WP,pg1: Rove Taking a More Public Role

[DeepModem Mom]

Rove Taking a More Public Role
Bush Adviser Playing Messenger for Second-Term Agenda

By Dan Balz
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, June 26, 2005; Page A01


He has risen to the highest ranks of the White House, carries the title of deputy chief of staff and presides over a broad portfolio of domestic and foreign issues. But even as he has morphed from political operative to policy adviser, Karl Rove retains the instincts of the direct-mail specialist he once was in Texas.

The verbal strike he aimed at liberals and liberalism during a speech to the New York Conservative Party on Wednesday night came straight out of the direct-mail manual: pithy, provocative and designed to energize one side by torching the other.

Rove's flamboyant remarks -- in which he roused conservatives by saying liberals prefer "therapy and understanding" for terrorists instead of retaliation -- has put President Bush's top strategist back on stage. It's a place where he has seemed increasingly comfortable of late....

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Within the White House, Rove is regarded as a happy warrior, well-liked by colleagues for his humor and ebullient personality. To the opposition, however, Rove's remarks to the New York state Conservative Party last week were simply fresh evidence of why they loathe him. Congressional Democrats, most of whom supported Bush after Sept. 11, 2001, denounced the speech as deceitful and typical of the low-blow tactics they say have marked Rove's career.

What is still unclear is how deliberate Rove was being in prompting an uproar with his comments. With public opinion on Iraq at an ebb and the president preparing to deliver a major speech Tuesday on the subject, Rove's remarks seemed in part an effort to redraw lines to how they were in last year's presidential campaign. Bush succeeded then by casting himself as the embodiment of strength and resolve, and portraying Kerry as the symbol of weakness and vacillation....


http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/25/AR2005062501279.html

[lovuian]

1. The More Rove opens his mouth the more people realize

he is the Great Manipulator has out manipulated himself out of a empire!!!

[VegasWolf]

5. Yes, or the more people realize how shallow and non-intelligent

Rove actually is. He was better off staying in the shadows.
Let the clown speak, the emperor really does not have any clothes.

[billybob537]

2. only the CRAZIES

would listen to him. He is a proven LIAR. Paid others to lie. How fucking stupid are these neofascist SEAUDO CHRISTIANS?

[wisteria]

3. I saw Bush as pig headed ,ignorant and wrong.

Kerry, I saw as strong and intelligent. In time I think those that voted for Bush will see that his strength was actually stubbornness and his resolve was actually his immaturity not allowing him to admit mistakes or change his mind.
As for Rove, IMO he has only one trick up his sleeves so to speak,- to maintain support for Bush and he attempts to do just that by politicizing 9/11. That was their ticket to Bush's reelection and that is where he has had him most support. I say, we don't let them get away with this tactic any more.

[LightningFlash]

4. Rove has only one trick up his sleeve. Election Fraud. And its time....

....That was fully realized by all citizens.

[AuntiBush]

15. Kerry the Stateman. Bush the Chimp. No Brainer!

They sure did "politicize" 9/11 and still do. Says alot. Shew.

[saigon68]

32. Our Dinos need to grow a pair

And take this little turd down and flush him into the septic system.

[DeepModem Mom]

6. Anybody else surprised "Rove is regarded as a happy warrior, well-liked...

by colleagues for his humor and ebullient personality"???

[thebigidea]

7. what struck me is that the WP would NEVER use that to describe a dem

[DeepModem Mom]

8. You are SO right -- never! nt

[Cha]

11. Fascist Corporate Whoremedia

Speak.

[Cha]

9. Yeah, rove is shooting his

mouth off in Public..that's for sure. Keep it up rove..you're a good fundraiser FOR DEMS!

[bpilgrim]

10. what a white-wash / these freaks are politicizing 911 and trying to DIVIDE

America and this 'reporter' not only fails to note that fact but gives credence to the BULLSHIT. :puke:

thank GORE he 'invented' the INTERNETs so we can expose these WHORES.

peace

[VegasWolf]

12. and Bush invented the internets, all of them. nt

[Cha]

13. YES, at times like these when I read

shite like this in the corporate press..I am so grateful to Prez Gore for Actually having a hand in helping us have our Internet!

[bpilgrim]

19. rove has descended to RUSH-SPEAK and the M$MWs cover it like its BRILLIANT

strategy :puke:

just as even the behemoth MS can NOT compete with OPEN-SOURCE neither will the M$MWs be able to compete with the 'blogo-sphere'

the elite will have no choice but to try and censor our collective voices but with the INTERNET it will be impossible.

as we concerned citizens continue to inform ourselves on-line and pass the word we will always be two steps ahead of them on every issue.

that gore and like-minded politicians pushed to have the INTERNET opened to the public shall never be forgotten and always be taken advantage of by us netizens.

to all you evil DU'ers who tirelessly keep us updated and continue to pass the word I salute you :toast:

:hi: zidzi

peace

[Cha]

20. bpilgrim..

:hi:Agreed, Wholeheartedly! :toast: to the Internet..Al Gore gave us an invaluble legacy and to all the Evil DUers :toast:

I like the way you put that.."rove has descended to RUSH-SPEAK and the M$MWs cover it like its BRILLIANT"

That says it all.

[bpilgrim]

23. thanks zidzi

but you know i'm just 'channeling' all the brilliant minds right here on DU ;->

:hi:

peace

[AuntiBush]

14. Isn't it Just Amazing...

"He has risen to the highest ranks of the White House, carries the title of deputy chief of staff and presides over a broad portfolio of domestic and foreign issues."

All without 1 vote from the American people. Amazing.

"A happy warrior..." huh! And without ever stepping foot on a battlefield. Again, truly amazing.

Yet, the most truly amazing part of this is where is says "remarks seemed in part an effort to redraw lines to how they were in last year's presidential campaign."

Well, there you go. That "redraw lines," phrase explains it plainly. He's the "Great Divider," along w/his bud, the Chimp.

Nice... real nice. How did Americans vote for this maget?

[rustydog]

16. Rove will take center stage and Bush will hide behind the curtains

the media will completely ignore the fact Bush will have been renditioned to the back of the stage and all the Left's anger will be focused on Rove sparing Bush.

[bullimiami]

17. good. its about time the sheeple get a look at the slime mold

thats been infecting this government.

[sattahipdeep]

38. Svengali-like handler Karl

Rove, who has also been recently outed?

:rofl:

http://www.conspiracyplanet.com/channel.cfm?channelid=2&contentid=1921&page=2

[ovidsen]

18. A cunning GOPeacock.

"What is still unclear is how deliberate Rove was being in prompting an uproar with his comments."

Oh, he was, and is very deliberate. I work with people who think this ass is just telling it like it is.

Sure, WE know he's full of shit. And I like to think that our ranks are growing. But a lot of folks are convinced that Rove is actually PERCEPTIVE!! Do not think for a minute that this isn't true.

[yurbud]

21. Karl calmly says what talk radio guys scream, making it sound worse.

Hillbilly Hitler art:



Blog:

[Stinky The Clown]

22. DSMinutes = News. Fat Karl in public: file under "who the fuck cares?"

[Thor_MN]

37. I'm wondering if Karl in public isn't a good thing

Make me wonder if there isn't some cracks in their unity. I get the feeling that people are starting to telling Karl, "Carry your own damn water, you fat f*ck!!!"

[daleo]

24. Is this report using a lot of loaded language?

Rove's flamboyant remarks...
a happy warrior...
ebullient personality...

I have heard rumors he is gay, not that there's anything wrong with that, other than Republican hypocrisy in his case. It seems like the NYT language is up to something here - maybe a subtle warning to Rove about outing him if he doesn't ease up on "liberals". I am probably reading too much into it though.

[cliss]

25. Well, you know what they say about ships....

when the ship starts to take on water, the rats come out.

There is trouble in Washington. The house of cards is folding. Bush's support is plummeting. The public is getting tired of the bull-crap. Even people like my boss, a die-hard Rat-publican, has had enough. He's told me so.

Their Excellent Iraqi Adventure has hit the skids. People are finally waking up to what a mess it is. Even Bush said "Quagmire?" on thursday.Read my lips, Clown. Q-U-A-G-M-I-R-E, yours.

It's no coincidence that Rove is surfacing just now. The baby-faced fool sees stuff collapsing around him.

(rubs hands together) this is good.

[Media_Lies_Daily]

26. Rove learned his trade during the Nixon Administration...LINK inside...

...working for Donald Segretti....

Exposing Karl Rove
<http://www.counterpunch.org/madsen1101.html>

QUOTE:

He's America's Joseph Goebbels. As a 21-year old Young Republican in Texas, Karl Rove not only pimped for Richard Nixon's chief political dirty tricks strategist Donald Segretti but soon caught the eye of the incoming Republican National Committee Chairman, George H. W. Bush. Rove's dirty tricks on behalf of Nixon's 1972 campaign catapulted Rove onto the national stage. From his Eagle's Nest in the West Wing of the White House, Rove now directs a formidable political dirty tricks operation and disinformation mill.

Since his formative political years when he tried to paint World War II B-24 pilot and hero George McGovern as a left-wing peacenik through his mid-level career as a planter of disinformation in the media on behalf of Texas and national GOP candidates to his current role as Dubya's "Svengali," Rove has practiced the same style of slash and burn politics as did his Nixonian mentor Segretti. Many of us remember the Lincolnesque Senator Ed Muskie breaking down in tears during the 1972 campaign over Segretti-planted false stories in a New Hampshire newspaper that accused Mrs. Muskie of being a heavy smoker, drinker, and cusser and accused Muskie of uttering a slur in describing New Hampshire's French Canadian population. Rove's hero also forged letters on fake Muskie campaign letterhead, disrupted rallies and fundraising dinners, and spread false stories about the sex lives of candidates. Segretti's brush also smeared George McGovern, George Wallace, Shirley Chisholm, and McGovern's first vice presidential choice, Senator Tom Eagleton. Segretti of course did not go on to a high-level White House job -- he was sentenced to six months in federal prison for distributing illegal campaign material.

In many respects, however, the apprentice Rove has far exceeded the chicanery and evil-mindedness of his mentor Segretti. Rove is a tech-savvy puppet master for Bush. Take, for example, last June's discovery of a "lost" CD-ROM in Lafayette Park across from the White House. Contained on the CD was a PowerPoint presentation given by White House political director Ken Mehlman to Rove on the strategy for next Tuesday's off-year election. The slide show showed First Brother Jeb Bush being vulnerable in Florida. Jeb Bush later joked that the disc was part of a plot cooked up by him and his brother to make it appear that he was vulnerable in order to rally an otherwise complacent GOP base in the Sunshine State. Or was it a joke? Jeb Bush and his political minions like Katherine Harris have shown us that if anyone thinks what the GOP has done in Florida is funny they have an incredibly sick sense of humor.

[DeepModem Mom]

30. Thanks for posting this piece, MLD. nt

[schrodingers_cat]

27. Perhaps stepping up to the plate while Cheney

is having his 'knee' looked at?

[dave29]

28. Well, Tom Delay was a good start

but I really like the idea of having Rove be the face of the Republican Party.

Step on out of the shadows, Karl! We like seeing you on TV

[K8-EEE]

29. XLNT News. Speak Up, You Hideous Nutbag....!

LOUDER KKKarl!! I WANT EVERYONE TO HEAR YOU....and realize what a huge con this has been. You're just a shameless con-man.

[Jawja]

31. Good!

As a result, *'s ratings will continue to slide.

[leesa]

33. Can you say DESPERATION?

[Beetwasher]

34. Just What They Need: A Fat, Sweaty, Porcine Looking, Vile Piece of Scum

out publically shopping their message their message of hate. Rove might as well just quit fooling around and just appear everywhere in Gestapo uniform, or in a Goebbel's mask.

[amandabeech]

35. Rove in 2008?

He's Bush's brain, so why not run him if you want 8 more years of Bush? Or perhaps he'll take the second spot to Jeb. Or the Texas governor's slot? He's out there for a reason.

[Beetwasher]

36. "Direct Mail Specialist" (THIS ARTICLE IS PURE FUCKING PROPOGANDA GARBAGE)

Oh brother. This article is such a piece of shit I don't even know where to begin.

Direct mail specialist???? They make it sound like he was sending out coupon packs. He was political operative responsible for mailing material containing the most outrageous smears.

His vile comment meant to divide and smear they call "pithy"! "Provocative"! "Designed to energize"! :wtf:?????

His remarks are "flamboyant"! He's on stage and "comfortable"

"Within the White House, Rove is regarded as a happy warrior, well-liked by colleagues for his humor and ebullient personality." :puke:!!!!!!!!!!!


And about halfway to China we finally have the Dems response to Herr Rove, framed, of course, as a result of Dems "loathing" of Rove. IOW, not really justified, because Rove is so "ebullient", I'm sure. :eyes:

Dana Balz, you get whore of the week from me. BALZ is appropriate, since it seems you enjoy licking Herr Rove's.