Voters upset by Iraq will stick with Bush to win war, Rove says

[Nambe]

NEW YORK (AP)

Battleground state voters unhappy with the situation in Iraq will stick with President Bush in November because they "want to win the war," his chief political strategist said Monday.

Presidential strategist Karl Rove acknowledged that Iraq could be a political liability in key swing states where the election will likely be won, like Pennsylvania, Florida and Arizona. But ultimately, he said, voters will pick Bush over Democrat John Kerry because they want a steady leader instead of "somebody who's going to be nuanced and sophisticated and going back and forth." ..

[Fenris]

1. Wait! I thought the war was unwinnable!

[livetohike]

3. Ditto and

I hope the Dems play that statement up this week.

[denverbill]

2. Yeah, I'd rather have a bumbling moron someone with nuance and sophisticat

ion.

Let's just keep reelected the guy who bungled us into this mess in the first place, even though he opposes nation-building.

[movonne]

4. Yeah, sure if they are brain dead....well after thinking it over I guess

there are a lot of brain dead.

[gratuitous]

5. Rove whistles past graveyard

Prays that Bush will not be held accountable again. "Hard to imagine the electorate being quite that stupid, but polls don't lie," mused Turd Blossom.

[jeff30997]

6. The earth is flat, Rove says.

Now it's a handicap to be sophisticated ?

[Ilsa]

7. What's he huffing? eom

[Fridays Child]

8. Did he really say all of those stupid things? Is he sober?

Maybe Rove has been inside the beltway for too long and he's forgotten what reality looks like.

[The_Casual_Observer]

9. Somehow this doesn't smell like the American way to me

As I see it, if a guy lies and tricks everybody into doing something really bad, like invading a defenseless country and killing thousands of people for nothing, then the majority of the voters would probably want to get rid of the guy at the first opportunity.

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

10. Can you say: Seriously convoluted logic????

These people are fucking nuts.

[grytpype]

11. "Trust the guy who screwed it up to win it!"

Fucking brilliant! Karl is a genius, just like everbody says!

It's so funny how the Repugs make Duhbya's disabilities look like virtues. "He never changes his mind, that's good!" Duh, no it isn't actually!

[takumi]

12. Twisted Logic No Longer Works (except for the GOP Lemmings)

speaks for itself!

[nikatnyte]

13. Lord knows we don't want someone sophisticated

That would require thinking and planning and communicating intelligently.

[BootinUp]

14. Karl, it can't be won! Haven't you heard???

[Plaid Adder]

15. Rove delusional, untethered to reality, Plaidder says

Stick a fork in him folks, he's done.

C ya,

The Plaid Adder

[MichiganVote]

16. So its an "unwinnable" "catastrophic success" that can only be won by

you guessed it! Mr. "steady" Loser himself. Shrub the money grubber.

Sure. I can follow this reasoning. I just can't pay for it anymore.

Middle Class, broke, busted and bitchin'

[flamingyouth]

24. Basically, yes

That sounds like their plan in a nutshell! But why change horsemen in the middle of an apocalypse? :shrug:

[MichiganVote]

28. Why indeed. But what if the question were something else

Such as what? What is George Bush going to do about Iraq? Or where?

Where, oh where is George Bush going to find support for Iraq once all the countries participating in the "catastrophic success" have pulled out?

Or how. How is George Bush going to handle the wave of anti-Americanism that is spreading throughout the world for international policies that clearly favor Israel over any and all comers?

And when. When is George Bush going to finally be revealed as the absolute fraud that he is?

[rocktivity]

17. Rove Only Speaks To Press When Upset By Bush Poll Numbers

Rocknation Says.

:headbang:
rocknation

[PATRICK]

23. The grand orchestration

of Bush's Convention has devolved to this? Not with a bang but a whimper.

I wish someone would call them on orchestrating military operations in Iraq, the SWBV campaign, the anti-demonstrator meme, odd drop in gas prices, and a number of other things that are despicable and murderously treasonable for the sole purpose of this non-event to make Bush look good in NYC.

I think the deaths in Iraq the past month at least were all unnecessary
clamp downs to keep things quiet which is why they went so badly. Now, as if by miracle, they(in theory) will vanish from the media radar, troops will stand down, ceasefires will be respected.

Of course the media can't possibly imagine such a blatantly disgusting move by our fearless freep leader.

[lancdem]

26. He does rarely give interviews

Makes you wonder what's up.

[BootinUp]

18. Hahahaha! Bush is goin down

He screwed himself good this time. :)

[DemBones DemBones]

19. In your dreams, KKKarl, in your dreams.

And I'm betting your dreams are more troubling every week. Waking up screaming yet?

[aquart]

27. I don't want him sleeping at all.

None of them deserve sleep.

[PATRICK]

20. The "but" factor

All the GOP analysts trying to boost Bush start out about all the negatives then get to several hilarious "but" statements. "But" statements are a defensive mark of a loser in Fantasyland. I listened to a NY radio show with tow stalwart GOPers, and it was informative to listen to their gripes, humor and list of Bush's shortcomings THEN follow with the "but" statements, reinterpreting the polls, rearranging the tea leaves with contradictory calm confidence.

I hope they ARE that out of tune with reality until it's too late.

[Jacobin]

21. Hey, Don't sell Rove short on his political strategy

The Vietnam war was unwinnable and the idiots in the U.S. kept electing presidents who said they would "win it" or at least have "peace with honor" for ten more fucking years.

As P.T.Barnum said: "No one ever went broke underestimating the stupidity of Americans"

[jimshoes]

22. Should there be a few US Marshall's making sure

Rover doesn't skip the country after shrub loses.

[punpirate]

25. Contrary to popular opinion...

... Rove is a pinhead.

[IndianaGreen]

29. Win the war?

We already lost the war in Iraq! All we are waiting for is for the brave politician that has the guts to say so in public and brings the troops home at once!

[struggle4progress]

30. kick for drooling dribbling drunk

:kick:

[MisterP]

31. Rove is an odd duck