Karl Rove Hates the Tea Party

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

Karl Rove to Wage War Against the Tea Party

... it appears that this war between conservatives and moderates has gotten more serious.

Karl Rove and Steven J. Law, president of American Crossroads, have joined together to create the Conservative Victory Project, a group that claims to dedicate itself to diminishing conservative influence within the Republican Party in an effort to secure what they believe to be more electable candidates for the Senate.

In short: Republicans are no longer at war with Democrats- they are also at war with themselves.

Rove and Law might suggest that the nature of their new effort is to secure more “electable” candidates, but we cannot overlook the fact that the last time they wielded influence to push upon the Republican Party an “electable” candidate, he, in fact, was not elected. As Tea Partiers across the country backed a variety of capable candidates, the eventual selection of Mitt Romney as a “safe” and “electable” candidate failed to energize the right.

And it appears the feeling is mutual:

“But it is American Crossroads and its ilk that have run the GOP into the ground. Spending millions of dollars on useless 30,000-ft. advertising campaigns during the last election cycle, training candidates to soften conservatism in order to appeal to ‘moderates,’ blowing up the federal budget under George W. Bush as a bipartisan tactic – all of those strategies led the party to a disastrous defeat in 2012. The Tea Party, which may nominate losers from time to time, also brought the Republicans their historic 2010 Congressional victory. If Tea Party candidates lose, it’s because they weren’t good candidates; if GOP establishment candidates lose, it’s because they weren’t good conservatives. The choice for actual conservatives should be easy.

But it isn’t. The Bush insider team that helped lead to the rise of Barack Obama insists that they, and only they, know the path to victory. As the Times reports, Conservative Victory Project won’t merely protect incumbents – it will challenge sitting Congresspeople of the Tea Party variety, including six-term Iowa Republican Rep. Steve King, who may run for Senate. ‘We’re concerned about Steve King’s Todd Akin problem,’ Law told the Times – with whom he seems far too friendly. ‘This is an example of candidate discipline and how it would play in a general election. All of the things he’s said are going to be hung around his neck.’…

Grover Norquist correctly points out that the Rove mission is nonsense. ‘People are imagining a problem that doesn’t exist,’ said Norquist. ‘We’ve had people challenge the establishment guy and do swimmingly.’ In truth, conservatism wins elections so long as the messenger doesn’t implode. Rove’s view, however, is that conservatism takes a back seat to the best quasi-conservative messenger.

But victory for conservatives isn’t Rove’s goal. He’s a political insider par excellence, and he’s playing for his political life in the aftermath of 2012. If that means declaring war on the Tea Party, so be it.”

http://tpnn.com/karl-rove-to-wage-war-against-the-tea-party/

Edited February 4, 2013 by The Patriot

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Karl Rove is asking for money again.

[Darnell 8,478]

Karl Rove should hate the tea party, aye? It's a group of folks that will never align with him, have funding from other sources, said sources will never fund any of Rove's stuff, and he's really worried about his paychecks.

Sorry Karl - time to re-align with the Log Cabin Republicans - since yer gonna take it in @ss soon anyway..

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Sorry Karl - time to re-align with the Log Cabin Republicans - since yer gonna take it in @ss soon anyway..

So the tea party is **?

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

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So the tea party is **?

You didn't know that? They're so gay they make Ellen Degeneres look straight.

[Pooky 3,804]

Karl Rove is a coffee drinker?

Who knew?