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deminks

(11,014 posts)
Sun Jul 14, 2013, 12:28 PM Jul 2013

KKKarl Rove: It's Obama's fault for sympathizing with Trayvon's parents

I kid you not. GOPer talking points of the day

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/07/14/rove-obama-ripped-us-apart-by-sympathizing-with-trayvons-parents/

Republican strategist Karl Rove on Sunday accused President Barack Obama of tearing the country apart by sympathizing with the parents of slain teen Trayvon Martin.

During a panel discussion on Fox News Sunday, host Chris Wallace asked Rove to respond to the possibility that the Justice Department could pursue civil rights charges after a Florida jury’s found George Zimmerman not guilty of murdering Martin.

“I hope that this is the end,” Rove said. “President Obama politicized this at the beginning of it, I believe, unfortunately, by injecting himself into it and saying that if Trayvon Martin — that if he’d have had a son it would look like Trayvon Martin.”

“We need a president to bring us together, not rip us apart,” he added. “And I hope the Justice Department does not respond to the ill-advised recommendation of the NAACP to continue this controversy.”

(end snip)

But that's right, KKKarl, the GOPers really don't need any minority votes. They can make it by doubling down on that angry white male. That's what the country needs right now. /sarcasm off.

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KKKarl Rove: It's Obama's fault for sympathizing with Trayvon's parents (Original Post) deminks Jul 2013 OP
Then..its my fault too. FarPoint Jul 2013 #1
So obviously in Karl's mind the jury was racist. GeorgeGist Jul 2013 #2
Racism is what rips us apart. Just Saying Jul 2013 #3
Klassy. I suspect they were ready to blame Obama no matter what the verdict was. tanyev Jul 2013 #4
Stupid, hateful, but also revealing frazzled Jul 2013 #5
Typical comment for that POS. Solly Mack Jul 2013 #6
And all President Obama wanted was to work with republicans. So how's it going now... Safetykitten Jul 2013 #7
Everything is Obama's fault. And he gets credit for nothing good. So what elese in new? kelliekat44 Jul 2013 #8
Hey KKKarl,....your white sheets are showing! Segami Jul 2013 #9
Karl Rove was the " Wizard" who FarPoint Jul 2013 #10
Nah, he'll forever be a second-rate Lee Atwater Mutiny In Heaven Jul 2013 #13
Par for the course Spirochete Jul 2013 #11
look at Karl Rove thats all I ask olddots Jul 2013 #12

GeorgeGist

(25,321 posts)
2. So obviously in Karl's mind the jury was racist.
Sun Jul 14, 2013, 12:30 PM
Jul 2013

ie, if Trayvon wasn't black, Zimmerman would have been convicted.

Just Saying

(1,799 posts)
3. Racism is what rips us apart.
Sun Jul 14, 2013, 12:31 PM
Jul 2013

Pointing it out isn't the problem.

Has Rove ever been right in his life? Fuck turd blossom.

frazzled

(18,402 posts)
5. Stupid, hateful, but also revealing
Sun Jul 14, 2013, 12:44 PM
Jul 2013

The subtext of that statement reveals the entire Republican strategy: if Obama is "for" anything, we're against it and will block it. Even justice for an unarmed teenager.

 

Safetykitten

(5,162 posts)
7. And all President Obama wanted was to work with republicans. So how's it going now...
Sun Jul 14, 2013, 12:47 PM
Jul 2013

for the past oh...how many years?

 

kelliekat44

(7,759 posts)
8. Everything is Obama's fault. And he gets credit for nothing good. So what elese in new?
Sun Jul 14, 2013, 12:52 PM
Jul 2013

The facts still remain. George Zimmerman murdered an unarmed, black youth, who was walking home with a bag of Skittles.

No amount of spin, hubris, lying, denying can ever change that. George simply got away with murder. PERIOD!!!

 

Segami

(14,923 posts)
9. Hey KKKarl,....your white sheets are showing!
Sun Jul 14, 2013, 01:01 PM
Jul 2013

Should we expect any less coming from this republican boot-licking neo-slug?

FarPoint

(12,409 posts)
10. Karl Rove was the " Wizard" who
Sun Jul 14, 2013, 02:14 PM
Jul 2013

replanted the south with the seeds of racism. As the *bush mastermind of the preceding administration ..His accomplice would be Foxx Noise and GOP.

Mutiny In Heaven

(550 posts)
13. Nah, he'll forever be a second-rate Lee Atwater
Sun Jul 14, 2013, 05:04 PM
Jul 2013

there's the real architect of the good ol' GOP's (protracted) final stand.

Spirochete

(5,264 posts)
11. Par for the course
Sun Jul 14, 2013, 04:41 PM
Jul 2013

blame Obama for sympathizing with a dead kid's family. "You won't ever catch us Republicans doing that, nosiree"

 

olddots

(10,237 posts)
12. look at Karl Rove thats all I ask
Sun Jul 14, 2013, 04:46 PM
Jul 2013

Look at him again because he is the poster child for these sub humans .

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