http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/karlrove/ en-us Wed, 30 Dec 2009 21:54:01 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417913/posts MSNBC, "the place for politics" strikes again, this time with character assassination in the name of same-sex marriage. On the Dec. 29 broadcast of "The Rachel Maddow Show," Maddow took aim at former Bush administration Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove, now a Fox News contributor. She noted his prior opposition to same-sex marriage, which according to Maddow's citation of The Atlantic magazine, was done only to win elections. "In the Karl Rove political playbook, more than one chapter covers the tactic of gay-baiting, which Mr. Rove has used to notorious electoral effect," Maddow said. "To quote a 2004 profile... NewsBusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417913/posts#comment Wed, 30 Dec 2009 21:54:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417199/posts Wow: David Shuster really lets it all hang out on Twitter . . . In current tweets, the MSNBCer accuses Karl Rove of "hypocrisy," calls conservatives "wingnuts," claims Baucus wasn't wasted, and denounces Drudge as "repulsive" for supposedly suggesting otherwise. Excerpts from Shuster's current Twitter feed [screencap after the jump]: * Thank you Wingnuts! By mentioning my tweets, you are bringing more attention to @karlrove hypocrisy * Wingnuts, just because you want to believe something is true does not make it so. Obama wasn't born in Kenya. Baucus wasn't inebriated. * Baucus speech was at 430pm in the afternoon. He... NewsBusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417199/posts#comment Tue, 29 Dec 2009 21:40:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417153/posts Karl and Darby Rove are now divorced. They were married for 24 years and have one son together and a court in Texas has granted their request to end the marriage. The couple is said to have split amicably, even spending the Christmas holiday together and with their son Andrew Madison Rove, according to an insider cited by Politico. According to a bio from Wiki, she is the former Darby Tara Hickson and "is a breast cancer survivor, a graphic designer, and former employee of Karl Rove & Co." *** Spokeswoman Dana Perino said: "Karl Rove and his wife, Darby,... Nat Ledger http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417153/posts#comment Tue, 29 Dec 2009 20:50:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2416591/posts Here is video of Karl Rove reacting to Obama calling the attempted Northwest Airlines flight 253 attacker an "isolated extremist." (Video)Karl Rove said that he was "deeply troubled by the President's statement that this was an isolated extremist." Rove said "this was a member of an international effort which is determined to kill Americans in as many numbers and in as horrible of a condition as it possibly can." Rove said he was "astonished that the President came out and dismissed this in such an offhanded way" and asked "how can you be an isolated extremist if Al-Qaeda is already... Freedom's Lighthouse http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2416591/posts#comment Mon, 28 Dec 2009 23:51:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2407652/posts Here is video of Karl Rove on The O'Reilly Factor tonight, where he graded President Barack Obama's performance in office. First, he said Obama should have never offered a grade for himself. Karl Rove gave Obama: On the Economy: C-On Afghanistan: B-On Foreign Policy: C or C-On Governing as he Campaigned: D-On Personal Behavior: A-Changing Tone in Washington: C- . . . (VIDEO) Freedom's Lighthouse http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2407652/posts#comment Tue, 15 Dec 2009 03:09:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2406097/posts Here is video of Karl Rove talking with Greta van Susteren talking about President Obama going back on his word to hold a debate on Health Care in public with "C-Span" cameras there. Greta played multiple clips of Obama making that promise as a candidate, which he has never done in the entire course of the Health Care Debate. The deals the Democrats have made in both the House and Senate have been done behind closed doors with secrecy a papal selection would be proud of. . . . (VIDEO) Freedom's Lighthouse http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2406097/posts#comment Sat, 12 Dec 2009 15:37:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1173004/posts <p>IF YOU ENJOYED the election crisis of 2000, you’re going to love what Democrat leaders are cooking up for November.</p> <p>"George Soros has purchased the Democratic Party," charges Republican National Committee spokeswoman Christine Iverson. (2) Some might dismiss Miss Iverson's comment as hyberbole. However, Soros' massive soft-money contributions have indisputably given him power over Democrat strategy.</p> RichardPoe.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1173004/posts#comment Sat, 17 Jul 2004 00:55:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2403198/posts Karl Rove fires back at Obama's speech on jobs, Obama goes after TARP in today's speech and Rove points out that Tim Geithner was one of the 3 who sat in a room and designed the TARP program... hotairpundit http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2403198/posts#comment Tue, 8 Dec 2009 22:23:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2403129/posts Here is video of Karl Rove reacting to Obama's jobs speech this morning...(Video)Karl Rove said "this was a President who was more concerned with his job security than the job security of Americans." Freedom's Lighthouse http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2403129/posts#comment Tue, 8 Dec 2009 20:52:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2398025/posts Here is video of Karl Rove today saying President Obama's decision to set date to begin pulling out U.S. Troops is "sending the wrong signal." Obama is expected to announce an additional 30,000 troops for Afghanistan, but will say he is going to begin pulling troops out in July 2011, and plans to be out of Afghanistan for the most part within three years. Rove said Obama's announcement essentially tells the enemy, "wait this long and we'll be gone." . . . (VIDEO) Freedom's Lighthouse http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2398025/posts#comment Wed, 2 Dec 2009 00:33:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2397960/posts Matt Lauer always seems as if he is the emptiest of empty suits, and today was no different.Former George W Bush adviser Karl Rove appeared on the Today Show this morning, and Lauer looked kind of confused as he read of the list of questions probably written by the White House. He began by telling his liberal viewers that Rove was a right wing nut, or as Matt called him "a Fox News contributor". The guy is one of the most successful political strategists in our lifetime, but to Matt and his puppeteers he is simply a a Fox News... NBC News/MRC/The Lid http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2397960/posts#comment Tue, 1 Dec 2009 22:47:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2388742/posts Here is video of Karl Rove tonight talking to Sean Hannity about President Obama's conduct on his overseas trip to Asia. Rove agreed with former Vice-President Dick Cheney, who said: "There is no need for an American President to bow to anyone. Our friends and allies don't expect it, and our enemies see it as a sign of weakness." - Dick Cheney Rove said a slight nod would have been seen as respectful, but the low bow to the waste was not viewed as needed or appropriate by the Japanese or others. Rove pointed out that if it is appropriate... Freedom's Lighthouse http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2388742/posts#comment Wed, 18 Nov 2009 03:33:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2387650/posts "Deep bow speaks weakness"...Exactly right Karl Rove, when you elect a community organizer to be President, this is what you get....(Video) hotairpundit http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2387650/posts#comment Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:57:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2385014/posts Here is video of Karl Rove talking today on Fox News about the impact of current issues on next year's 2010 mid-term elections. He talked about the 2002 mid-term, in which President George W. Bush and the GOP actually gained seats in the House. But Rove believes 2010 won't work that way for Democrats, because he thinks there is evidence some Democrats are already starting to defect from Obama. He cited the New Jersey and Virginia governors races as evidence, as well as polls that indicate the same. The video then shows Tucker Carlson and Dan Gerstein talking about what... Freedom's Lighthouse http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2385014/posts#comment Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:32:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2369477/posts Just a heads up that it looks like Karl Rove is on GOP.com. Here's a link to his profile Karl Rove http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2369477/posts#comment Fri, 23 Oct 2009 19:08:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2365966/posts Here is video of Karl Rove reacting to accusations by Obama Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel, who claimed virtually nothing has been done in Afghanistan in eight years of U.S. presence there. Emanuel claimed they were having to start from scratch in Afghanistan. Rove pointed out in a picture of Obama's "War Council," that David Axelrod and Robert Gibbs are present at the meeting. Rove said that is "highly unusual." In his years in the Bush White House, he said he never attended a war cabinet meeting. He also said it is unwise to put your press secretary in a... Freedom's Lighthouse http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2365966/posts#comment Mon, 19 Oct 2009 19:39:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2365905/posts Karl Rove, former top adviser to President George W. Bush, bluntly accused President Barack Obama of deliberately "destabilizing" the government of Afghanistan, in an interview this morning on the Fox News Channel.Rove said Obama sent Democratic party henchman James Carville to help the campaign of one of President Hamid Karzai's opponents for the August presidential election.An article by NPR last summer says Carville's strategy was to drag the election in to a runoff to aid his candidate, former World Bank official Ashraf Ghani.Obama Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel made remarks this weekend that questioned whether the Obama administration would send... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2365905/posts#comment Mon, 19 Oct 2009 18:18:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2365344/posts Here is video of Karl Rove on "Fox News Sunday" talking about the White House's attacks on Fox News. Karl Rove said "I think this White House is dominated by Chicago style politics." Rove said the "President of the United States should not be picking out enemies in the media like that, and personalizing it, and allowing his people to personalize it as well." . . . (VIDEO) Freedom's Lighthouse http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2365344/posts#comment Sun, 18 Oct 2009 22:15:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2364402/posts Here is video of Karl Rove talking with Sean Hannity tonight about what he believes President Obama intends to do in the weeks ahead - push through ObamaCare, Cap and Trade. Karl Rove says Seniors, Independents, and College Graduates are driving poll numbers away from Obama and the Democrats. All three groups now oppose Obama on Health Care. Rove believes the massive new spending, increasing debts, and the attempt to engineer a Government takeover of Health Care have been damaging to Obama. Rove breaks out the whiteboard to illustrate the numbers on the Baucus bill, which he says is just... Freedom's Lighthouse http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2364402/posts#comment Sat, 17 Oct 2009 02:31:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2361869/posts Here is video of Bill O'Reilly talking to Sen. Claire McCaskill about the Senate Finance Committee passing "the Healthy Futures Act" (Baucus Health Care Bill). O'Reilly gave McCaskill Karl Rove's take on the Healthy Futures Act and said "as Mr. Rove pointed out, it's a shell game, because it doesn't kick in for another four or five years while the taxation to pay for it kicks in much sooner than that, so yeah, its gonna reduce it in the short term because you're collecting money that you're not spending on it for five years, so isn't that a shell game?"... Freedom's Lighthouse http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2361869/posts#comment Wed, 14 Oct 2009 01:42:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2356261/posts Karl Rove’s Twitter account was suspended? Yes, indeed. Although the account is now up and running, Rove’s gang has a call into Twitter Headquarters to find out what exactly happened. Rove's office told POLITICO: "On Monday evening around 8:20 PM Karl Rove's Twitter account (@karlrove) was temporarily suspended due to unknown reasons. We submitted a support request to Twitter and the account was promptly restored. Karl Rove complies fully with the rules outlined in the Twitter Terms of Service and despite several phone calls to the Twitter corporate office, we've been unable to determine what caused the temporary shut down." Politico.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2356261/posts#comment Tue, 6 Oct 2009 22:27:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2356076/posts Karl Rove breaks down the price of health reform. Real Clear Politics http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2356076/posts#comment Tue, 6 Oct 2009 18:22:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2355413/posts Over the past few weeks, Florida GOP Gov. Charlie Crist has found himself being put on the defensive more and more in the primary thanks to the challenge by ex-state House Speaker Marco Rubio. While Crist has financially overwhelmed Rubio to date, there are many Republicans -- particularly those in Flordia that are close to former GOP Gov. Jeb Bush -- who have publicly become more comfortable airing their skepticism about Crist in public. One of those Republicans with close ties to the Bush family, Karl Rove, has signaled his preference with his wallet. Rove confirms to NBC News that... MSNBC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2355413/posts#comment Mon, 5 Oct 2009 20:18:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2354226/posts In the end, it was all about Obama, Rove says he got what he deserved, I agree...Now if this President wanted to win in Afghanistan the way he wanted to win in Copenhagen, a whole lotta people, including the troops would be cheering....(Video from Foxnews) hotairpundit http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2354226/posts#comment Sat, 3 Oct 2009 18:48:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2353906/posts Here is video of Karl Rove absolutely schooling Juan Williams (sitting in for Bill O'Reilly) when Williams made the mistake tonight of accusing President Bush and his administration of "doing nothing" to reign in Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to avoid a Housing Meltdown. That's all it took. Rove proceeded to lay out the facts that the Bush Administration tried to get legislation to regulate the mortgage lenders, but were blocked by Democrats, including then Senator Barack Obama. . . . (VIDEO) Freedom's Lighthouse http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2353906/posts#comment Sat, 3 Oct 2009 02:39:14 GMT