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Phnom Penh - A Cambodian court jailed a 52-year-old French peadophile for 14 months on Tuesday for sexually abusing a teenage boy, prompting child rights groups to criticise the prison term as too lenient.
Philippe Lauwers was found guilty of "committing an indecent act against an underaged boy in late 2011", Judge Phong Vann at southern Kandal provincial court told AFP, adding that the boy was now aged 16.
The Frenchman will walk free in two months having already served a year in jail, unless his victim appeals the ruling, the judge added.
Lauwers has been held in custody since his arrest in January 2012 on suspicion of sexually abusing three boys, although two of them later dropped their complaints.
He was ordered to pay the boy $1 000 in compensation and will be deported after his release.
Samleang Seila, country director for child rights group Action Pour Les Enfants, said the sentence was "too lenient".
"We cannot accept it. The lawyer will consult with the boy whether to appeal the verdict," he said, adding Lauwers should instead have been charged with buying sex, which carries a minimum seven year tariff.
Cambodia launched an anti-peadophilia drive in 2003 in an effort to end its reputation as a haven for child sex offenders.
Dozens of foreigners have since been jailed for child sex crimes or deported to face trial in their home countries.
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The Electrical and Computer Engineering Department's solar-powered vehicle sits on display in front of Falcon Stadium May 24, 2013. Behind the vehicle is a solar- and wind-powered turbine that can charge the vehicle and other electrical appliances. Constructing the trailer was a capstone project for a group of cadets majoring in electrical engineering. (U.S. Air Force photo/Don Branum)
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Al Mundy (right) and Dr. Tobi Moser open up a solar- and wind-powered charging station at the Air Force Academy May 24, 2013. The charging station, built by cadets majoring in electrical engineering as part of their capstone course, provides portable power at both 110 and 220 volts. The battery pack is rated for approximately 2,000 charges. Mundy and Moser are instructors in the Academy's Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, and Moser is part of a German exchange program. (U.S. Air Force photo/Don Branum)
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-- A cadet capstone project designed to build upon cadets' research in 2012 could have broad-ranging applications from powering austere bases to supplementing stateside bases' power grids, instructors in the Computer and Electrical Engineering Department said May 22.
The project, a solar- and wind-powered all-terrain trailer called SWATT, hooks up to a cadet-built electric dune buggy made last year and can provide a full charge of energy to the vehicle to other appliances.
"This is actually one of the better capstones that I've seen over the past several years," said Al Mundy, an instructor in the department. "The cadets' learning curve never stopped growing throughout the entire two semesters."
The cadets who worked on the project graduated May 29. They are now-2nd Lts. Ben Baumann, Wes Cobb, Ryan Decarlis, Zane Dydasco, Alexandra Goodwin, Justin Juedemann, Stephen Katrein and William Petersen.
The trailer has roughly 200 cubic feet of space. Inside sits an 18-kilowatt-hour battery array that can power the vehicle or any device that can plug into a 110-volt wall outlet. The trailer can be charged via a wall outlet, a set of solar panels or a portable wind turbine designed by Class of 2010 cadets.
"They're not as fast as charging with the wall, but over the course of an eight-hour day or a 10-hour day, you can do relatively well," Mundy said.
A netbook computer plugged into the system monitors the battery level and ambient temperature, explained Dr. Tobi Moser, an exchange instructor from Germany.
"When they are full, it will shut off the charging system," Moser said. "You can deploy it somewhere, attach the solar panel and attach the wind turbine, and the rest will be done by the battery management system."
A cellphone hooked into the system allows it to send a text message in response to a query or if the temperature inside the trailer gets too hot, Mundy said.
The system is scalable, Mundy said, so a series of trailers could provide green power for a fleet of electric vehicles or replace the fuel bladders now ubiquitous in deployed environments.
"One of the things we'd like to do is have this be a modular part of deployed operation micro grids, i.e., plug it into the micro grid, and it helps offset diesel cost," said Lt. Col. Andrew Laffely, the department's assistant professor. "But this is a prototype, and we still have some work to do."
In the meantime, the green energy research has helped inspire interest in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, Laffely said.
"We are all focused on making our projects available to the public: going to public schools, supporting tours here ... to raise awareness of STEM, especially with school-age children," he said. "I think over the last year we've had more than 500 students from the local area have some sort of hands-on project with our lab and the vehicle staff."
In addition, the cadets who worked on the project will have more in-depth knowledge of future years' energy projects, Mundy said.
"I think this kind of project's really helped prepare them for when they're out there ... and the boss says, 'I need someone to talk to this electric vehicle company and have a clue what they're talking about,'" he said. "These are the kinds of things that they're going to be seeing in the next 20 years."
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Rove is evil incarnate: a slimy immoral operative whose GOP talking points the WSJ shamelessly reprints as "op-eds." That this stale ball of turd is still given a speck of credibility says more about the naivete of the populace than any number of Sarah Palin ghost-written bestsellers.
Rove is an establishment wonk wuss that hides in conservative clothes. This great intellectual never even imagined the Tea Partiests would come this far. He thought his buddies would just use them to gain a few votes and now they're burying the establishment bums. Hey, would you buy a used car from this little man. Of course not! Tea anyone? this stuff is hilarious and it's not easy for a dead guy like me to laugh. I'm not in to humor. Vote out all incumbents in the fall except for Ron Paul. Audit and abolish the FED and put the tax cheat Herr Oberfuhrer Geithner the architect of the fascist controlled economy and Burn-them-key the NWO globalist pimp point man for the Bilderbergers on trial for sedition and send them to San Quentin with a note to the warden to put them in "Lonely Bubba's cell.
As a conservative Republican I really have no patience for Mr. Rove. The man helped usher in levels of unprecedented spending among other bad ideas. George W. Bush may have been a Republican but he was not a conservative.
Karl should remember what his mother probably told him. Say something nice or nothing at all. He's frosted that his guy lost and this is sour grapes. Would he really rather have the Democrat win this seat?
If we can elect a community organizer with a checkered past and little experience the POTUS, we can elect a fiscal conservative with a checkered past and little experience to the Senate...
Well, I have tended to agree more often than not with Rove, but this time, Rove is out to lunch. He is totally wrong. What does he mean she has character issues? Jeesh, louise, look at the current entire Democrat administration, with Obama in the lead of major character flaws. Compared to Obama, Rangel, Geitner, Biden, Reid, Pelosi, and the list goes on, O'Donnell is a saint.
Vote all incumbents out.
Rove is wrong, and his attack shows that he is more concerned about the machine than the citizens who vote. If the Republican Party will not support her than i shall cease to support the Republican party. It is time to shrug!
We should remember that the establishment backlash we see started with the anger against Bush and Rove. Bush and Rove broke all the previous records for spending only to be out-spent by Obama. The Tea Party has come about because people distrust BOTH major political parties to establish any type of fiscal discipline. Personally, I think it's good that Rove disapproves...
The Tea Party is the disinfectant of the people. More power to them as they clean out all the Democrat and Republican tripe from the government. Take back the country!
With comments like these, what Republican would seek his counsel?
Perhaps Rove is pining for some Democratic dollars -- according to Sun Tzu double agents are paid the most ... Traitor!
In the minds of the left/far left TEA people are conservatives/right lunatics: --- based on the propaganda spewed out by the left lunatics; - and as usual the far left states the opposite of the truth --- TaxedEnoughAlready people are NOT a party, they support American values, visiting any reliable TEA website, states TEA people support CAPITALISTIC, PRIVATE industry, rather than big government/socialism/Marxism/Totalitarianism. Many people see their lives, and the lives of future generations getting devastated --- the "stimulus-es", corruptly mandated health"care", and numerous other big government takeovers, and schemes make people ask questions, and TEA organizations help with the answers.
--- To know what the TaxedEnoughAlready people represent try going to freedomworks-org --- or, listen to people that back their opinions on rhetoric. --- "FreedomWorks chairman Dick Armey describes the historical roots, ideas, and tactics that animate the most important grassroots movement in America today. --- In Give Us Liberty, the former House Majority Leader and FreedomWorks President Matt Kibbe define what the Tea Party is fighting for and how all Americans can join the cause.
TEA people are simply TaxedEnoughAlready - They are not against taxes, but are against big gov., and excessive taxes - with gov. bureaucrats benefiting rather than the people. TEA people want taxation WITH representation rather than taxation WITHOUT representation - the reps that understand this will get re-elected, it doesn't matter if reps are democrat or republican, it matters if they are honest and support individual freedom, as the 56 signers of the Declaration of Independence supported, and showed by risking everything.
--newsmax-com Debt Commission Leaders Paint Gloomy Picture 11 Jul 2010
-For insight into Obama's views on the courts and the Constitution, see the AT piece, "Obama the Justifier", by Selwyn Duke, 10/3/08.
-examiner-com June 3 2010 President Obama and the DOW: Both the Destruction of Wealth; both truly unbelievable'
-townhallmob-com 8 12 2009 was democrats' health care strategy written in federal prison?
-townhallmob-com 12 2009 A White House Power Grab that Congress and America Doesn't See
-chaffetz.house-gov 12 10 2009 The Omnibus Bill: Bad Government at its Worst
-http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/16/Moody's Says U.S. Debt Could Test Triple-A Rating
-tiahrt.house-gov national debt clock
-chaffetz-house-gov The Omnibus Bill: Bad Government at its Worst Dec 10 2009
-townhallmob-com 12 2009 A White House Power Grab that Congress and America Doesn't See
-rightvoices-com/2008/10/16/On Obama: Big Lies And What Must Be The Largest Rug To Sweep Them Under Oct/16/08
PLEASE call your reps., and be critical --- we are not experiencing politics as usual --- the debate is not Democrat vs. Republican --- the debate is CAPITALISM/private enterprise vs. socialism/totalitarian government control.
lol I loved Hannity's reaction when Rove said he was not in favor of her...it was like a slap to the face!
Ditto, the Undertaker (and everyone else on here). Nothing will stop us now! See you all in November. How can we get rid of Bernanke? He is the defacto Emperor of the United States.
O'Donnell promoting an anti-masturbation campaign.
"The reason that you don't tell [people] that masturbation is the answer to AIDS and all these other problems that come with sex outside of marriage is because again it is not addressing the issue."
-- "The Bible says that lust in your heart is committing adultery. So you can't masturbate without lust."
Maybe Rove is abusing himself.
You folks need to update your article.
The NRSC just pledged the maximum to Ms. O'Donnell and Cornyn said he will support her. McConnell pledged money from his PAC, the GOP/Steele said they will support her. Numerous Republicans including Mike Pence have said they will back her.
You are a fine man Karl, but way wrong on this one. Where is the guy who didn't think it was appropriate (rightly) to talk about GWB's drunk driving? These "questions" have no bearing on the governing of each candidate.
I saw this vey firm exchange last night and could only speculate that Castle was a Rove client. I don't say that to disparage what he said, just the no-yield stance between the two.
The Republicans could take a few lessons from the Democrats in the art of circling the wagons.
-articlesbase-com - click on news and society in articles category enter in search box - NEVER FEAR, SUSTAINABLE LIVING IS HERE 2010-08-09 The "gifted" federal government is once again flexing their muscles – and taxpayer dollars will be used to increase federal power, instead of state power. - enter ARIZONA ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION LAW IS A CLONE OF THE FEDERAL ICE 287 PROGRAM - mentions When Senor Wences, Felipe Calderon, from Mexico criticizes Arizona's law, something is blatantly wrong. How can Mexico's President, who enforces harsh immigration law/s, and knows little about Arizona's problems be given creditability? – Eric Holder calls SB1070 possibly unconstitutional, without reading the law. In the bill, racial profiling is specifically addressed, and prohibited; and if Arizona wants to enforce the same rules as Feds 287 program, Arizona is racist? Jul 13, 2010; -enter ANOTHER UNECESSARY TAX --- ISN'T SOCIALISM WONDERFUL 2010-07-22 - State Childrens' Health Insurance Program. This program expands public health coverage to many children who would otherwise have been enrolled in a private health insurance program. Evidently a 61 cent increase in cigarette tax went to the SCHIP program. -enter THE END JUSTIFIES THE MEANS 2010-07-28 - Climate legislation could be have a symbiotic relationship with Goldman Sachs, many of Sachs ex-employees are bureaucrats working in the White House; -enter IS THERE ENOUGH TIME FOR VOTING REFORMATION ? 2010-07-30 - There is a lot of corruption in the election process – if election reforms aren't in place, in November the will of the American citizens may once again get bypassed. The Democrats, as a whole seem to not know what most Americans know, and Democrats keep passing any bill that is sponsored by their party --- they are still playing by the same old rules, but the results are killing CAPITALISTIC/PRIVATE enterprise, basically free America; -enter IN THE PRESENT BUREAUCRAT CREATED CRISIS, ELECTION REFORM IS IMPERATIVE 2010-07-24 - Please consider the reforms necessary for November elections. The current elitists schemes are putting people in debt for decades, destroying private enterprise, and capitalism – stimulating gov. ideals more than creating jobs, and are remaking America into a socialist state/monocracy; the freedoms we had before this administration took power will never be seen again; -enter In November do people want THE USUAL big government takeover tactics, or do they want to GO BACK to a semi-private/CAPITALISTIC society 2010-07-28 -The far left is against capitalism, and for government control, they are finding scapegoats in private entities. A major reason for this is people have not been involved in politics, and what their representatives are doing, allowing the far left to take over the White House; enter - BARACK OBAMA'S CONNECTIONS TO SOCIALISM, COMMUNISM AND RACIAL DIVISIVENESS Oct 06, 2008; – enter IS OBAMA A SOCIALIST? and listed is - A list of family, friends, and advisers that can be/are linked to socialism, or total government control. Jul 15, 2010; also listed is: Brief Biography Of Barack Obama, Obama is the gray man, born and great in the cultural crossroads that make him find difficulty at the beginning of the period of his life. Son of a Kenyan with jet and mother of United States with as white as milk, grew up in a simple ... Feb 26, 2009;- enter THE LIBERAL MAINSTREAM MEDIA AND OBAMAS' ADMINISTRATION HAVE A SYMBIOTIC RELATIONSHIP – describes how the media, and the White House protects liberal views, but conveniently bypasses, and demonizes conservative views Jul 21, 2010;
"All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent."
~ Thomas Jefferson
Bernanke sent 18 billion of your U.S. tax dollars three months ago to Greece to keep the IMF (a FED tool) globalist happy and the Hellenics in suntan lotion for the summer and now they are in trouble again and need yet another bailout, Bernanke was a Bush man and now he's an Obama man. Sound fishy? His job is to keep your free ATM taxpayer machine going for socialist NWO expansion. All this money will conveniently just disappear overseas into accepting hands.
Gee Karl, it's time to eat stuff you have been shoveling for years, eh?
Tasty, isn't it?
Karl Rove is showing how the Bush White House went AWOL on budgets and spending. Let the RINO"s have there way at the expense of conservative values and fiscal restraint. He is more concerned with the number of Republicans than how the republicans vote. His view sounded like beltway insider elitism.
More often than not I tend to agree with Rove. But not this time. The character issue shouldn't even be mentioned considering what currently populates both houses of congress, and on both sides of the aisle. As for experience, well, look at the void currently occupying the White House. D.C. is a complete and utter mess. The "party first" mentality that pervades politics needs to go, and congressional term limits need to be implemented. Otherwise bid farewell to the Republic we once knew.
Karl....I've always respected your opinion on matters political. However I must vehemently disagree with your stance on this one. The time for "vetting" candidates is PRIOR to the primary, not after you've lost and don't like the outcome. All Republicans/Conservatives/Independents who TRULY want change on Capitol Hill must get behind Ms. O'Donnell and help her win that seat for conservatives. Failure to do so will result in more of what we have witnessed in Washington these past 20 months. Get in the boat and row !!
In reviewing the results of the final primary races on Tuesday, September 14, I was exceptionally pleased until I listened to the commentary from some of the pundits. I normally value what Dana Perino and Carl Rove have to say about the political landscape with the exception of the policies of former President G. W. Bush. However, I now believe they are hypocrites. They complain of President Obama's arrogance in that he thinks he knows better than the American people. Yet they acted the same way when Christine O'Donnell won the Delaware Republican senatorial nomination. They proceeded to personally attack her while implying that the voters in Delaware were too stupid not to know better than to elect her rather than Mike Castle. Their comments would be akin to those posted on the Huffingtonpost.com blog. Indirectly, they also slammed those other great people who supported her, like Sarah Palin and Senator Jim Demint. They could have said that they preferred Castle because polls indicated that he had a better chance of winning in November against Coons but that the voters in Delaware were entitled to vote for their preferred candidate.
If the "establishment" Republican organizations do not support her campaign and continue to belittle her, I will in the future donate exclusively to "tea party" candidates.
Hello Tea Party Wingnuts. O'Donnell is your candidate. Congratulations. The way to look at this is that even Karl Rove, slime peddler as he is, cites examples of her craziness. But, he's wrong about one thing. This isn't an aberrant person as a candidate, this is a logical example of what the Tea Party stands for. Paranoid, fear mongering, know nothingness.
I'm sending my $100 today. Haven't sent a dime to Republicans since 2008. I'll only invest in candidates not political parties.
Sounds like alot of talk from non-Delaware folk to me. After listening to her over the last few months, its obvious she's a full blown nut job. Despite whatever conservative positions she wants to stake out. While the 9-12ers were enough to push her over the top in a primary, it won't happen in the general. I don't agree with all of Castle's positions, but there's no way she wins in November. Opportunity lost. Plus-1 for Obama.....
Couln't help but notice not one of you could answer the character issue without either attacking the character of Rove or the Democratic party. As Rove said - that's not much of a defense.
If the voters from both parties and independents thought Castle was doing a good job, how is a far-right candidate with lousy credentials ging to win?
Balogna sandwiches.
I agree with Robert. The typical Republican, Rove, only focuses on the party. We as a country are seriously missing the principles behind the conservative. Maybe Rove should start focusing in on himself and realize how the conservatives really feel about him. Enough of the political B.S. We want the Republic back.
Castle was a liberal, left of left, RINO. So how do we Americans recapture our country and take our country back with this socialist occupying one of our spots. This next election is important and we don't need any turn-coat, interloping Benedict Arnolds backing all-time record deficits, all-time record spending, record tax hikes, expensive regulations, tax and trade, the ruination of the world's best health-care system and the associated hiker costs, premiums and ration, a "stimulus that don't stimulate, a TARP that doesn't TARP, a plunging dollar, double digit unemployment, record foreclosures, a stalled economy, no new hiring, stagnant incomes, the relentless bowing to and asskissing of our sworn enemies, the continued war in Iraq, the failing war in Afghanistan and a SUMMER of RECOVERY that went down and not up!
May be O'Donnell isn't the perfect candidate but we do not need someone under the Republican flag who always votes with Obama, let's give it a try. We have had enough old (he is old) establishment people already. We want to get rid of all of them, if they didn't prove in the past that they were conservative all along.
Rove represents the old, stale, egocentric, influence peddling, power and government loving political establishment that is both the Dems and the Republicans. They both have destroyed the American Dream over the past 40 years. This is why the American people despise them all and rate their performance lowest in history. If Rove is for it, then voting against it must be a good thing. If they the political establishment doesnt get it now, they never will. Take back our country.
The perfect is the enemy of the good.
It's like Christine says, if these establishment guys put in half the effort to promote her in the general as they did to knock her down in the primary, she'll win going away. But they won't. Castle is their guy for some ridiculous reason. Why would we give Barack Obama and the rest of the leftists the chance to pose horrendous bills like Cap and Trade and the Disclose Act and a block to the repeal of ObamaCare as "Bipartisan". Castle is more liberal than the Blue Dog Democrats voting for stimulus and tarp. Just because he wears the right color shirt doesn't mean he's good for the country. Delaware did the right thing because he would have won the General. We needed to get rid of him in the Primary, and we did.
Perfection is the enemy of goodness.
Simple - the Gipper had issued the 11th Commandmant - Thou shalt not speak ill of a fellow Republican.
Karl - If you're reading this, you should have this quote tatooed to the back of your palm. Then again, if you and GWB were true Reaganites, we wouldn't be in this mess today and the country would never have elected an ideologue like Obama.
This is to Delaware...You may be right, about not winning in the general, but this is only the beginning. The movement that is happening is going to get stronger and stronger. Obama's days are coming to a close and coming fast. Obama surrounds himself with anti-capitalist radicals, downgrading the constitution and the free market. Ever heard your mother say, "you are who you surround yourself with?"
Now that Ms O'Donnell has eaten her fill, she wants to end "Republican cannibalism." How convenient!
Probably better to get this stuff out now than later. Clearly, she's a mixed bag.
so now we even have the three stooges agreeing that some teabaggers are a bit over the top.
it's about (expletive deleted) time
Karl Rove just can't understand "we the people" ; he like Democrats believe they know best. Well thank you for the mess you left us. If Rove and Republicans were so bright we wouldn't have Obama, Pelosi & Reid destroying the country. i for one could care less what Karl Rove says; we need to take back our country and can't let him or any other DC elite stand in our way. 'Remember in November".
Republican strategist Karl Rove is firing up Twitter and the blogosphere today with his description of Delaware Republican Senate nominee Christine O'Donnell as one of the party's candidates with "serious character problems"...
Really..."serious character problems"??? Christine O'Donnell at her worst couldn't touch Karl Rove's spineless disregard for conservative values. Karl Rove was steering GWB's hand every time he signed another hyper spending bill, or enacted a piece of good-ol-boy legislation.
Gullible people cast gullible votes. The Republican party reaps what it sows. Palin, Limbaugh, Newt, Hannity, et al. are helping the GOP self-destruct.
Pop goes the Weasel!
I generally have a lot of respect for Mr Rove. However, O'Donnell won with 30,000+ votes. Respect the will of the voters. Don't end up in a Democratic attack ad on the GOP candidate.
Well.. I had planned to post a blog here, but I see that everything has been covered pretty well. Rove and the Republicans are no different than the Democrats. It's about the country for neither, rather all about the party. My interest in a Republican takeover is to get rid of the *itch of the West.
I've lost what respect that I had left for Karl Rove. I don't know what his problem is and I don't care.
I have already switched from the Republican Party to an Independent. Now, I will no longer listen to Rove. The Republicans are self destructing. The Conservatives need to take over the Republican Party from the RINOs. I will no longer give to the Republican National Committee. Only directly to the canidates of my choice.
Wonder what it cost the Delaware Dems to get ol' Karl to trash Ms Odonal? I thought Karl was a good conservative.,..Oh well...another "Inside the Beltway" boy. From now on when Karl speaks I WILL NOT listen.
"I'm sending my $100 today. Haven't sent a dime to Republicans since 2008. I'll only invest in candidates not political parties."
Many of us feel the same way. The age of party bosses and party machines is over.
I used to think that Karl Rover was a Republican. Apparently, he is a RINO.
Really smart, Rove, get out there in public and blast the candidate that the people voted for. I don't think the Republican party GETS IT anymore than the Democratic party does. People are tired of the elitist attitudes, we are tired of horrific government spending by both parties, we are tired of not being listened to. We are tired of the public sector union and other union employees being given special treatment and all the special interests on the backs of the working people. We are tired of bailouts with our hard-earned money and tired of having liberal programs shoved down our throats. The people of this country are revolting against BOTH parties, most of us are really angry and that anger will not soon be abated. We hope to throw out most incumbents and anyone with the "old guard" attitude. It took us awhile to wake up, and maybe it was a good thing that our country has sunk to it's current levels of socialism and near-bankruptcy. Most Americans are tired of it, and not going to put up with it anymore. We may not get everyone OUT this election, and we may have to accept some inexperience in order to get rid of the "known" crap that is in office currently, but those we don't get out this time, we will get out next time.
The time for old political hacks to drive the bus is over. She may indeed lose, but better to try with someone who is not yet tainted with the stench of political power than remain with the befouled status quo. There is no magic in the Republican brand. Their hogs rutting at the trough were just as damaging as the current crop, and their promises of change ring hollow. If they currently hold office, they by definition are part of the problem and should be fired. Send them packing, open the windows and let in some fresh air.
Rove is one of the primary reasons the Republican party imploded into a compassionate conservative quagmire. GWB was a big government big spending rhino and so is Rove.
The Rove republican era is a disaster and he wonders why the tea party is gaining in popularity. Bush era spending into Obama era spending with little of substance to show from either. Why is Rove given any credibility? I would rather hear what Gingrich has to say or someone else of substance and ideas.
Citizens, and the Tea Party especially, clamor for less Federal spending. Where do you want Congress to start since Defense, Social Security, and Medicare make up 90% of the spending? Furthermore, half of the remaining 10% that is discretionary goes to states and local governments in grants for infrastructure, education, and law enforcement including home security. How 'bout they start with your parents' or relatives' Social Security so you can support them privately instead of big government? The bottom line is that people only complain when they feel the money isn't being spent to personally benefit them. Furthermore, Obama isn't anit-capitalist else he wouldn't have bailed out the BIG capitalistic banks.
This is the harbinger of doom for the Republicans - The Tea Baggers will help them snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. The revolution will not be televised.
Say what you all will but it's absolutely wonderful to see all usual culprits so shaken by a few new faces. Nothing illustrates the problem more aptly than Rove and the sooner we get Congress disinfected on both aisles the better we will be.
Yeah, only certain types vote in primaries. Very motivated, dedicated or know the candidate types. Not a bad thing. But extrapolating from this primary victory to "the country" or "the people" or to a general election for that matter is reaching. Badly.
Rove may be many things, but he is a freaking evil genious. And he is right about this woman: utter wieirdo.
So GO you tea party people. Go a ahead and hand the election to the Dem challenger. Just to prove a point?? Remember what Evan Bayh said a few years back: "Do we want to vent or win elections?"
Cleary, the tea party wants to just vent. Fools. Adolescent fools.
For once Mr. Rove is right.
Homer, I am with you on this, you are absolutely right.
Gosh Karl, sometimes when you unleash the crazy you don't know what will happen. Did you tell her you were the "Architect"?
I agree with joemhhi . I'm Republican and view the party as the lesser of two evils, the other being Democrat. Considering how Rove framed the failed political agenda for Bush, I find it laughable his criticism of O'Donnell. The Bush/Rove administration will be remembered not for their conservative policies but as the precursor to advancing socialism and the decline of American economic growth.
Karl, how does one explain that Mike Castle voted in favor of the House resolution, offered by Dennis Kucinich, to impeach George Bush?
What is more nuts than that?
watch it Rove! there is a new game in town and it is called "No Incumbents, Term Limits for Congress!" Once we put the Constitution back in charge we will focus on electing people with big hearts, big brains, and big courage, instead of people with big pocket books or special interest groups.
You're not exactly helping your own cause Mr. Rove.
Over the past couple of months, I have received many solicitations from various Republicans, or Republican-leaning organizations, concerning a variety of issues and, of course, the need for me to make a monetary contribution.
Often, the "message" is about the Democrats and what they have done, will do, or would like to do, and the need to take their positions of power away from them.
While I agree that we need to take away those postions of power from the many Democrats that are causing so much harm to this country, I have come to feel that most of the Republicans that send me the solicitations want to do so simply to allow themselves to take those positions quite selfishly for themselves.
They are more concerned with replacing the PERSONNEL in Washington than they are with replacing the IDEAS and BELIEFS in Washington, despite the fact the IDEAS and BELIEFS are so much more important.
Rove was a Republican God just a day or so ago. Now many hate him. Party in trouble..
Mr. Rove,
You may be correct in your assesment of the electibility of Ms. O'Donnell. The polling shows this to be the case. The Cook Political Report polling and Mr. Cook's opinion certainly supports your contention that the Republicans will have a tougher time electing Ms. O'Donnell in a state where there are 17% more registered Democrats than Republicans. That appears to have always been the case, though.
However, Mr. Reagan would have still fired you. He would have fired you and been done with you. And he would have been correct to do so. The Republicans of Delaware elected her as their candidate. The Republican voters have spoken. Your's and the GOP SCC's terse statements regarding their choice is unwarranted and unprofessional. You nor the National GOP are King maker's (or in this case Queen Maker). That priviledge still resides with the voters for their respective parties.
I think this behavior shows a particular disdain towards the voters. You are certainly a talented individual. However, you have now added crass and arrogant to your resume.
You should refrain from twittering. It will only result in harm to your reputation as we have seen in this case.
Karl, clearly does not understand nor comprehend how disgusted most of us limited-government, fiscal- conservative citizens are with our respective political party leadership and incumbents. As a senior and a life-long Democrat I believe that what is happening now in the Republican party is that the voters are rejecting the so-called party establishment and the TEA group and other conservatives are beginning to take over the party. ironically, too, the same thing is beginning to happen in the Democratic party and will really accelerate after the election massacre that is going to take place in November. After the Obama-Reid-Pelosi progressive-socialists elite are kicked out of office, then we fiscally- conservative Democrats are going to take back our party from these progressive-socialists fools. These elitists don't care about us and aren't concerned with whether or not we have jobs, or don't care about growing our small businesses and certainly don't care what they have done to destroy our health care system. Bottom line for me is that in November all of us CONSERVATIVES, whether you are a Democrat, a Republican or an Independent, we need to cause CHANGE THAT WE CAN BELIEVE IN and TAKE BACK AMERICA and take over our parties from all of the professional political party leadership and FIRE the incumbents.
Hey Karl Rove, last I checked, you were one of the primary forces that led to the A$$ KICKING we took in 2006 and 2008. Here's a thought: shut up, step aside and let someone else take a turn at the wheel.
What specific good ideas does the Tea Party have? They talk in generalities like reducing spending, but how? What programs would they abolish or reduce that actually makes a material difference? Does anyone believe in holding the private sector accountable? After all, the government didn't force the banks into predatory lending which almost caused our economy to collapse on Bush's watch. All I hear is bitterness and vagueness.
"So GO you tea party people. Go a ahead and hand the election to the Dem challenger."
There is no difference between Castle and the Dem challenger. This is not a game of teams where if my team has more players than your team, I win. This is a principled effort to advance an agenda of ideas. Castle would have been no more useful in advancing that agenda that the Dem would be.
You go, Myler! You define the current spirit in America exactly.
All fiscally conservative, limited government Americans, whether Democrat, Republican, Independent, or Libertarian, need to unite this November and defeat this cancer before it kills us all.
What is ment by Rowe's statement? " But we also can't make progress if we have candidates who got serious character problems" I have yet to see anything about an Character Problems. The people are tried of Big Government. If the Republican party refuses to support her, they may have other problems...
Too many whiners here! Be more specific in your ideas and don't drown us with generalities. Harrumphing doesn't solve anything; neither does personal attacks.
Critical Thinker wrote:
Citizens, and the Tea Party especially, clamor for less Federal spending. Where do you want Congress to start since Defense, Social Security, and Medicare make up 90% of the spending? Furthermore, half of the remaining 10% that is discretionary goes to states and local governments in grants for infrastructure, education, and law enforcement including home security. How 'bout they start with your parents' or relatives' Social Security so you can support them privately instead of big government? The bottom line is that people only complain when they feel the money isn't being spent to personally benefit them. Furthermore, Obama isn't anit-capitalist else he wouldn't have bailed out the BIG capitalistic banks.
please provide details for your comments. if what you say is even remotely true, it still needs to be paid for; how do we do it? letting the Bush era tax cuts expire wouldn't make a dent. we're spending too much, plain and simple.
Pathetic and petty. Mr. Rove sadly showed his allegiance is to Party and not to the people or to principles. OK. He might be correct. But when the same party that gave us such charismatic and effective candidates ss Dole & McCain says O'Donnell is unelectable - you got me.
My donation to O'Donnell went out today.
Does any one actually care what Carl Rove has to say or anyone from a past regime has to say-Obama's included. Prior regimes eff'd up the country and now they're criticizing the reformist movement. Jeeeesus! Are these career politicians ever comfortable with anything other than the status quo? Throw the bumbs out and get someone new in there. They (the new person) can't do anything worse. That IS the message from voters. I am done with the two party system. If this is what makes the two party system so "good," then they should all be voted out of office at election time. I commend Delaware for saying they aren't going to take it anymore. Great job!!! Hopefully O'Donnell wins in the General Election too.
Get a clue RNC. With God's hellp, Rino's will go the way of the Dino's.
It's almost fun watching you liberal idiots squrm to tout Karl Rove's observations even as you abuse the man you so love to hate.
Dr. Doom - the first place to start is reduce spending on the Military Industrial Complex that Ike warned us about. Private companies like Boeing, Northrop Grumman, IBM, Ratheon and most of the big 50 make huge profits from Federal contracts. Plus, the Fortune 50 makes huge profits from Non-DOD government contracts. Hell, half of the Federal workforce is government contractors which cost anywhere from 50% to 300% or more than the civil servants they replace.
Pretty sad for Rove. He is part of the "good ol' boy" clique. He was successful getting "W" elected, and was part of the team that came close to destroying the Republican Party with their failure to rein in spending. He is part of the problem, looking to resore power to "Republicans," not conservatives. What use is it if Republicans gain power with the likes of Castle and Spector? No difference that I can see with the Obama crowd. Better to go down swinging with O'Donnell, than give up at the outset with Castle.
Rove makes an excellent point. O'Donnell seems to have some very serious character flaws. This is not "elitist" in any way, it's simply fact.
If the Republicans want to take back the country they MUST choose candidates who have both integrity and a conservative philosophy. A conservative philosophy is a necessity, but by itself it is simply insufficient.
We have lots of liberal politicians who are ethically 'challenged' we don't need add a conservative to that list.
Fred Friendly
Love it!
Character flaws are integral to the Dems' brand, not the Republicans' They wallow in it; we don't.
Rove certainly isn't hiding the fact that he is an agent espousing the establishment's angst; and, the Democratic and Republican parties are nearly indistinguishable from another in their rage of displacement.
O'Donnell riding the wave of America's uprising is timely indeed.
The Republican establishment's attitude toward this person's candidacy and others is really starting to perturb me. In fact, I've reached the point that I will not be making any further political contributions to the Republican National Committee and will instead focus my contributions on individual candidates that espouse political philosophies I actually support. Castle was a liberal-period. He deserved to lose and did.
TSR- Please describe some of those so-called "character flaws" you attribute to Ms. O' Donnell.
The reason that liberals are gushing about the O'Donnell victory (hold your nose and look at the Washington Post for an example) is that with her, for the first time, the Tea Party overplayed their hand.
Miller in Alaska and Angle in Nevada were solid anti-establishment Tea Party victories because the candidates are not only conservative but have sound characters.
The same can not be said for O'Donnell. The left will exploit her character flaws, as well they should, and she'll loose the general election because moderates (that 75% of the American populace) who might accept her political philosophy, will be turned off by her ethical problems.
Critical Thinker wrote:
Dr. Doom - the first place to start is reduce spending on the Military Industrial Complex that Ike warned us about. Private companies like Boeing, Northrop Grumman, IBM, Ratheon and most of the big 50 make huge profits from Federal contracts. Plus, the Fortune 50 makes huge profits from Non-DOD government contracts. Hell, half of the Federal workforce is government contractors which cost anywhere from 50% to 300% or more than the civil servants they replace.
I think nothing is sacred. if we don't stop, we're going down the toilet anyway. that said, who in our governement will have the guts to go through this? seems that everyone has a stake and will not let go of their slice of the pie, both sides of the asile, so nohing gets done until both parties realize that most of us have had enough.
Its a little comical that Rove of all people is questioning someone's character. He never got a college degree himself and has never held a job outside of politics. And on the order of sketchy morals, Rove's career started with a "prank" break-in to undermine an Democrat election.
Karl has just exemplified why so many of us have left the Republican Party. Just like the Dems, they are both about politics of party and not politics of people. No more are we voting for the lesser of two evils for the sake of winning, because when you do you still end up with an evil. Which is exactly how we have gotten to where we are in this country.
If a candidate does not share your values and principles then don't vote for them. It does no good to have another office holder in place with an R behind their name if they are only going to help advance an agenda that is contrary to the best interests of this country i.e. Castle, Specter, Snowe, Murkowsky, Jeffords, Collins, etc.
Rove, the NRSC and the party elite in continuing to support candidates like that have illustrated that only politics of party are important to them. This is why that even if the Rep's were to gain back the majority in Nov. they would still be part of the problem and not the solution.
Hopefully, they are beginning to realize that they can't win without true conservative candidates and that the days of compromising values and principles for the sake of winning are over. They have already proved to us that doing so does not work.
We do not need to fundamentally change America, as it is fundamentally sound. But we do need to fundamentally change government and politics. Let the cleansing continue!
James Lame wrote: TSR- Please describe some of those so-called "character flaws" you attribute to Ms. O' Donnell.
Let's start with lying about her academic achievements. And no traceable income that supports her lifestyle. Um ... the masturbation comment. And then there's the folks hiding in the bushes comment. That list seems pretty thin. Just wait for the general eleaction, surely more entertainment is coming.
Who would want Castle there? He'd be a brother to Snowe and Collins. I'm glad O'Donnell won and I've already sent contributions to her.
Wow! One hundred comments, and nary a pro-Rove thought to be had. Conservatives sure did love him in 2000, 2002 and 2004. Hell hath no fury like a right-winger scorned.
James, here's just one:
In the suit she brought against her former employer O'Donnell stated that in 2003 she was enrolled in a Masters degree program at Princeton.
In fact, in 2003, she did not have a Bachelors degree (considered by many as a prerequisite for a Masters), and she was not enrolled in Princeton, or anywhere else, as she claimed.
Does it REALLY matter that she claimed to be enrolled for a MS when she didn't have a BS?
Well, did it REALLY matter that Hillary claimed to be dodging bullets on a runway in Yugoslavia when there was footage of a little girl greeting her on the tarmac with a bouquet of flowers?
Yes, it matters. It REALLY matters. Because lies like this not only make people question the candidate's integrity, it makes them question their grip on reality.
Clinton's lie was made in an interview. O'Donnell's lie was submitted (by her) in a court document, which makes it more serious, if less humorous, than Clinton's.
She will loose in the general election. She will rightly loose. And I hope the Tea Party learns from this experience: Integrity first, philosophy second.
Republicans divorced themselves from their brain (libertarian thought) and have kept only its rhetoric since the early/mid '90s. That rhetoric alone allowed them to gain majorities and eventually all branches of the government by the '00s ~ but their inability to decrease the size of government in any way, creation of new entitlements, faster than any before them spending, creation of new inefficient agencies, undeclared warmongering, nation-building, and all around criminally negligent method of governing has caused them to lose ground steadily since '06. The only thing that's saving them this cycle is that they are percieved as slightly less damaging than the out of the closet socialists who hold the reigns now.
I believe O'donnell will win her general with or without support from the RNC or RNSC. The folks who should be running scared are the squishy incumbent RINOs in "safe" seats who have Dems running from their economic right and/or third partiers in the race who will pull more libertarian minded 'pubs giving the Dem the plurality.
It's better to have a liberal Democrat in office than a "moderate" Republican. Moderate Republicans produce nothing but leftist government.
@ Fred Friendly 3:50 pm -
Two words: David Vitter.
WHAT is Rove thinking? He is effectively campaigning for the Dems at this point.
Leon @ 4:48:
Not so. Rove is campaigning for a strong Republican party. O'Donnell is weakening the Republican party with her character flaws, Rove is doing a service to the party by pointing them out.
Look, at it this way, the Democrats have just chosen a candidate who is politically liberal and ethically challenged (two words godblessusa: Charles Rangel). This weakens their party, not because Rangel is too liberal, but because his character is flawed. Same is true for O'Donnell.
That's why the RNC is running away from her, they don't want the party to be tainted, and rightly so. On November 3 she's history and the Republicans go forward.
Poor Dems, they can't throw Rangel under the bus, and on November 3, after his win, he'll be a ball and chain to the party who pledged to "clean up Washington".
I have rarely said this ... but I'm totally on-board the Karl Rove bus on this one.
O'Donnell is an obvious chronic liar and quite possibly delusional. Say what you will about Mike Castle -- it was certainly his race to lose, and HE DID -- but I firmly believe, on an individual level, we each have a responsibility to be truthful and sincere. If O'Donnell has only been consistent it has been through her deception on very basic issues ("Did you graduate from college or not?" "What do you do to earn money in an economy where people work?") while inventing utter fabrications (the whole "enemy is following me home and hiding in my bushes", etc., etc.). REALLY, Rhinos need to put up BETTER CANDIDATES. And in this environment, where deadbeats like O'Donnell get SO CLOSE to winning, imagine what a CREDIBLE (ie: Someone who has, um, actually DONE SOMETHING of which to be proud) candidate might do?
What a waste. I agree with Rove ... Republicans have lost this seat, for the ego-trip for a homeless woman who will shift the debate to "Obama's 'Otherness'" and alliennate moderates across the country with her headlines. Maybe you angry tea partiers think you WILL WIN SOMETHING (Principle) BY LOSING, which is exactly what will happen in the General Elections ... you have to moderate, find something of which you can find common ground, because there SIMPLY AREN'T ENOUGH OF YOU TO WIN without some moderates.
And ... you are not getting them.
Rove even knows that the more O'Donnell and that other nut in Arizona, not to mention Dan Quayle's adult website-owning son in Arizona, make the news for that lack of credibility, the more likely that Republicans will squander the opportunity to pick up even a couple of Senate seats.
WRITE IT DOWN. Most Americans (ie: the majority) will conclude that O'Donnell, et al, are UNELECTABLE and vote for the other guy (whoever it is) because they simply can't vote for ... a nut. Plain and simple.
Karl Rove commenting on character? Like he would know?
are character flaws not a pre-requisite for GOP candidates?
"rectitude, truthfulness and sincerity and character" whom better to be an expert on this than our boy Karl "The Reviser" Rove.......
Sadly, but inevitably, old fools fall the same way, over-reaction to a youthful challenge.
Rove.....what has happened to your brain? You are sounding like a big baby. You are ruining any credibility you might have. O'Donnell is the Republican Senate candidate from Delaware.....get over it, and support her. The Tsunami is coming, and just in time. The only thing left for the Dems will be election fraud, and I'm sure they're gearing up for that as usual.
Rove forgot the 11th commandment of Ronald Reagan. Repent and be forgiven.
Mr. Rove, I tend to think you have a pretty good eye for politics, but we diverge drastically on this topic.
There were two people running in Delaware, Castle and O'Donnell, the Voters picked O'Donnell, not the party insider, so I am behind the candidate that was the People's pick, if the Party is so important to you, that the Voter's desires are of no consequence, then please step aside. We already have 536 people who we have to clear out to get this country back.
Character flaws?
If proven, she'll be convicted of impersonating a democrat.
"We took the Bible and prayer out of public schools. Now we're having weekly shootings. We had the 60s sexual revolution, and now people are dying of AIDS we elected Bush and we got Karl Rove."
"We took the Bible and prayer out of public schools. Now we're having weekly shootings. We had the 60s sexual revolution, and now people are dying of AIDS we elected Bush and we got Karl Rove.""
And we started the war on poverty and passed the civil rights legislation, and we got Barack Obama.
So now they add O'Connell to Palin.
Do I sense buyers remorse? Looks like it. The closer the Tea-Bangers get to DC, the more the GOP sets up blockades along I-95 to make sure they don't get too close.
Point is, when it comes to the safety and security of this country, integrity and sensibility matters, and the GOP intelligentsia understands that. We cannot entrust sensitive highly classified information or decisions on foreign and domestic policy to idiots who couldn't even qualify for a job at Blimpies. Allow that 530+ times and the Pentagon will be forced to take over the anarchist in the Capitol.
Good luck USA - a civil war is coming.
As much as I dislike Rove, he generally makes good arguments. He is right when he says that Republicans can no longer count on the Delaware seat. He isn't being pessimistic or irrational, it's just plain true. Anyone with any political sense can see that. This election isn't jst about people being tired of Democrats - it's that they are tired of corruption or not knowing what the people in charge are doing. They won't vote for yet another candidate with a shady and unexplained past.
What's happening here is that the Republican party and the Tea Party are splitting at the core. Their ideologies are not the same. Perhaps this will allow the GOP to become a more centrist party and capture some Democrats and Independants. I wouldn't hold my breathe. If the GOP splits like it seems to be doing, Democrats will have a stranglehold on politics for a long time.
I'm a Democrat, but a moderate one at that. I'm not against many of the Republican ideals, but Tea Party ideals and some of their candidates are a scary prospect for this country. Anyone who relies on Sarah Palin for support and the NRA for a campaign should not be trusted to run this country.
Rove and the Republican establishment could not be more wrong - this person was the choice of primary Republican voters in Delaware. If the National party leaders don't like it, watch what happens next. It could be the total destruction of their power base and a new beginning for the Republican Party - one that shows real leadership and does not cower to left wing extremist's socialist ideas and policies.
TEA party supporters are independents, Republicans, and Democrats. Marginalizing them only makes them stronger. My opinion of what the national leaders have done is crying over spilled milk. This idea of them taking back the Senate most likely was never going to happen in 2010 regardless; they should be thankful they still have a party after the election in 2008. Taking back the house would be incredible to give citizens a choice verify or reject the fanatical socialist democratic ideas which are quickly bankrupting the country.
Now that O'Donnell has won the primary Rove should back off and if he can't support her he should keep his mouth shut. Never thought I would see the day when Rove would give aid and comfort to the Dems.
Nominating Mr. Castle would have resulted in a nominally Republican senator from the state of Delaware who has a congressional voting record effectively indistinguishable from that of a National Socialist (we're not calling them "Democrat" any more, are we?).
Another Arlen Specter lackweight.
Karl Rove is himself typical of the Republican Party's "Just Win, Baby" establishment who treat the U.S. Constitution as bathroom tissue, seeking public office for no purpose other than to push through massive packages of pork and to plunder the taxpayers on behalf of their backers. He does not seem to appreciate the fact that Americans are just as sick and tired of Karl Rove as we are of his "bipartisan" buddies in the National Socialist Party.
Ms. O'Donnell is by no means my personal preference in the November contest for the U.S. Senate seat so long infested by Hairplug Joe (our first vice-president with REAL brain damage), but as an alternative to Mr. Castle's lifelong role as Socialist Lite, the change is welcome.
Both parties have the street value of a pile of snail snot. The Fed runs the country and the politicos are it's lapdog enablers.
All I've got to say about Rove's prediction that she cant win in November is: We'll see. I can't wait.
Hey Carl....Obama was elected President with all his baggage... Because she wasn't your selection... you seem determined to make your prediction come true...... You look haggard Carl... It seems to have thrown you that O'Donnell won. I love you man but get over it and start to help her win...
Let's try to clear-up two of the lies that jerks like Karl Rove and the Dem operatives are peddling.
1. "She was investigated by the I.R.S"
This is true, "but now, for the rest of the story."
The I.R.S. has admitted that they erred when they investigated her, because some jack-a-ninny at the I.R.S. screwed-up.
BTW, has anyone who has peddled this nonsense bothered to remember that the jerk in charge of the I.R.S., Secretary of the Treasury Tim Geithner, is a proven certified TAX CHEAT! No mistakes were made in his case but he got rewarded by being put in charge of the I.R.S.
(Just kidding, of course not!)
2. "It took her 12 years to pay off her student loans."
This also is true, but so what! Many Americans need more than 10 years to pay-off their student loans because unlike the government paracites who rule and abuse us, and who have gotten rich by feeding at the public trough for decades, such as socialist Representative and limousine liberal Mike Castle, she hasn't used public office to get rich.
Knowing the truth about these two new liberal myths, I like her even more!
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I think she can win. But she needs to back off and let the Democrats self-destruct too. Just this morning, Harry Reid endorsed Christine's opponent, Coons, saying that Coons was his "favorite Democrat" and "my pet." Like that will really get the Independents in Coons' corner!
I think this more than affords a new line of attack: Delaware voters, would you like to reclaim DE's independence or elect a candidate who will serve at the feet of Harry Reid and the Democratic majority?
I suspect this race may be as good as won. If there is as high a turnout as last night, Delaware could go red.
Coons leads conservative activist Christine O'Donnell, who is challenging Castle for the GOP Senate nomination in a primary next Tuesday, by a 47% to 36% margin. Given that matchup, eight percent (8%) prefer another candidate, while nine percent (9%) are undecided.
Last month, Coons held a similar 46% to 36% lead over O'Donnell after the candidates were virtually tied in July.
Rove brought us GW Bush from Texas as POTUS - sort of limits his credibility. GW was a poor Governor and before that his only executive success was as the figurehead president of the middle-tier Texas Ranger baseball team.
Unfortunately they are all fighting over the labels and not the substance. GW had no real executive experience - and it showed. Community organizer BO had neither executive nor business experience - and it shows. These loud mouthed complainers coming from the Tea Party not only do not appear to have any experience as leaders - but it looks like some have some serious faults just doing what a citizen is asked to do - things like pay their taxes...
The Republican party has gone conservative (I am a social moderate but want fiscal conservative policies and a much smaller government) in label but not in deed. Stoking the fire of the debt through GW did not bring any fiscal responsibility to the table - and now it is clear that the Republican party is missing any real fiscal credibility - except for the 'Just Say No' and in this case they are using the former first lady's tag line for their own.
In Texas, a fiscal conservative does not rate in party politics - the litmus test is on the social agenda. Consequently, people like me are finding that there are no candidates out there to support.
So the cute (but a little porky) nominee does.
a. not pay taxes on time
b. misrepresents her education
c. pays the rent of her home with campaign contributions
d. brings frivolous eeo suits
e. is 41 and single
f. does not drink tea but coffee
g. talks like a medieval religious nutcase
h. does not have a clue about economics, politics, social issues etc.
i. is the perfect candidate for a revolutionary uprising of right wing extremists
I love her.
I love it! I love it! That stupid Karl Rove screwing up his own party again. Isn't this the same man that was directly behind the worst president in our nations history? I love it! I just hope he continues to provide lots of party direction to other Repulicans. Keep it up Karl! Please keep it up!
Fire Karl Rove. I no longer have any respect for that guy.
I didn't have to read more than ten lines of Rove's comments to see that Rove himself is part of the Republican Problem. He should just go away. He is no help to the Conservative Movement.
Seeing clearly now!
The pot calling the kettle black!
rove is repulicans' kramer!
Karl's meltdown is truly a reflection of a man losing his grip on power. He is now a liability to the conservative movement and must be purged from the ranks like all of the other establishment.
Tim, you asked if Karl Rove wasn't the man behind the worst President in the nation's history. I had no idea Rove worked for Jimmy Carter! Or are you saying he works for Obama? History and facts will show that both Carter and Obama were the worst Presidents ever. But you liberals think just by calling Bush names makes your statements true. Get a life!
I use to like Rove,but disgusted with him now. Agree, he should just shut up and go away!!
Rove, you are definittely part of the problem and need to be purged as well. You're another one of those in-power-too-long, isolated, fatcat millionaire elists (yes, Republicans have them too). Sorry Rove, I'm voting for true conservatives of which both you and Bush are not and never were. It's people like Rove that have helped, indirectly, to get our country in the dire straits it is in now. Ever since 1976 when I could first vote and voted for Gerald Ford, I've voted the Republican Party Line-NEVER AGAIN!
So the issue is Rove because he is one of the top fascist republican aparatchiks and does not back a disaster waiting to happen like nutty pretty Christine O? The republican revolution is eating its children before the November election
That is funny.
Fascist Republican is an oxymoron...like rational liberal. On Rove, very disappointing that a generally classy guy has stooped to the level of whining about a loss, liberal-esque character attacks instead of understanding the reason Castle lost...
Despite winning the Republican primary, O'Donnell continues to face stark criticism from the leaders in the local, state, and national GOP. Kristen Murray, O'Donnell's 2008 campaign manager, starred in a GOP-funded robocall in which she accused O'Donnell of misusing campaign funds. Says Murray, "This is her third senate race in five years. As O'Donnell's manager, I found out she was living on campaign donations - using them for rent and personal expenses, while leaving her workers unpaid and piling up thousands in debt. She wasn't concerned about conservative causes. O'Donnell just wanted to make a buck." Tom Ross, Delaware's state Republican Party chairman, has unabashedly criticized O'Donnell, saying "She's not a viable candidate for any office in the state of Delaware. She could not be elected dog catcher."
The Architect's paper mache facade crumbled on Hannity's show and exposed the steaming pile of dung that he's been hiding. Good night, Karl.
Wait, Christine O'Donnell is 41 and has never been married? Does that mean she's a 41 year-old virgin who's never masturbated?!
Rove just doesn't get it. The constituency sees a "checkered past" as preferable to the "sausage rebranding" that Castle did. All Castle did was vote D while putting the R in front of his name. The constituency clearly sees Castle's "sausage rebranding" as even more dubious in character than the issues O'Donnell carries. Winning a 'majority' with Castle wouldn't be a victory, it would be a faux majority, and nothing more than a merger with the D's in the final analysis...
Karl Rove is the RINO equivalent of James Carville.
To Karl Rove:
You may want to consider another line of work. Your biggest mistake(s) was advising President Bush to abandon conservative principals in favor of political expediency. You advised Mr. Bush to spend $200 billion on the Katrina clean up which works out to $500,000 for every displaced refugee. You advised the President to slap tariffs on imported steel, which raised costs on finished goods to consumers in order to curry favor with the unions. You advised the President to push hard and pass prescription drugs for seniors, which will add at least another $1 trillion to our national debt over ten years. You advised your boss to pass the no child left behind program costing $25 billion per year naively believing that Bush could make nice with Ted Kennedy and the left. It took 200 years for our government to accrue its first $1 trillion in debt. It took Bush 8 years to add another $6 trillion, in large part due to your misguided political calculations that elections and the American public can be bought with government largess. As Alan Greenspan said in his memoirs, "Bush traded principal for power and ended up with neither." Now you're trying to pull the rug out from under a Tea Party candidate that actually stands up for freedom. There is a reason Bush left office as one of the most unpopular presidents in US history and it can only be laid at the feet of Rove's socialist political advice that Bush foolishly accepted, ultimately paving the way for Obama. Great job, RINO.
Karl Please shut up!!
DA DONNELY ARE DA DONNyGHAUL
If there were, indeed, people following me around and to my home, I'd check the bushes around my house, too. With the miniaturized remote camera and video technology around these days, it would be a wise precaution to prevent the invasion of privacy and, possibly, sexual pervert voyeurs. With the current crop of majority party swells, character/ethics/legal issues don't seem to matter much. Hundreds of current Congressional staff (and probably a good number of their bosses as well) are income tax deadbeats like Tim Geithner (Treasury chief!) has been. Then, we have dingy (shady land deal) Harry Reid heading the Senate and (I deserve to use Air Force planes for my family shuttle service) Nancy Pelosi heading the House. Need we also take account of the current ethical/legal charges against eminent pols like Charlie Rangle and Maxine Waters?
Karl Rove is just another political hack(like Mike Castle) who is mad because real conservatives took over his playground!! An advisor to the President who did more to damage the Republican party than any other is going to lecture us? Go way Karl@!
Gil Scott-Heron wrote:
.This is the harbinger of doom for the Republicans - The Tea Baggers will help them snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. The revolution will not be televised.
Gee. A man with a hyphenated last name and an obsession with gay acts. We can only assume you are a liberal.
Sorry but Gil is short for Gillianne
On Rush's show this week a caller discussed the story that Rove was working behind the scenes for
Castle. If he worked for Castle behind the scenes everything he's saying is just sour grapes. He's
acting just like Castle, the poor lifelong senator that was beaten by an upstart woman. Castle and Rove
should both just take their toys and go home and shut up. All of the bad mouthing only shows them to be
what everyone now knows, they are spoiled little boys. Correction brats!
Rove just dug his own grave. What a loser.
Dear Karl Rove aka "Architect" of the Republican Party and Machine and "writer" for the WSJ (Murdoch/Post/Star/News Corp/non-independent publication):
This serves as FORMAL NOTICE that YOUR policies, strategies and "advice" of the last 10 years have backfired BIG TIME!
When, pray tell, will you be a hot potato and remain unpaid and unfunded like your tea party spawn and the other 97% of the populace?
Keep yakking and appearing on TV and in the press Karl! You could not be a better promoter for the Dems in November and we thank you!
Soon, you too will be one of the "newly impoverished" thanks to the "non-trickle down" policies you and your "compassionate conservative" administration and pals espoused for 8 years (out of your left mouth).
Can't wait till you lose a home or two in foreclosure!
Rove will turn around and claim that he really did not say what he said and that what he said was meant to support Christine O'Donnell.
That is the standard operating procedure of that fat lard sack of dung!
What Karl seems not able to grasp is that establishment Republican and establishment Democrats are seen as the taxing and spending club. It is sad to see him go to the mean side on Ms. O'Donnell. That Rove would fail to recognize the importance of this seat in the lame duck session shows he has become as out of touch as Alan Greenspan. Remember that Karl must have figured that Hank Paulson would make a good Sec. of Treasury.
I'm sorry he's out of touch on this one. One would hope he can see his folly, but it is hard for those sitting up high to see their mistakes.
I think Rove is smart. He has come our with the attack that O'Donnell will face from the opposion. allowing it to come out now. This will make the impact of future attacks less meaningful. It will work in O'Donnell's favor. Even if Rove takes a hit to his popularity.
Karl Rove is an example of what is wrong with the GOP. He can focus on strategy to win election battles, but he has no ability to see the big picture. We need a major change. RINOs can't get the job done any more than democrats can.
An open letter to Toyko Karl:
I saw your Shameful diatribe about Christine O'Donnell on Hannity last night. I heard John Cornyn's minions dismissing her as well. We'll deal with John Cornyn 2014 in Texas; he now has a Bulls Eye on his Political Career. I also heard that you've been a Consultant for Cap and Trade Mike (Castle). Make sure to wear protection Karl while you are in bed with the RINO Wing of the Democrat Party. I will never respect anything you say again.
Neither Sarah or O'Donnell will tea bagger for you!
I'm sure Tokyo Rove was duly paid his 30 pieces of silver for selling his soul (if he even has one to sell).
Unbelievable!! Since Christine O'Donnell's unbelievable win on Tuesday, Chris Matthews on "Hardball" has portrayed her in a more balanced and fair way than nearly all of the shows on Fox News, with the exception of Sean Hannity. Why can't the pundits on Fox be balanced and fair when it comes to this conservative woman candidate? I can only conclude that most of them prefer a GOP that is "Democrat Light," as opposed to conservative, or they have a bias against conservative woman. Most still do not portray Sarah Palin in a balanced and fair way. Instead of continuing to complain about Christine O'Donnell's character, Karl Rove should go to her web site and then take issue with her positions if he disagrees. Perhaps that is asking too much. It's apparently easier to slime her without doing the research.
The way the media, including Fox News, has portrayed Sarah Palin is largely responsible for her poll numbers. I normally believe in the polls, so let me explain. Most of my family and close friends lean to the right yet most do not have a favorable view of Sarah Palin, when compared with other leading Republicans. However, almost all of them would damn sure vote for her over any unnamed Democrat. Do the polls reflect that? It would be interesting to see a recent poll asking if they would vote for Sarah Palin or a Democrat!
A lot of people are anti-government because they believe that politicians are only out for themselves. They always want more power, more perks and special deals, and do not level with the voters. In other words, the voters are now mainly focused on "character." When it comes to character, is there any politician who can hold a candle to Sarah? I do not believe there is. As Alaska governor, she gave up her airplane, her car and chef. Finally, she resigned her position as governor to save Alaska from incurring the unnecessary expenses to defend largely meritless lawsuits by her political opponents. What other politician has given up even one personal thing for the benefit of the people?
Bink, unbelievable comment. You really cannot honestly believe what you wrote. If you do, then you have mental health issues you should attend to first thing on Monday. You write cogently though, so that is the reason you must be joking.
We do not need another S Palin, one is more than enough of a distraction.
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American soldiers hide behind a barricade during an explosion, prior to fighting with Taliban forces November 26, 2001 at the fortress near Mazar-e-Sharif, northern Afghanistan. (Photo by Oleg Nikishin/Getty Images)
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U.S. Marines begin to form up their convoy at a staging area near Kandahar, Afghanistan, as they await orders to begin their trek to Kandahar to take control of the airfield 13 December, 2001. (DAVE MARTIN/AFP/Getty Images) Number of U.S. troops in Afghanistan at the war's peak: About 101,000 in 2010. Allies provided about 40,000.
U.S. President Barack Obama delivers a televised address from the East Room of the White House on June 22, 2011 in Washington, D.C. (Pablo Martinez Monsivais-Pool/Getty Images) Withdrawal plans: 23,000 U.S. troops expected to come home by the end of the summer, leaving about 68,000 in Afghanistan. Most U.S. troops expected to be out of Afghanistan by the end of 2014, though the U.S. is expected to maintain a sizeable force of military trainers and a civilian diplomatic corps.
American flags, each one representing the 4,454 American soldiers killed in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, move in the breeze at The Christ Congregational United Church March 17, 2008 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images) Number of U.S. casualties: At least 1,828 members of the U.S. military killed as of Tuesday, according to an Associated Press count. According to the Defense Department, 15,786 U.S. service members have been wounded in hostile action.
Asan Bibi, 9, sits on a bench as burn cream is applied to her at Mirwais hospital October 13, 2009 Kandahar, Afghanistan. She, her sister and mother were badly burned when a helicopter fired into their tent in the middle of the night on October 3rd, according to their father. (Photo by Paula Bronstein/Getty Images) Afghan civilian casualties: According to the United Nations, 11,864 civilians were killed in the conflict between 2007, when the U.N. began reporting statistics, and the end of 2011.
An Iraqi man counts money behind a pile of American dollars in his currency exchange bureau in Baghdad on April 11, 2012. (ALI AL-SAADI/AFP/Getty Images) Cost of the war: $443 billion from fiscal year 2001 through fiscal year 2011, according to the Congressional Research Service.
US President Barack Obama speaks to troops during a visit to Bagram Air Field on May 1, 2012 in Afghanistan. (MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images) Number of times Obama has visited Afghanistan: 3 as president, including Tuesday, and 1 as a presidential candidate.
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