This Karl Rove statement defies truth-testing

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PolitiFact Texas, our truth-testing project, has delved into three Texas-centric statements from the recently released autobiography of Republican political consultant Karl Rove.

Two of them fit nicely into the parameters of our Truth-O-Meter — a claim that Rove played a key role in keeping Rick Perry in politics and Rove’s recollection that Texas Democrats dished out some political retribution by abolishing the treasurer’s office held by Kay Bailey Hutchison.

But a third one proved more problematic to prove or disprove.

It dates to 1997. At the time, Rove was focused on preparing Bush’s re-election as governor while the Democratic state comptroller, John Sharp, prepared to face Perry for lieutenant governor.

Rove writes that Sharp approached Rove at an October 1997 Wildlife Expo dinner and “tried to hire me.”
http://www.statesman.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/austin/politics/entries/2010/03/19/this_karl_rove_statements_defi.html?cxntfid=blogs_postcards

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1. Lying turd blossom

Who the hell would accept Karl Rove's version of reality except his wife. Or should I say ex-wife now. :puke:

Here is one of his other lies:

PoltiFact Check 3/19/10
"Kay Bailey Hutchison was elected state treasurer, succeeding Ann Richards. Democrats then abolished the position ... Hutchison later became a U.S. senator."

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How does Rove’s statement shape up?

As noted, he's correct that Hutchison succeeded Richards as treasurer. But he's wrong about the order of subsequent events, and assigns an unsupported motive—that Democrats abolished the agency because a Republican had its top spot. Some Republicans backed the abolition, too, and it was Hutchison’s Democratic successor whose stint in the office came to a sign-scraping close.

We rate Rove’s poor job of retelling history as False.

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2. If Turd Blossom's lips are moving, he's lying.

Hell, if he's breathing he's lying.

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3. Read my lying lips

Karl Rove breaths and lies simultaneously. I sure wish he would stop breathing, so he would stop lying of course. :evilgrin: