Discussion: Karl Rove: Democratic Responses To Trump's Speech 'Affected His Delivery'

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“Less than enthusiastic”? I would have have preferred the Dems all yelled in unison “You lie” every time he said anything… But that’s just me.

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You think America is at a “Crossroads”, Karl?
Let’s play the tape of you (and KAC) discussing the piss-poor qualifications of Trump, one year ago.

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Trump has to get used to dealing with opposition. It comes with the job. If he’s such a delicate flower, perhaps he shouldn’t be president.

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“I mean, when he denounced hate and evil in all of its forms, a lot of Democrats didn’t applaud and very few of them stood. That’s just how poisoned the atmosphere is.”


“Where do i start?”

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I’d have been happier if they all threw tomatoes at the S.O.B. Rove–he’s just doing the media whore bit.

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Karl who?

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It’s nice to know that there is no such thing as a Republican #nevertrumper,

There are libertarians who lean anti Trump, but.most Republicans…nope.

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He said that Democrats were “in an awkward place” during the speech and looked “churlish and small” in their reactions.

“But then,” he continued, “I’m Karl Rove. What do you expect me to say?”

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No, it isn’t just you.

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Rove is just another loser from the President Cheney and his boy toy Bush era.

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Good.

“But other than that they just sat there in stony silence,” Rove said. “When he talked about repealing and replacing Obamacare, you had backbenchers, literally the backbenchers, going thumbs down on camera.”

You’re right, Karl, that was wrong. They should have yelled “YOU LIE!” at the popular-vote loser.

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WASHINGTON (CNN) - Shouting from the audience. Holding up signs blasting the health care reform bill before Congress. Frequent hissing and booing.

Though it sounds like behavior at one of the health care town hall meetings last month, it was how some Republicans reacted to President Obama’s speech to a joint session of Congress on Wednesday night.

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Oh Please - spineless - no-courage candy-ass wimp twits are whining
“MOMMY !!! the Democrats are looking at me in a mean way … and it is their fault that I peed my pants.”

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They don’t like him, they didn’t want to seen as, you know, they’re being pressed by their hard left to oppose him on each and every thing," Rove said. “I mean, when he denounced hate and evil in all of its forms, a lot of Democrats didn’t applaud and very few of them stood. That’s just how poisoned the atmosphere is.”

***Yeah, that's certainly no way to treat an incoming President.***


In his book, Draper opens with the heady atmosphere in Washington on the days running up to the inauguration and the day itself, which attracted 1.8 million to the mall to witness Obama being sworn in as America's first black president.

Those numbers contributed to a growing sense of unease among Republicans as much the defeat in the White House race the previous November. The 15 Republicans were in a sombre mood as they gathered at the Caucus Room in Washington, an upscale restaurant where a New York strip steak costs $51.

Attending the dinner were House members Eric Cantor, Jeb Hensarling, Pete Hoekstra, Dan Lungren, Kevin McCarthy, Paul Ryan and Pete Sessions. From the Senate were Tom Coburn, Bob Corker, Jim DeMint, John Ensign and Jon Kyl. Others present were former House Speaker and future – and failed – presidential candidate Newt Gingrich and the Republican strategist Frank Luntz, who organised the dinner and sent out the invitations.

The dinner table was set in a square at Luntz's request so everyone could see one another and talk freely. The session lasted four hours and by the end the sombre mood had lifted: they had conceived a plan. They would take back the House in November 2010, which they did, and use it as a spear to mortally wound Obama in 2011 and take back the Senate and White House in 2012, Draper writes.

***"If you act like you're the minority, you're going to stay in the minority," said Keven McCarthy, quoted by Draper. "We've gotta challenge them on every single bill and challenge them on every single campaign."***

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/apr/26/democrats-gop-plot-obstruct-obama
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maybe with his obvious memory loss … early dementia ? ? —

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I would like to think that the Democrats affected his delivery.

But what affected it more was his knowledge that he didn’t believe a word of it.

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love this. just tweeted it.

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