Elliot Spitzer pegs O'Donnell perfectly

[kristopher]

"I don’t think Karl Rove is focusing exclusively on “Can she win?”, I think there is a reputational harm that he is worried about when the Republican Party, who has a Mike Castle who has been a serious thoughtful public servant is defeated by somebody whose views on issues seem to be so disparate and far afield from normal ideas that are tethered to fact and reason.

I think that is what Karl Rove is scared about, there is a reputational hit that the Republic Party will take if they embrace candidates like this."

Elliot Spitzer AC360
14 Sep 10

[snot]

1. I really like Spitzer.

[napi21]

2. Me too. I don't care about his playing with hookers. My guess is

thet 75% to 90% of all other politicians are doing the same or similar things...they just didn't get caught I'd like to see Elliott run for office again I'd vote for him.

[customerserviceguy]

11. Were those other politicians

also trying to make a name for themselves by busting sex workers? It's his hypocrisy that I can't forgive Spitzer for.

But she's going to use his comments, Prissy Chrissy would love to use Spitzer as an example of who's 'persecuting' her.

[whistler162]

26. Again and again... it wasn't just the hookers. He was a incompetent

governor and that is being nice!

[lapislzi]

28. Do not blame Spitzer for Albany's dysfunction

It is legendary and goes back decades.

Spitzer's mistake was taking on the Republican leadership in the state senate before he had consolidated his governorship. You cannot run a state like you run an AG's office.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. Run, Elliot, run!

I want to see this man back in the national picture. Pronto.

[whistler162]

25. As far away as you can!

[victoryparty]

4. Uh, the headline says "pegs," Beavis, heh-heh

Spitzer Pegs O'Donnell. Heh heh, heh.

[kristopher]

5. The the first verb I typed...

was "nails".

Thought "pegs" was a bit better.

[Skidmore]

6. On the other hand, a glowing Pat Buchanan describes her in terms

generally reserved for feminine hygiene products---"fresh,, "beautiful," and "young."

[SoCalDem]

7. don't forget "purdy"

He called her a "purdy little gal" the other day..

[Paladin]

10. "Purdy" Meaning "Palin Lookalike"

Genuinely creepy stuff......

[madokie]

12. Oh pat would have a heart attack

if he got ahold of something like that wouldn't he? Kill over grave yard dead 'fore he could get his pecker out of his pants. Sorry bastard anyway.

[SoCalDem]

13. These republican "gals" are little more than eye-candy for the male republican over 60 set

They daydream & drool over their hot-looking (to them) "gals":rofl:

[madokie]

14. Exactly, If word salad sara was a below average looking girl

the :puke: wouldn't give her the time of the day. These old bastids are so shallow that it's pathetic.

[cpamomfromtexas]

16. Made me laugh- I needed that

[MattyGroves]

19. Except she's neither fresh or all that young

As far as fresh she's a retread of Palin right down to the hair and glasses except for being possibly even more ignorant.

As far as being young isn't she around 41 - 42 and just a year or so younger than Palin? I'd say that's bordering on middle-age.

I guess compared to Pat she is young but it's disappointing to see someone who's actually relatively intelligent (Buchanan) get a hard-on for people like Palin and O'Donnell who celebrate their ignorance.

[Kalyke]

29. Hey! I'm 40 and I don't look or feel middle aged.

Most women bloom in their 40s, to be honest.

That said, 40 is young to the Teabagger over 60 set.

And Palin is nearing 50. I think she's 47 or 48.

[Cosmocat]

31. She has run for office ...

a half dozen times or so ...

Just another layer of complete BS from these clowns ...

[stanwyck]

20. LOL. Yes. Pat has become creepy. He openly lusted after

Palin with the constant "fresh", "young", "attractive" terms. Now, it's O'Donnell. I described him as being in the produce section selecting a cantaloupe. But I like your characterization better.

[stanwyck]

22. I guess this is what happens when you don't have any

beautiful rightwing celebrities to lust after...you take your crushes where you can find them. These are people who lust after Ann Coulter, afterall. No Angelinas or Jennifers for this crowd. So, give them their fantasies about the chipmunk cheeked O'Donnell. And the winking, mini-skirt wearing Real Housewife from Wasilla. They're as vulnerable to sex appeal as the rest of us. It's just harder to find on their side.

[northernlights]

8. unlike the boost to their reputation due to the normal ideas tethered to fact and reason

that Palin gave us? Maybe now that he's outside the bubble and a tad closer to "the rest of us," Rove has a different view of the batshit crazy he helped foist upon "the rest of us?"

[Historic NY]

9. Its shows them for what they are!! Yup, he's got that right...poor KKKRove

[glitch]

23. He spent his life building this stealth power apparatus, only to have feckless idiots expose its

filthy underpinings. It must be very frustrating for him. :party:

[Bitwit1234]

15. You can say it over and over. The real republicans really

want these people to loose. Once they are all drummed out of the main stream then they can re-group and work on rebuilding the republican party. And they better, from the very start, make it clear to extremist like Palin and Bachmann if they continue their screaming and moaning they aren't welcome. And by the way, Bachmann's district in Minneapolis has the highest rate of foreclosures in the state and she has done absolutely nothing for any of them. Oh boy there is really a wave of disgust against her. She is so ego tripped she thinks she has a breeze. But I tell you a lot of the republicans in her district, and there AIN'T no wave of tea bags there, are fed up to the chin. Yes might go down down down and wouldn't that be the best thing to happen in District 6 in a long long time.

[DefenseLawyer]

17. I don't trust anything Karl Rove says.

If he is saying negative things about her I will assume it is because he calculates that that is going to help her in some way, otherwise he would have said nothing publicly.

[kristopher]

18. Trying to dull-thru-repitition the effect of potential criticism...

and let her wrap herself in the mantle of victim as the election draws near in order to generate voter turnout?

Might be the best strategy available, but if that's it then the goal isn't going to be achieved IMO. She has run here so many times people here are sick of her. She might be a hit on the national stage, but here she already has a 50% disapproval rating and most people were not paying attention to the primaries.

[DefenseLawyer]

27. There aren't a lot of Republicans in the state

and no one is more associated with the Republican Party than Karl Rove. Rove says "she's not one of us", she gets more of an outsider, anti-establishment, anti-Republican cred, which won't hurt her in a state where the Republican base isn't enough to make the race competitive. Rove gets yelled at by Rush Limbaugh and they all do their little dance. Will that work? Well as Otter told Flounder, it's got to work better than the truth.

[Poll_Blind]

21. LOL, love that headline. n/t

PB

[L0oniX]

24. I hope that the reputational hits keep coming.

[sadbear]

30. Is that quote accurate?

Did Spitzer actually say "Republic Party"?

[Juche]

32. God forbid the party that embraced Palin lose its reputation for competence