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kpete

(72,016 posts)
Mon Jul 9, 2012, 02:52 PM Jul 2012

Karl Rove Gave Secret Speech Outside Romney Donor Retreat

Source: Huffington Post

WASHINGTON -- Karl Rove was the featured speaker at a previously unreported luncheon held just outside the Mitt Romney campaign's recent retreat for high-dollar donors, according to three Republican fundraisers who attended the event.

Rove's luncheon speech did not appear on the retreat's official agenda because Romney's campaign didn't host it. Instead, the event was hosted by Solamere Capital, a private equity firm founded by Tagg Romney, the candidate's eldest son, and Spencer Zwick, the Romney campaign's chief fundraiser who is often described as Romney's "sixth son."

Rove's speech was delivered on June 22, the Friday of the retreat weekend, to about 200 wealthy guests, including quite a few money harvesters for the Romney campaign, according to GOP sources who attended but requested anonymity in order to speak freely.

In a half-hour talk followed by questions from the audience, Rove covered congressional races and the presidential contest, with some brief remarks about what the super PAC American Crossroads and an affiliated group are doing with tens of millions he helped raise to boost GOP fortunes in November, according to two GOP fundraisers who heard Rove speak.

Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/09/karl-rove-speech_n_1656013.html

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wendylaroux

(2,925 posts)
1. How powerful this must make
Mon Jul 9, 2012, 03:04 PM
Jul 2012

these ultra rich feel.--When you have everything else,you buy a country,1 election at a time.-

 

kitt6

(516 posts)
2. Rmoney and gang
Mon Jul 9, 2012, 03:07 PM
Jul 2012

are a little smarter than I thought. If they made him stay outside, well someone is thinking about the law.

yellowcanine

(35,701 posts)
4. Yes but the appearance of collusion between Crossroads and Romney Campaign is still there.
Mon Jul 9, 2012, 03:26 PM
Jul 2012

Romney and Rove are staying within the law only in a wink wink kind of way.

 

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)
3. Just another front for all the rich Mormons in Salt Lake City.
Mon Jul 9, 2012, 03:12 PM
Jul 2012

Here is a kicker,Huntsman has ties to this hedge fund.

tanyev

(42,613 posts)
5. Maybe Ham Rove will make a secret appearance on Colbert tonight.
Mon Jul 9, 2012, 04:58 PM
Jul 2012



Unless they're in another rerun week.
 

snooper2

(30,151 posts)
7. "Tagg Romney", WTF, now we have to deal with another candidate and stupidly named kids?
Mon Jul 9, 2012, 05:21 PM
Jul 2012

Tagg? Who names their kid fucking tag?

He should have done a palin and named one trip...



Hey there, how you doing? What are their names? Oh, that tag and that's trip. Tag and trip

Igel

(35,356 posts)
12. "Taggart."
Tue Jul 10, 2012, 10:49 AM
Jul 2012

A common enough surname, can't find that it's in Romney's family tree.

Meaning given as "son of (the) priest," which sort of fits Romney's background.

As for first names ... I've run into Jael, Deshayla, Nixon, Ealar, and a mess of others. There's a poor Southern tradition of having odd names for children, sort of "gotta make it novel and interesting or different sounding."

Once saw "Jane" written something like Jae'hn.

"Taggart"? In the top 300 oddball English-language American names, it's rather close to "Caleb".

justice1

(795 posts)
10. His most loyal supporters, and fundraisers, are now speaking to the media, about the impropriety?
Mon Jul 9, 2012, 06:40 PM
Jul 2012

If he can't trust the rich, who can he trust?

goclark

(30,404 posts)
13. Yes He Should Be In Prison
Tue Jul 10, 2012, 11:01 AM
Jul 2012

And "Yes We Can" win the election!

Wake Up Democrats! STOP Voter Suppression!
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