Rove explains why GOP lost Congress in '06. Hint: Bush's War had nothing to do with it.
posted by
Wally
2:44 PM
I sometimes wish I was a funny enough guy to make this stuff up. Spinning like a F5 tornado, Rove denied any responsibility for the GOP losses in the 2006 election. With he and Bush physically and psychologically incapable of ever admitting error or fault, Rove gave a careful analysis of the situation, and pointed blame directly at.... Congress.Karl Rove, President Bush's political lieutenant, told a closed-door meeting of 2008 Republican House candidates and their aides Tuesday that it was less the war in Iraq than corruption in Congress that caused their party's defeat in the 2006 elections.
Rove's clear advice to the candidates is to distance themselves from the culture of Washington. Specifically, Republican candidates are urged to make clear they have no connection with disgraced congressmen such as Duke Cunningham and Mark Foley.
In effect, Rove was rebutting the complaint inside the party that George W. Bush is responsible for Republican miseries by invading Iraq. Nope, it had nothing at all to do with Bush's misadventure in Iraq. In spite of myriad polls saying that the Iraq war was, if not the number one priority, one of the top priorities of American voters, Rove scurried back into his secure location, shielded from the hazards of reality and facts.
Every time I think these guys can't possibly do anything that would surprise me - that I've seen everything I could see, they manage to do it again. Amazing in their audacity.
Traitor
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