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annxburns Donating Member (948 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-26-04 11:32 PM
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Why they call Rove "Turd-blossom"
I read somewhere that Karl Rove is called "turd blossom" by Bush Co.

Why? Because he makes something beautiful ("A Bush family election win") out of something foul ("Dirty, smearing campaigning").

That is what we see today with the Kerry Swift vets smear, and what we saw with McCain in 2000. Rove has a long, long history of dirty campaigning as documented by several journalists and a documentary called "Bush's brain".

President Bush and his family think they can excuse their responsibility for this type of campaigning by saying they had nothing to do with it, at least directly. But that argument is moral cowardice.
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Virginian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-26-04 11:35 PM
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1. Rove was an apt student of Lee Atwater. n/t
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Southern Patriot Donating Member (295 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-26-04 11:57 PM
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7. And, who was "riding shotgun" on Atwater for Daddy Bush?
George W., that's who.

GWB's innate animal cunning got a post-grad course in dirty campaigning from Atwater and Rove adds a depth of historical knowledge plus nuts 'n bolts ability.

Reportedly, when Atwater was dying of brain cancer, he repented and apologized to all those that he'd slagged. A slimeball to the end.
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acmavm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-26-04 11:37 PM
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2. Actually every single member of that clan is totally amoral. Not immoral,
that would imply and actual knowledge, and some thought about what is moral and what isn't. They just don't give a damn. Their souls are as black as midnight and as empty as a vacuum. I would say as empty as the space between Fearless Leader's ears, but I think he very smart in an evil, selfish, self-serving, cunning way.
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MikeG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-26-04 11:37 PM
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3. Cause he's ugly.
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maine_raptor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-26-04 11:39 PM
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4. Because
the egotistical little man actually does believe his shit smells sweet. End of story.
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movonne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-26-04 11:40 PM
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5. I thought it was because he was full of shit!!!!!
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demgrrrll Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-26-04 11:53 PM
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6. It is interesting that someone mentioned Atwater because I read one of
his quotes tonight If "if you're explaining you're losing" and I thought of Rove going to Fox to explain that Bush was not a part of the SB liars thing. The more I think about it that was a real trip to the wood shed for Rove.
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Southern Patriot Donating Member (295 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-26-04 11:59 PM
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9. The FNC promo of Brit Hume escorting Rove through the FNC
offices almost made me throw up.
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arewenotdemo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-27-04 03:43 AM
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12. Hume has that effect on me, too.
:puke:

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democracyindanger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-26-04 11:57 PM
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8. He thrives in bullshit.
Edited on Fri Aug-27-04 12:00 AM by democracyindanger
Like mushrooms.
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krkaufman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-27-04 12:09 AM
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10. Need to see "Bush's Brain"
Edited on Fri Aug-27-04 12:11 AM by krkaufman
It needs to get out on DVD in October.

Ah, sweet..!

    Due to our nationwide theatrical release, all DVD orders taken from August 27 through September 23 will be shipped beginning September 24th.

    http://www.bushsbrain.com

    edit: Oh!, it appears that "Bush's Brain" releases to theaters TOMORROW.. August 27th. Excellent timing.


I only wish they could do a rapid update to the documentary to reference the tactics leveraged for the Swift lie ads. Maybe they could do it as a DVD special feature. Hmmm...
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AmerDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-27-04 12:10 AM
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11. "they" don't . Turd Blossom is shrub's nickname for Nazi Rove
Shrub apparently gives everyone nicknames...everyone. Take it for what it's worth but even though shrub counts on Rove and has full confidence in him he also knows what the man is really made of. He knows the man has no morals and is essentially a piece of cow shit. He gave him that nickname years ago!

Don't you just love the way repukes share admiration? unreal!

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Julien Sorel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-27-04 04:21 AM
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13. Read this link
http://www.ronsuskind.com/newsite/articles/archives/000032.html

More than you will ever want to know about KKKarl. And a little bit scary.
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MagickMuffin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-27-04 05:23 AM
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14. Turd Blossom Smears
If it looks like a turd
And it smells like a turd
It's a Turd!!!


:hurts:
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