Power Line Interviews Karl Rove

by Smitty

A great interview conducted by John over at Power Line. The interview is excellent, covers a broad range of topics, and leaves the audience wanting a copy of Courage and Consequence: My Life as a Conservative in the Fight.

What is KR up to?  Fox News, WSJ, columnist for Newsweek, speeches, and low-level strengthening of center-right institutions, and a book tour.  Appearance dates on the web site.  Just missed him in McLean, VA.  Ah, well, the interview was excellent, in any case.

10 comments

  1. Smitty,
    My take on Rove is that he’s a phony from the word “Go!”. Karl was indispensable to every leftward move made by his Boss. No Child’s Left Behind, Federal Drugs for Fogies – and the tragic bullshit about “appealing to the middle” that allowed the Dems to run far Left-field, and damned near cost us two elections as Republican fortunes actually diminished – and that @ss is considered an “architect” of victory?

    Rove’s ideology has been that of a statist-Progressive RINO who suckers the base with very conservative noises… guy must have done a lot of turkey hunting as a kid.

    Watch – he’ll be peddling Romney soon. He will also be condescendingly, mildly supportive of Palin and genuine conservatives while pushing the notion that their lack of “experience” is unfortunate. Right – Bush Jr was one of the most “experienced” candidates Republicans had ever suffered. It damned near cost us the Constitution.

    Sorry for the tone, man – my disgust for Rove was hard-earned over eight years of near contiguous disappointments.

  2. Smitty,
    My take on Rove is that he’s a phony from the word “Go!”. Karl was indispensable to every leftward move made by his Boss. No Child’s Left Behind, Federal Drugs for Fogies – and the tragic bullshit about “appealing to the middle” that allowed the Dems to run far Left-field, and damned near cost us two elections as Republican fortunes actually diminished – and that @ss is considered an “architect” of victory?

    Rove’s ideology has been that of a statist-Progressive RINO who suckers the base with very conservative noises… guy must have done a lot of turkey hunting as a kid.

    Watch – he’ll be peddling Romney soon. He will also be condescendingly, mildly supportive of Palin and genuine conservatives while pushing the notion that their lack of “experience” is unfortunate. Right – Bush Jr was one of the most “experienced” candidates Republicans had ever suffered. It damned near cost us the Constitution.

    Sorry for the tone, man – my disgust for Rove was hard-earned over eight years of near contiguous disappointments.

  3. Smitty,
    My take on Rove is that he’s a phony from the word “Go!”. Karl was indispensable to every leftward move made by his Boss. No Child’s Left Behind, Federal Drugs for Fogies – and the tragic bullshit about “appealing to the middle” that allowed the Dems to run far Left-field, and damned near cost us two elections as Republican fortunes actually diminished – and that @ss is considered an “architect” of victory?

    Rove’s ideology has been that of a statist-Progressive RINO who suckers the base with very conservative noises… guy must have done a lot of turkey hunting as a kid.

    Watch – he’ll be peddling Romney soon. He will also be condescendingly, mildly supportive of Palin and genuine conservatives while pushing the notion that their lack of “experience” is unfortunate. Right – Bush Jr was one of the most “experienced” candidates Republicans had ever suffered. It damned near cost us the Constitution.

    Sorry for the tone, man – my disgust for Rove was hard-earned over eight years of near contiguous disappointments.

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