http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/rove/ en-us Thu, 31 Dec 2009 02:36:35 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418091/posts Ambitious Republicans should resolve to run for office next year. President Obama not only left Washington, D.C., for the holidays, but the lower 48 as well. So I thought I'd offer a few New Year's resolutions for him and others to come back to in the coming year.First, to Mr. Obama's staff: The Norwegian Nobel Committee didn't want to wake the president to tell him about his prize earlier this year, but there shouldn't be any reluctance to reassure the nation after a terrorist attack. Also, why not resolve to have a few less "historic" moments? How many can one... The Wall Street Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418091/posts#comment Thu, 31 Dec 2009 02:36:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2417589/posts Karl Rove goes after the President for his response to Terrorist Attack YouTube http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2417589/posts#comment Wed, 30 Dec 2009 14:07:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417042/posts After 24 years of marriage to Darby Tara Hickson, Karl Rove – former senior adviser to President George W. Bush – has been granted a divorce in Texas. Examiner.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417042/posts#comment Tue, 29 Dec 2009 17:37:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417027/posts Rove granted divorce in Texas By: Mike Allen December 29, 2009 11:27 AM EST Karl Rove, former senior adviser to President George W. Bush, has been granted a divorce in Texas after 24 years of marriage, a family spokesperson said. Dana Perino, the spokesperson, said: “Karl Rove and his wife, Darby, were granted a divorce last week. The couple came to the decision mutually and amicably, and they maintain a close relationship and a strong friendship. There will be no further comment and the family requests that its privacy be respected.” The Roves were married in January 1986. A family... Politico http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417027/posts#comment Tue, 29 Dec 2009 17:15:38 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-news/2414481/posts By now Majority Leader Harry Reid's explanation for how he is getting his health-care bill through the Senate has pinged its way across the country. "I don't know if there is a senator that doesn't have something in this bill that was important to them," he said. "And if they don't have something in it important to them, then it doesn't speak well of them." But take these comments two steps further and it becomes clear that how Mr. Reid reached unanimity in his caucus could hurt Democrats more than they realize. First, taking Mr. Reid at his word means... Wall Street Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414481/posts#comment Thu, 24 Dec 2009 15:20:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414255/posts Pushing health-care reform through the Senate will hurt Democrats. By now Majority Leader Harry Reid's explanation for how he is getting his health-care bill through the Senate has pinged its way across the country. "I don't know if there is a senator that doesn't have something in this bill that was important to them," he said this week. "And if they don't have something in it important to them, then it doesn't speak well of them." But take these comments two steps further and it becomes clear that how Mr. Reid reached unanimity in his caucus could hurt Democrats more... The Wall Street Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414255/posts#comment Thu, 24 Dec 2009 03:58:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2413509/posts This week the Senate grinches stole Christmas. The Obama Nation is getting Obamacare. It’s easy to blame the sixty Democrats, as the Wall Street Journal does, for "the worse bill ever." It solemnly declares: "These 60 Democrats are creating a future of epic increases in spending, taxes and command--and control regulation." True enough. But what's the root cause of this permanent disaster? Sorry, friends, but it’s not the Democrats, nor the American people who elected them. The real culprits are two Republicans who ran the show the previous eight years: George W. Bush and his "master political strategist" Karl Rove.... Human Events http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2413509/posts#comment Wed, 23 Dec 2009 03:29:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2404262/posts Probably not, but their candidate recruitment so far has been stellar. Democrats began the year as masters of the political universe, winning the White House and increasing their majorities in Congress. But the year is ending badly for them. Their top initiative, health care, is deeply unpopular. Congress's approval rating is 26%, Speaker Nancy Pelosi's is 28%, and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's is an anemic 14%. Political currents are running against the party of Barack Obama. Democrats now trail Republicans by four points in Gallup's generic ballot poll. In 1994, the year the GOP took control of Congress, it... The Wall Street Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2404262/posts#comment Thu, 10 Dec 2009 02:32:20 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/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-news/2398898/posts President Barack Obama's speech on Tuesday night deserves to be cheered. Over the objections of his vice president and despite opposition from his political base, the president is sending an additional 30,000 troops to Afghanistan to fight terrorists. But praise for Mr. Obama's decision needs to be qualified. Gen. Stanley McChrystal, the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, had said he could use as many as 40,000 troops, a figure he arrived at after carefully evaluating what would be needed to accomplish the mission Mr. Obama assigned him in June. Mr. Obama hopes NATO can make up the difference between troops... The Wall Street Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2398898/posts#comment Thu, 3 Dec 2009 01:14:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2395284/posts -- snip --Mr. Obama's spending choices are dragging congressional Democrats into ugly electoral territory where many are likely to meet a brutal fate next fall. The Wall Street Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2395284/posts#comment Fri, 27 Nov 2009 10:06:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2385996/posts Democratic leaders angrily demanded a retraction from White House Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove yesterday after he accused liberals of responding with restraint and timidity to the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, but White House and Republican officials rallied to his defense and rebuffed calls for an apology. [snip] Rove's remarks were reported in yesterday's New York Times and in wire service reports, and by yesterday morning they had quickly exploded into the latest political battle between the parties. In his speech, Rove said no issue better illustrated the philosophical difference between liberals and conservatives than national security.... Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2385996/posts#comment Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:36:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2384553/posts [T]he narrative Obama White House officials are writing about themselves is that they are uncompromising, ungracious, and ready to run roughshod over popular opinion. They have mastered the Chicago way of politics: reward friends, punish enemies, and jam the opposition. Voters have a tendency to quickly grow tired of pugnacious governance. That's only the beginning of Mr. Axelrod's problems. If the 2010 midterms are nationalized, they will be a referendum on Mr. Obama's increasingly unpopular policies. For example, in the newest Gallup survey released on Monday, only 29% say they'd advise their congressman to vote for the health-care bill. This... Wall Street Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2384553/posts#comment Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:59:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2378814/posts Even a five-point shift would mean big Democratic losses in 2010. Tuesday's elections should put a scare into red state Democrats—and a few blue state ones, too. Barack Obama was said to have redrawn the electoral map by winning Virginia last year with 53% of the vote. On Tuesday, Republican Bob McDonnell flipped the state back to the GOP, winning his election for governor with 59% of the vote. Mr. Obama carried New Jersey easily last year with 57% of the vote. This year, despite being outspent 3-to-1, Republican Chris Christie ousted Democratic Gov. Jon Corzine there by 49% to... The Wall Street Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2378814/posts#comment Thu, 5 Nov 2009 01:33:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2374627/posts He says that probability is by no means greater than 50%, though. Draw your own conclusions. Fox News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2374627/posts#comment Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:11:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2368200/posts In an interview with CNN's John King on Sunday, White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel said President Obama is now asking tough questions about Afghanistan "that have never been asked on the civilian side, the political side, the military side and the strategic side." It was a not so subtle dig at Mr. Obama's predecessor and was meant to distract from the White House's mishandling of the war. The Bush administration did in fact conduct a top-to-bottom strategic review of Afghanistan in 2008. That review was provoked by two developments... The Wall Street Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2368200/posts#comment Thu, 22 Oct 2009 09:31:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2365945/posts Here is video of Karl Rove and Terry McAuliffe debating the White House strategy of attacking Fox News. Rove said he believes Obama's White House is dominated by "Chicago-style politics." If they don't like what a reporter says, they "keep score" and seek to get back at them. McAuliffe said "people are annoyed" that "Fox" did not broadcast Obama's speech on Health Care to the nation. Actually, Fox News carried Obama's speech - it was the Fox Entertainment network that did not. Rove said it is "over the top" for the White House to refer to Fox News as "the... Freedom's Lighthouse http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2365945/posts#comment Mon, 19 Oct 2009 19:08:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2363097/posts This past weekend, I had the opportunity to spend several hours with Karl Rove, the “master political strategist” of the Bush administration . . . where he defended the Bush agenda in a raucous debate . . . . I wondered if Rove would appear introspective, slightly humbled by the demise of the Republican Party in the most recent elections and the litany of disastrous big government policies he and his boss engineered over the past eight year that led to the lowest public approval rating in history. No one expected Rove to confess error. But like most conservatives, conservative... Human Events http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2363097/posts#comment Thu, 15 Oct 2009 15:42:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2362727/posts Wait until the voters figure out how Congress is proposing to pay for reform. Now that the Senate Finance Committee has voted for the health-care bill drafted by Montana Democratic Sen. Max Baucus, negotiations over the real bill can begin in Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's cozy Capitol hideaway. It won't be easy. Democrats now face a central problem for any governing party: How to pass a major piece of legislation when there are a lot of sharply different ideas about what should be in it. Trying to reconcile what Democrats in the House prefer with what Democrats in the... The Wall Street Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2362727/posts#comment Thu, 15 Oct 2009 02:41:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2357197/posts Gallup says independents now favor Republicans by nine points. assing health-care reform could be harmful to the health of congressional Democrats. Just look at how President Barack Obama's standing has fallen as he has pushed for reform. According to Fox News surveys, the number of independents who oppose health-care reform hit 57% at the end of September, up from 33% in July. Independents are generally a quarter of the vote in off-year congressional elections. The Wall Street Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2357197/posts#comment Thu, 8 Oct 2009 01:07:16 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-bloggers/2356035/posts About 3.5 minutes into the video. Fox News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2356035/posts#comment Tue, 6 Oct 2009 17:36:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2355528/posts October 05, 2009 Categories: Florida Rove donated to Rubio NBC News’ Chuck Todd has the scoop that Karl Rove is supporting Marco Rubio, the conservative challenger to Gov. Charlie Crist, in the Republican primary for the Senate in Florida – at least with his money. Rove donated $1,000 to Rubio's campaign -- a sign of support for the underdog as he goes up against the governor, who holds a significant fundraising advantage. NBC's First Read also concludes that the donation as a sign of where former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush's true loyalties lie: Many believe this is Jeb's way of... Politico http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2355528/posts#comment Mon, 5 Oct 2009 22:39:21 GMT