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In reply to the discussion: Goodbye, Mr. Rove. [View all]BouzoukiKing
(163 posts)48. Really, when you stop to think it through...
... for someone in Romney's position running for president is a very effective wealth-transfer mechanism. I wonder what his net worth was before he got serious, versus what it is today?
I also wonder if paying yourself with internationally-'earned' money by buying ads on one of your own domestic radio stations could be a big money laundering/tax fraud scheme. I wonder if anyone is looking into that...
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lots of the money went to radio ads - Clear Channel, which is owned by Bain
central scrutinizer
Nov 2012
#29
And they had just had him on the cover of Time magazine calling him "boss Rove"
Michigan Alum
Nov 2012
#11
I was sooo sure this was going to be another remake of "Candle in the Wind"!
Bossy Monkey
Nov 2012
#23
The spotlight on him last night as he tried to ply the numbers, in desperation...
countryjake
Nov 2012
#25
Karl Rove, Irrelevant. RIAF. Rest in Anxiety and Failure. This great country moves Forward.
libdem4life
Nov 2012
#26
I wonder if Rove's FoxNews freakout over was Ohio was because he thought he had
NoMoreWarNow
Nov 2012
#30
I thought it was hilarious how they thought somehow they could flip Ohio back to Romney...
LynneSin
Nov 2012
#35
Oh, he's like a bad rash, goes away, but always lingering under the surface- WAITING,,,
benld74
Nov 2012
#44
Excellent OP, thank you. And I will never forget what he did to Valerie Plame
sabrina 1
Nov 2012
#69
There are very few absolutes in life, but Rove is evil and soulless - pure and simple.
spiderpig
Nov 2012
#71
Sadly, there's always another Lee Atwater/Karl Rove waiting in the wings in the GOP
CanonRay
Nov 2012
#74