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Karl Rove ?@KarlRove 30m
In tomorrow's @WSJOpinion: "Republicans Walked Into Obama's Trap"
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Republicans Walked Into Obama's Trap
His goal was to discredit the GOP before 2014. The defunders fell for it.
http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303680404579139651919274082
morningfog
(18,115 posts)House.
Coyotl
(15,262 posts)malaise
(269,186 posts)Well played Obama.
Rove fell into his own trap on election night
winter is coming
(11,785 posts)Bjorn Against
(12,041 posts)Proud Liberal Dem
(24,438 posts)and some of them even cautioned against it. Of course they were at the leadership's beck and call come vote time however.
Squinch
(51,021 posts)and were really surprised when the rakes "rose up" and smacked them.
That, of course, doesn't include the Republicans who simply ran into other Republican's asses.
ThoughtCriminal
(14,049 posts)MSMITH33156
(879 posts)he had no goal other than to not destroy the economy or give in to terrorists. It's not like he led Republicans on then pulled the rug out. Chris Hayes ran a clip of the number of times he said he would not negotiate on this. It's not a trap when someone tells you exactly what they are going to do, you don't believe them, then they do it. It just makes you a rank idiot.
Trekologer
(997 posts)A small group of nutjobs lead them into a fight they couldn't win and the rest followed because they are rubes. I give credit to the President and Democrats in the Senate for not giving in. But it was hardly a trap: the Republicans did it to themselves.
KaryninMiami
(3,073 posts)Not easy to spin this one- not even for Rove who is generally a master of it. This way he can sort of blame Pres. Obama and not take any responsibility for the complete fuck up of the insane lunatics who hijacked his party and caused this to happen.
There was no trap and Rove knows this.
2naSalit
(86,802 posts)That would be
Obama - 2
Rove 0
-or-
Obama +2
Rove -2
Either way you look at it, Obama has bested him twice now in one year!
Skidmore
(37,364 posts)a weakened party with no viable comeback.
chervilant
(8,267 posts)if it reared up and bit him on his corpulent ass.
bluesbassman
(19,379 posts)Simple as that asswipe.
blogslut
(38,018 posts)Take off your pants!
fadedrose
(10,044 posts)Is that what Rove calls a trap?
C_U_L8R
(45,021 posts)I'm sure republicans are immensely appreciative of Rove's sage wisdom, even at this late hour.
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)Obama had nothing to do with that.
tanyev
(42,622 posts)Or is that only on odd-numbered days?
Proud Liberal Dem
(24,438 posts)They just stick their fingers in the air to figure out where the wind is blowing on any given day........
scheming daemons
(25,487 posts)muntrv
(14,505 posts)muntrv
(14,505 posts)uppityperson
(115,681 posts)hughee99
(16,113 posts)I don't see a trap either. They weren't "maneuvered" into a bad position, they jumped on it and held on with both hands willingly.
xfundy
(5,105 posts)Go back and fellate Bush, leave the rest of us the fuck alone.
R. Daneel Olivaw
(12,606 posts)The defunders fell into their own trap.
WTF believes that sound governance means shutting down government?
spanone
(135,884 posts)Hekate
(90,829 posts)flamingdem
(39,328 posts)Rex
(65,616 posts)Commander Turd!
a kennedy
(29,711 posts)and, OMGosh, love this. Rove as a ham with glasses.
Rex
(65,616 posts)nt.
SoutherDem
(2,307 posts)now are they smart enough to not set it again?
If I were an artist I would draw an elephant caught in a mouse trap and cruz standing by saying "that wasn't suppose to work that way".
Pretzel_Warrior
(8,361 posts)Because I think that's what he's saying.
joshcryer
(62,276 posts)Which meant that there would be no vote, and therefore any negotiation was predicated on a gun being held to the head of the Democrats.
The point is that Obama didn't blink, not that he "withdrew." There were something like 16 attempts to conference throughout the congressional period. It's a joke. Rove is a fucking liar.
vaberella
(24,634 posts)I agree he's brilliant. but not that much...or is he?
nyquil_man
(1,443 posts)Being elected President? Proposing health care reform?
This is typical Rovian horseshit.
Ratty
(2,100 posts)"When Congress is close to agreement but still divided, the country rightly counts on its chief executive to bridge the gaps, make the compromises, and smooth the way to passage."
Oh my sides. Stop! Please! You're killing me!
surrealAmerican
(11,364 posts)... the Republicans walked into their own trap.
Tikki
(14,559 posts)That single theft empowered them for over a decade.
Tikki
Bandit
(21,475 posts)The entire Bush*/Cheney years it was all "Clinton's Fault" What happened to change that?
Johonny
(20,890 posts)Because Rove's whitehouse was sooooo good at tax policy, overspending and not producing debt. Oh wait he wasn't. He under taxed, over spent, and traded debt for worthless military adventures. Why would anyone listen to him? The country is still working to reverse Roves dreadful policies that created the debt problem to begin with while his GOP is desperate to double down on Roves fail economic policies.
JHB
(37,162 posts)Downtown Hound
(12,618 posts)You just fucked up so badly all on your own that he didn't have to set a trap. Republicans put a banana peel on the floor, then walked across the room, then turned around and ran towards it at full speed, and completely slipped on it and fell flat on their ass.
And then when all was said and done, you somehow still think Obama did this to you.
Aerows
(39,961 posts)and are still looking for someone to blame over it. Next time don't do the thing that everyone told you was a bad idea, and was a bad idea in the past, too. Remember Newt? How long did he last as Speaker after his little stunt like this one?