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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsKarl 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-seizureKarl Roves 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 Brysons 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
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pacalo
(24,721 posts)1. "Attempted levity"? I don't see any humor in the tweet whatsoever.
Call it what it is: They acted on an assumption & it made them look like an @ss.
malaise
(267,798 posts)2. Politico was just as bad
It's all politics for ReTHUGs and their hacks
citysyde
(74 posts)3. Simply following the bullying traditions of Romney...
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!
Fridays Child
(23,998 posts)4. Rove is lower than whale shit.
(Apology to whale shit.)
tanyev
(42,356 posts)5. Time for Karl to step aside and let Ham Rove run the operation.
I'm sure Ham has more conscience.