right, I forgot.
You don’t have 500 bucks to drop on the event.
Boy, Some people really need to get a life. Nothing but hate coming from their mouths. Reading this almost reminds me of things written and stated by the members of the Westboro Baptist Church about people. Could it be maybe you folks are the ones Obama was talking about in the San Francisco speech about when he mentioned us regular folk were nothing but bitter people hanging onto our bibles and guns while about to join the taliban?
I asked this question before and got total silence — are any of you Repukes actually going to this thing on Thursday?
Probably not. They can’t afford it.
But by voting RepubliCON, they can pretend that they too might be rich like the party leaders some day . . .
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Posted May 13, 2008 at 1:02 pm | Permalink
Ah, another designated bashing thread on Republicans for the Leftist Liberal Progressive Pundit Commies.
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You bet, reg, just another rove bashing exercise. Wouldn’t want him to, like tell the truth and be held accountable, now would we?
A House Judiciary Committee deadline passed Monday with former White House adviser Karl Rove standing by his refusal to testify about allegations that he pushed the Justice Department to prosecute former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman.
In his latest offer to settle the matter, Rove sent the panel a letter offering to respond to questions in writing, according to his attorney. But he reiterated that he would not testify publicly and under oath.
Committee leaders did not immediately answer questions about how they will respond. Earlier this month, they threatened to subpoena Rove if he did not agree to appear voluntarily by Monday.
The dispute is the latest in a standoff between President Bush and Congress over testimony from current and former White House staffers on a variety of issues.
The White House has balked at requests for staff testimony, arguing that the administration has no obligation to respond to congressional demands for the details of internal deliberations.
Democrats say Bush is taking the most expansive view of executive privilege since Watergate and that the executive branch cannot ignore Congress’ demands for information. The panel is suing to get documents and testimony from former White House counsel Harriet Miers and Bush’s chief of staff, Josh Bolten.
Rove had previously offered to discuss the Siegelman matter with committee members privately, without a transcript and not under oath.
Judiciary Democrats balked, saying it would not create a clear record and would not be sworn.
Rove’s attorney, Robert Luskin, said Monday the latest offer for written responses was intended to address concerns about establishing a clear record.
The committee is investigating whether Rove and Republican appointees at the Justice Department influenced Siegelman’s prosecution to kill his chances for re-election. It is part of a broader inquiry into whether U.S. attorneys were fired for not aggressively pursuing cases against Democrats.
Siegelman, a Democrat who served one term as governor after being elected in 1998, was convicted in 2006 on bribery and other charges and sentenced to more than seven years in prison. He was recently released on bond pending appeal.
Monday was the last day for former Bush advisor Karl Rove to agree to voluntarily testify about the prosecution of former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman. MSNBC’s Dan Abrams talked with Don Siegelman to talk about a case that some say is politically motivated.
http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Rove_refuses_call_to_testify_under_0513.html
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Or how about this, another take on the same Rove venture:
How corporate-GOP interests sought to topple Democrats in Mississippi.
Since the deregulations of the Reagan era, the electoral strategy of the Republican Party and the interests of the corporate lobby have become intimately entwined.
Karl Rove – President George W. Bush’s former Deputy Chief of Staff and campaign maestro – capitalized on this alliance in Texas in the early 1990’s, when he made campaigning against “activist judges” a cornerstone of Republican victories. He then applied the same technique in Alabama, where he and Republican consultant William Canary began systematically working in 1994 to elect pro-business judges.
http://rawstory.com/news/2008/How_Bush_US_attorney_riddled_with_0401.html
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Yep, Raw Story. All are linked to respectable sources, but a “Leftist Liberal Progressive Pundit Commies.” nonetheless.
(snickers)
Uh, no, Nunya.
He wasn’t.
Anybody know where we could find a Rove look-alike?
I’d like to set up a table on the sidewalk and let people take their picture with the look-alike for 5 bucks instead of $500 inside the luncheon.
‘Course, how do you ask someone if they’d be willing to play a Rove look-alike without insulting them to their very core?
That man . . . good Lord, if looks were nickels, he wouldn’t have enough change for a pay toilet in a bus station . . .
I’m looking for a Felix the Cat look-a-like, Crapn.
Wonder if you could pose for a photo.
(chortles)
Can someone remind me again what our democratic led congress has done for us since they took office in January 2007? What did they get done during that big first 100 hour push to get through bills? How about that 5 day work week they said they were going to keep? I thought we were going to see lots of changes once they took over. The only people with less street cred than Bush is the members of our congress.
Personally I am not for big government. Thats not what our constitution was drawn up to create. Thats why we “left” the rule of England.
I don’t think the government should be in charge of taking care of everyone by taxing the heck out of me to give the money to the lazy don’t want to work or illegal alien crowds. Take care of us defense wise, but not for every other little thing. Let me be the one who is responsible for taking care of my family and myself.
Has anyone else noticed the lack of personal responsibility has grown considerably and continues to grow? Is this part of the “Let us (the government) take care of you so you don’t have to worry about nothing?” Are we going to allow them to decide what we do every day? How we take care of ourselves? How we live? Isn’t that “kind of” socialist?
I notice the politicians do a damned good job of taking care of themselves while they are in office and after they leave with cushy lobby jobs, speaking tours, etc. I personally feel both parties (democratic and republican) have failed to live up to the responsibilities they were elected for. Once they get up there, it becomes all about themselves.
I believe we have more republican millionaires-in-waiting per capita, than any state in the U.S.
Someday they’ll have that 500$ to donate to the party.
If anyone attends Rove lecture, would you ask him if it was his or Cheney’s idea to out Plame?
Rove committed treason when he outed an undercover operative. Why isn’t he behind bars?
Phantom,
One more little Rove tidbit. Daddy Bush FIRED Rove during his own tenure when Rove leaked information to…
…(wait for it)…
…drumroll, please…
Robert Novak.
Sound familiar?
It is apt. that the Republican Party would invite Rove, he is the embodiement of all that is Republican.
Guess they couldn’t get the disgraced Scooter to come, or is he next?
a total piece of shit.
Nunya asks, “Can someone remind me again what our democratic led congress has done for us since they took office in January 2007?”
They passed a bunch of good bills that the RepubliCONs fillibustered and Bush vetoed.
Next question.
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