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I've never fully understood how Karl Rove developed a reputation as a strategic genius.
In 2000, it was Rove's idea to keep George W. Bush in California in the campaign's waning days, instead of stumping in key battleground states. Bush lost California by a wide margin, and Rove's strategy practically cost his candidate the election.
In 2006, after nearly getting indicted, Rove's sole responsibility was overseeing the Republican Party's 2006 election strategy. He told NPR in late October that he'd found a secret math that gives him insights that mere mortals can't comprehend, and soon after, Democrats won back both chambers of Congress in a historic victory.
And then there's this year, when Rove's Republican attack operation spent nearly $400 million and lost just about every race it contested -- not to mention Rove's on-air tantrum that's already become the stuff of legend.
I think it's safe to say the bloom is off the rose.
"The billionaire donors I hear are livid," one Republican operative told The Huffington Post. "There is some holy hell to pay. Karl Rove has a lot of explaining to do ... I don't know how you tell your donors that we spent $390 million and got nothing."
Rove's operation is holding a phone call for its big donors today "to sum up the race." That ought to be fun, right?
There's also the question of Rove's future. Conservative activist Richard Viguerie said in a statement yesterday that "in any logical universe," Rove "would never be hired to run or consult on a national campaign again."
Media organizations will, however, apparently keep paying him. Rove, who inexplicably maintains a role as a media professional analyzing races he's directly involved in, still has his Wall Street Journal column -- he says today Obama is "lucky" Hurricane Sandy hit -- and seems unlikely to leave Fox News anytime soon.
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What you talking about Bush and Chenney actually lost that election and Republicans were still determined to win that election and that resulted in Republicans stealing it. I don't consider that election to be fair at all as it was with this one that Republicans were looking to rig so much. Scum Republicans are still just scum.
Strategic genius?? Wasn't Rove called Bush's Brain? Says it all.
Karl Rove is the re-incanation of Lee Atwater minus the death bed apology.
They was Roved!!!
Rove, a tax and spend accuser essentially taxed his pac contributors and spent all of their money without winning the election for Romney and without winning the Senate for the GOP. You have to love this!!! Now maybe the GOP will kick Rove, Norquist, et.al into the streets. They are done!
P.S. Take the Koch Bros. with you, boys!
I liked Jon Stewart's impression of Dick Morris. Something like "those minorities voting in 2008 should have disappeared by now"?
Also, the Rove disavowal of Ohio declared for Obama and the revelation of the actual arithmetic.
http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/wed-november-7-2012/post-democalypse-2012---america-takes-a-shower---karl-rove-s-math
Their heads stay in that bubble or the sand. They really have to get out more and change the channel from FNC and Nickelodian.
I love Bill Maher, although I disagree regarding bashing religion. I have my opinions, but not going to trash peoples' religion, just using it for politics.
Makes you wonder why one of those gun-toting Republicans don't get one of their guns out and shoot that guy, huh?
I nominate Rick Perry to replace Karl Rove on Fox News. He's good lookin', straight shootin', and dumb unlike Rove who's, well, not.
They don't dump Rove because "conservative" means "never changing." No matter what. Even if what you are doing is irrelevant, disproved, debunked, and truly terrible.
Delusional TURD BLOSSOM is still in denial of the Obama landslide victory.
He'll be lucky if his billionaire marks don't whack him for pi$$ing away almost $400 million dollars of their money while getting bupkis in return. Many have disappeared for much less. His meltdown after Faux News called Ohio for Obama was priceless. Poor, Baby Huey-looking putz.
Maybe Rove could get a routine carrying Beck and Limbaugh's water.
I'm so happy that Rove and his billionaires were not able to buy the Presidency, or the Senate. But I have this nagging suspicion that if Romney had not been such an ineffective candidate, they just might have pulled out a victory. While we celebrate this week's good news, let's not forget how many other races have been distorted by waves of money thrown in against Democrats. How do we change this?
Corporations are not people, my friends.
HOW INCOMPETENT IS THE CONSERVATIVE MEDIA? - here's how...
WRONG-
From RedState.com- Erick Erickson’s Electoral map:
Romney 285 Obama 253
WRONGER-
From HumanEvents.com- John Gizzi’s Electoral map:
Romney 321 Obama 217
THE WRONGEST-
From FOX News - Dick Morris Electoral map:
Romney 325 Obama 213
THE WINNER
From New York Times - Nate silver 538 Blog
Obama 313 Romney 225
Actual
Now- Obama 303 Romney 206
Pending Florida Results - Obama 332 Romney 206
"The real “Teavangelical” agenda appears to begin and end with the same basic principle. It envisions an unregulated system of capitalism with a select few individuals sitting atop. This is coupled with a strong national military to facilitate the transportation of goods and services and to protect investments in furtherance thereof. The social safety net is effectively eliminated. It’s every man for himself. Period. It is big government, Tea Party style."
It is also "audaciously brazen."
Read more at
http://lifeamongtheordinary.blogspot.com/2012/11/audaciously-brazen-part-three.html
Agreed. The most ironic thing about it is they call themselves T.P. Patriots, I think. This vision greatly resembles the British Rule that taxed the colonies, sold tea to the colonies and the colonies had not vote.
It's oddly similar to me. The vision of a few atop (royals) and transporting and trading goods. With a military protecting commerce for the upper crust.
Karl will soon be a footnote and irrelevant...he is sinking fast in his own s— — — !
So the question is, will all of these multimillionaires and billionaires stupid enough to give Mr. Rove all of there money in 2014 or 2016?
Hopefully this idiot will go into hiding. Is there a turd island in the south pacific?
But he came on and someone (the same blond woman?) on Faux shut him down. He said the re-election has never been so close before… She stopped him and said, but he still won, though.
There is no excuse but what they did or how it was done. All their tactics backfired and you cannot deny that.
332 electoral votes to 206. Not that close. 2.5% the facts are public.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/07/who-won-the-popular-vote-2012_n_2087038.html
The election is over. He should admit it and go away.
Karl Rove and his list of involvement and under achievement based on Wikipendia ! Rove began his involvement in American politics in 1968 and made a name for him self in 1969 ,unsuccessful re-election campaign Ralph T. Smith of Illinois. 1970, Rove used a false identity to enter the campaign office of Democrat Alan J. Dixon He stole 1000 sheets of paper with campaign letterhead, printed fake campaign rally fliers promising "free beer, free food, girls and a good time for nothing", and distributed them at rock concerts and homeless shelters, with the effect of disrupting Dixon's rally. Rove's Bio sounds of fraud and Lies ! College drop out ! His appointments to any office came from the Bush camp for the work he did for them from 1978 until 2004. most of were failures and or near failures ! How could any one trust his word on any thing dealing with politics !