Posted on 02/17/2009 5:34:39 PM PST by Steelfish
Rove Responds to Axelrod
Karl Rove, a former senior adviser to President George W. Bush, insisted in an interview with "Today" show host Matt Lauer this morning that he had every right to offer his analysis of the economic strategy adopted by the Obama Administration -- a response to critical comments made by Obama senior adviser David Axelrod in an interview with the Post last week.
"I am not giving him advice, I am commenting on what they are doing," Rove told Lauer. "And I'm sure even this White House would say people have the right to offer an opinion."
Heyooo!
Rove went on to argue that it was Democrats -- particularly former President Bill Clinton -- who were largely responsible for the current economic mess due to their lax regulation of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac; Rove called the failure of those two entities the "biggest accelerant" in driving the economic collapse and made a point to note that Obama failed to side with the Bush Administration's attempt to tighten regulations on Fannie and Freddie earlier this decade.
Rove's comments came just days after Axelrod, in an interview with the Post's Lois Romano, told a group of senior advisers that their criticisms of the new Administration were off base.
"The last thing that I think we are looking for at this juncture is advice on fiscal integrity or ethics from Karl Rove -- anyone who's read the newspapers for the last eight years would laugh at that," said Axelrod.
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As opposed to you, scumbag? You wish you were that good.
You couldn't even get Barry a 2-day inaugural honeymoon at the Roach Motel, much less the traditional 100 days.
Got yourself a tax cheat running the IRS. Nice. Liberals called out Mr. Deeply Saddened And Withdrawn by saying he'd "suck off a corpse for cheeseburger". Nice. Hilda's husband, no hablas taxes either. Bueno.
It all comes down to what I've said all along; you and Barry simply aren't good enough to run this country. And both of you know it.
FINALLY!!!! Someone is saying what should have been said and repeated from day 1...
Rove articulating now what his boss wouldn’t for 8 years, isn’t that just special!
LOL. We ALL have zer0, hopefully not for 8 years.
Ari and Tony were THE best. McClelland was a tool.
Speaking of tools, this Robert Gibbs is insufferable.
Quit pinging me and get a life. You are annoying and immature.
I bet we could all name our ‘favorite’ tools, LOL.
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