Rove to GOP: Don't Grow 'Tired or Timid'

[bluedog]

Rove to GOP: Don't Grow 'Tired or Timid'

26 minutes ago


..........pronounced conservatism the "dominant political creed in America" and coached fellow conservatives on how to support his boss.



"The next time one of your smarty-pants liberal friends says to you, `Well, he didn't have a mandate,'

you tell him of this delicious fact: This president got a higher percentage of the vote than any Democratic candidate for president since 1964," Rove said.

In 2004, Bush was re-elected with about 51 percent of the vote. In 1976, Jimmy Carter received just over 50 percent and in the two times Bill Clinton (news - web sites) was elected, he received under 50 percent of the vote; Independent Ross Perot (news - web sites) was on the ballot both times.

Bush is the first president since Franklin Roosevelt to be re-elected while his party gained seats in the House and Senate, Rove continued.

But he also cautioned his conservative supporters that they must not become complacent with the 2004 victory.

"Republicans cannot grow tired or timid," he said.

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"Conservatism is the dominant political creed in America," Rove said, adding that more needed to be done.

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"Those who oppose this agenda are in a difficult position," Rove said. "They're attempting to block reforms to systems that almost every serious-minded person concedes need reform. ... That's not a good place to be in American politics."

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[roguevalley]

1. mandate. I wouldn't use that word if I were them.

[Kber]

13. Mandate?

Is that how he got all those facial bruises?

[sniffa]

2. fucker

he's going down!

anyone who takes his advice is going down too

[RobertSeattle]

3. Rove handing out the Kool-Aid!

It always pisses me off when anyone uses BS phrases like "every serious-minded person". You are instantly "not serious" if you have the temerity to disagree what with a-hole speaker. O'Shirll uses this speaking technique all the time.

It a twist on "You either agree with more you are an asshole, don't you agree?"

[bluedog]

4. you notice..he's

out and about alot more now.with his new gig.........making the talk show rounds


maybe C-Span will have him on..........you think?

[dave29]

5. Reads: Rove Worried GOP grows tired and timid

and is looking for a mandate.

[thefloyd]

6. Also forgot to mention Bush's approval rating

is lowest among 2nd term presidents coming out of the election. I am not sure Bush's approval rating would suggest a "mandate"

[bryant69]

7. Rove desperately needs to project an aura of power

The truth is President Bush is pissing away his political capital supporting an unpopular plan to phase out Social Security. Rove is worried that the people are going to notice that the Clothes have no President.

Bryant
Check it out --> http://politicalcomment.blogspot.com

[MaineDem]

8. Sure sounds like the GOP is getting "tired" and "complacent"

Otherwise they wouldn't need the pep talk!

I love it!

[applegrove]

9. Time to reboot the Rovbots!!

Can anyone find a still of the Jungle Book Cartoon snake trying to messmerize the tiger (with spinning eyes) and the tiger swatting him to kingdom come?

I don't know how to add or find photos!

[JAbuchan08]

10. "conservatism is the dominant political creed in America"

not neccessarily the most well liked or popular, but certainly dominant.

"The next time one of your smarty-pants liberal friends"

smarty-pants, huh? Just demonstrates the third grade mentality of conservatism.

note to Karl, if you're going to "reform" a program it should actually work *better* after the "reform" than before it. You might want to add that to your playbook if you want "serious minded" people to take you seriously.

[ChrisPhx]

11. Best at some other stuff

In the last election, they did the "best" job of voter intimidation, dirty tricks including not enough voting machines in Democratic precincts to name just one of hundreds if not thousands.

Bar none. Given the history of dirty tricks a la Nixon, given a sordid history of "literacy" tests and other ways to disenfranchise minorities, that is saying a lot.

They also for the first time were able to have political associates and supporters manufacture the voting machines, leaving open an enormous gaping hole for manipulating thousands of votes at a time - the Diebold GEMS Central Tabulator.

When you put all of the above together, what an achievement!

The villain on a McGuiver rerun recently said, "Evil doesn't fight fair, so evil always wins."

There is _some_ truth in that.

[Guaranteed]

12. Huh- so how much of the vote would Bush have gotten if Perot was

running when HE was running?

Or ANY significant independant candidate?

[OneTwentyoNine]

14. Don't grow tired?? Hell, the MSM does ALL the work for those pukes...

Give Swift boat Liars MONTHS of air time and then keep the Gannon scandal hush hush. Shit,how could Repukes get tired,they don't have to do anything,nor do they have to explain anything.

[pilgrimsoul]

15. What this says to me is

that we're making some serious headway in terms of public opinion and people are finally waking up and smelling the bullshit. This is damage control, pure and simple. Rove wouldn't be out rallying the troops unless there was a need for it. Looks to me like the * camp is experiencing a mass exodus of supporters because his second term agenda is going over like a fart in church!

[CBHagman]

16. That's at the CPAC gathering.

Get a load of the list of speakers, to say nothing of the LOVELY pictures. :eyes:

Warning: You may need Maalox or to wash your eyes out after looking at this:

www.cpac.org/speakers.asp