Karl Rove: The Bush Family Taught Me Honesty...
By John Amato Thursday Mar 13, 2008 8:02pm
Who said Karl Rove doesn't have a sense of humor? He says he's been so privileged to work for both Bushes because of all the very important and serious qualities of life they taught him.
Well I’ve been privileged to work for two men who’s last name is Bush. George H. W. Bush and George W. Bush are two pretty remarkable men. And I’ve learned a lot from them, learned a lot about life, learned a lot about character, learned a lot about loyalty and trust and honesty and straightforwardness.
I guess Lee Atwater had nothing to do with it...
Atwater was a trusted advisor of U.S. Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush. He was also a political mentor and close friend of Karl Rove. Atwater invented or improved upon many of the techniques of modern electoral politics, including promulgating reputation-destroying rumors. His opponents have characterized him as the "happy hatchet man"[1] and "the Darth Vader of the Republican party".
In a February 1991 article for Life Magazine, Atwater wrote:
My illness helped me to see that what was missing in society is what was missing in me: a little heart, a lot of brotherhood. The '80s were about acquiring -- acquiring wealth, power, prestige. I know. I acquired more wealth, power, and prestige than most. But you can acquire all you want and still feel empty. What power wouldn't I trade for a little more time with my family? What price wouldn't I pay for an evening with friends? It took a deadly illness to put me eye to eye with that truth, but it is a truth that the country, caught up in its ruthless ambitions and moral decay, can learn on my dime. I don't know who will lead us through the '90s, but they must be made to speak to this spiritual vacuum at the heart of American society, this tumor of the soul.
I doubt Rove will make a death-bed confession.
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"The Bush Family Taught Me Honesty…"
Heh. Hahah. BWAAAAAHAHAHAHAAAAHHH!! AHHH HAHAHAHAHA ... hehehehehh HA HA HA! *gasp*...
HAW HAW HAW HAW! AHEHEHEHEH! *gasp* heh...
Rove should be examined for either:
A) Some kind of mental disorder, chemical imbalance or both
B) Illicit Drugs
C) Rabies
Of course Bush is honest.
He says the economy is doing great.
He says there were WMD's
He says we must wiretap to protect us
He says we must torture to protect us
He told us Muslim fanatics hit the trade towers.
He wouldn't lie would he?
Didn't papa Boosh fired Rove at some point during his re-election campaign in 92.
That speaks volumes, we you are too much of a crook for even Bush Sr to tolerate. Wow.
Loonie @ 1:
DITTO
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"And I’ve learned a lot from them, learned a lot about life, learned a lot about character, learned a lot about loyalty and trust and honesty and straightforwardness."
What a deceptive statement.
He's learned LOYALTY to a Party, and the president, forsaking his loyalty to the Nation. Quite revealing about his character.
McDuff, you forgot untreated syphillis for Rove. That would explain a lot.
Jesus. What a fuckin liar.
That's a gem, Amato.
I doubt Rove will make a death-bed confession.
Yeah, I doubt it too.
I think we'll see Guns and Roses's Chinese Democracy before Rove has a death bed confession (or any confession).
Sphincter's gonna have the greenest most lush grass over his grave. More so than any other in the cemetery. Why? Because he's so full of shit and there's gonna be a long mutherfucking line of people waiting to piss on it.
Hahahahahahahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa......
Rove probably IS honest with Bush, just not with the rest of us...
I can't watch the video. It's just too sickening.
What apiece of shit. If you notice,He could barely pronounce 'Islamic facsism' while keeping a strieght face.
JaneaneTheAcerbicGoblin @ 7:
Unfortunately, untreated syphilis would have made minced meat of his ass long ago. It is quite a painful and shitty way to go, alas syphilis managed to be the poetic justice bug of times past regarding the elites and their indiscretions. Also, there is no proven transmission link of syphilis via bestiality, as Rove's sexual preferences are more likely to be found in farm stables across the country.
These assholes have access to top notch health care (the exact one they deny the rest of us BTW), so I am sure he's got pumped full of antibiotics a few times.
Also,if you notice,His eyes Never look at the camera-They keep shifting to His right.
This fat little reach around has a different definition of honesty than I was taught.
Tyler Durden @ 15:
David Hawes @ 18:
OH He was pumped full of something all right.
Rove and honesty in the same sentence? Hahahahahahaha..............wow.........that man probably even lies to himself.
More Orwellian up-is-down speak from the master.
No one buys it anymore, you fucking creep.
"The Bush Family taught me honesty"..... whaaa....???? JD
Stupidity - the gift that keeps on giving.
My dear Karl, may your life follow the exact same path as Lee
Rove just does not understand that he stands on the trap door of hell.
ConcernedHusseinCanuck @ 20:
no He knows exactly what He is doing. He has No Soul. He's the evil behind The Throne. He will be rewarded in riches. He'll never renounce His Life.
I notice that his eye veered to the right which is your creative thought process, and his blinking activity churn up around the time he talk about Islamic fascism, which is another indication of a liar.
I haven't seen much of Rove until rather recently. Seem like he was always the shadow that we hear by second hand. Seeing the actual smarmy snake so closed to Patty day's was kind of a shocker. I hope he is gone by Monday!, where is the saint of snake charmer when you need one?
paranoia @ 27:
See my comments 14 and 16
> I doubt Rove will make a death-bed confession.
You mean we will never know why Jeff Gannon got those overnight press passes, even though he couldn't pass security clearances?
one ringy dingy,two ringy dingies.
Rove ...........................................................
and he's under the illusion history will speak well of him.
hey there miss_kitty....how the heck are ya?
"spiritual vacuum"
"tumour of the soul"
For Lee Atwater to use those terms back in 1991 is now quaint, given the exponential expansion of mendacity, corruption, abuse of power, incompetence and amoral government under Bush Jr. The spiritual vacuum has become a Black Hole. The tumour of the soul has consumed the Constitution and the Treasury.
Fuck Atwater as much as Rove. I only hope his death was painful and prolonged. He was Rove's mentor. He was the Architect's architect, Bush's Brain's brain.
Yeah David I saw that!, just adding the blinking factor, something we are taught in animation of when to animate a character for blinking. The less he blink the steady the thought process is. People blink when they turn there head or when they are making shit up as they go by changing their thought process.
Loonie @ 1:
You can say that again
Rove is a pathological liar
paranoia @ 32:
I saw it right off.
miss_kitty Hussein @ 8:
Truer words were never spoken.
Annoyed Canuck @ 31:
1776 . Far Far Gone.
Funniest war criminal I know.
Of course, like the Mafia, that only applies to those in the "family."
Does he even believe himself? LMFAO!!!
This was a good clip to see the process, because when he was recollecting old memory that may have been very true, he was steady as a happy clam sitting in the sand. And he switch to the talking point, that he should have memorize by now, but blinking like a lying asshole that he is.
And I’ve learned a lot from them, learned a lot about life, learned a lot about character, learned a lot about loyalty and trust and honesty and straightforwardness.
Eh. Could have learned the same shit from a couple of Sopranos reruns.
It seems that "tumor on the soul" has metastasized throughout the Republican party. Karl Rove is merely the colo-rectal version thereof.
So what? Bill Clinton said in eulogy to Richard Nixon, "He taught me what it meant to be an American".
turd: i would like to thank pappy and baby chimp for allowing me to continue my silly little attacks on america. I didn't know death and destruction was so much fun.
chimpy: sssshhhhhh i will be your bff if you keep your mouth shut about Plame.
David Hawes @ 26:
All the rich and powerful are lying bastards David. That's how they got to be rich and powerful.
LongTooth @ 43:
Huh? What the hell does Clinton have to do with this post? You trolls sure are dumber than a bag of hammers.
Joementum @ 41:
I have refered to Them as The Thugs since 2002. They have not made Me change that term.
They don't even know the definition of facism.
Here's the logical end of Rovism/Atwaterism:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/13/AR200803...
Fraud begets fraud and the fraud-artists-in-chief defraud themselves.
ConcernedHusseinCanuck @ 45:
I understand that fully. I just wish people didn't have to die needlessly for thier hardons.
Read his early life section at Wikipedia: he had a traumatizing childhood, was a picked-on, creepy Columbine kid in H.S., became a College Republican and was mentored by Watergate "rat-fucker" Donald Segretti. He was lied to his whole life about who his father was. The man he thought was his dad turns out to be gay. Mom commits suicide. This guy was damaged goods when the Bushes met him. He loves them like Luca Brasi loved the Corleones. If he hadn't met them he seems like the kind of guy who'd climb a tower with a sniper rifle. It would have been better for America if he did.
joeedugan @ 51:
Well put.
Corleones means 'Heart of The Lion'. This Man has no heart. These Thugs have No Heart.
O.T. Melanie Morgan found a spot on Faux. Another liar.
Do the soulless undead ever get to make deathbed confessions. An interesting philosophical question I think.
No really! They did teach him everything he knows about honesty. Which I've reprinted below:
He did not work for GHW very long. The elder Bush fired him for leaking, a form of disloyalty, rather early in his employ.
LongTooth @ 43:
Nixon taught me how not to be an American, along with GWB!
What i learned from George W. Bush:
I learned that a President could spend two terms in office and fail to do one good thing for his country.
I learned that it is possible to subvert the US Constitution on several levels and get away with it.
I learned that his criminal activity is so vast we don't yet know the full extent of it.
I learned that i could actually learn to despise a buffoon if he was given enough power.
I learned how compliant our press really is.
I honestly can say that I hate George I and II, Barbara, Jeff, and Jeb Bush's guts with all my being.
So in all fairness, I must say... that in their special way, the Bush family has taught me a little bit about honesty.
Tyler Durden @ 60:
You left out Neil. He was the one responsible for the Savings and Loan Crisis.
May all of these douchebags die like Atwater, and join him in hell.
I ve learned how to laugh at a joke when I hear one.
Thanks Karl, you made me laugh at the joke of a man you fight so hard to
be thought of. So when is that wedding of yours karl and of course some kids too?
Jasper von Holywater @ 62:
Sometimes i wish there were such a place.
How did Crooks & Liars manage to ignore the biggest political news story in America? Obama is currently on every TV network discussing his relationship with Rev Jeremiah Wright.
What he was taught about honesty is, "Honesty doen't matter in repugnantcant politics."
xoites Hussein defends Constitution @ 59:
I learned that giving warning way back when earned Me scorn and calls of 'traitor' from my own family.
Here is some honesty for you Mr. Rove you were part of a killing team and hopefully you are all going to burn in hell for the lives lost and injured
Iraq refugee crisis grows
Email Printer friendly version Normal font Large font Iraqi children run to receive snacks from US Army Captain Jim Hathaway during a patrol in Wahida, south-east of Baghdad.
Kerry Sheridan, Washington
March 13, 2008
THE plight of people displaced by the Iraq war is getting worse, refugee experts warn.
Five years after the US-led invasion, a House of Representatives subcommittee heard that serious problems persist for the 2.5 million people displaced inside Iraq and the 2 million who have fled to other countries.
Even though the numbers have levelled off, ambassador Lawrence Foley said the most critical problem was worsening poverty among those displaced inside Iraq and in Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, Egypt and Turkey.
Mr Foley, senior co-ordinator for Iraqi refugee issues at the State Department, said Iraqis in other countries are often forbidden to work and so have depleted any remaining family resources.
Gregory Gottlieb, deputy assistant administrator for USAID's bureau for democracy, conflict and humanitarian assistance, said: "Iraq's IDP (internally displaced persons) and refugee crisis is deepening."
In 2007, he said, 60% of internally displaced people reported not receiving any food aid since becoming displaced and 20% reported seeking shelter in informal settlements with no clean water or electricity.
AFP
abob @ 65:
ignore This. Follow the story and report back. For once I don't have to be in the middle of a Clinton/Obama pig pile. Give it a rest. We'll all know soon enough.
David Hawes @ 53:
I think hes got a heart. He's ruled by his heart. He loves the Bush family in his creepy way. Hates all things liberal and Democratic with homicidal intensity. Cares nothing for the U.S., humanity, morality etc. but has those two passions. Look into those pale dead eyes to see what he is lacking. I opine its a soul.
ConcernedHusseinCanuck @ 46:
No they're not. Hammers have a purpose.
David Hawes @ 69:
I second that!
David, that is...I second David! Enough already!
joeedugan @ 70:
I agree. He has No soul as I said earlier. BUT He also has No heart(as we would define it) His brain rules Him and that leads to easy evil.
Andy K Jong Il @ 72:
Thanx
xoites Hussein defends Constitution @ 61:
I hate his guts too... sorry if he left out :-)
Thanks for the heads up, I knew there was some of Bab's vaginal slime I was missing.
abob @ 65:
On Anderson 360, Sen Obama is holding his own.
On KO Sen. Obama is holding his own.
This man is too cool for the blues.
Tyler Durden @ 75:
bad doggy Tyler! Bad puppy! I didn't need that visual.
David Hawes @ 67:
I heard that too. Still do.
Truth B Told @ 78:
Sorry to know that. I don't talk to them anymore.
Richard @ 57:
He was leaking to Robert Novak.
I always laugh when people demand I post a story.
xoites Hussein defends Constitution @ 64:
There is, xoites. We're spirits with bodies. You'll see, by and by. Punishment lies at the end of their journey, and it's gonna be intense. The fiery Hell of "modern religion" is nothing to what really awaits.
wtf--this is a crock.
the bush family are all liars
We Love You John. Keep keepin on.
Who taught him how to smear John McCain, swiftboat John Kerry and out CIA operatives or was that gift inborn?
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LMAO! Ruthie is here! I've missed ya .
David Hawes @ 67:
I am sorry to hear that. I found myself unable to discuss my views with most people i came across at work. I really understood how Nazi Germany happened.
You and i know you are a patriot.
David Hawes @ 85:
Right back at cha DH!:) Where's Verdi? Guess he gotta pig need tending to.
xoites Hussein defends Constitution @ 86:
Thank You. From my heart I thank you. I have a monolog that I have stated called 'I am The Patriot' that I wrote in those times. I won't bore anyone here. Thank You again.
I find it interesting that a death bed confession might get someone a pass on whatever lies after death, sorry just saying your sorry for what you have done to ruin others is not even a enough to get you a space in the line.
Notice how some people believe you can be the worst person in the world but still make a last minute appeal and all is well- saying a few hail marys doesn't cut it.
This is something people do not understand. As for the bushs being honest the corruption runs deep
David Hawes @ 88:
Oh, please share.
That explains a lot
xoites Hussein defends Constitution @ 90:
OK It'll take awhile to write. Standby.
heard on the news that a lot of people are pushing for a bailout of the banking sevices after bear and stearns went belly up today maybe those that made the most should have to fork over the most for their greed like that will ever happen
unsurebtwilling @ 89:
Ok, here comes a theological argument from an atheist.
I disagree at what you are implying only because you would be assuming the person did not mean it in his heart.
If there were a God and he was a forgiving God then if a mass murderer truly saw the errors of his life at the point of death and asked for forgiveness he would eventually end up in heaven.
Of course if he were bullshiting he would end up hell's dungeon just because he pissed off God a bit more.
I see the errors in my sentences, please forgive my sins of omision.
David Hawes @ 67:
i understand how you feel. i have felt disdain from my peers whenever i express my opinion about the bush family and bushco's alleged involvement in 911. it's like no one wants to hear this or that it just may be so shocking to be considered. as with all atrocities, only the future will reveal what happened.
xoites Hussein defends Constitution @ 95:
NEVAH!!
Sorry to go off topic, but Rove looks like a Pez dispenser.
rbrooks @ 97:
Really? I always thought he looked like a teenager who never lost his baby fat.
I AM The Patriot. Some have called me 'traitor' when I have questioned My Government. I AM The Patriot. I Love The United States of America and The Constitution on which This great Nation was founded. I have a Right-Nay -an Obligation as a citizen to question those 'Leaders' who would through nefarious means lead Our Nation into destruction. It is My Right and Obligation to inform My fellow citizens to hold on to their GOD Given Rights and reject Bad Government. This administration-These Thugs- has userped power from The Governing Power(the people) to it's own ends . IAM The Patriot. Who ever shall silence My voice is UnAmerican and against The Ideals on which All United States citizens Should stand. Who ever should label ME UnPatriotic is UnAmerican and not worthy of the Ideals on which we stand. I AM The Patriot. GOD Bless America.
Obama's spiritual adviser would preach God damn Rove and God damn America!
Obama should drop out tomorrow.
"I doubt Rove will make a death-bed confession."
As long as he sleeps in it and soon, I could care less if he confesses.
Re: "this tumor of the soul, " to pararphrase Ahnold, "It's NOT a TUmor." It's a way of life.
I’m sorry to say (or maybe I’m not sorry) but Lee Atwater can just stay in hell where he is rotting - for eternity. A deathbed confession will not save his soul. Dickhead.
rbrooks @ 97:
You know what? You are absolutely correct. That is really observant.
xoites Hussein defends Constitution @ 98:
A teenager who never lost his baby fat Pez dispenser. Hahahahhahahahhahaha
David Hawes @ 100:
I agree with all of it except the last three words. :)
xoites Hussein defends Constitution @ 95:
Bless you my son.
Captain Kangaroo @ 107:
I take that back.
xoites Hussein defends Constitution @ 106:
Well,I can't ask for anything more. It's my upbringing.
David Hawes @ 79:
Wow! Well fuck em. You have us.
David Hawes @ 109:
I have no argument against your saying it. If that helps.
this douchbagerys an all right puke!
I imagine this will really hurt his street cred as a gangsta rapper.
And good evening to you, too, Tyree. :)
Captain Kangaroo @ 110:
yes,I do . and accpreciated every day.
xoites Hussein defends Constitution @ 111:
I took no offence. We all have Our foibles.
David Hawes @ 115:
I don't know for sure but I think it is a lot like finding god when I found this place. And the people here. Most of them anyway.
And every time I see "Refresh Comments" and press the button I find it refreshing!!
Captain Kangaroo @ 117:
Sorry, Captain. I'll try to do better.
CaptK- Nahhh Not GOD just good Fellowship.
xoites Hussein defends Constitution @ 114:
evening xo!!!!!!!!!!!
getalife @ 100:
If only Obama's preacher was as enlightened like McCain's spiritual posse.
Get a clue.
xoites Hussein defends Constitution @ 119:
You do very well. Blessyou.
I wonder if Rove has any real friends. Not that I care. I just wonder. He is such an asshole. A straight up asshole. I was going to write Republican asshole but that would have been a bit redundant, wouldn't it?
oh shit. obama/clinton. Yawn
If i was a conspiracy theorist i would say we have just passed through a thread space continuum of some kind.
Loonie @ 1:
hoo yah..*giggle*...aaaaahhaaahaaahahahaha..*gasp* ohstoppitican'tbreathe....
*snort*..ohhaaaaohgawwwwwwddddhaaaaaa
Assholes have lots of friends. You've commented here often enough to know that.
Fazers on stun!
HDon @ 10:
sorry but grass wont grow on a piss pit!
Tyler Durden @ 15:
Captain Kangaroo @ 123:
Friends? I can picture providers and enablers, henchmen, toadies, sycophants, bootlickers and innocent bystanders wounded or killed in the fray, but friends?
Like "Bring the family over for a BBQ on Saturday" friends?
I don't see it.
ConcernedHusseinCanuck @ 46:
Clinton citing Nixon as the personification of an American is as absurd as Rove citing the Bush's as pillars of moral rectitude. Get it? If not, ask someone a little brighter than yourself. There's probably a middle school somewhere near by in your neck of the woods.
Captain Kangaroo, you have gotta add "Hussein" yo the end of your name.
Captain Kangaroo Hussein....Sweet.
You know what? These motherfuckers don't think that they have ever done anything wrong. A huge part of this country is turning against them because of what they have done and how much they have screwed it up but they think it is because they didn't try hard enough or something. They don't think they were wrong . They don't think that they were bad or naughty (thanks Larry Craig). They think it was because they didn't get their message across. Then when they are dying and all the money and power doesn't matter they see that it was all for nothing. Then they want forgiveness. I say fuck em!!!
Andy K Jong Il @ 131:
you My friend have never met My family. Concider yourself lucky. Assholes hold huge BBQs And big Thanksgivin Dinners. Believe Me.
You know, you gotta hand it to Karl Rove. He gets paid $40,000 to go someplace and lie. He gets to go on tv and lie. He probably looks in the mirror and lies.
Scum........Green Pond SCUM!!!
xoites Hussein defends Constitution @ 136:
For 40 Grand? Jesus,That's enough to afford the gun and bullet I'd put through My head.
Jesus H. Christ. What a Liar!
xoites Hussein defends Constitution @ 61:
and all of Poppy and Babs grandkids are even bigger piles of shit than Chimpy, Neil, and Jeb turned out to be. Hard to believe but true. Looking at that bunch of cretins that are the grandchildren I have my fingers crossed that the Bush political legacy ends with Chimpy. Of course who would have ever thought that that a mildly retarded, drug and alcohol addicted, sociopath like Chimpy would have become president.
I can't do it anymore. Rave and his ilk have me too pissed off for words.
xoites Hussein defends Constitution @ 136:
And then he will ask for forgiveness on his deathbed.
Tyler Durden @ 15:
God Damned Penicillin!
(take two.)
'I'm holdin on to Nothin cept The Wind' Patty Loveless
David Hawes @ 135:
I don't have any family that's that bad, but I live smack-dab in the middle of smug-ass conservative West Michigan and I have experienced the.........assholery at those get togethers. When that girl you've been dating brings you to one of those BBQs, and you can never, ever call her again, you're so appalled...15 or 20 of them, holier-than-thou, racist, homophobic....yeah, those people have friends.
But I still don't think Rove has friends. I think he's compelled to keep a tight ship, to be able to cut loose...Rove has no friends.
And I still don't think
Captain Hussein Kangaroo @ 142:
That pond scum won't ask for nothin cept 'More pain meds nurse!' He 'knows' He did right.
History is replete with people like Rove telling unfathomable lies. He'd swing if it was any other era. I have faith that his hubris will eat him alive, because he is going down. They can't fool all the people all the time, and aside from the 24%ers, everyone else is wise to them.
Andy K Jong Il @ 145:
I appreciate your experience. Learn from it.
Rove is a walking TUMOR.
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