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Karl Rove To Sarah Palin: Get A "Thicker Skin"
Real Clear Politics ^

Posted on 08/25/2011 9:01:23 AM PDT by indianrightwinger

Karl Rove responds to controversy over his speculation if Fmr. Gov. Sarah Palin will indeed enter the GOP field. Rove said chances are she will jump in, but was not definitive in his observation.

"I'm mystified," Rove said about reaction to his speculation. "Look, she is all upset about this saying how I am trying to sabatouge her in some way. How do I speculate on her future."

"Look, if she doesn't want to be speculated about a potential presidential candidate there is an easy way to end the speculation. Simply say 'I'm not running.' Instead, every time she pops up in the public eye like she did on CNN, at the Iowa State fair a short number of days ago. she said 'I haven't made a decision.'"

"I'm just speculating that more likely than not she is going to be a candidate."

"Now I said 'I wouldn't bet a lot of money on it' because it is such a close thing and I am not privy to her thought-making process. But it is sign of enormous thin-skin that if we speculate about her, she gets upset. And I suspect if we didn't speculate about her, she would be upset and getting ways to get us to speculate about her."

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To: MNJohnnie
Sorry but I did a Google search on this. The ONLY one saying Palin is upset with Rove is....ROVE. Every article anywhere on the net about it is quoting Rove saying this crap.

Is Rove in charge of Palin's Sarah PAC website?

161 posted on 08/25/2011 10:31:58 AM PDT by Netizen (Path to citizenship = Scamnesty. If you give it away, more will come. Who's pilfering your wallet?)
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To: Polybius

Thank you for explaining it and hopefully people will start seeing the writing on the wall. This election is critical period.

We have got to win this time or else we can kiss the US as we know it goodbye.


162 posted on 08/25/2011 10:34:08 AM PDT by CajunConservative
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To: 10thAmendmentGuy; Admin Moderator

I ended our conversation and now you are going to follow me around? I don’t think so.


163 posted on 08/25/2011 10:35:51 AM PDT by DJ MacWoW (America! The wolves are here! What will you do?)
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To: Gen. Burkhalter

I think the longer she stays out the less she affects the others. Some people pick a candidate and commit to them regardless of who else may jump in, especially during the primaries when we can vote for who we want and not for the lesser of the evils.


164 posted on 08/25/2011 10:36:21 AM PDT by Netizen (Path to citizenship = Scamnesty. If you give it away, more will come. Who's pilfering your wallet?)
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To: 10thAmendmentGuy

Sorry, I was laughing at the irony that we both support the same candidate after all of our disagreements. I’ll leave you alone.


165 posted on 08/25/2011 10:37:03 AM PDT by 10thAmendmentGuy ("[Drug] crusaders cannot accept the fact that they are not God." -Thomas Sowell)
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To: DJ MacWoW; Admin Moderator

Sorry, I was laughing at the irony that we both support the same candidate after all of our disagreements. I’ll leave you alone.


166 posted on 08/25/2011 10:37:36 AM PDT by 10thAmendmentGuy ("[Drug] crusaders cannot accept the fact that they are not God." -Thomas Sowell)
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To: KittenClaws

“It just dawned on me that Sarah might have a darn good strategy going on.The libs NEED to undermine announced candidates and they’d love to get their claws into Sarah as soon as possible. Yet, they are effectively muzzled by Sarah’s unknown intentions.IOW, she’s driving them even crazier than they already are and I find that quite amusing.”

Exactly, but it is Rove and his ilk that this strategy is driving insane. Thus, the attacks, the snarkiness, the futile attempts to goad the Palin camp in conforming to Rove’s timetable, none of which is working, is a joy to watch.


167 posted on 08/25/2011 10:37:44 AM PDT by ngat
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To: DJ MacWoW
I just think the "quitting" tag on her...is dumb. And maybe it was the best thing for the people of AK. Which...I want politicians to do.

That all said......I'd vote for a rock, if that rock will kick Obama's ass and his policies to the curb.

168 posted on 08/25/2011 10:38:09 AM PDT by Osage Orange ("Marine Sniper - You can run, but you'll just die tired!")
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To: dmz

You’ve fallen for Rove’s spin. He was clearly trying to set her up by pretending he had inside information, concluding that she would need to announce on September 3rd—or it’ll be too late and her supporters will abandon her.

All she did was correct the falsehood he was planting that he knew her unannounced schedule.


169 posted on 08/25/2011 10:38:30 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: DJ MacWoW

Why do you find JR’s comments too funny?!


170 posted on 08/25/2011 10:42:25 AM PDT by Netizen (Path to citizenship = Scamnesty. If you give it away, more will come. Who's pilfering your wallet?)
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To: DJ MacWoW; 10thAmendmentGuy
Seems to me....with keeping to the FReeper spirit..you commented about the poster..but didn't ping them.

And then you tell that poster to not post to you????

Seems to me...you were / are in the wrong.

171 posted on 08/25/2011 10:42:30 AM PDT by Osage Orange ("Marine Sniper - You can run, but you'll just die tired!")
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To: Osage Orange
That all said......I'd vote for a rock, if that rock will kick Obama's ass and his policies to the curb.

We have to be careful. It HAS to be someone that can pull the US back from the brink.

172 posted on 08/25/2011 10:42:30 AM PDT by DJ MacWoW (America! The wolves are here! What will you do?)
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To: Netizen
She didn't seem upset to me. Is she supposed to ignore misstatements by Rove?

That seems unwise to me.

173 posted on 08/25/2011 10:43:29 AM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: Netizen

What?


174 posted on 08/25/2011 10:43:55 AM PDT by DJ MacWoW (America! The wolves are here! What will you do?)
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To: Netizen
Any professional pundit claiming to have 'inside information' regarding Governor Palin's personal decision is not only wrong but their comments are specifically intended to mislead the American public," Palin's Sarah PAC website declared.

That a post of fact. Karl Rove is the only one claiming "she is upset with him". Two different issues.

175 posted on 08/25/2011 10:44:52 AM PDT by MNJohnnie (Giving more money to DC to fix the Debt is like giving free drugs to addicts think it will cure them)
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To: Gen. Burkhalter

No, you said that is what your wife thought and you had no response. Does your wife do all your thinking for you?


176 posted on 08/25/2011 10:45:33 AM PDT by ngat
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To: Osage Orange; 10thAmendmentGuy

I made no comments about the poster. I was speaking directly to them in Post 163.


177 posted on 08/25/2011 10:46:02 AM PDT by DJ MacWoW (America! The wolves are here! What will you do?)
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To: DJ MacWoW
Personally I think anyone that can beat Obama..and kick his policies to the curb..could pull us back.
178 posted on 08/25/2011 10:46:08 AM PDT by Osage Orange ("Marine Sniper - You can run, but you'll just die tired!")
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To: Netizen
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20095927-503544.html

Might want to check your sources closer. cBS news is the one claiming that statement by Sarah Pac is a “shot at Karl Rove”. Sarah Pac says no such thing.

179 posted on 08/25/2011 10:46:29 AM PDT by MNJohnnie (Giving more money to DC to fix the Debt is like giving free drugs to addicts think it will cure them)
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To: Gen. Burkhalter
But she said of SP, if she can’t handle all of the flak she was getting in Alaska, how is she going to handle it on a national level? I had no ready response.

I mean this in the nicest possible way, but in matters political your wife is a moron.

180 posted on 08/25/2011 10:46:46 AM PDT by gogeo
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