Most Americans Didn't Like Rove's Comments On Hillary's 'Traumatic Brain Injury'

[DonViejo]

TOM KLUDT – MAY 28, 2014, 7:25 AM EDT

Anyone subscribing to the idea that Karl Rove is engaging in some devilishly smart politics by going out of his way to talk about Hillary Clinton's health and age might want to take a look at a poll that dropped Wednesday morning.

The latest Washington Post-ABC News survey indicated that the man hailed as the "architect" of George W. Bush's two successful presidential campaigns may have outwitted himself. Two-thirds of Americans said they disapprove of Rove "raising questions" about the former secretary of state's "age and health." Only a quarter of respondents said they approve of Rove's comments.

Rove has spent much of this month discussing Clinton's fitness for the presidency after he addressed her late-2012 hospitalization at a conference in California. He insisted that he never said Clinton had "brain damage," but contended that it's fair game to talk about a would-be candidate's health.

On Monday, Rove was at it again, calling Clinton is "old and stale."

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http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/karl-rove-hillary-clinton-brain-injury-poll

[madokie]

1. Its all designed to energize the puke base

The rest of us see it for what it is

[AngryAmish]

2. The point of the smear was to get it into the conversation, not to make it liked

On a pedantic point, there is no need to scare quote traumatic brain injury. She a a mild one. Most of us have. But the writer probably does not know much about brain injuries.

[Blue Owl]

3. Many Americans don't believe the rumor that Rove is a child molester

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[scruboak]

4. Arianna Huffington used to warn her readers

to stop paying attention to the shiny objects offered up as distractions by the American media and start paying attention to what Rove was doing behind the scenes. Rove is the real Republican Party and has been for a very long time. Until they disavow him, he will continue poisoning his own party and this country.

[TexasProgresive]

5. I think Rove is a TBI on America.

He has done more to damage the American psyche than anyone I can think of in modern times.