The Christine O'Donnell/tea party phenomenon is an uprising of the people
Posted on 09/16/2010 5:42:44 AM PDT by Zakeet
Karl Rove's message is clear in the wake of his losing battle to protect his establishment power: Anyone who dares to challenge the Good 'Ole Boys Club will be punished - even if it means handing a senate seat to a liberal democrat.
In the wake of Rove's diatribe against Christine O'Donnell, the Republican party leaders scrambled and may be supporting her after all. We'll see how - and if - they actually do it.
But Rove's remarks after O'Donnell's upset victory over moderate-to-liberal Castle made it painfully clear that the GOP establishment first and foremost seeks to protect and preserve the GOP establishment at any cost. There has never been a more effective or more hungry power broker in Washington, DC than Karl Rove - and the rising tide of red-blooded Americans like the tea party activists and Christine O'Donnell have revealed what many have come to believe for a long time: The power brokers want to run the country. They want to protect their power. They think they are omnipotent and omniscient. And they will damn anyone who dares to challenge them.
There are two things that must be defeated in November: Big government advocates and power hungry operatives - no matter which party they fall into. Sadly, many Republican incumbents and long-time strategists fall into both camps.
The Christine O'Donnell/tea party phenomenon is an uprising of the people. Karl Rove still doesn't get it. He thinks the war is about Republicans versus Democrats. What he still fails to see is that the war is over anyone in the Good 'Ole Boys Club that believes they are the ultimate king-makers; that they get to run the country because they want to; that they are smarter than everyone else. That only they deserve to hold the reins of power over all of our lives. And, of course, it is also fundamentally about failed liberal, unconstitutional, big-government wolves - no matter what party clothing they wear.
So it took Christine 12 years to pay off her college debt. Welcome to the real world, Karl. You may be a person of personal privilege and wealth, but most Americans are not. Millions of students will spend years and years paying off college loans because that's the only way they could have gone to college in the first place. Wake up and see America, Karl.
So you want to make an issue out of the fact that the IRS went after Christine - but you fail to mention, oops, that the IRS later admitted they had made an error. Welcome to the real world, Karl. Countless decent Americans are hounded by the IRS every year. Have you forgotten the painful congressional testimonies several years ago by honest, hard-working Americans who were nearly destroyed by mistakes of the Internal Revenue Service? Or did you never really care?
Americans are sick and tired of the big government programs that you advocate. We haven't forgotten that you were the "architect" of the Medicare?aMedicaid expansion that saw the biggest government growth in decades and that is now strangling all of us and threatens to totally bankrupt this great country. We haven't forgotten that you and Teddy Kennedy's staff were the "architects" of the proposed massive amnesty for illegal immigrants program, that, thank God, failed.
You say Christine O'Donnell and her like aren't going to win in November, because you don't want them to win. You have shown that your true intent is to hang on to power - to keep the here-to-now impenetrable establishment party system from being invaded by those you think are unworthy. Yes, you have advocated some very good policies, Karl. But it seems now that you are more concerned with protecting your "system" than you are with protecting the Constitution or the system of government that our Founding Fathers designed. Quite frankly, their architecture is superior to yours.
I've got big news: the Good 'Ole Boys on both sides of the aisle are going down. The red-blooded, hard-working Americans of both parties have had enough. We want our government back. We want our financial freedoms restored. As you seek to destroy Christine O'Donnell and the tea party movement across the country, it's time to realize that your era is over. Yes, you still control the establishment purse strings, and you and your cronies have now made it very difficult for Christine and others like her across the country to win. But win we must. Because America belongs to the people - not to a handful of back-slapping, "architects" who care more about their kingdoms than they do about liberty.
The Christine O'Donnell/tea party phenomenon is an uprising of the people
Exactly!!!!
Just a few years ago most shows on MSNBC daily talked about having Rove arrested as they hated him (the Plane-Wilson-Cheney-Libby-Rove investigation) ; but last night all the MSNBC shows were playing Rove’s comments on Christine O’Donnell and portraying him as brilliant.
Political strategist be damned.
Oh my, the attacks on Christine are small in compared to what is going on in NY. The old guard is losing it’s mind over the election of Paladino.
He’s crazy, he’s unfit, he doesn’t meet our standards, blah blah blah and furthermore NY deserves better. The voters had no right to vote for this man.......
Signed, Alphonse D’Amato, Ed Koch, and Karl McCall.
They get to decide who will be anointed, not the voters. After all, look how well the messiah is working out. Chosen by the powers that be and their fellow travellers in the msm.
Good post. Thanks!
There was a DE teaparty guy who spoke at Christine’s victory celebration. He told of how Rove came to DE last year and used a carrot-stick approach to get these guys behind Mike Castle. Rove, “the architect” of the 2006-2008 GOP disasters, is a pathetic old man.
So Karl is upset......Why is he effectively campaigning against her after the election is over?
Does he feel the need to justify his earlier opposition?
Karl is losing a lot of previously loyal supporters!
Wonderful rant. I feel better now.
bttt!
Karl is making the same mistake Newt made with Dede Scuzzafava. Trying to hang tough instead of walking it back and admitting he was wrong. His appearance on Greta last night was frankly an embarrassment. He wasn’t welcome on Hannity. Buh bye Karl. Get lost.
Mrs. Prince of Space
Excellent article by Rebecca Hagelin.
Thanks for the post Zakeet.
What is the story behind the RINO talking point of O'Donell accusing Castle of having a homo affair?
This author has it right! That has been one of the major problems with the old line GOP..THEY make the decisions, THEY select those who are allowed to run...
They know what is good for us...they are no different than the dems there.
The ‘club’ comes first...the principles and values of the true conservative are way behind. Otherwise how did Dole ever make the grade to run for president? Conservatives across America had NO say in that. I respect Dole but I feel the same about GWB...his running for president was part of the ‘club’.
Maybe now we can make these choices our selves.
You were right, great rant!
Did you by any chance catch Karl on Greta last night? He, at first, back-pedaled a little bit, but then REPEATED all the charges stated in this article, and then made the statement, “..she’s going to have to do a better job of answering these questions..” All this from a demogogue who NEVER countered the Democrats LIES for EIGHT years. Go back to your corner and suck your thumb, Karl. Or, better yet, support the Dem in Delaware so it will leave no doubt where your allegiances lie!
Now it’s obvious to all what is and has been wrong with the republican party. Thanks Karl!
Paladino is unfit. I mean his daddy wasn’t a governor. Who does he think he is? After Andrew serves his six terms Chelsea Clinton is getting the spot.
Rove was on Greta last night and STILL after her. He looks like he has drawn a line in the sand and will not back down.
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