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For the record, I think Karl Rove’s latest venture, for intraparty Republican fights, is a bad idea. It is especially bad if it intends to do any negative advertising in GOP primaries. (If it devotes itself only to positive ads about its chosen candidates, it’s not so bad, although it still seems somewhat objectionable.) I do wonder why “establishment” types spend so much time harping on losses by (supposed) conservatives in Senate races while ignoring the losses by establishmentarians Rehberg, Berg, Thompson, Allen (I like Allen, but that’s not the point), Lingle, Wilson, and others — and why establishmentarians don’t give credit to the right for Rubio, Cruz, Johnson, Lee, and others.
But that said, there is no exuse — zero, zilch, nada — for this. The Tea Party Patriots sent out that picture of Karl Rove photoshopped into what looks like a Nazi uniform, as part of a fund-raising e-mail. This in inexcusable. And I say that as a fan of Tea Party Patriots. But we have absolutely no business slinging around Nazi references and images — especially to those on the right, even if they aren’t quite as much to the right as some people might like. Tea Party Patriots owes Rove a quick, full, and sincere apology. I mean, this photo is sick.
Another thing: I spent three years fighting against a real neo-Nazi named David Duke. We should not cheapen the references to Nazis, lest nobody take us seriously when a real one like Duke enters the scene.
Get a grip, people. Criticize Rove if you must. But keep it clean.
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Jack in Wi| 2.19.13 @ 1:31PM
The elite dream of driving out the libertarians and pro-life conservatives continues on. I guess the party is over. It looks like we are done as a country.
CrackerHound| 2.19.13 @ 1:35PM
That's Karl Rove's dream...The Tea Party ARE libertarians and pro-life for the most part.
7-08| 2.19.13 @ 1:39PM
What Rove has done is first destroy any credibility of the Republican establishment, second denigrate the only grassroots organization that has the goal of saving the Republic, and third become the poster child of the progressive/MSM cabal.
You suggest WE apologize for some Photoshop image by someone who probably is not even cognizant of what the Tea Party stands for?
Not going to happen; you apologize for making us all straw men and giving the press more copy.
CrackerHound| 2.19.13 @ 1:46PM
7-08,
You may be correct in all of that. But you are wrong if you thought sending out an email with Rove in nazi regalia was a good idea. As if we Tea Party members aren't marginalized enough in the media and public discourse.
Whoever is responsible should be publicly relieved of their responsibilities. It shows a lack of maturity. That was something the people at Daily Kos would do, not Tea Party members.
7-08| 2.19.13 @ 7:10PM
I did not say that the Nazi uniform image was a good idea. Before you respond to something it would be a good idea to read it several times. That way you won't appear to be such a dunce.
The ones doing the marginalization are you and Quinn. What you do not grasp is that the Tea Party is nothing other than individuals with a common goal through grassroots organization. I solely participate to contribute to saving the Republic; Quinn berating a group, the idiot who photo shopped the picture, or you for that matter, are nothing more than sound bites for the progressives.
Defending Quinn who is doing the same thing to the Tea Party is an idiotic act that rivals the photo shop buffoon. You saying that Quinn is justified in demanding an apology is as repulsive to me as a Nazi uniform.
Al Adab| 2.19.13 @ 2:29PM
We continue to beat each other up so much in the primaries that the ultimate nominee simply has been too tarnished to survive the general. Meanwhile, the lefty skates through with acclaim from any primary opponent .
atilla| 2.19.13 @ 3:33PM
Don't encourage Rove, he's bad for America doncha know??
Gradivus| 2.19.13 @ 8:25PM
I understand they've apologized, said they did not authorize the photoshopped photo, and the subcontractor they use to send out those mailings also apologized, said it was done inadvertently, and said they would never have purposely done so.
Quartermaster| 2.20.13 @ 8:34AM
I'm sure the photoshop ityself is intentional, however. In this case the hyperbole is anything but sick as Rove has been one of teh chief enablers of the politicians that have taken us to the point we are at.
If you want to say the photoshop is sick, that's your opinion and you have a right to it. If Rove, and his establishment types hate it, then that's a positive as far as I am concerned. Hillyer needs to discover some consistency and grow up a bit.