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The Republicans' Egg-Scrambler (Rove Still Confident)
Real Clear Politics ^ | October 23, 2006 | Suzanne Fields

Posted on 10/23/2006 5:38:27 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

Karl Rove obviously keeps his portrait in the attic, like Dorian Gray, with deep lines in a furrowed brow and a taut mouth frozen in anger. Those things must be in the attic because they're not in his face.

The White House political strategist, now 55, is demonized with every category of epithet, but it doesn't show in his demeanor, either. The balding, graying adviser to the president, who has been called "evil genius," hypocritical manipulator of policy, puppeteer pulling the president's strings, looks younger and trimmer up close and personal in the most trying weeks of his life than when he first arrived in Washington nearly six years ago.

Over a lunch of chicken Caesar salad with editors and reporters at The Washington Times, he's jovial and optimistic going into the midterm elections that conventional Washington wisdom says are going the Democratic way. Recalling that one newspaper account described him as "inexplicably upbeat," we asked if he could be merely "explicable." He replied: "I'm confident we're going to keep the Senate. I'm confident we're going to keep the House." A moment later he amended this to "pretty confident," and added, "I liked it better before Foley."

(Excerpt) Read more at realclearpolitics.com ...


TOPICS: Editorial; Government; Politics/Elections; US: District of Columbia
KEYWORDS: congress; democrats; election2006; karlrove; magnificentbastard
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To: wellnourished

wellnourished
Since Oct 24, 2006

view home page, enter name:

Joined up today to enlighten us, huh?

21 posted on 10/23/2006 6:20:24 PM PDT by Fiddlstix (Warning! This Is A Subliminal Tagline! Read it at your own risk!(Presented by TagLines R US))
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To: wellnourished
But victory at the expense of democratic integrity will be hollow...

You know, that crapolla just might impress your high school teacher.

22 posted on 10/23/2006 6:23:06 PM PDT by right-wingin_It
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To: wellnourished
Couldn't help but notice that, somehow, you signed up ob this forum tomorrow (2006 10/24).

Your terminology gives you away. My "liberal detector" went off the scale on your post.

23 posted on 10/23/2006 6:24:59 PM PDT by capt. norm (Liberalism = cowardice disguised as tolerance.)
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To: wellnourished

But victory at the expense of democratic integrity will be hollow.


Are you serious?


24 posted on 10/23/2006 6:26:03 PM PDT by ConservativeGreek
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To: right-wingin_It
You know, that crapolla just might impress your high school teacher.

She's a big lefty and this creep is hoping he can schtup her.

25 posted on 10/23/2006 6:27:44 PM PDT by Petronski (CNN is an insidiously treasonous, enemy propaganda organ.)
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To: wellnourished

How about telling that to the democrats who have trashed every election from 2000 on?

Tell that to Jimmie Carter rubber stamping the Chavez election.


26 posted on 10/23/2006 6:28:23 PM PDT by listenhillary (Islam = Religion of peace. If you say otherwise, we'll kill you!)
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All I can say is its better to have the archislanderer on our side.

Thanks for dropping in, too bad you couldn't have stayed longer.......

27 posted on 10/23/2006 6:29:13 PM PDT by Hot Tabasco (Cure for liberal stupidity: Louisville Slugger, apply directly to the forehead!)
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To: beezdotcom

I think the MSM COUNTS on the legit polls being kept private.

This way they can do all their push stories.


28 posted on 10/23/2006 6:30:07 PM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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I think your optic nerve got mixed with your rectal nerve and you have a really crappy outlook on democracy. What a dork!


29 posted on 10/23/2006 6:31:27 PM PDT by geezerwheezer (get up boys, we're burnin' daylight!!!)
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To: Fiddlstix
Joined up today to enlighten us, huh?

Check the date....he signed up TOMORROW (10-24). If he drives a souped up Delorean and got it from this guy, we'll know how it happened.


30 posted on 10/23/2006 6:31:30 PM PDT by capt. norm (Liberalism = cowardice disguised as tolerance.)
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To: capt. norm
If he drives a souped up Delorean and got it from this guy,

Thats a real shakey thought.......

31 posted on 10/23/2006 6:35:25 PM PDT by Hot Tabasco (Cure for liberal stupidity: Louisville Slugger, apply directly to the forehead!)
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To: wolf24

Dont knowwhat happened but my postwas sent to wellnourished but wound p sent to you???


32 posted on 10/23/2006 6:35:34 PM PDT by geezerwheezer (get up boys, we're burnin' daylight!!!)
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To: capt. norm
Check the date....he signed up TOMORROW (10-24)....

That's because the server's clock is set for GMT.

33 posted on 10/23/2006 6:38:50 PM PDT by Fiddlstix (Warning! This Is A Subliminal Tagline! Read it at your own risk!(Presented by TagLines R US))
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To: Fiddlstix

No, I think wellnourished may be from the future. None of our posts have been answered, or were they they sent back to yesterday? Oh... this makes my brain hurt...


34 posted on 10/23/2006 6:42:40 PM PDT by gb63
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To: Fiddlstix
That's because the server's clock is set for GMT.

Mystery solved. Well it was fun while it lasted....no...wait a minute...that's what my wife is always saying.

35 posted on 10/23/2006 6:44:13 PM PDT by capt. norm (Liberalism = cowardice disguised as tolerance.)
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To: NicknamedBob; Dead Corpse; Darksheare; Irish_Thatcherite; Monkey Face

Well, what do you know?

I was IBTZ!


36 posted on 10/23/2006 6:46:10 PM PDT by NicknamedBob (If you want to make a raccoon, you will first need to get a raccoon kit.)
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To: NicknamedBob
... victory at the expense of democratic integrity will be hollow

Hmm, sounds more like it was written to describe the party of election fraud, the Democrats.

37 posted on 10/23/2006 6:47:04 PM PDT by ChildOfThe60s (If you can remember the 60s...you weren't really there.)
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To: gb63
The reason he didn't reply........


This account has been banned or suspended.
Okay
You Got Banned!
Aww Gee....
Poor Widdle Twoll
Him Got Banned

38 posted on 10/23/2006 6:49:00 PM PDT by Fiddlstix (Warning! This Is A Subliminal Tagline! Read it at your own risk!(Presented by TagLines R US))
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To: gb63
Oh... this makes my brain hurt...

Couldn't resist the temptation:

I just sprung for the 14-DVD set of the Monty Python shows.

39 posted on 10/23/2006 6:52:30 PM PDT by capt. norm (Liberalism = cowardice disguised as tolerance.)
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To: wolf24

Geeze. The mods pull posts faster than we can ZOT the trolls. What'd the troll say?


40 posted on 10/23/2006 6:53:00 PM PDT by Cobra64 (Why is the War on Terror being managed by the DEFENSE Department?)
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