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Hissyspit

(45,788 posts)
Mon Jun 11, 2012, 06:12 PM Jun 2012

Karl Rove’s Super PAC Jumps to Conclusions, Attacks Commerce Secretary Who Suffered Seizure

http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2012/06/11/497199/karl-roves-super-pac-jumps-to-conclusions-launches-attack-on-commerce-secretary-who-suffered-from-seizure

Karl Rove’s Super PAC Jumps To Conclusions, Launches Attack On Commerce Secretary Who Suffered From Seizure

By Annie-Rose Strasser on Jun 11, 2012 at 10:02 am

American Crossroads, the Super PAC run by former Bush adviser Karl Rove personally attacked Commerce Secretary John Bryson Monday morning, following his involvement in three car crashes.

As it turns out, Sec. Bryson had a seizure while at the wheel this weekend, leading to three separate collisions in the space of a few minutes.

In a tweet that has since been deleted, the group suggested that reports of Bryson’s car accidents involved alcohol use:



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UPDATE
American Crossroads spokesperson Jonathan Collegio apologized to TPM, “The hashtag (about his driving #skills) attempted levity, but it communicated poorly. We took it down,” he said. “I regret the tweet.”
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Karl Rove’s Super PAC Jumps to Conclusions, Attacks Commerce Secretary Who Suffered Seizure (Original Post) Hissyspit Jun 2012 OP
"Attempted levity"? I don't see any humor in the tweet whatsoever. pacalo Jun 2012 #1
Politico was just as bad malaise Jun 2012 #2
Simply following the bullying traditions of Romney... citysyde Jun 2012 #3
Rove is lower than whale shit. Fridays Child Jun 2012 #4
Time for Karl to step aside and let Ham Rove run the operation. tanyev Jun 2012 #5

pacalo

(24,721 posts)
1. "Attempted levity"? I don't see any humor in the tweet whatsoever.
Mon Jun 11, 2012, 06:17 PM
Jun 2012

Call it what it is: They acted on an assumption & it made them look like an @ss.

 

citysyde

(74 posts)
3. Simply following the bullying traditions of Romney...
Mon Jun 11, 2012, 07:13 PM
Jun 2012

Karl Rove, and the rest of the Republicans have the mind-set to make fun of people with strokes, people who are temporarily disabled by medical events, or anyone who suffers misfortune.

Classy! That's Republicans 2012!

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