Posted on 03/01/2023 12:37:56 PM PST by conservative98
Well it could be due to the gay sex scandal that CPAC founder Matt Schlapp is currently accused of. I’ve not seen him deny it publicly. Of course, this wouldn’t bother Trump, who’s a big supporter of gay marriage anyway, so he’ll be there.
Many would-be presidential candidates will skip CPAC because it’s mired in scandal
Oxymoron
“For example, if Rove says that 1+1 = 2, I won’t therefore automatically believe that 1+1 equals something else.”
That’s a good way to put it. Rove cannot be counted on to advance the conservative agenda, but he seems to be pretty good on how “the game” is played. Swamp creatures know the Swamp.
This is just boilerplate political jargon from Karl Rove, regardless of whether or not this is “smart” or not.
Not reading this thread just wanted to say that rove is a grifter and jerk!
It’s helping Rove to stay in the news, and that’s what matters to him.
If neither Trump or DeSantis can be controlled by the RINOs, then their best bet is to split the GOP, pitting the two most likely candidates in the next couple of election cycles against each other and then waiting for someone they can control. They’re not deeply affected by Democrat policies, so it’s just a matter of waiting for someone like, say, Nikki Haley or even Tulsi Gabbard (if they can lure her into the party) to be a willing marionette.
Just my opinion though as a bemused observer.
Ed Rollins is doing ads on NewsMax to draft Desantis.
All the neocons and open borders
Hacks back Desantis.
Much worse than Karl Rove endorsenent is endorsement by Cub for Growth, which is total globalist organization.
Cpac is grass roots and Rove says, go to the real power brokers. DeSantis follows his advice. I’d never support him.
Did you object to the open border Muslim who used to run CPAC??
You prefer rumor to make your case.
Bush’s brain (war criminal Karl Rove) supports RDS. Color me shocked.
You do realize its purely to spite Trump. They don’t actually support RDS. Trump, unfortunately, has killed his chances with too many white suburban women IMO to win. He’s also very up there in age by 2025-2028. Of the non-Trumps, RDS is by far the best choice.
Karl Rove and the Bushies are the kiss of death.
DeSantis needs to punt them all, and run for president in 2028.
The only thing he says that could be construed as pro DeSantis is that the straw poll is meaningless. I am sure it would be more meaningful if DeSantis was a candidate in it. But I have to agree with Rove that DeSantis has nothing to gain from losing to Trump in this poll.
The Only Trumpers would rather go down with the Trump ship than have a chance to win with another candidate. I don’t expect DeSantis going to run now since it’s becoming clear Trump World is on a kamikaze mission.
Rove is an irrelevant RINO hack and his political views obsolete. There’s no replacement for Trump at this time, certainly not another deep state neocon like DeSantis. If the Republicans don’t run Trump they might as well not run anybody.
I don’t care much about the age thing. But yes, you are right about Trump killing his chances with the suburban soccer moms. And that’s a real pity. We need MAGA back in the White House. Trump needs that squishy middle to get him there. Unfortunately, that squishy middle is pretty much gone from him.
Yea Because talking to the grass roots is meaningless to this group. Says a lot, doesn’t it? His advice is, the grass roots is Trump’s base, go talk to the party bosses in Texas. DeSantis agrees and does just that. Pathetic if you ask me.
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