Implosion!
Posted on 09/14/2010 8:35:24 PM PDT by Brices Crossroads
I just finished watching Karl Rove trashing GOP Senate primary winner Christine O’Donnell. It was on Sean Hannity’s FNC show. Might as well have been Olbermann on MSNBC. The establishment Beltway strategist couldn’t even bother with an obligatory word of congratulations for O’Donnell. He criticized her “character” and “rectitude” and claimed she hadn’t answered questions about her financial woes. She did so here. Rove mocked her security concerns as “nutty.” Yet, her concerns have been more than justified. See here.
Rove came across as an effete sore loser instead of the supposedly brilliant and grounded GOP strategist that he’s supposed to be. Expect more Washington Republicans to start sounding like Tea Party-bashing libs as their entrenched incumbent friends go down.
At O’Donnell’s victory speech, she invited a 9/12 patriot to speak. He sent a special message right back to Rove, recounting how Rove had met with Delaware 9/12-ers and Tea Party folks to try and convince them to back the “more electable” candidate. “No one is going to tell us how to take care of business,” the 9/12-er said he told Rove. And now, he observed, the “more electable” candidate Rove wanted them to vote for has been…unelected.
The Freedomist reports more details of the meeting:
Rove Tried to Cut a Deal For Castle With Tea Party- Teaparty News- The Collier Brothers
Sources at the Christine O’Donnell victory party revealed to The Freedomist that in December of last year Karl Rove met with Tea Party leaders in Dover, Delaware trying to get them to cut a “deal” in which they would leave Mike Castle alone and NOT support O’Donnell.
The Freedomist has also learned that Rove was allegedly acting as an operative, although in what capacity it is not known, even as he is playing the role of a political analyst on Fox New in a fair and balanced way.
Rove jumped in the stove.
To be fair...the conservatives, ie tea party, have been complaining about Rove and the GOP for decades.
This just proves our point, that the Rinos always fight harder and meaner against conservatives than liberals.
Rove could have spoken more diplomaticly on TV tonight, he chose not to.
Imv, he is gearing up for the 2012 primaries, and he spoke for his candidate tonight..someone who may have to run against Palin.
I don’t relish having Rove running against us, but so be it.
“Rove jumped in the stove.”
ROFLMAO Thanks for the image.
I've lost it for Rove.
Has Cornyn endorsed a winning candidate as NRSC leader? I can't think of one.
They spend their time endorsing and helping each other.
This Astroturf has come a long way, baby!
Let's not get too carried away with his guests. No way Sean is NOT a conservative.
Let's keep it up, folks. Maintain a positive outlook, work hard like hell, and win one for the Gipper.
Yes, it is.
Didn’t Rove and the Bush “team” screw Toomey for Specter in 04? Got Santorum to go along (which cost him his political career). What did we get out of that? Specter does a Jeffords, defects to the Dems, and provides the final vote for Obamacare!
Thanks, Karl, thanks GW, thanks Dana!
This crew is now officially done!
The ‘Architect’ has devolved into a demolition expert.
Amen. We has Bush's key adviser after all. How many of us who lean more toward the individualism/limited-government leg of conservatism EVER considered Bush to be a conservative? On this most important leg of conservatism, Bush/Rove was always a "moderate" at best. These were the guys behind TARP after all, which is about as pro-establishment/elitism as you can get. Screw Rove.
Rove’s pique no doubt resulted from the failure of his efforts. Castle's loss also diminishes Rove. Bear in mind that many of Pres. Bush's mistakes, amnesty, et al, were no doubt the brain child of Rove. Too bad he chose to be so nasty in defeat.
I am thinking Sarah Palin is looking a lot better as a political player than Rove at this point...and that is a good thing.
“Vox populi!”
I am seriously trying to understand TPers who are taking on the Establishment RINO GOP—they rage against the GOP—and when the GOP fights back, resisting the TP effort to hijack the Party Platform- TP are suddenly fake-surprise-offended by the Establishment GOP’s lack of support and public criticism. They’re “stunned” at the hostility? Sure. Sure.
Suddenly everyone’s an operative bastard trying to hold on to his/her power base!
The TP cry like babies when they get push-back from the Establishment who will fight like hell against hijacking of the Party. The TP can’t fund more than a few serious candidates-so TP have to become high-stakes gamers who can cope with criticism and push-back, put up serious money (where is Beck, Limbaugh, Hannity??) -or lose. Etc. etc.
Dick is helping Sharron Angle A LOT behind the scenes, so please cut him some slack.
I have traditionally "filtered" my choice in candidates thru Second amendment considerations, but I long ago noticed that the haters that wanted my guns were also the chief proponents of baby murder. They are usually always the same people.
There's an old saying around the racetrack: "never love a horse". That should go for politicians as well. They will disappoint you more deeply than any thoroughbred racer.
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