[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Rove in 2004: "Rove, you Magnificent bastard!"

Rove in 2024: "Rove...you filthy bastard."

[Joann37]

So glad Rove has chimed in. Now awaiting valued opinions of Romney and Christie. /s

[mbrfl]

True. The only way Republicans of that era ever won was by cobbling together a tenuous majority of voters, pleasing none of them but getting their votes because they disliked the opponent even more. In that era of politics, Rove was successful - at least for a time.

Twenty years later and Trump has built a movement of voters who actually like him and what he stands for. That puts old-style Republicans like Rove, who have spent years trying to lower the base’s expectations, in a bad light.

[Cobra64]

I remember the 2004 refrain for Rove.