Check out the master manipulator's latest diatribe

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I saw the headline and the author, and just knew I had to bring it to you all. :eyes: Mr. Sleazy Ass is trying to swiftboat already. I hope someone corrects him before his article becomes a meme.
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Wall Street Journal
It's All About Obama
By KARL ROVE
June 26, 2008; Page A13

Many candidates have measured the Oval Office drapes prematurely. But Barack Obama is the first to redesign the presidential seal before the election.

His seal featured an eagle emblazoned with his logo, and included a Latin version of his campaign slogan. This was an attempt by Sen. Obama to make himself appear more presidential. But most people saw in the seal something else – chutzpah – and he's stopped using it. Such arrogance – even self-centeredness – have featured often in the Obama campaign.

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For example, Mr. Obama has said he "strongly supported public financing" and pledged to take federal funds for the fall, thereby limiting his spending to roughly $84 million. Now convinced he can raise more than $84 million, he reversed course last week, ditching the federal money and its limits. But by discarding his earlier pledge so easily, he raises doubts about whether his word can be trusted.

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Mr. Obama has now also played the race card, twice suggesting in recent weeks that Republicans will draw attention to the fact that he's black. Who is unaware of that? Americans overwhelmingly find it a hopeful, optimistic sign that the country could elect an African-American president. But they rightly want to know what kind of leader he might be. They may well reject as cynical any maneuver to discourage close examination of him by suggesting any criticism is racially motivated.

The candidate's self-centeredness has been on display before. Having effectively sewed up the Democratic nomination, he could have agreed to seat the Florida and Michigan delegations (states Hillary Clinton had carried). While reducing his lead by 50 to 55 delegates, it would not have altered the outcome. But Mr. Obama supported cutting these battleground-state delegations in half. At a time when magnanimity was called for, the candidate decided he'd strut.

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Mr. McCain will be helped if he uses Mr. Obama's actions to paint his opponent as someone driven by an all-powerful instinct to look out only for himself. In a contest over who is willing to put principle above personal ambition and self-interest, John McCain, a war hero and a former POW, wins hands down. That may not be the most important issue to voters in electing a president, but it's something they will rightly take into account.

Mr. Rove is the former senior adviser and deputy chief of staff to President George W. Bush.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121443823260805375.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

[jimshoes]

1. I will only care what pigshit has to say

when he has to say it from his prison cell.

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3. That would be my preferred outcome as well

However, from my own experience, I have two truisms to offer:

"The best defense is a strong offense."
"Know thy enemy."

They come in handy in politics. :)

[southern_belle]

2. Karl who???? n/t

[Th1onein]

4. Mr. Rove: You're old hat now! Everyone knows you're a liar!

Even the most misinformed of Americans knows that nothing comes out of the NEOCONS' mouths that even closely resembles the truth.

[GrantDem]

5. This guy is still relevant?

And why is he not in prison yet?