Because he delivered a victory against all who ganged up on the President.
You're not blind, are you? Rove orchestrated Dubya's win and added Pubs to the Senate and House.
Do you think you could have done better? If so, how?
Posted on 11/07/2004 1:22:49 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
WASHINGTON - On a blustery night in the New Mexico desert, President Bush was giving the next-to-last stump speech of a grueling campaign. The next morning, voters would decide his fate.
As he spoke, a man with nearly as much at stake was standing off to the side: Karl Rove. ...
Bundled up in a "W '04 Road Crew" jacket, Rove was regaling a flock of reporters. As his boss cracked a joke on stage, the balding, bespectacled adviser was performing his walking political calculator routine. He spewed numbers - how many volunteers are in Florida, how much money was spent on advertising.
It all added up, Rove predicted, to a narrow Bush victory over Sen. John Kerry, with a margin of about 3 percent in the popular vote. He was dead on. In his victory speech two days later, Bush thanked Rove, calling him "the architect" of his campaign.
Now Rove, 53, who has spent more than a decade helping to refashion George W. Bush from a baseball executive and former First Son into a two-term president, is preparing for his next project, building the Republican Party into a durable national majority.
Admirers describe Rove as shrewd and ingenious, familiar with the political climate down to the county level, skilled at knowing where to find untapped Republican voters. Critics call him devious and willing to use smear tactics or distortion.
Rove, who was born on Christmas Day and whose middle name is Christian, had talked for nearly two years about turning out millions more conservative Christians for the Republican cause by playing up Bush's faith and opposition to gay marriage. Conservative Christians responded by turning out in substantial numbers and giving Bush nearly 80 percent of their votes, according to exit polling.
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Thank you so much Rove. A true hero for America.
Why is Rove a hero?
Bush can pick 'em, can't he?
Come read this and ping some more people.
He's not a hero. He's Satan incarnate. Just ask the next Democrat you meet.
Over here! :-)
When did Ann Coulter turn democrat?
Thanks! I was getting tired of that other thread. LOL!
Rove is O.K. I wouldn't call him a genius, but he delivered the goods. He did have a good candidate. The best thing about bush is his ability to pick good people around him.
Michael Moore deserves a lot of credit for the bush win too. His ability to get hordes of lefties into a frothy rage alienated many kerry/edwards voters who then switched to voting for bush. We will have to remember to give him another brown bag full of cash prior to the 2008 election.
Because he delivered a victory against all who ganged up on the President.
You're not blind, are you? Rove orchestrated Dubya's win and added Pubs to the Senate and House.
Do you think you could have done better? If so, how?
So was I ..but it is nice to say WE WON to the 3rd party or stay at home malcontents one more time...;)
You're welcome (notice how churchy ALWAYS starts the fight and then runs away?)...I thought you'd enjoy reading this. I sure did. :-)
Well look who I found!
Now I am only one time zone behind you!
3:40AM CST!
I still think the Swift boat vets were the key to the Bush win. Bush poll numbers increased immediately after the first swift boat ad.
IIRC, Rove wanted to steer clear of Kerry's Viet Nam record even after Kerry made it the top priority of his campaign.
Please drop me a note and tell me ALL about your new home and how you love it! :-)
Victory has a thousand fathers, defeat has none.
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