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How to Beat Hillary (Next) November
Newsweek ^ | Nov 26, 2007 Issue | Karl Rove

Posted on 11/17/2007 8:31:45 PM PST by Baladas

I've seen up close the two Clintons America knows. He's a big smile, hand locked on your arm and lots of charms. "Hey, come down and speak at my library. I'd like to talk some politics with you."

And her? She tends to be, well, hard and brittle. I inherited her West Wing office. Shortly after the 2001 Inauguration, I made a little talk saying I appreciated having the office because it had the only full-length vanity mirror in the West Wing, which gave me a chance to improve my rumpled appearance. The senator from New York confronted me shortly after and pointedly said she hadn't put the mirror there. I hadn't said she did, just that the mirror was there. So a few weeks later, in another talk, I repeated the story about the mirror. And shortly thereafter, the junior senator saw me and, again, without a hint of humor or light in her voice, icily said she'd heard I'd repeated the story of the mirror and she … did … not … put … that mirror in the office.

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To: Baladas
From the column:

The GOP nominee must highlight his core convictions to help people understand who he is and to set up a natural contrast with Clinton, both on style and substance. Don't be afraid to say something controversial. The American people want their president to be authentic.

Duncan Hunter continues to look like the best choice.

61 posted on 11/18/2007 1:28:33 AM PST by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly.)
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To: Baladas
And her? She tends to be, well, hard and brittle. I inherited her West Wing office.

Who used this office space in previous administrations? Why would a first lady need this kind of space? Is this office space the only office space in the White House befitting a co-president?

It is a small but telling story: she is tough, persistent and forgets nothing. Those are some of the reasons she is so formidable as a contender, and why Republicans who think she would be easy to beat are wrong.

Here we go again with that word formidable used here by Rove, I have heard President Bush and Vic-President Cheney both use that singular word in describing Hillry. I do not ever recall any of this group ever using that word to describe Saddam, or OBL or anyone else for that matter. Sure sounds like a warning IMO.

62 posted on 11/18/2007 1:42:15 AM PST by Just mythoughts
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To: Smokin' Joe
I agree. Hunter does look like the best choice. Us conservatives should take a closer look at him.

WatchingHillary.com


63 posted on 11/18/2007 1:45:35 AM PST by GaryLee1990 (www.WatchingHillary.com)
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To: Baladas

I wish to be in on your Rove ping list, if I may, please.


64 posted on 11/18/2007 1:52:04 AM PST by txhurl (Yes there were WMDs)
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To: Baladas
I would just add that the Republican candidate needs to have a good sense of humor.

Hillary Clinton is an angry, bitter, mean individual who couldn't spontaneously think of something funny to say if her life depended on it.

A Republican with unwavering conservative principles, unwavering loyalty to the Constitution, unapologetic, uncompromising devotion to border security and winning the war against Islamic fanatics, and a sense of humor will have Clinton on the defensive and off of her scripted game for the entire campaign.

Watch tapes of how Reagan did it and watch tapes of the election results pouring in. Do it like that.

65 posted on 11/18/2007 2:12:11 AM PST by GiovannaNicoletta
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To: Cincinna

“The plural of dwarf is dwarves. Just as the plural of calf is calves.”

I think it can be either.

http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/dwarf


66 posted on 11/18/2007 3:16:29 AM PST by Mila
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To: Aria
The senator from New York confronted me shortly after and pointedly said she hadn’t put the mirror there.

I believe her because vampires don’t need mirrors due to no reflection.

67 posted on 11/18/2007 4:11:34 AM PST by Recon Dad (Marine Spec Ops Dad)
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To: South40
How to beat Hillary...

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68 posted on 11/18/2007 4:31:37 AM PST by Caipirabob (Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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To: Baladas
Hillary was just showing that New York City "attitude"--which is why people from everywhere else in the country treat them like they carry a contagious disease.

A few "mirror mirror on the wall, who is the biggest b*tch of all" signs would seem to be in order.

:-)
69 posted on 11/18/2007 4:37:22 AM PST by cgbg (The fight has just begun against the bully (nanny) state.)
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To: lawnguy

Did anyone else just hear Frank Luntz on Fox with the Friends? I was on my first cup of coffee so I may have heard wrong, but he had some polling data that was very encouraging with Mrs. Clinton only within a few points of McCain and Rudy. He also pointed out the Howard Dean front runner example.


70 posted on 11/18/2007 5:32:27 AM PST by Miss Didi ("Good heavens, woman, this is a war not a garden party!" Dr. Meade, Gone with the Wind)
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To: Baladas

Whom ever our candidate is for the Republican Party would be wise to keep bringing her Republican values she espoused when she moved to the center ie: Thank her for her conservative view on giving driving licenses to illegal immigrants etc.

Her base wants her to act and sound like the true socialist she is.


71 posted on 11/18/2007 5:37:21 AM PST by RetSignman (DEMSM: "If you tell a big enough lie, frequently enough, it becomes the truth")
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To: Baladas
HOW TO START EACH DAY WITH A POSITIVE OUTLOOK

1. Open a new file in your computer.

2. Name it "Hillary Rodham Clinton"

3. Send it to the trash.

4. Empty the trash.

5. Your PC will ask you, "Do you really want to get rid of "Hillary Rodham Clinton?"

6. Firmly Click "Yes."

7. Feel better?

PS: Next week we'll do Nancy Pelosi

72 posted on 11/18/2007 5:41:18 AM PST by jws3sticks (Hillary can take a very long walk on a very short pier, anytime, and the sooner the better!)
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To: jws3sticks

Phunny and original. Doing as you say right now.


73 posted on 11/18/2007 5:48:23 AM PST by CARTOUCHE ( The pen is mightier than the sword and so much easier to conceal)
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To: HuntsvilleTxVeteran
She probably did not put the mirror in her office, she just ordered some flunky to do it.

Craig Livingstone.

74 posted on 11/18/2007 6:12:46 AM PST by randita
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To: Baladas

75 posted on 11/18/2007 6:19:32 AM PST by KeyLargo
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To: Baladas
Tense...the woman is tense. It’s frightening that she might be the CIC.
76 posted on 11/18/2007 6:40:17 AM PST by Earthdweller (All reality is based on faith in something.)
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To: ansel12

That thing he’s holding looks like a club, but it’s more cucumberish.


77 posted on 11/18/2007 7:17:35 AM PST by perfect_rovian_storm (John Cox 2008: Because Duncan Hunter just isn't obscure enough for me!)
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To: Cincinna

> The plural of dwarf is dwarves. Just as the plural of calf is calves. Get yourself a dictionary. <

Or, “Get yourselves multiple dictionaries.”


78 posted on 11/18/2007 7:26:35 AM PST by Hawthorn
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To: Balata

The GOP nominee must give voters a reason and a vision to vote for him. The nominee cannot win with a vote for me because I am not the witch campaign. The nation is tired of 6 years of government by fear, despite a valid threat to our nation and way of life.

Unfortunately, I have not seen such a compelling message
yet to come from any front running GOP candidate.


79 posted on 11/18/2007 7:29:57 AM PST by buckalfa
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To: Cincinna

“The plural of dwarf is dwarves. Just as the plural of calf is calves.

Get yourself a dictionary.”

Of course you hit the spell check button before you hit the post button after you wrote the above. LOL!


80 posted on 11/18/2007 8:11:11 AM PST by Balata
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