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Demeter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-29-06 10:29 PM
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GOP revolt: White House told Rove is out of touch
Edited on Wed Mar-29-06 10:29 PM by Demeter
http://www.insightmag.com/Media/MediaManager/Rove3.htm

An increasing number of House Republican members are urging President Bush to keep Karl Rove out of the driver's seat in the 2006 congressional campaign.



GOP sources said House members have argued that Mr. Rove, White House deputy chief of staff and powerful Bush political adviser, is hampering what they believe could represent a comeback effort to retain control of Congress. The sources said Mr. Rove has been high-handed and out of touch with the interests of Republican constituents.



"There's been increasingly greater ego and less substance in this man," a senior GOP source said. "He's caused so much needless friction between the president and Congress."



The sources said many House members have urged the White House to sideline or even replace Mr. Rove as the GOP’s top strategist for the 2006 campaign. They said several candidates have been proposed, but would not specify.



"Once names get out, they're finished," another source said. "The names that are out there are just smokescreens."




EXTRA! EXTRA! THE REPUBLICANS ARE REVOLTING!!!
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Atman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-29-06 10:32 PM
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1. The Republicans ARE revolting!
And they have horrible taste in music.
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tridim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-29-06 10:41 PM
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4. Yes, but they're not revolting for ethical and/or moral reasons
They're revolting because they want to distance themselves from the taint. It's purely political. Fortunately for us, it's not going to work.
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Why Syzygy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-29-06 10:38 PM
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2. From the article >
The sources said constituents have been judging the candidates by their ability to bring government funding and jobs to their districts.

Imagine that?


"If we can't deliver the pork, then we're out of business," the senior GOP source said.

You heard it here first. You're out of business. Do us all a favor and take your trash with you.
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DLnyc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-29-06 10:40 PM
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3. "If we can't deliver the pork, then we're out of business,"
the senior GOP source said.

Sums it up nicely.
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spindrifter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-29-06 10:41 PM
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5. If this is true,
it will be interesting to see the Big Ego's blind floundering to retain power. Unless he's indicted, and I hope every day that he will be, Kkkarl won't go down gracefully.
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treegiver Donating Member (127 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-29-06 10:51 PM
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6. I love when they get frank
"If we can't deliver the pork, then we're out of business," the senior GOP source said.

Sure, that's the problem. Not enough pork. Voters are crying out for pork. Republicans love that wasteful government spending. Bridge to Nowhere was a hit! Really! More pork!
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stillcool Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-29-06 11:02 PM
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7. Deliver the pork?
kind of hard to do when you've been living high off the hog.
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jwirr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-29-06 11:14 PM
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8. I think the repugs are still missing the point. Pork? No the cuts
and threats to ordinary government programs hit home all too often. Many people on the repug side also have elderly parents in need of care, disabled family members in need of care, jobs that are disappearing, children who are in need of education and that are draft age, potholes they need to get out of and neighborhoods they want to keep safe. There is nothing that wakes a rw-er up faster than hitting him in his own pocket. rover & the boys forgot that most of the voters who elected them were not the rich and famous.
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Strawman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-29-06 11:40 PM
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9. They're singing "Don't You Want Me Baby" to each other
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