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The Spectacle Blog
According to Politico, with regard to the kerfuffle over the mistaken photo-shopping of Rove’s face into a picture of a leading Nazi:
Rove issued a statement saying all is well. “Apology accepted,” Rove said. “Now let’s all get back to work building conservative Republican majorities and stop President Obama’s agenda.”
This is as it should be. The Tea Party Patriots and the vendor offered classy apologies for the mistake, and Rove offered a classy acceptance. Now the best thing would be for both sides to stop assuming the worst about the other — and for both sides to find themselves in agreement about who the “most conservative electable candidate” is in each forthcoming election. And if they disagree, well…. let them fight it out, and here’s hoping that truly talented conservatives win the battles. Even better would be if most primary fights stuck to issue-based disagreements along with copious positive reinforcement of the candidates in question, rather than hyper-personal and long-lastingly harmful attacks.
The idea should be to find more Ted Cruzes and more Ron Johnsons. And to beat the Left, not to beat up on each other.
Rove, by the way, could have handled the roll-out of his new group in a way that didn’t raise so many fears n the right. And his group’s spokesman darn well should not have called the MRC’s Brent Bozell a “hater” two weeks ago — a cheap shot and horribly untrue, about a man who is justifiably a hero on the right. The good news is that the spokesman apologized. Now the TPP, likewise, has apologized to Rove, for an error that went out under their name but apparently without their intentions. Good. The Tea Party Patriots is a great organization.
Let’s rally together, for limited government and the maximum amount possible of ordered liberty.
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aware| 2.20.13 @ 5:47AM
"Limited government"....what a laugh. With "conservatives" like Rove? You must be delusional.
Then you want "ordered" liberty? "Ordered" by who? The State no doubt. That's what you have now so what's your beef? Oh yeah, your guys aren't running it. It was so much better when Rove and his gang of criminals was shredding the constitution(HA!) with Patriot Acts, expansions of the Welfare State, borrowing trillions, and military imperialism wasn't it?
A staggering ignorance of the nature of the State. As usual with "conservatives". Never question the primacy of the State and politics over our lives, just who is running the vast criminal conspiracy. And be sure to take your blue pill.
spike59| 2.20.13 @ 6:07AM
" All’s Well That Ends Well"
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does that mean TAS will now get on to an interesting topic????
Ralph Gizzip| 2.20.13 @ 6:17AM
@aware: Your logical fallacy was assuming Bush 43 was a Conservative. He was anything but. Now you rightly bring up abuses committed by the Bush Administration in the Patriot Act (God, how I hate that name) as well as profligate spending. But the preferred answer is to roll back on those issues and not, as Obama is wont to do, kick them into Ludicrous Speed. From your screed I take it you've swallowed a full bottle of Obama's little blue pills.
aware| 2.20.13 @ 4:13PM
Well, Ralph, as we see from this little dust up the "conservative" movement embraced Bush fully, as it is doing with Rove now. Imagine my surprise now with guys like you saying he wasn't. Maybe if "conservatives" were a little more selective in the company they keep I wouldn't make the assumption I have.
And as far as any Obama pills, you couldn't be farther from reality. I wish you "conservatives" could figure out which direction criticism was coming from. I've been blasting you pansies from the extreme right for years now. "Conservatives" are closer to the left than I am, with your support of the State for "security".
I don't support Obama, nor Bush, nor Romney, or any other of the Statist scum of either wing of the State party.
7-08| 2.20.13 @ 8:03AM
I really do not think that confirming that Quinn is in Rove’s pocket and on the Bush 1-2-3 bandwagon will “end well.” The Republicans have been utterly destroyed by their own incompetence, ignorance, and elitism. “All’s well” – you cannot fix or argue with stupid.
Quartermaster| 2.20.13 @ 8:29AM
Rove is someone best kicked to teh curb of history. The man has sown he's a liar, and also shown we can't trust him.
I seriously doubt it was a "mistake" that Rove was photoshopped as a Nazi. Rove may object to being photoshopped as a Nazi, but that's too bad. The hyperbole is appropriate and he has merely shown he has thin skin. he's what should be left behind.
When it comes to assuming the worst about Rove, we have little to assume. He's shown us what he is, alas, and like another establishment creep, McCain, he's shwon he's not our friend.
Occam's Tool| 2.20.13 @ 5:15PM
Rove is a lot of things, but he is NO Nazi, QM. You, yourself, are much closer, and you are no Nazi.
This was hardly appropriate, you ignorant, drooling, worthless, scumbag. My family's background is Eastern European Jewish. They are wiped out, and Rove does not deserve that tarnish, you maggot eating vermin.
C. Vernon Crisler | 2.20.13 @ 9:15AM
Thanks Quin, you've managed to make Rove an object of pity instead of a betrayer of conservative principles.
That's what's wrong with the Republican establishment: like Lincoln's generals, they just don't know how to win.
Bob K| 2.20.13 @ 10:07AM
Right again!
What is worse, he is boring all of us silly with these schoolgirl "can't we all be friends again" pleas!
"Politics ain't beanbag!" "Tip" O'Neill.
Occam's Tool| 2.20.13 @ 5:17PM
Again, I don't care for Rove, and he doesn't deserve to be high up in the GOP's leadership, but calling him a Nazi is Beyond the Pale. Obama is considerably more laden with Judenhass.
JD| 2.20.13 @ 1:27PM
There seems to be a belief among some of these people that the Right's problem is limited to intra-party self-bashing. This seriously underestimates the dishonesty of the Left.
There will be no noticeable improvement in the public portrayal of right-wing candidates if the true Right and pseudo-Right declare a truce. These groups have little to offer each other.