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Karl Rove Says Christine O'Donnell Needs to Explain Witchcraft 'Dabbling' to Voters
AOL News ^ | 19/9/10 | Bruce Drake

Posted on 09/19/2010 1:16:35 PM PDT by Eleutheria5

Karl Rove, political mastermind for former President Bush, said Sunday that Christine O'Donnell, the Tea Party insurgent who won an upset victory in Delaware for the GOP Senate nomination, "can't simply ignore" the controversy stirred over the disclosure that she "dabbled in witchcraft" and has to find a way to "explain it and put it in its most sympathetic light and move on." "In southern Delaware, where there are a lot of church-going people, they're probably going to want to know what was that all about," Rove said on Fox News Sunday. "And again, she said it on television when she went on the ... the Bill Maher show." Rove was referring to an October 1999 appearance O'Donnell made on Maher's "Politically Incorrect" show where she said," I dabbled into witchcraft -- I never joined a coven... One of my first dates with a witch was on a satanic altar, and I didn't know it." O'Donnell had been on Maher's show frequently in the 1990s, and Maher has said he is going to show an O'Donnell clip each week until she agrees to appear again.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Delaware
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To: qwertypie
Boycott Fox News. Nuff said.

WOW! I loved almost every post in this thread!

WOW! I really loved almost every post in this thread!!

WOW! I really really loved almost every post in this thread!!! but...

I do not agree with boycotting FNC. If I did that I wouldn't have any news channel to watch and I love most of everything on FNC.

What do you people think about letting FNC know that we would prefer not to see Rove and one of my past favorites (that I supported on another blog about a month ago right here) namely Charles Krautheimer. He suffers from the same elitism as Rove.

241 posted on 09/19/2010 2:54:24 PM PDT by I'mAllRightJack
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To: 50sDad
Anyone here ever hear anything about Bill Mahr having done that is stupid?

Didn't he say that before he goes on the air he likes to pleasure himself each time? And he used to be an out of work comedian crashing on Jay Leno's couch.

242 posted on 09/19/2010 2:54:54 PM PDT by Yaelle
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To: Cvengr

IMHO you and rove are koo koo


243 posted on 09/19/2010 2:57:13 PM PDT by yldstrk (My heros have always been cowboys)
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To: Parley Baer

“He is now working for the dimoKKKRATS the way I see it.”

It does seem that way - whether intentional or not. But from the look on his face, I think he immediately realized he’d stepped in it. Again!

Chris Wallace asked whether Murk was going to be able to win with her write-in campaign, and Rove said no. He should have left it at that, but know-it-all-itis made an ugly appearance which resulted in some good advice to Murk’s voters to make sure they do it the right way!


244 posted on 09/19/2010 2:57:26 PM PDT by Heart of Georgia
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To: eyedigress
"I don’t attack so fast as to look ridiculous."

Neither do I. But how long do allow yourself to be attacked before you fight back. We have trusted(not me) political hacks since the turn of the nineteenth century. Look where that has put us. There are people on this site who think paying fifteen percent of their income is somehow acceptable. And that is only federal income tax let alone all other taxes state and local. What needs to happen to smack you on the head so you will wake up?

245 posted on 09/19/2010 2:58:15 PM PDT by blackbart.223 (I live in Northern Nevada. Reid doesn't represent me.)
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To: itsahoot
making this race about Sarah, not himself.

I do believe that's a big part of rove's problem: Sarah.

Sarah is the new 'king maker' in town - and not just one candidate at a time, but a whole slate all across the country...and she's doing it openly and above board instead of back room, behind the scenes deals.

He's furious at this and then along comes ANOTHER bright, attractive new face and the people are wild about her.

He looks in the mirror and the mirror is saying: "Your time in the sun is over , Rove, Baby. Time to sink gracefully into the sunset while you have some reputation left."

It's fast getting too late for that...He's self-destructing.and it sounds like he's willing to destoy our chance at stopping the destruction the Rats have planned to ram through from Nov to Jan, and will work actively to undermine O'Donnell, just to satisfy his own enflated ego. (If not for personally knowing "W" in the early years, I doubt anyone would ever have heard of Karl Rove. He reached pinnacles he could never have dreamed of nor gotten too without someone Else's coattails. He can't let go.)

246 posted on 09/19/2010 3:00:07 PM PDT by maine-iac7
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To: Longbow1969
Castle was a useless RINO. Whatever the outcome of this election, I'm glad he's gone.

The days of being satisfied with a candidate simply because they have an "R" after their name is over.

247 posted on 09/19/2010 3:02:03 PM PDT by Bridesheadfan
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To: Eleutheria5

How about this:

“Oh rubbish, Karl. You have no power here. Begone before someone drops a house on you!”


248 posted on 09/19/2010 3:04:36 PM PDT by silverleaf (The lesser of two evils is still evil.)
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To: yldstrk

Why do you believe it is crazy to ask a representative why they associate with witchcraft?


249 posted on 09/19/2010 3:04:52 PM PDT by Cvengr (Adversity in life and death is inevitable. Thru faith in Christ, stress is optional.)
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To: Eleutheria5

Tokyo Rove


250 posted on 09/19/2010 3:05:52 PM PDT by KC_Conspirator
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To: Eleutheria5

Christine just laughed it off. She’s going to be a rock star of a candidate. She’ll destroy the Democrat.


“How many of you didn’t hang out with questionable folks in high school?” she asked fellow Republicans at a GOP picnic in southern Delaware on Sunday.

“There’s been no witchcraft since. If there was, Karl Rove would be a supporter now,” O’Donnell jokingly assured the crowd.


251 posted on 09/19/2010 3:07:34 PM PDT by Siegfried X
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To: Eleutheria5

Obama needs to explain his dabbling with cocaine...

I’m sure there are lots of other “dabblings” that need to be explained.


252 posted on 09/19/2010 3:07:55 PM PDT by Fu-fu2
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To: I'mAllRightJack

“What do you people think about letting FNC know that we would prefer not to see Rove and one of my past favorites (that I supported on another blog about a month ago right here) namely Charles Krautheimer. He suffers from the same elitism as Rove.”

I wrote FNC two days ago, but also included Dana Perino. That was followed by sending Chris a donation if for no better reason than to (insert sign language) Rove.


253 posted on 09/19/2010 3:07:57 PM PDT by pops88
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To: brydic1
Using that same logic, the republicans would never have nominated Goldwater in ‘64 nor Reagan in ‘80. The republicans certainly did not win in ‘64 but the enthusiasm engendered moved the nation forward to the Reagan victory in ‘80. And I might add the overwhelming majority of pundits declared Reagan an extremist that could not possibly win. Hello!!

That is actually a good argument. However, now your getting into a debate over who can win and what is it to be "electable". I was very young, but I can not remember thinking (or anyone in my family) that Reagan was unelectable. He was probably as conservative as we could get while STILL being electable. So he was a good choice and we are all the better for it. Goldwater may just have been the best we could do at the time. I wasn't born yet.

Lets say it was discovered during the 80' primaries that Reagan had a closet full of skeletons that would have later made him very unappealing in the general - then I would have said we shouldn't nominate him. No such skeletons existed though. He was a great example of nominating the most conservative candidate who could get elected.

Had O'Donnell had her same views, AND a good financial record, no sex discrimination suits against conservative organizations, etc, etc, I would have said she was a good choice over Castle. My problem is, she has so many skeletons that she is probably NOT electable in Delaware. In a year where that seat may give us control of the body, I would have preferred we nominate an (R) who can win.

Some people here, like yourself, have made some good points. I can definitely understand there are times to throw caution to the win and nominate only on principle - even if it means losing a few cycles. If we are building a movement, sometimes that will be necessary. All in all though, I think the Tea Party efforts would have been better spent helping someone like Angle (who is also not exactly a stellar candidate) instead of fighting on another front that we could have afforded to ignore this time around since at least we'd have gotten a Senator who would vote for a Republican for majority leader.

254 posted on 09/19/2010 3:07:58 PM PDT by Longbow1969
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To: Cvengr

Why do you believe it is crazy to ask a representative why they associate with witchcraft?

Oh for heaven sakes, get over yourself. What a stupid question. She was a teeny bopper then, you ding dong. She is now in her 40’s, and isn’t “associating with witchcraft.” If you can’t figure out the difference in her being in her teens and her now being in her 40’s, then you have a bigger screw loose than you seem to claim she has. Give it up. You’ve had your say, and it is the equivalent of nothing said at all that anyone wants to listen to.


255 posted on 09/19/2010 3:08:29 PM PDT by flaglady47 (When the gov't fears the people, liberty; When the people fear the gov't, tyranny.)
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To: Eleutheria5
Lord Mercy I used to engage in seances and used a Ouija Board a few times when I was a kid. Is that going to make me unable to run for public office??? LOL
256 posted on 09/19/2010 3:08:38 PM PDT by Captain Peter Blood
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To: itsahoot

Sarah already had plans to go to Delaware. In an off the cuff remark after her speech at the Iowa Reagan Dinner the other night, she said that she wants to return to Iowa - after she goes to Delaware.


257 posted on 09/19/2010 3:10:56 PM PDT by Lauren BaRecall (Michelle Malkin rocks!)
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To: Cvengr
"Why do you believe it is crazy to ask a representative why they associate with witchcraft?"

I can only assume this is a joke.

258 posted on 09/19/2010 3:11:09 PM PDT by blackbart.223 (I live in Northern Nevada. Reid doesn't represent me.)
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To: Eddie01

Actually, the GOP's Achilles Heel has always been, not who's the best candidate?" but "Whose turn is it?"

That has brought the GOP to this state.

259 posted on 09/19/2010 3:11:14 PM PDT by maine-iac7
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To: Longbow1969
... she has so many skeletons that she is probably NOT electable in Delaware

Sorry, not buying it. The election is not about her personal issues, it's about the future of our country, apostrophized by a Republican or Democrat senate.

If she doesn't win, it will be because Delaware voters prefer to elect a leftist. They have a completely clear choice.

260 posted on 09/19/2010 3:13:25 PM PDT by Tax-chick (Christine O'Donnell, Sharron Angle, Luna Lovegood. Get it?)
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