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  • Posted By: bindykins @ 02/03/2008 11:01:30 AM

    I cannot understand why Newsweek would choose you as a contributor.

    You did everything you could to turn our country into a fascist republican state in which no other party could ever "win" again. You broke the law in so many ways, and your cynical actions have helped turn our great country into a divided nation led by extremists. Your goals to turn our country into a defacto third-world country ruled by the tiny elite are only exceeded by your ego.

    You may pat yourself on the back that all your lies and dirty scheming got you what you wanted, but in the meantime, you bared your soul for all to see.

    You, Karl Rove, are a has-been. You are a sociopathic, treasonous, criminal. We hate you. Don't forget that.

    Contrary to your beliefs, there are actually enough intelligent Americans out there to cause your house of cards to fall.

    You write your column here as though we don't see through your lies and all that you've done to this country. I believe Newsweek should be ashamed of themselves for giving you space to propagate your lies to the world. It does not speak well of Newsweek's integrity.

    Funny enough, you actually hurt the republican party by being their spokesperson. Even they aren't all comfortable with your illegal behavior. Independents certainly see through you, so they might simply choose to vote democratic just to vote against the party who has spokespeople like you and Limbaugh.

    So, who does that leave? The die-hard 25%? Well, they're whining about McCain not being conservative enough. You know, Karl, that Mitt can't win. He's a liberal Mormon.

    So, Karl, continue to sit and spin your web of lies, your presence is anathema to a winning party. However, having said that, we all know that you'll be behind all the racist or sexist smears that your party will lob. Yes, Karl, we know you'll be right out there slinging your ***. We know, Karl, it will have an effect.

    But you know what Karl, we're on to you and for every glob of *** you sling, this time you'll receive an avalanche of response and you'll be smothered in your own vile pile of BS you've been spewing all your life.

    Happy Trails, Karl

  • Posted By: bobm795 @ 02/03/2008 10:33:37 AM

    Republicans for Hillary 08

    If McCain get???s the nomination we should unite Republican support for Hillary, because McCain is going to get crushed in the general election. On intellect, issues, economy, direction, executive leadership, and conservative social issues Hillary would most likely govern consistently more to the right than McCain.


    http://republicansforhillary08.com/wordpress/

  • Posted By: dotmafia @ 02/03/2008 10:32:28 AM

    Mr. Rove, you've helped to destroy America from within and without.

    Yes there will be lots of surprises ahead. Like when you bend over to pick up the soap in prison.

  • Posted By: bobm795 @ 02/03/2008 10:31:48 AM

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  • Posted By: bobm795 @ 02/03/2008 10:31:34 AM

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  • Posted By: HolyRoller @ 02/03/2008 10:12:40 AM

    These posts give me comfort that the Dem. party is made up of marginalized kooks. JOHN McCAIN-08

    NO MOHOMMEDS!!! NO MORMONS!!! NO CLINTONS!!!

  • Posted By: Payne23 @ 02/03/2008 9:27:12 AM

    The spending cuts oldgezzer refers to are about to be forced down our throats in the form of decreased food stamp benefits, decreased benefits for the mentally handicapped who receive many food stamp benefits, and drastic cuts in many other social services. Republican ideology would prefer money be spent arming tyrants like Sadaam so we can spend more money taking them out 20 years later. This is much more christian than feeding the poor and disabled. The true fracturing of the Republican party is a direct result of of open minded voters finally seeing the forrest despite all the trees. Since the election of Bill Clinton Republicans lied and cheated there way to prominence and voters are opening their eyes. Abortion, guns and gays are not the most important issues. And Democrats are poised to win back the south after giving it away to support therights of ALL Americans. Of course Republicans happily exploited this and pandered to the good ol boy racist elements in the south for the next forty years. Happilly being a southerner, the winds of change are blowing sourtherly, intergration has worked and the good ol boys are quickly becoming good ol nursing home patients. I only say this honestly my father is one those patients and he voted for Republicans before seeing through their condescending treatment of the south. Before his stroke he actually liked John Edwards, The south is being shown the true Republican colors on immigration. Republicans will talk tough until it dissrupts a cheap source of labor. Younger southerners are seeing this and when the wind blows sourtherly we know a hawk from a handsaw.

  • Posted By: mtaricani @ 02/03/2008 6:33:10 AM

    Rove is brilliant. Comments like Natalie below are examples of how the extreme left has a sickened view of the world. She states "the demise of this country"....amazing because we low unemployment...we are secure without terrorism....stock market is the highest in 20 years ans I love the fact the world fears us...not because we are tyrannts but because the US has shown it will not take crap from anyone especially terrorists and dictators. Bush has shown that he makes decisions from his heart and not public opinion. We need a leader like Bush...not a leader than naievly thinks we can negotiate with terrorists. Can anyone honestly think you can talk to a Muslim extremist who straps bombs to an unsuspecting Down's syndrome sufferer? Wake up because anyone who does not have a backbone as president will reawaken the problems of the Bill Clinton years. People forgot that we were attacked many times during his presidency without retaliation...The York, World Trade Towers, Marine baracks, etc. Time for conservatives to get their heads straight and get a Republican back in the White House.
    Mike
    http://mtaricani.blogspot.com/

    • Posted By: Natalie Rosen @ 02/03/2008 9:22:43 AM

      Mataracani, WHAT planet do YOU live on? It must be a different one from mine. Bush is the absolute WORST president (if you want to call him president since he stole both elections), in the history of this country.

      Our economy is in the sewer -- I think you must be shrouded in some kind of 1950's Twilight Zone to think things are just economically dandy. The stock market is nasty and weak hence the constant rate cuts, the housing market is non existent, people are thrown out of their homes. The deficit is huge. He has plunged this country in a war with no end, wasted billions if not TRILLIONS of even YOUR taxpayer money placing crony private companies in charge of Iraq who are responsible to no one. Thousands have been killed in a county which heretofore did NOTHING to us and never would have. There are tens of thousands of our soldiers maimed for life and getting terrible care. The world fear us??? I think IF in fact they fear us it's because a nincompoop with the mind of an adolescent twelve year old cowboy has his hands on a trigger that could annihilate them in a nuclear blast and possibly would not hesitate to do so. And OH yes, before I forget we got the guy who did nothing to us but the guy who did Bin Laden where the hell is he? Al Quaeda never in Iraq before because Hussein hated them decided to pay a visit to Iraq. Terrific. The nincompoop president has USED 9/11 as an excuse (as horrific as that was) to seize power, money and oil, and in the process RUINED our prestige around the world.

      He listened to people who had NO idea of the consequences of their actions and worst did not care. The dollar is in the tank and the US faces the distinct possibility of losing it's hegemonic place in the world because China, the most populous, productive and advancing society, holds the US hostage because the Bush administration borrowed BILLIONS from them. They hold our debt. The greatest thing the Republican immoral party did was CO-OPT poor whites in the south and Midwest to vote rich and against their own interests. They shot themselves in the foot because they THINK some boy might get the license to kiss another boy or because they THINK their lord and savior is on their side.

      Get real, smell the coffee. The power broker Republicans do not care a wit about religion. They are about power and their money. It's midnight in America AND we have a choice. We can keep things as they are and anger HUGE segments of populations and make more Al Quaedas OR we can become smarter and put someone in there who can do more than strut his stuff and declare mission accomplished. NOTHING has been accomplished except filling the pocketbooks of the ultra rich by sacrificing the utlra poor to a war with no end in sight!! This is has been a dangerous mission with a president at the helm who knows NOTHING and doesn't give a damn.

  • Posted By: independence-day @ 02/03/2008 9:18:57 AM

    Because of the destruction of the American spirit by a stupid president and his political advisor with the underhanded and narrow agenda, the United States should have a senate with 61 members fairly soon. At that point, work will go forward in the congress because it can't be blocked by Republicans sabotaging the process because they place party before country. We should have a Democrat as president, as well, because so many voters have become repulsed by the Republican party because of the ineptitude and deceit of George W. Bush and Karl Rove. Too bad, Karl. You have left the White House with a legacy of shame and dishonor, and you will have to live the rest of your life knowing you can never improve your image.

  • Posted By: Karenn1 @ 02/03/2008 9:16:57 AM

    Lets get this straight. Taking away all deduction for middle class worker,except mortgage interterstis not rising taxs. , but he did not go to war over the killing 221 soldier in lebonon.Iran contra .Your dreaming if you think those were good year. for worker. Mental ill in the streets of california are his legacy. Closed down state mental Hospital. He was an actor,or puppet like bush,run by the corp.McCain to OLD to run the office,so the Corp. will run it. GOPcanidates all fronts for corruption.

  • Posted By: rememberliberty @ 02/03/2008 9:11:46 AM

    This is no longer a battle of ideas. This election cycle has proven that our country has been taken over by the greedy. Each will make their fortunes as their latest puppets are elected. The results are the same. Ballooning debt, a steady erosion of constitutional rights, and ultimately a bankrupt country. Ron Paul had it right and our media and my own political party opted to ignore him. I will do what I can to spread the word. The rest of you? Shame on you for what you are doing to our fine country.

  • Posted By: Mac The Blogger @ 02/03/2008 9:04:36 AM

    Um, Rove also "predicted" that the GOP would keep the House & Senate in 2006. His powers of prediction are roughly as good as those of William Kristol.

  • Posted By: dunnhaupt @ 02/03/2008 7:37:26 AM

    No doubt the Republicans would have a better chance, if Hillary Clinton were the Democratic candidate, given the amount of old baggage she carries from the past. Obama would be much more difficult to attack, since nobody wishes to be seen as racist. Compared to Clinton, he offers a cleaner record, and he offers the momentum of youth and hope.

    • Posted By: tiredofit @ 02/03/2008 8:32:48 AM

      Obama would be fresh meat for the Republicans and they will eat him alive. Republicans are not worried about offending blacks, they are a small part of their voting base. Hillary is the candidtate Republicans are afraid of.

  • Posted By: Parker3m @ 02/02/2008 9:55:58 PM

    I really enjoy Karl Rove's insightful commentary. As a lifelong Democrat, I used to really hate his guts, but his ideas and opinions about American politics are first rate.

    My comment is about the Reagan Revolution/Legacy. I would say that it was primarily an economic revolution that went way beyond low taxes. I think it was about free trade, free market capitalism and the LAST WORD in the debate about socialism versus capitalism: when there is a way to make it work, choose capitalism. Bill Clinton was the first Democrat to learn this lesson, declaring an end to the era of big government in the 1990's. Democrats have lost this debate about the economy to Reagan, and need to tip their hats to Mr. Reagan and move on. (I think Obama was trying to do this when he made his awkward comments about Republicans being the party of ideas in the 1980's.)

    Having said all that, I have to say that the Republican Party's current obsession with indefinite tax cuts is a bit retarded. At some point, we have to either cut spending, or find the ideal tax rate to match our current levels of spending. The fact that Rush Limbaugh an Sean Hannity are trying to destroy the candidacies of McCain and Huckabee because they wouldn't go along with some huge tax cut or another is at first blush bemusing and, upon further reflection, absurd. They cannot stand to have someone in a position of power who even considers that there may be a point beyond which additional tax cuts are detrimental, or that before slashing government revues we need to have a long term plan to ensure our nation's solvency. It is as if they have forgotten the smaller government part of the Republican platform and are now just for unlimited tax cuts.

    It is cool-aid drinkers like Rush, and Hannity on the right, and hard-ball politician spin masters like Carville and the Clintons on the left who keep our country from accepting things like the facts that the Republicans were right on economics in the 1980's, and that the Democrats were right about civil rights and civil liberties in the 1960's and 1970's. Let's recognize each other's strengths and move on.

    And keep up the good work Karl Rove.

    • Posted By: Johnny1967 @ 02/02/2008 10:36:23 PM

      I would like to add that deficit spending (Keynesian-style) to stimulate the economy makes sense. However, over the past 7 years, the Republicans has made deficit spending (Bush-style) not merely a way to stimulate the economy, but a way of life. This irresponsible behavior comes from application of theory by people who know just enough to be dangerous!

      First, it is good to point out that deficit spending (Keynsian-style) works best under the assumption that government raises money domestically. That way interest and principal payments flow back into the domestic economy. However, this assumption does not hold in the current situation where foreign government and people are increasingly buying U.S. debt.

      Secondly, deficit spending makes more sense if the government spends the money domestically. It makes less sense when we use the money on foreign projects, such as the War in Iraq.

      Third, deficit spending is all right as long as we do not have a recession. However, in a time of recession, the debt will be extremely dangerous.

      The Republicans were ingenious to convince many people that all deficit spending (thoughtful and thoughtless) is good. After all, it is rational for people to favor lower taxes without guilt.

      • Posted By: Cazador72 @ 02/03/2008 12:08:51 AM

        What is so "right" about running an economy to the ground? The best thing to happen to this country was that Bill Clinton and the then fiscally responsible Republican congress pushed to contain the obscene deficit started under Reagan and Bush senior and now exacerbated by the current president. Thank God we had in Clinton a knowledgeable wonk who acted like an adult and balanced the budget for the first time in many years.
        Don't believe the hype, Republicans love to say Dems will increase taxes, well yes, because Republicans increase debt! You cannot run a government by "putting everything on the card" as Bush is doing. Reagan and both Bush were never real conservatives, they just played you for a fool and made the system work for the super-rich.

        • Posted By: HolyRoller @ 02/03/2008 12:22:50 AM

          Clinton did nothing. He was rewarded with the so-called "peace dividend" and an economy already in recovery. I shouldn"t say nothing, He did pave the way for 9/11 to happen. He did teach us all about integrety in the White House with Monica, and of course he gave us a weakened military that still needs repair. Great job Bill.

          • Posted By: Cazador72 @ 02/03/2008 2:33:54 AM

            Holly-Roller, my friend, that is just not true. Clinton presided over the greatest and longer economic boost in American history and also balanced the budget. You may argue against this, but you'd be shouting at a wall, the facts are there.
            Laying the blame on 9-11 on Clinton is a trite dirty trick. Clinton was advised on Bin Laden weekly. Bush did not hold one single meeting on Bin Laden after taking office and his appointees ignored the intelligence of a possible terrorist attack. Furthermore, Bush sat for seven minutes (this, in the age of nuclear weapons) and had to be almost pried from his chair. It took pressure from Democrats in congress to push him to adopt the 9-11 Commission initiatives.
            If you want a prelude to terrorists' emboldening, ask what Reagan did after the Marine Barracks bombing in Beirut in '83. He cut and ran! That is often seen my experts as the beginning of Islamist aggression against the US (Quaddafi followed a few years later). Clinton doesn't get a free pass, he should have indeed been more aggressive, but to blame it all on him, or even most of it on him smacks of Republican not wanting to take responsibility for anything. And here I thought they were supposed to be the responsible ones.

            • Posted By: TXoldgeezer @ 02/03/2008 8:27:36 AM

              Cazador72, your lack of knowledge of recent history is appalling. Clinton did not balance the budget. Newt Gingrich and the Republican congress balanced the budget by slamming on the brakes on spending.
              Concerning Reagan's so-called deficits - the deficits were the result of Tip O'Neill and the Democratic congress hardline refusal to pass spending cuts urged by Reagan. Spending cut bills never arrived on Reagan's desk. Only O'Neillonomics bills to spend, spend, spend.
              Reagen does deserve some criticism for not handing down more vetoes. A veto battle to the death would
              have been good for the country.

          • Posted By: Cazador72 @ 02/03/2008 2:49:03 AM

            I should add that Bush went to war in October '01 with an army that was recruited, trained and equipped by Clinton and we did extremely well (yes, that includes yours truly). How is our military faring now? Not a single brigade is up to standard, not a single one! Our military hasn't been this unprepared since the end of the Civil War. Good job, Bush!

        • Posted By: Johnny1967 @ 02/03/2008 12:37:41 AM

          Nobody in this argument string is arguing that the Republicans were right to create the massive debt. The argument is that the Republicans misused sound economic ideas to push some very bad policies. I concur that politicians (both Republicans and Democrats) used the economic ideas as a cover to benefit a select group of industries, companies, and people.

          • Posted By: Cazador72 @ 02/03/2008 2:43:49 AM

            I didn't mean your comment Johnny. I responding to Parker's comment.

    • Posted By: HolyRoller @ 02/03/2008 12:16:28 AM

      Excellent post-I am a lifelong Repub.(voted for Carter, but I was too young to know better) and could not agree more about tax cuts w/out spending restraints. Rush must be back on the "hillbilly heroin". He is an embarasment. That is why John McCain is the right man at the right time. I truly think he will win easily, with the most cross-over Dem. votes since Reagan.

  • Posted By: Truth_ain't_Negotiable @ 02/03/2008 8:26:16 AM

    I agree that in a democracy, citizens have a right to voice their opinions. We have heard the opinions of Karl Rove and Co. Loud and clear. In theory and in practice. He and his ilk, fascists clad in christian rhetoric, have had their say. Were they but lowly citizens, they would be behind bars or heavily sedated. That they are above the law (law they are destroying) was bothersome 8 years ago and terrifying now. Shut them up. Hang them from the highest post. Hang them until they are deader than the dying economy, the dying american dream and the moribund american future they leave as their legacy.

  • Posted By: Truth_ain't_Negotiable @ 02/03/2008 8:21:49 AM

    I agree that in a democracy, citizens have a right to voice their opinions. We have heard Karl Rove's opinions. Loud and clear. In theory and in practice. He and his ilk, fascists clad in christian rhetoric, have had their say. Shut them up. Hang them from the highest post if we have to. Hang them till they are as dead as the economy, the american dream and the american future.

  • Posted By: carnabylane @ 02/03/2008 8:10:09 AM

    The only news that would make me happier than hearing Cheney died of a massive coronary would be to hear Carl Rove has kicked the bucket. These two men have done more harm to the US and the world than Hitler did to all of Europe.

  • Posted By: yellowdogdemocrat @ 02/03/2008 8:04:35 AM

    MikieNes, your comment is ---THE BEST--- description of Raygun { I now have a new more honest way to spell it's name}. Because of your clarity, this whole sick feeling in my gut from this article has been worthwhile. Re: raygun, I have known people in newsreporting who knew this guy when he was in power, what he was on screen--open, friendly, and jovial he was not in private. In private he was a closed deliberate and scared man.. Sound like Holywood to you? It does to me!!!

  • Posted By: yellowdogdemocrat @ 02/03/2008 7:45:44 AM

    The BIG MEN around this little town I live in who brandished their W stickers on the back of their new big Buicks up until about 6 months ago when they sheepishly scraped off the stickers, now these guys need to know what Newsweek and KR have as wisdom. So before I mail it back with my cancellation letter I need to photocopy the cover story, by keeping this reference material close at hand I can be informative.

  • Posted By: MikieNes @ 02/03/2008 7:37:57 AM

    To those who actually harbor lucid memories of the varnished hair, viciousness toward the poor, clownishly excessive man-makeup, empty platitudes and ever-pervasive undercurrent of dread of nuclear annihilation that was the era of President Alzheimer, the glaze-eyed website fawning over dead brain meltee Raygun is a sad testament to the pervarsive idiocy that is modern Amurkuh.

    Stop lying in hopes that we the culturally literate wil forget what an assh*l* he was.

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