Comments on: Rove: Iraq Will Not Be A Big Issue In The Next Election

By: Craig Johnson

Craig Johnson — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 18:17:56 +0000

The Blivet Presidency
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The majority of Americans, both highly informed and barely informed, are now comfortable stating that George W. Bush is incompetent.
The politically active voters are fully aware that what once passed for a Bush strength, that he rarely changed course, has now been unveiled as the cornerstone of his incompetence.
Over and over again he and his crew have offered political slogans in lieu of reasoned action policies only to be dragged to ignoble defeat and capitulation to the forces of reason allied against him.
An image comes to mind for me. Ten pounds of propaganda in a five pound bag, our very own “blivet” presidency.
“Hat Tip” to Karl Rove.
–cognitorex–

By: WC

WC — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 05:19:14 +0000

WC – The almost-extinct GOPâ€™s â€œBig Three: God, Sex and Sinâ€ canâ€™t help them now. The people will laugh in their moronic faces this time.

Comment by veritas â€” July 9, 2007 @ 12:28 pm

We can only hope. Just last month on Flag Day, our Republican-biased local newspaper ran an editorial calling once again for an amendment to ban flag burning. I don’t know what is wrong with people…wait, yes I do. They are fkn ignorant. If this country and everything it stands for is going to be destroyed simply because a handful of fanatics burn a flag in public, then damn, this country is simply full of a bunch of pussies IMO.

I do wonder if our founding fathers, upon reaching a decision to make our independence from Britain official, said something like: “Quick! Before we can proceed, and before we create our Declaration of Independence and Constitution, we must take a piece of cloth and create a banner that represents all that we stand for. Without it, we are nothing and we will not survive the coming centuries as an independent entity.”

The flag is nothing but a damn symbol. We should be more concerned about losing WHAT it represents.

By: timeisart

timeisart — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 23:24:24 +0000

Of course Iraq will not be the central issue. Think Iran. Or more horrible yet, think Iran supplemented by a vicious bombing attack on America organized and implemented by, guess who, Blackwater, who else? Or, Bush just might order an F-16 bombing raid on New York and then declare a national emegency and suspend elelctions. His press statement:
“Well, wtf ya gonna do about it?” Nothing is off the table for our lame ass in chief. Impeach now!

By: FightThePower

FightThePower — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 22:43:56 +0000

Anyone see Michael Moore on CNN just now BLASTING Wolf Blitzer for a good 10 mins straight? I have never seen anything like that on CNN, everâ€¦ Moore was relentless in calling out CNN, Blitzer, SANJAY GUPTA, the MSM, on iraq and health care and the poor investigative reporting in both casesâ€¦ The DEMS like Reid could use a bit of that to rub off on them, because thatâ€™s the only way to drive the point to these people, hold a bright light and expose their lies, distortions, and distractions. CNN tried to pull a fast one by shrinking Mooreâ€™s face from the screen and setting it next to a larger image of clips from his movie, in an obvious attempt to distract the viewers after it was clear several minutes into Mooreâ€™s torching that he was touching on topics they really didnâ€™t want to cover. The trouble with these people is there’s a conflict of interest… people like Gupta, etc have an interest in propping up the establishment that puts food on the table and a porche in their garage, they won’t do anything to bit the hand that feeds them, even though their conscience (hopefully they have one) and the facts may tell them otherwise…

By: Probus

Probus — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 22:42:14 +0000

Rove who has always desired one party rule for the GOP has lost all credibility. His math was grossly wrong. Democrats swept both the House and the Senate despite what he claimed. Iraq will dominate the election in 2008 the way it did in 2006. Neither Rove or this president can shy away from this reality. Bush has no plans to bring our troops home. To say that he might is false. The president’s entire legacy hinges on the outcome of this war. Bush himself has claimed that he would like to keep our troops in Iraq for the next 50 years like S. Korea. The surge can’t ensure that troops will be drawn down any time soon. Quite the contrary, the Bush plan is to keep troops there for the long-term. Iraq is Bush’s burden and he has to live with it.

By: Mr.Murder

Mr.Murder — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 22:05:44 +0000

The Aspens are turning…

By: Mr.Murder

Mr.Murder — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 22:05:00 +0000

Iran will be a big issue, the war must go on!

Iraq is sooooo 2004 of you.

Iran is the new front!

By: bewilderbeast

bewilderbeast — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 20:04:10 +0000

#34 The problem is: (shhhhh! Donâ€™t tell anyone though) Karl Rove is yesterdayâ€™s news. The Pillsbury Dough Boy is over and he can attempt to pump up the world and itâ€™s not going to fly any longer. The people know his transparent gig and wonâ€™t be fooled again.

Comment by veritas â€” July 9, 2007 @ 12:27 pm

“You can fool some of the people all of the time – and those are the ones we want to concentrate on.” GWB

By: tarazan

tarazan — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 18:50:32 +0000

Rove predicted a gain of 30 more Republican seats last year’s November elections,so did Cheney…
These are the same people who put the banner of ‘Mission Accomplished’ two months after the war began in March 2003…
They also predicted that the war will be paid by oil,and it will not exceed 28 billions !!.

So, if Rove predicts that ‘Iraq will not be an issue next elections’…
then how much truth in such prediction coming from Rove?!!

By: Krazny

Krazny — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 18:11:48 +0000

Looks like Cheney has found a way to get himself out of any legal trouble.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/uc/20070707/cm_uc_crabox/op_473230;_ylt=Ausgb4FTSUDhP0d2HLziM6JxFb8C

By: Bush is Corrupt.

Bush is Corrupt. — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 18:08:11 +0000

Karl: How’s “the Math” working for you? Oh, right, you were completely wrong in your predictions for the 2006 elections. Pretty much like every one of your policy positions. Hahaha.

By: DM

DM — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 18:06:37 +0000

Sarcasm truthfairy. Rove blew his wad in ‘02, and had to fudge the difference in ‘04 to hold on by his fingernails. He’s no genius, he’s a racketeer.

By: JenJen

JenJen — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 18:02:08 +0000

Hmmm. That’s either absurd wishful-thinking, or completely ominous.

By: OutSourced

OutSourced — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 17:41:23 +0000

Rove may be right, of course, but only in the Orwellian sense that Mr. Cheney and Mr. Lieberman & Co., will have substituted a war with Iran for the “problem with Iraq” that will no longer be an issue come election day 2008.

Rove sometimes tells the truth, but he is always deceptive.

By: Vinnie

Vinnie — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 17:33:17 +0000

I can almost guarantee that the troops will be on their way home during the run up to the 08 elections. That is their only strategy. That is the ONLY way that the repugs could keep any of their elected offices.

Comment by b40 â€” July 9, 2007 @ 12:54 pm

I agree. The question Rove will be asked to solve is how do we make it appear that the failure lies with someone else and how do we make everyone forget that it was us that got us into the war to begin with.

While that sounds absolutely insane, Rove is good. The media will comply. And the democrats will be on their heels trying to answer as to why they allowed the Middle East to become the hellhole that it is today.

By: Katie

Katie — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 17:33:11 +0000

Dream on Karl. Even if all our soldiers were home by the November elections, people are not going to forget the 4000+ dead. People are not going to forget what getting is into that mess has done for our reputation around the world. People are not going to forget how this fiasco bankrupted this country. Bringing the troops home may not be an issue but Iraq will be.

By: theswan

theswan — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 17:27:40 +0000

It’s quite obvious that the republican administration and the president are playing politics with the lives of our own troops. This and the outing of a covert agent for political gain or strategy are the acts of traitors.

By: War4Sale

War4Sale — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 17:24:44 +0000

Sure, Karl. Keep telling yourself that and take some more of Dr. Limbaugh’s magic pills.

By: BlueArkansas

BlueArkansas — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 17:21:09 +0000

Comment by upside00 â€” July 9, 2007 @ 12:59 pm

Good point, upside. I think, however, that Americans are holding their collective breaths for the candidate who stands up and says “I will pull American troops completely out of Iraq immediately and unconditionally.” The candidate that says that will then have an audience for a platform that includes UHC, sunsetting Bush’s outrageous tax cuts, implementing 9/11 Commission recommendations, etc. I’d like to think that anyway; I have long since learned never to underestimate the political stupidity of Americans acting in concert.

By: upside00

upside00 — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 17:01:12 +0000

He wants the 08 elections to be about the illegal occupation only, as it is teh only thing he and cheney have any control over. And when that gets better, he will defocus all the other shit the BushCo group has been doing (and not doing).