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graham4anything

(11,464 posts)
1. Rove accomplished his goal to remove all pretenders so Jeb can attempt a Bush comeback in 2016
Mon Dec 3, 2012, 09:51 AM
Dec 2012

it worked

Rove is a superstar at what he does

I said years ago, I wish it was baseball and we could offer him 2x the salary and a player to be named later to have him work for us

Only ones better than him are Axelod and Plouffe.
but before them, he was the best

(NOW that doesn't mean I like his postions on anyhting, just stating a political fact)

brush

(53,801 posts)
2. The best?
Mon Dec 3, 2012, 10:40 AM
Dec 2012

I disagree. Rove is like those .250 hitter baseball players who all of a sudden start hitting .300 and blasting 50 homeruns. They cheated with steroids. Same with Rove. He only seemed good because he cheated by using vote machine hacking and voter suppression, his brand of steroids. The repugs can keep him, he's exposed to just about everyone now, not just to those of us who knew of his thefts from the 2000 and 2004 elections.

 

graham4anything

(11,464 posts)
5. yes, but wait to gloat until Jeb is defeated (and GWB 4th) and the other
Mon Dec 3, 2012, 01:22 PM
Dec 2012

WE here and on the democratic side know this.
We accept it as fact

However, the same people that are on the other side don't know because of their media

So we have to keep pushing replay

and yes, we thought Fitzgerald should have put him in jail
for whatever reason he did not do it.

we think of many reasons as to why he did not, but in the end he did not

 

rhett o rick

(55,981 posts)
7. Who will replace him? He is still the best at what he does. It appears he failed in 2012. But maybe
Mon Dec 3, 2012, 05:06 PM
Dec 2012

not. Who does he work for? I dont believe the Bush Dynasty has much use for the upstart Kock Bro. The disaster of this election will benefit Jeb.

brush

(53,801 posts)
8. Maybe
Mon Dec 3, 2012, 05:30 PM
Dec 2012

But the repugs are going to have to try other means to steal elections because people are on to their old methods. I'm sure they'll try new dirty tricks so we do have to be on guard but the days of Rove hacking the vote machines in key battleground states is over.

 

rhett o rick

(55,981 posts)
9. Hacking voting machines has only just begun. It failed this time but we dont know how.
Mon Dec 3, 2012, 05:37 PM
Dec 2012

Maybe Karl's program failed. They have the money and the technology exists.

brush

(53,801 posts)
10. It's detectable
Mon Dec 3, 2012, 06:12 PM
Dec 2012

They can try, just like they did this time but I say too many people are aware now. Everyone on the dem side is on the lookout for adnormalities from exit polls and their hacking only works when races are razor thin, otherwise improbable vote swings stand out like sore thumbs and our attorneys and poll watcher will be on it. They'll try other dirty tricks, they'll have too because demographic trends are not on their side so races in many areas are not going to be as close as before and therefore not hackable. Besides, they aren't the only ones with smarts.

malaise

(269,111 posts)
11. Jeb can't run from his family
Mon Dec 3, 2012, 07:20 PM
Dec 2012

ReTHUGs will be paying for Dumbya's war crimes and domestic policy for another two Presidential elections.

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