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To: i-node who wrote (698009)	2/9/2013 1:39:10 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1574320

>> The economic recovery while real is still somewhat fragile. Somewhat fragile my ass. Nonexistent. In your make believe world.......yes.

To: i-node who wrote (698009)	2/9/2013 1:43:47 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1574320

Karl Rove defends new scam by Jed Lewison attribution: REUTERS Karl Rove defends his new Super PAC scam: Karl Rove roared back Tuesday night against tea party critics within his party who say his super PAC’s new initiative is aimed at undermining their candidates during Republican primaries.“Some people think the best we can do is Todd Akin and Richard Mourdock – they’re wrong. We need to do better if we hope to take over the United States Senate. We need to get better conservative candidates and win,” Rove, a former White House adviser to President George W. Bush, said on Fox News. Ouch. Karl Rove just put a serious hurtin' on that straw man. But really, it is a straw man. Republicans who voted to nominate Mourdock and Akin weren't making some sort of political calculation about who they thought had the best chance of winning the general; they were voting for the candidate they thought best represented their beliefs. Given that Mourdock and Akin represent the heart and soul of the GOP, it's not surprising that they won their primaries. If Karl Rove has a problem with that, his beef isn't with the political acumen of GOP primary voters—it's with what the GOP stands for.But since Rove decided to defend himself by questioning the political competence of his critics on the right, let's take a look at some of the highlights from his 2012 track record: • Connie Mack (FL-Sen, more than $4 million) • Denny Rehberg (MT-Sen, almost $5 million) • Heather Wilson (NM-Sen, almost $500,000) • Tommy Thompson (WI-Sen, more than $7 million) • George Allen (VA-Sen, more than $11 million) • Rick Berg (ND-Sen, almost $2 million) • Josh Mandel (OH-Sen, more than $6 million) So the best Karl Rove could do in 2012 was seven senate races, seven losses, and $30 million—and it doesn't even include the more than $100 million that Rove spent on Mitt Romney's behalf or the $5 million he spent on Mourdock's behalf. Given Rove's abysmal track record, it's no surprise he'd want to convince rich Republicans that candidates like Todd Akin and Richard Mourdock are the only things standing between the GOP and victory. That's the way he'll keep his gravy train running.

To: i-node who wrote (698009)	2/9/2013 1:46:16 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1574320

And Judd hasn't even said she's running.........talk about running scared. The big ole liberal is scaring the bejezus out of the right. Karl Rove is getting plastered by the Republican base for his Super PAC's new supposed commitment to finding non-crazy Republicans to back. In response, the group has promised that by "not supporting crazy people," they mean they still will support crazy people like Rep. Steve King, just not, you know, people even crazier than that, and have quickly come out with a new hit ad on potential Democratic candidate Ashley Judd. Judd might run against Mitch McConnell for McConnell's senate spot.Given (1) that Ashley Judd isn't actually running for anything, at least not yet, and (2) the ad existing only as an internet thing for Karl Rove to talk about (though it ends with a prominent donation ask, of course), the effort doesn't seem to be too serious. It seems to be primarily a way for Rove to change the subject and make nice-nice with the Republicans who have been circling his building with torches and pitchforks. Anyway, Rove is now promising more Judd-bashing—I guess he figures targeting people who aren't actually even running for something yet is probably one of the safer things he can do, given that all his other announcements lately have landed butter-side-down—so I guess that will be a thing. “We are making fun of her,” Rove said point-blankly on Fox News. “She is way far out on the left wing of the Democratic Party, which is not very far out left in Kentucky.”