Rove picks the wrong metaphor to slam Obama
By Steve Benen Monday Jun 23, 2008 3:50pmKarl Rove has made it clear on multiple occasions that he actively dislikes Barack Obama — if there’s a more helpful testament to the strength of Obama’s character, it doesn’t come to mind — and he continues to make his criticisms of the Democratic candidate more and more personal.
“Even if you never met him, you know this guy,” Rove said, per Christianne Klein. “He’s the guy at the country club with the beautiful date, holding a martini and a cigarette that stands against the wall and makes snide comments about everyone who passes by.”
Of all the metaphors Rove could have used to attack the first credible African-American candidate for the presidency, he had to go with “the guy at the country club”? Seriously? Jake Tapper noted, accurately, that Obama “wouldn’t be admitted into many country clubs that members of the Capitol Hill Club frequent.”
What's more, this is also surprisingly off-message for Rove. For months, Rove has sought to characterize Obama as a dangerous outsider who we don’t really know and can’t trust. Everything about him, the argument goes, is “foreign.” The various far-right smears — about Obama’s religion, his family, his name, his patriotism — are all part of the same conservative frame.
Now, however, Obama’s part of the country-club set? Hanging around with a martini? If I’m not mistaken, Rove is talking about the ultimate insider — which is the opposite of the message Rove was emphasizing up until very recently. Can’t these guys pick one smear and go with it?
And finally, Greg Sargent notes the irony of Rove’s attack.
It should also be noted, of course, that Rove took a man who actually is a country club denizen who makes “snide comments” about others — that would be George W. Bush — and turned him into a regular Joe. Meanwhile, the guy who would struggle for admittance to some of these exclusive enclaves — Obama — is now “the guy at the country club.” Rovian up-is-downism at its finest.
Exactly. Rove’s description sounds spot-on like Bush — right down to the “snide comments” he makes about people who pass him by.
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Foist! Ahahahhaaaaa!
Guess Turd Blossom must be talking about all those desegregated country clubs springing up all over the US ......................
Rove likes to paint democrats with republican attributes. He always accuses them of what the republicans are doing.
as always, the repubbblican approach is machiavellian: accuse your opposition of your own failings.
I've never seen a cigarette stand against a wall, let alone heard one make a snide comment.
Reich-wing elitists like KKKarl should know a lot about country clubs.
Rove is that fat bastard at the country club, goin stag, drinkin a zima and smokin a capri, tryin to pick up the young men at the bar.
Sweating profusely all the while.
Rusty Too Old to Be President Shackleford @ 5:
Obviously you've never been in a country club!
We know this guy because Rove just described the guy who's been in the White House for the last seven years.
liberalDAPofDESTINYmoderation @ 7:
"smoking a Capri".. Nice touch, you beat me to it.
So is Rove saying if Obama is elected it will be bush's third term?
I think Rove has every right to go after Obama as hard as he can, and as dirty as he can, because if Obama gets elected Rove (and alot of his cronies) are going to PRISON.
Rove would be described as the Fat, Greasy looking little guy that all the girls avoid and after he passes say YUCK
The Repubs always pick character types to denigrate that they themselves embody.
want to know when we've made progress?
when we no longer have to listen to criminals like rove tell us how life works.
except Bush was next to a fugly guy not a beautiful girl!
bilhelm-axis of-X @ 10:
Thanks kind sir!
Like the voters have any idea what "that guy" at the "country club" is like. Who goes to a country club and knows all the cliche people?? Elitists?
This is actually a classic Rove ploy. Attack from your own weakness, hard. MSM goes 'okey-dokey' and completely misses any hypocrisy.
Must be jealously. I can see Rove standing against the wall making nasty remarks...but I can't envision the beautiful date...unless it's 'W'.
Even though I've never met Karl Rove, I know this guy. He’s the guy at the whites-only country club with the beautiful hired 'date,' holding a martini and a cigarette that stands against the wall and makes snide comments about everyone who passes by.
fuck 'im. he and his ilk need to be at least marginalized; at best, imprisoned.
Karl Rove got beat up a lot as a child..
When they have to stoop to this sort of junk, we know they have nothing of value to go against Senator Obama with in the campaign.
Like I said in the last thread, which of the candidates is most likely a country club member right now? I'm guessing McCain.
this oblique attack on the real country club snide commenter -- bush -- is very telling . . . maybe all those years of smiling through being called "turd blossom", the infamous subservience, and being the butt of gw's jokes really got to rove . . . maybe he suffers from some political hack's form of ptsd and now, every time he sees someone who might look good with a martini in hand, he lashes out
obama is the guy that runs on changing the way washington works and the fucking lies!!!
call his office as much as you can and ask him why he is a fucking liar on FISA!!!
Projection. It's not just for movies any more...
I say, Biff, remind me next time we're at The Club to take a gander at the martini drinker next to the wall. I think he's making comments about us. Let's speak to the help about it after the next round.
bobbie @ 20:
Rove particularly hated that guy and swore that, some day, he'd "get him." He's made a career out of it.
pissed off patricia @ 11:
It's a repug technique. "I am rubber and you are glue!" It works great on their teeny-brained base.
No stupid like Republican stupid
They did this to Kerry, so I guess he's trying to make it work again. They painted Bush as the war hero and Kerry as the coward.
Now he's hoping to paint Obama as part of the country club elite and McCain as the "regular" guy on the street.
The sad part is it could actually work in today's America.
Wow, most of the people I know that belong to country clubs are republicans. That will be pretty obvious to the average guy. Rove is sounding pretty desperate. The only ones who will fall for this are those that like McCain already.
OR those tha Rove has been fooling along, poor republicans who don't know who it is in country clubs.
liberalDAPofDESTINYmoderation @ 17:
Man, that evil sack of devil-shat shit ought to be thrown in jail just for having bad enough taste for drinking Zima! Eeeyuuhh!
It's like trying to nail jello to the wall.
That fat bastard has run out of the tried and true, and is desperately grasping for anything that will make a faux news talking point.
Porky Blowhard has got NOTHING.
It's just eating this nasty tub of shit up that he can't go all out full blast racist on Obama....like he does at the "country clubs".
Rove is the one at the club talking to his mentor and lookalike, Adolph Eichmann.
Oh , how so ?
Like you stupid fuckers "knew" the clusterfuck in Iraq wouldn't last 6 months ?
Like you "knew" installing an unintelligible imbecile in the Oval Office would ruin 3 countries ?
Like how your "boy" , Chimpy the Wonder Monkey , "knew" what Vlad Putin was thinking and feeling , because he could "see into his soul" ?
Shut the fuck up , already ; there isn't a 1 of you jackals from the horseshit Chimpy administration that knows a goddamn thing , outside of lying constantly............
If anyone or any administration would know all about snide remarks and when they are made, it would be Rove and his buddies.
Rove is the guy sitting beside you at the bar and you are sure if the guy even touches you accidentally, it'll creep you out. He's the guy who keeps smiling at you like in his head he is doing something to you. At some point you just leave because you are so uncomfortable in his presence.
marko @ 25:
This is a disappointment. It's doubtful he could stop the PAA. The Dems are intent on being abject cowards, and he'd end up "looking bad."
Nonetheless, a disappointment.
Move on people, nothing to see here. @ 31:
You know what's galling, though? Pretty much what everybody is already thinking at some level: that this kind of thinking, STUPID and hypocritical as it is, actually works on the people Rove is really talking too, those peeps being the 29 Percenters. You know they buy into it! Right now they're going, "Yeah! I hate people who belong to country clubs! Glad I'm a repug! Obama must go!"
Just amazing.
Shouldn't this guy be testifying somewhere? We have time to listen to him spout crap like this, no one has the wherewithall to drag him in front of congress? We can't put a bounty on his fat ass?
Cat Paw @ 30:
Yeah , it doesn't get any more "regular" than dumping your loyal , faithful 1st wife for the ho you were cheating on her with , who has gobs of money to back your political aspirations , does it ?
OK..good people...answer me this...what exactly is wrong with makin snide comments at people who pass by at a country club...most people who go to country clubs are rich assholes, (republicans) right? I do that at my local watering hole...
For most Americans, Rove's metaphor just doesn't fit Obama. Even if no names were mentioned in that metaphor who are the people that most Americans would automatically identify with it? Thats right, rich white men, like Bush, Cheney, McCain, etc. who sit around in those country clubs proclaiming that they are the "masters of the universe".
JimboSlice @ 12:
The dumb or stubborn ones will go to prison, theres going to be a lot of vacationing (Paraguay and Dubai) overseas Republicans come January 09.
It might even boost the airline industry out of its slump.
Man, with so much going on in the world... THIS is what you blog about. It's the kind of faux-scandal that really turns me off on the conservative sites.
Obama leaning against the wall with a martini?
Does he prefer it shaken or stirred?
I'm sure the bartender's always playing this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyswxUZ42L8
It's a favourite with the country club set.
How dare Obama not drink Malt 45's like regular guys like turdblossom!!!
Think escaping slugs in 'Flushed Away' when thinking of the Repugs in Dec 08/Jan 09.
gallery @ 33:
You ever wonder how jellyfish have sex too?
Phaedrus @ 45:
just think of it as an intermission between the meat course.
ysbaddaden @ 48:
lol
This isn't a surprise. Rove, to those willing to follow his words, has sufficiently released the "outsider, foreign, terrorist, Muslim" Obama and now he is filling in the void. Tagging all the bases, dotting the i's and crossing the t's in this latest reversal of smear tactics. Now Obama is painted with two brushes, maybe three or four, in Rovian land. Problem is, the more he tries to spin Obama, paint Obama, smear Obama, the harder it will be for him and his minions come November to realize where the hell they went wrong. They missed the fact that the American people, the world, has smelled a rat, seen a rat, witnessed a rat's tactics, and are about to hand the neocon wing of the republican party a very large loss.
Country Club is not only the perfect metaphor for Rove's crowd- it the only metaphor.
The 20%'ers who listen to Rove have been having nightmares about black folks invading their gated world for decades.
The average Joe-shmuck (like me) has his own nightmare about what the Super-Elite are up to behind the gates.
Placing Obama there hits both crowd's fear button- never mind if it is even realistic.
The good news?
You know the right is in trouble when it starts using class warfare.
So Rove and Dobson (etc.) are smearing Obama with NOTHING. The 22% already believe anything bad they hear about Obama, so it's preaching to the choir. The rest of us see how hollow and grapsing they are. They've got McSame, so they pughta be desperate. They know they've lost the White House already. They're grasping for ANY voters they can get, for any office.
Seriously, we CAN move along. (Snore.)
ferrofluid (Obama 08) @ 44:
LOL
Suddenly I got a visual of a cartoon cat entering a house. Cut to outer view: the mice come streaming out as fast as their legs will move, carrying various bits of luggage and dragging their kids with them.
Haha! Paraguay or Bust!
(of course, I am realistic enough to know that Obama won't necessarily clean house, this problem with our government is bigger than him, but at least he might start to move the US back to some semblance of sanity)
so he basically called him a white guy then?
Is this to make the country club set fearful that a black man might be able to join their club? Is that his message?
Kinda plays into that elitist thing they tried once before, doesn't it?
Rove is describing himself. That's as autobiographical as it gets.
except for the 'beautiful date', unless of course you count Jeff Gannon as beautiful.
Most Americans intrinsicly identify themselves with the "usual country club culture", no??? Or have most never been in one? (Oh, yes, Karl, we have had that problem ourselves? The snobby guy at the country club.)
Once again, Rove's only real trick is projection. He projects all his insecurities and issues onto his opponents and then unleashes his own well-practiced self-critic on them. If the Dems would pick up on that they not only could counter him, but could probably discover a lot of interesting things about the man.
If this is the best Rove has to come up with then his well has run dry. Not that he had anything in the well in the first place. But for the last 8 years the nation has acted as if Rove knew what he was talking about. Now 75% of the U.S.A. knows that Rove is a lying Turd Blossom. Roves turds only stick to people that have something to hide. Lies will bounce right off of Obama, just as they have been for the last several months.
Assuming there are NO black members in country clubs across the country is a bit condescending. When will folks accept the fact that yes, there are rich black people in this country and - GET THIS - they hang out with rich white people! And here’s a news flash: not all black people fit the liberal stereotype.
Be carefull how you report on this one. Seems to me like this was a smart move for rove to make. He desperately wants to bring race to the forefront of this issue, betting that that should drown out the blatent advantages Obama has over McCain, and can't bring it up himself without drawing charges of racism. This country club comment seems tailor made to make the left wingers bring up the issue of race, freeing him to do the same.
Making a big deal out of this comment gives him the advantage and puts him on the winning side of the race issue. Don't let him do it, let this one go.
He may be evil, but he's smart as hell and you can bet that dumb sounding comment had one hell of an alterior motive.
Nice work, turd blossom. Since I have been eligible to vote in 1988, I have never made a cash donation to a presidential candidate. Thanks to your "fine work", the good Senator from Illinois just received a substantial one from me. And I live in a swing state.
I'm sick of this shit - go to hell, Karl Rove
Now let me get this straight. First, Obama was described as a black, foreigner with an Arabic name who was also a Muslim terrorist. Now Obama is being described as a wealthy insider, elitist sitting around drinking martinis and smoking cigarettes. Is the right wing trying to make Obama out to be like some sort of Idi Amin wanna be or something?
Don't put Rove down, he's a man from the 'hood', able to rap to the likes of his tuxedo wearing republican audience. Geesh, they just might be able to dig to the center of the earth.
The strategy is, paint the dems with everything that we do to distract attention from what we do to buy a little more time. At best it will have prolonged prosecution and gotten more of our people put in office, at worse it bought more time before we were prosecuted. We have our get out of jail card in Bush, so use these final months to the greediest of your ability, then retire and run.
Rove should not be filling our air waves with his poison, he should be in prison!
Bonkers @ 39:
Thank you!
I posted over on the Dobson thread about this. Big words and speeches do little to grab the cretins Rove is after.
Just implant the image of a black guy with a fancy drink and smoke, in a place that will never let them in--and turn it loose! The goobers are out spewing spores during commercials between laps of NASCAR and between the rotations of Fux bobbleheads.
And Rove's pathetic little job is done for another news cycle; time to relax with a big wad of campaign dollars and a couple of Rush's Dominicans...
Oh yeah
OBAMA 08!
It's funny, it almost sounds as if Rove is the whiny, greasy, antisocial little punk that is always on the fringes of everything complaining about the "popular kids."
Rove has been the "insider" for years running things, orchestrating all the dirty deeds that put him and his ilk in power ...sorta like the dork that does the jock's homework so he won't get beat up.
He's gonna a good b**ch once his soft fleshy self goes to jail.
This coming from a guy who probably hangs out at S&M bars in ass-less leather pants and a spiked collar around his neck? I don't follow Obama all that close as I won't be voting for him, but what I have seen of him on the boob-tube, he doesn't strike me as the country club type, neither does his wife. Now McCain...yes. I can picture him with a prune juice and gin in one hand with a big ol' cuban (the cigar) in his mouth swapping war stories with the boys in the backroom.
ot
great film on the I-lobby
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20155.htm
smartcanuck @ 62:
exactly it's their.....linguistics strategy....the cause and effect type theme......they're trying to sell a frame that certain people can relate to....actually this frame won't work but they will keep trying until they find the one they want........it's very effective for the republicans watch hannity will use it to see if it sticks.....keep punching until it hurts
Rove is a lot of hype. People say the guy is smart. But he's not smart, he's just able to lie and attack like any other sociopath.
so Obama doesn't have any appeal with the boosh tax cut set, eh?
well the top 1% never vote progressive anyway.
No Karl, that's Sammy Davis Jr.
Kind of funny coming from M.C. Rove doncha think?
Rove would know all about those back stabbing, snooty, martini drinking country club type, wouldn't he. After all, he is describing himself and his boyfriend the boy Bush.
BigTobacco @ 73:
smart to some repulsive to others
BigTobacco @ 73:
You'd think people would get tired of writing about him then, wouldn't you? Must be a hidden psychological respect no one dares admit.
Dr. Girlfriend @ 55:
and an attractive one at that!
Since Obama is half-white, is that half an insult?
Gotta love it when the first legit black candidate for president gets painted as "too elitist."
Hey America, don't hurt your arm patting yourself on the back for being so "inclusive."
Rove is a one-trick pony.
But by all means, let's watch 'Dems are Eltist' do back flips through fire hoops until the cows come home.
Oh yeah, Rove's a class act.
Rove is a dick and needs an attitude adjustment in the worst way.
karl @ 77:
rove is a genius. a political mastermind. people on this forum have a tendency to insult and degrade bush and company, guess what they have undone 200+ years of American history. and they will get away with it.
dumb.
no
evil
yes
maybe rove can join Don Imus in the misunderstood corner
Transference
Chas @ 35:
I think you mean this guy.
dennis @ 78:
And at the same time I wonder why you keep coming back here...
Not that you aren't particularly unwelcome, free speech and exchange of idea and all that, but you don't seem to dig the peeps here very much. Just sayin'.
dennis @ 78:
Hey troll. Doing anything interesting?
I would like to point out that calling someone a lying criminal, hardly denotes respect. The fact is, Rove is an amoral panderer to what is worst in humanity.
He tells morally bankrupt people what they want to hear... and they eat it up. You don't have to be smart to do that. You just have to be an unprincipled whore.
Now tell me... can you find the 'hidden psychological respect' in my comments? Look hard into imagination land, because that's where you'll have to search to find it.
What he's really trying to say is Obama is that suave black man who your wholesome blue-blooded white blonde daughter is gonna fall in love with and give you a grandchild of color. This scares the crap out of Republicans every time.
El Progresso @ 83:
prison should help with that adjustment!
This isn't hard to figure out.
The "dangerous outsider" strategy hasn't worked. In fact, Obama's numbers improved when people viewed him as REAL CHANGE.
So, now it's the "Washington insider, elitist" label that they are trying to make stick to Barack.
Simple strategy to defeat...talk about how long McCain has been in Washington, his ties to the S&L debacle, etc. etc. etc.
dennis @ 78:
People continue to write about your "hero" Dubya too, Dennis.
Rove is just plain mean. Probably got beat up a lot when he was a kid. Other kids may have made fun of him or something. Now all these many years later he can make a living by not fighting but using all that anger that built up over that time. He can hurl all sorts of accusations at people with no fear of them hitting him back. That's why he always sports that shit eating grin. He's getting even.
let's understand that the media will cover everything but the wars/occupations. and they will stop at nothing to appeal to anyone or anything in an ongoing effort to undermine the Democratic candidate. the media will join with the 527s to relay smears; they will revive delay to call Obama a marxist; they will resurrect gingrich to attack Obama's politics; they will resurrect Hillary's remarks....
WAIT! they are already doing that! Well, there you go!
CHARLIE @ 61:
Thats true but that is not the first image that pops into the minds of people when you mention country clubs. I bet hands down that most people if they were asked to identify a particular group of people with country clubs they would say "rich, white men". They would probably give the same answer for many things considered "elite". From CCR's song "Fortunate Son" if you were to ask random people who "Fortunate Sons" are they would more than likely say: white young men, from wealthy families with political connections. Rove's Obama metaphor goes against everyone that people automatically associate with elitists.
Karl Rove's Koolaide wagon went into a ditch around November, 2006. He's so YESTERDAY.
"Little Piggy" needs a good ass-whooping.
Rove is the type of guy that'll have late-night Whitehouse sex with Jeff Gannon and not even have the common courtesy of giving a reach-around!
Sounds like projection grounded in jealousy to me.
Obama needs to go on the air RIGHT NOW and say "Can you believe it? KKKarl Rove just said I'm the guy at the country club with the beautiful date, holding a martini... My mother would have loved that. And My father. A white fuck like Karl Rove thinks a black guy can get into country clubs he frequents".
Its just funnier than hell that Rove thinks he is going to make points by discribing Obama as one of his Republican friends.
accountability @ 98:
Actually, what Darth said sounds more like a JOKE to me. A rather funny one at that (look up Jeff Gannon if you want to find out just how funny).
Your lack of a sense of humor make me think you're a NeoCon. Those guys can never tell, or take a joke.
Just look at the 'Half Hour, News Hour' to see what I mean.
You know they would not let Obama into any country club where McGrandpa's wife bought him an admission.
I'm not sure what white America is looking for. They bitch and moan about black guys standing on the corner with their 40s and weed, getting drunk and high and causing trouble. They complain about lazy black gangstas with no jobs, just living off welfare.
Then you have Obama: educated, polished, driven, and successful. Now, white America is painting him as "elitist and out of touch."
What exactly do you want??????
Rove did not use a metaphor he used an analogy much as metaphor is a form of analogous thinking. Darn but blogger types should at least get a college education or should have spent more time paying attention in English 101.
O @ 15:
true that
Obama Camp Responds To Rove: He Has 'Cornered The Market On Arrogance'
Also, classic Robert Gibbs: "His president right now, his approval ratings hover somewhere around the national drinking age." Uhm, zing!
The Truth Hurts @ 103:
SLAVERY!!!
The Truth Hurts @ 103:
What a good portion of 'White America' want's is for me (Yes. I am black) to be gone... or dead.
Now, here's the ironic thing... I'm considered 'black' even though I have more Indian and Caucasian blood, than actual black blood. That still makes me too brown for some people's comfort.
The whole 'one drop rule' is stupid. By that definition a there are a lot more black people in the world than you might expect. I should also point out that it would make things even more confusing if it went both ways.
I watched a great show about the genetic heritage a while back. People would be surprised how many people have unexpected genes in their background.
The fact is, the whole race thing is a myth perpetrated by people who want an excuse to hate. It's easy to single out someone based upon skin color. Any idiot can do that.
That's the real problem. Too many idiots... and too many haters.
Bonkers @ 54:
Theres quite a bit of subtle house cleaning going on now and for the last 18 months,
career people at various gov agencys have been recording the corruption and reporting on it.
The GAO report on the Federal credit card fraud is mindboggling in its size of thefts.
dennis @ 78:
he gets the same respect i give dawg shit in my backyard.....i wanna know it's their so i don't step in it
The Truth Hurts @ 103:
The funny thing is, people like Rove are also trying to make McCain into something like what you mentioned in your first paragraph. In fact, if they have to they will say McCain is the type of guy that you would want to smoke weed with because he is just one of the guys from streets like you and me.
O @ 15:
Amen!!
Don't think there's any repressed jealousy toward Bushy here, do you? Imagine Young George around the time Turdblossom and George met up. Doesn't that sound just like our prick-in-chief? In fact, if I didn't know better, it reminds me of the comments of a spurned lover...
marko @ 25:
Hey stupid, Obama has not lied. Obama is making a strategic move in order to TAKE BACK the WH in 09!
He will do the right thing once he's President!
MedfordTim @ 114:
a spurned 'hired help' cast aside and forgotten.
At least he didn't accuse him of drinking a Colt 45 and smoking a Newport.
rove is nothing more than a professional hater.what makes him a patriot....graduated from u of b.s........these clowns want us take our eyes off the real issues. so they get this assclown to whip up some hate.....main ingredients people's insecurities....they need to have the division of hate to keep the perpetual war theme going....otherwise the sane would prevail
When you're fugly like Rove, I guess you've been on the receiving end of endless snide comments wherever you go.
Interesting insight as to why he grew into such a nasty s.o.b. who learned to bully people BEFORE they get a chance to hurt your feelings. He's just a tiny step up from the psychologically damaged kid who brings weapons into schools & kills everyone in sight.
In fact, if they have to they will say McCain is the type of guy that you would want to smoke weed with because he is just one of the guys from streets like you and me.
Yeah, just like Bush was 'one of us'. That lily never worked a day in his life.
Surreal indeed. I love how Tapper posits this idea of who ROVE is at this country club . . .
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dennis @ 78:
By that logic, Hitler must be one of the most respected persons ever.
You'd think morons would get tired of embarrassing themselves, too, but that's obviously not the case. I guess some people just can't help it, eh dennis?
abarts @ 117:
Give this Rovian tag a while to sink in for the targeted sheeple.
Look for the Colt 45/Newport/crack/Cadillac smear a little closer to election time.
Raise your hand if you know anything at all about whatever kind of people hang out in country clubs.
...
Yeah, me neither.
“Even if you never met him, you know this guy,” (Rove) “He’s the guy at the conncentration camp with the male prostitute, holding a monocle and a riding crop that stands against the wall and choses which passer bys take a Zyklon B shower.”
Rove dislikes anybody who demonstrates character and integrity...just like Cheney.
Democratic imagery for McSame: "Moldy".
Minstrel @ 19:
Exactly. Next Rove will say Obama is the kind of guy who would sell his country up the river for big business and the super rich, bust it's budget, deplete it's military, start a war based on lies and then send somebody else's kids to fight it. Rove would continue that Obama is a cowardly turd blossom who smears his opponents with innuendo an lies.
People have wised up. The voters are going to hand the lying, hateful, divisive, crooked and incompetenct GOP their asses this November. Don't think this Rovian tactic of falsely accusing others of what you are guilty of is going to work this time round.
I can hardly believe it, but for once I have to agree with Karl Rove on something:
Wherever Barack Obama may go, he will be bringing a beautiful date.
"Oh KKKarl, you nutty racist!"
This is a classic Rove tactic -- create and sell an image that's the opposite of the facts.
The only time I want to hear a comment from from Elmer Fudd Rove is from behind some jail cell bars. He should'nt say anything until he appears before Congress. Somebody needs to slap him in the back of the head and tell him to STFU!
JimboSlice @ 12:
Right. Squawk all you want turdblossom. You don't have much time left traitor. Then let's see how much bullshit you have to shovel from inside your cell.
Ruthless People @ 128:
I'm starting to wonder: If the right-wing continues to spew the ridiculous, hateful crap they're famous for this season, they may lose more than one election. The risk losing any respect that Reagan may have given them in the eyes of the public. We may be seeing the permanent decline of these people.
They really look desperate, annoying, and disgusting these days.
Terrorist fist bumps, Obama monkey dolls, etc.
People are noticing. Even former Bush supporters I know are beginning to get embarrassed and remorseful. They feel swindled.
Talk about snide comments - shrub is the one that just told the President of the Phillipines he is reminded of Phillipino accomplishments everytime he eats at the WH!
Chas @ 35:
Rove pushed to spy on Americans. Let's have a look at his book purchases and what's on his selves. My guess is there is quite a lot of Nazi writings.
october surprise =
jesus gives mccain full use of his arms
and he strangles bin laden onstage at the republican convention while lieberman defuses the bomb
yakfitguy @ 133:
Obama has never stated that he will pursue criminal convictions if there is wrong doing. He's only stated that there will be investigations. These days, I think we know where investigations get us. Thanks Mrs. Pelosi!
fastfeat @ 123:
We all know the beauty of Photoshop, especially when used by a master.
hotmouth @ 115:
Will he really? Where is his leadership skills? What has he spearheaded as a senator and drove through despite constant assaults by republicans, and fake dems?
Some people get paid a lot of money to say stupid things.
Don't underestimated Karl Rove. He plans to take this a whole new direction. A direction that is not obvious at this time. We will all understand once it is unveiled and we all realize what suckers we are again.
Minstrel @ 19:
The MSM is part of the country club.
kerplunk @ 142:
Anyone stupid enough to be fooled by this transparent fat little lying POS (yet again), is beyond hope. Unfortunately, that is about 45% of the morons in this country! And as we all know, the repukes only need about 45% of the popular vote to win an election. The complete installment of corporate fascism at its finest.
I think he said it knowing that somebody was within earshot so it would be reported.
It might be classic rove or might not.
His metaphor of Obama sound like a description ofBush.
Accuse you enemy of your weakness.
Accuse Obama of meaphorically being W2.0 when McCain is W2.0.
I dunno, but I'd like to give a shout out to W's main turdblossom, hey Karl, FUCK YOU!!
Pawn @ 140:
Well, it is hard to imagine how he can do the same bangup job the current group is doing, but I'm willing to give him a chance. He could scarely do worse.
I find it amazing that in the field of two we are presently looking at there could be any question. McCain reminds me of one of the men my mother dated after my father died. My grandmother's summed him up by saying, "He doesn't know where he crapped last".
My questions for Mr. Rove: "Do you hang around with Mr. Obama?" or "From whom did you hear about Mr. Obama so they may confirm?"
rove would be little more than a run of the mill political hack if not for having had control of the most effective propaganda machine the US has ever had- the talk radio monopoly, and we can largely thank its coordinated uncontested repetition and the groundwork it does for the rest of the media for this GOP/bush disaster.
Hannah @ 22:
ENCORE!
The Turd Blossom speaks
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