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Rove says his super PAC is same as NAACP because it’s for ‘social welfare’
Republican strategist Karl Rove says that Crossroads GPS, which is a part the American Crossroads super PAC that he founded, is a legitimate tax-exempt organization because it promotes “social welfare” like the NAACP. During a panel discussion on Fox News Sunday about the IRS scrutinizing tea party groups, host Chris…
Rove: How can Obama close Gitmo if detainees didn’t get Miranda warnings?
Former Bush senior adviser Karl Rove is warning President Barack Obama that he might have difficulty closing the detention center at Guantanamo Bay because detainees imprisoned by the previous administration were not read their Miranda rights. At a White House press conference on Tuesday, the president said that he would…
Colbert: ‘I am in no way encouraging anybody to stab Karl Rove’
Stephen Colbert returned on Monday with a message of reassurance for Republican strategist Karl Rove. “I am in no way encouraging anybody to stab Karl Rove,” Colbert said, following Rove’s statement that he felt “some anxiety” when he saw Colbert sever his relationship with Ham in November 2012 via knifepoint.…
Karl Rove jokes that black Democratic strategist ‘owes me some fried chicken’
Republican strategist Karl Rove engaged in some friendly — if not tone deaf — banter with Democratic strategist Donna Brazile on Sunday, joking that she owed him some “fried chicken.” During a panel discussion on ABC, Wall Street Journal columnist Peggy Noonan noted that many conflicts within the Republican Party…
Rove mocks Palin: I may be a ‘balding fat guy,’ but ‘I wouldn’t leave office midterm’
Conservative strategist Karl Rove on Sunday lashed out at former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) after she used her speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) to blast his super PAC for “vetting our candidates.” Following major losses in the 2012 elections, Rove launched the Conservative Victory Project to…
Palin takes jab at Karl Rove in CPAC speech
In her speech on Saturday at the 2013 Conservative Political Action Conference, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin took jabs at the Republican establishment, gun control advocates, and President Barack Obama. She also singled out former GOP kingmaker Karl Rove, suggesting he return to Texas and run for office himself. The…
Rove: Media should learn from Vatican and stop prematurely calling elections
In an appearance on Fox News regarding the papal conclave, Karl Rove has said that networks should avoid calling elections prematurely. According to Talking Points Memo, Rove said that U.S. media should take its cues from the Vatican regarding secrecy and predicting the outcome of elections. “Thank God we don’t…
Tea Party Patriots: Image of Karl Rove as a Nazi was a mistake
The spat between grassroots American conservatives and mainstream Republicans got nastier Tuesday when a group sent out a fundraising email portraying a leading party figure in Nazi uniform. The mail from the “Tea Party Patriots” featured a photo montage of Karl Rove — who was former president George W. Bush’s…
Woodward scolds Rove for fixing elections with Soviet-style ‘Politburo’
Author Bob Woodward on Sunday blasted Republican strategist Karl Rove for creating a super PAC that acts as a Soviet-style “Politburo” with the de facto power to decide Republican primaries. During a panel segment on Fox News Sunday, Rove insisted that he had founded the Conservative Victory Project super PAC…
GOP infighting turns ugly over ‘hater’ comment
A simmering feud within the ranks of the Republican Party has erupted into a boil as each side has gone public with its grievances. According to the Wall Street Journal‘s Washington Wire blog, the purportedly pragmatic establishment wing of the party, as embodied by Karl Rove, is attempting to shed…
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