Morning, all - it looks like the Freeperati are still in serious denial re: believing the messaging is faulty, rather then the product.
Allow me to demonstrate - we'll reach way back for this first one - Rove, Rove, Rove, you're toast!
REPORT: Fox News Is Taking Karl Rove Off The Air (Over election night meltdown) Business Insider ^ | 12/04/2012 | Grace WylerPosted on Tuesday, December 04, 2012 6:57:34 PM by SeekAndFind
New York's Gabriel Sherman reports that Fox News is scaling back airtime for Republican pundit Karl Rove, in what appears to be a reprimand for Rove's meltdown during the network's live election broadcast.
Sources told Sherman that Fox News chief Roger Ailes has ordered his staff to bench Rove and his fellow GOP pundit Dick Morris, two of the network's most vocal partisan voices whose predictions turned out to be spectacularly wrong. According to Sherman, producers must now get permission before booking Rove or Morris on Fox shows.
The move comes as Fox takes steps to rehab its image in the wake of Republican defeats this November. Rove, in particular, has been widely mocked by members of both parties, both for his onscreen tantrum and for the abysmal performance of his American Crossroads super PAC.
1 posted on Tuesday, December 04, 2012 6:57:41 PM by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFindAnd the studio set gained 1500 feet in altitude after the weight was released.
To: SeekAndFindKarl who?
8 posted on Tuesday, December 04, 2012 7:03:21 PM by MIchaelTArchangel..
To: SeekAndFindIn Texas don’t they call a guy like that a piss ant?
To: SeekAndFindhe can go into hiding with Mittens
and please take W with you
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To: SeekAndFindHow was Rove supposed to know that the commie ‘RATS would take their voter fraud to such a massive level? It’s not Rove’s fault.
4 posted on Tuesday, December 04, 2012 7:00:41 PM by FlingWingFlyer (Don't tax me bro! Tax that guy over there!)
To: FlingWingFlyerThey didn’t.
Sure there was -some- fraud, but not massive fraud as you suggest.
The stupid party just got its ass aboslutely kicked.
To: SeekAndFindThey should have pulled him after what he did to Christine O’Donnell on the night that she won her primary, and how he did everything he could to throw ice water on her momentum during that week.
He really went after the tea party that year and hurt us bad.
29 posted on Tuesday, December 04, 2012 7:25:16 PM by ansel12 (The only Senate seat GOP pick up was the Palin endorsed Deb Fischer's successful run in Nebraska)..
To: ansel12You’re still blaming a SIXTEEN POINT LOSS on Rove?
He only dreams he was that powerful.
MAYBE a bad candidate like O’Donnell’s bad loss is the fault of the candidate. I realize that’s a completely insane, out there, crazy theory.
58 posted on Tuesday, December 04, 2012 7:52:37 PM by Strategerist
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To: presently no screen nameNo, we didn’t.
We lost because our politcal party ****ING SUCKS.
If it didn’t ****ING SUCK, then it would not stand for voter fraud occurring at all.
Whatever happened in 2012 happened as a direct result of the GOP ****ING SUCKING.
I’m not sure if I said that the GOP ****ING SUCKS enough, so let me just summarize by saying that the GOP ****ING SUCKS!
Pardon my French, I’m tired of being back stabbed by a party that ****ING SUCKS.
Republicans prepare for a comeback: ‘We can’t come off as a bunch of angry white men’
Yahoo ^
Posted on Friday, January 25, 2013 12:38:24 PM by Sub-Driver
Republicans prepare for a comeback: ‘We can’t come off as a bunch of angry white men’
By Chris Moody, Yahoo! News
Political Reporter
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Republican National Committee members gathered here to re-elect Chairman Reince Priebus for a second term. But by week's end, that vote seemed secondary to the question of the party's long term survival.
After three months of denial, anger, despair and depression over the results of a bruising national election that gave Democrats an edge in Congress and kept President Barack Obama in the White House, Republicans know they must adapt if they are to move forward.
They acknowledge that it's time for a serious gut check. (Or as Haley Barbour put it in November, a "proctology exam.")
Whatever bodily metaphor you choose, the fact remains that the election so jolted and shocked the party that it is taking real steps to change.
And change they will! As soon as they figure out how.
While Republicans in Virginia and other battleground states launched an effort this week to alter electoral college rules so that votes are doled out proportionately--which would likely give the GOP at least a short term edge--GOP leaders here discussed their party's own shortcomings and sought areas of internal improvement.
Almost every conversation in the bar of the Charlotte Westin Hotel this week involved a discussion about what the party must do to win the next elections. Floating through the air is a desire to re-capture glorious days of the past, a challenge made difficult by a country that refuses to stand still. Demographics are changing, minorities are growing in political influence and views on social issues like gay marriage are drifting rapidly leftward. Something's got to give.
1 posted on Friday, January 25, 2013 12:38:32 PM by Sub-Driver
To: Sub-DriverWell I AM an angry old white guy!
To: Sub-Driver
Having a black RNC Chairman didn’t make a damn bit of difference.
The blah people saw through our clever ruse! Curse them!
The only answer is to effectively answer them and start throwing it right back at them. This is war, but the Republicans don’t seem to realize that they are in one.
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To: Sub-DriverRepublicans prepare for a comeback: ‘We can’t come off as a bunch of angry white men’Instead, try to come off as a bunch of angry AMERICANS. What a bunch of wimps! Where's the fire in your belly! Stop using libtard terms!
Where in the hell did you get the idea that the Republicans consist of only "white men"? Dammit!
Eighty-Eight Percent of Romney Voters Were White
The GOP candidate’s race-based, monochromatic campaign made him a loser.
Let me research that one some more and get back to ya, OK?
To: Sub-DriverIOW, "let's triangulate and capitulate to the "democracy" mob for the win".I am angry white guy Spartacus. Screw you GOP. Go pack sand.
40 posted on Friday, January 25, 2013 1:19:30 PM by TADSLOS ( "I ask sir, what is the militia? It is the whole people except for a few politicians."-George Mason)..To: Sub-DriverWhy is being white bad?
Isn’t that racist?
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Up next - useful GOP idiots!
Colin Powell Slams ‘Idiot Presentations’ by Some Republicans, Urges GOP Leaders to ‘Speak Out’
ABC News ^
Posted on Monday, January 21, 2013 10:46:01 AM by Sub-Driver
Colin Powell Slams ‘Idiot Presentations’ by Some Republicans, Urges GOP Leaders to ‘Speak Out’
In an interview with ABC’s Diane Sawyer and George Stephanopoulos during ABC’s special inauguration day coverage this morning, former Secretary of State Colin Powell lashed out at people in the Republican Party who spent the last four years spreading “birther nonsense” and other “things that demonize the president,” calling on GOP leaders to denounce such talk — publicly.
“Republicans have to stop buying into things that demonize the president. I mean, why aren’t Republican leaders shouting out about all this birther nonsense and all these other things? They should speak out. This is the kind of intolerance that I’ve been talking about where these idiot presentations continue to be made and you don’t see the senior leadership of the party say, ‘No, that’s wrong.’ In fact, sometimes by not speaking out, they’re encouraging it. And the base keeps buying the stuff.
“And it’s killing the base of the party. I mean, 26 percent favorability rating for the party right now. It ought to be telling them something. So, instead of attacking me or whoever speaks like I do, look in the mirror and realize, ‘How are we going to win the next election?”
1 posted on Monday, January 21, 2013 10:46:04 AM by Sub-Driver
To: Sub-DriverSo Colon Bowel sees no problem that all of Obastard’s records are sealed?
2 posted on Monday, January 21, 2013 10:48:44 AM by beethovenfan (If Islam is the solution, the "problem" must be freedom.)
To: Sub-DriverSuspect that he’s auditioning to be msnbc’s second al sharpton.
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To: Sub-DriverColin Powell looked into himself and asked: “m I American or Black?”
He not only decided that question needed to be asked (it doesn’t) he answered in the latter when he voted and now speacks 100% based on the latter.
Shut up Colin, you damn racist.
7 posted on Monday, January 21, 2013 10:53:16 AM by freedumb2003 (lib "think": My bumper sticker didn't go into details about that!)
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To: Sub-DriverI just have two words for Colin Powelland the Fat basturd from NJ:
FU!!
Mom Accused Of Pulling Out A Gun In Chuck E. Cheese's: "I'm A Very Good Person"
Hartford Courant ^ | February 5, 2013 | CHRISTINE DEMPSEY
Posted on Thursday, February 07, 2013 8:28:08 AM by rightwingintelligentsia
NEWINGTON — A PTO mom who said she rediscovered God, conquered a crack cocaine addiction and pursued her dream of working with children was arrested Monday after she allegedly brandished a handgun at Chuck E. Cheese's.
According to police, Tawana Bourne argued with another woman at the children's restaurant on the Berlin Turnpike. Both women had children with them.
"During this argument, Bourne allegedly brandished a .380 semiautomatic handgun and chambered a round," police stated in a press release. She had a valid permit for the gun, they said.
Staff members called police and Bourne was charged with three counts of risk of injury to a minor and one count each of second-degree threatening and first-degree reckless endangerment. She posted $50,000 bail and is scheduled to appear in Superior Court in New Britain on Feb. 19.
"I'm a very good person," Bourne said Tuesday. "Very, very involved in the community."
1 posted on Thursday, February 07, 2013 8:28:13 AM by rightwingintelligentsia..
To: rightwingintelligentsiaWTF is it with Chuck E Cheese and ghetto rats?
You can’t go a week without a riot, robber, assault and now this.
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To: Mr. KThere’s a video out there of a ghetto mama getting her three year-old hood rat to go around CEC and pull wallets out of patrons purses when they weren’t looking.
One visit to my local mall is convincing me that it’s time to move.
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To: rightwingintelligentsiaTawana
20 posted on Thursday, February 07, 2013 10:10:35 AM by TexasCajun..
To: rightwingintelligentsiaNever trust a woman named Tawana - especially if she is with anyone whose name starts with Rev.
27 posted on Thursday, February 07, 2013 1:57:13 PM by aMorePerfectUnion (Gone rogue, gone Galt, gone international, gone independent. Gone.)
One of the first blog-based books, the anthology Special Plans examines Feith's role in misleading America into war. Buy from 
I love them all. They're absolutely convinced that playing with a toaster in the bathtub is the key to Ultimate Electoral Victory.
Posted by: Scott S. | February 11, 2013 at 06:41
I looked up Newington, CT and the town is 92% white and has a median family income over $67,000. Not exactly a ghetto. And how is what she did different than these jackasses bringing AR's to Obama rallies? I don't support the legality of either, but given the Freeperati's penchant for self-reliance, non-government intervention, what makes this scenario different? Let's see.... Type of handgun? Well, a .380 is a shitty choice but I don't think that is it. Chuck E. Cheese? Can't be it, they love fictional characters too much. Just can't put my finger on it. Blacking out on a reason. Wy would they have a problem? Mind is drawing a black. Hmmm. What is the reason? I guess we don't have enough color of the situation to understand.
Posted by: MarcD | February 11, 2013 at 08:15
Shorter Colin Powell: "Thanks, folks! I'll be here all week. Try the veal."
He seems mystified about why Republican leaders aren't denouncing the stupidity of the birthers or the other conspiracy theorists in their party. I'll try to explain it all for Mr. Powell (and type slowly, because he may not read very fast): It's because (1) nobody in the popular media will ask Republican leaders about whether or not they should sign on to the birther nonsense; and (b) the leaders of the GOP don't dare cross their base. Losing election after election by getting 47% of the vote may be bad, but it's worse (in what passes for the Republican mind) to lose those elections while garnering less than 40% of the vote.
Does that make it clearer?
Posted by: gratuitous | February 11, 2013 at 10:29
Do they actually use "ghetto rats" and similar while still saying their dream of the RNC isn't racist ? I'm really confused as to why they can't make the minorities feel the love.....
As for Rove rant, listen to the video in the link and try to tell me that redistricting isn't just an exercise in gerrymandering. (Yes, the prez election is state wide, but the way they have each county finely divided is exactly what they need to plan gerrymandered districts - and by extension the attempt to split the electoral vote by district to gerrymander the prez election.)!
And for a fun time, I went back and did a web search and pulled up all sorts of news articles from the months before the election to read all the pundits talk of dem oversampling, etc. Their belief in their own sophistication is so cute
Posted by: MapleStreet | February 11, 2013 at 13:42
MapleStreet--
Yes, but the more genteel Freeperati refer to "Holder's people".
I believe the technical term is "turd blossom".
Yes, the Democrats committed massive fraud by: a) turning out to vote; and b) letting the entire GOP convince themselves that the Democrats were to discouraged to turn out. But it is Rove's fault that he did not foresee such vile tactics.
--Kibitzer
Posted by: Kibitzer 2006 | February 11, 2013 at 23:39