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mediamatters.org - 5/22/2009
Jamison Foser: Karl Rove, Super Genius
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Karl Rove has a regular Wall Street Journal column. He's a Fox News contributor. Newsweek hired him as a contributor . As Gloria Borger said in 2007: "[W]hen Rove speaks, the political class pays attention -- usually with good reason." But it is increasingly clear that there isn't ...
Rove: Attending top schools doesn’t mean that Sotomayor is smart, but it proves that Bush is.
thinkprogress.org - 5/27/2009
Rove: Attending top schools doesn’t mean that Sotomayor is smart, but it proves that Bush is.
— thinkprogress.org — During a debate at Radio City Music Hall last night, former Bush adviser Karl Rove claimed that... Supreme Court nominee Judge Sonia Sotomayor was “ not necessarily ” “very smart.” When host Charlie Rose noted in response that ... (more) Rove: Attending top schools doesn’t mean that Sotomayor ...

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mediamatters.org - 5/29/2009
Blown circuits: Rove levels attack on Sotomayor based on false claim that she and Alito were ...
— mediamatters.org — On May 26, Karl Rove claimed that while reviewing Samuel Alito's record for a possible Supreme Court... nomination, he "got wind of" allegations that 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Sonia Sotomayor -- who Rove claimed was Alito's "colleague" ... (more) Blown circuits: Rove levels attack on Sotomayor based ...

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thinkprogress.org - 5/28/2009
Rove claims that Sotomayor’s judicial decisions are led by ‘emotion.’
— thinkprogress.org — Even before President Obama announced Judge Sonia Sotomayor as his nominee to replace Justice David Souter on... the Supreme Court, former Bush adviser Karl Rove began attacking her credentials. Since then, Rove has claimed that she’s “ not ... (more) Rove claims that Sotomayor’s judicial decisions are led ...

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The Hollywood Liberal:  Jamison Foser: Since when is a 63 percent approval rating a bad thing?

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Jamison Foser: Since when is a 63 percent approval rating a bad thing?
The Hollywood Liberal — ... that Democrats, not Republicans, had reason to be gloomy about their electoral prospects? Calling the media’s coverage of politics and policy “horse-race journalism” is an insult to horse-race journalism — the Daily Racing Form isn’t in the habit of advising readers to bet on the filly with the broken leg. Not only does the media’s keen interest in politics frequently fail to result in politically astute observations, there is also considerable evidence that they tend to overrate the Republicans’ political skills — and the public’s predisposition to prefer the GOP. And ...

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Rove Sides With Limbaugh Over Powell, Ridge Calls Limbaugh "Shrill" (VIDEO) — The Huffington Post | Full News Feed
Asked to choose Sunday between Rush Limbaugh and Colin Powell as a Republican he could support, former Bush confidant and conservative firebrand Karl Rove sided with the brash talk radio host. Appearing on "Fox News Sunday," Rove was posed the same question asked of former Vice President ...
Rove sides with Cheney, says he would pick Limbaugh over Powell. — Think Progress
Earlier this month, Dick Cheney made headlines after telling CBS that he would rather have Rush Limbaugh in the GOP than Colin Powell. “Well, if I had to choose — in terms of being a Republican — I’d go with Rush Limbaugh, I think,” he said. Today on Fox News Sunday, Karl Rove said ...
AUDIO-- Karl Rove: Guantanamo mess is Obama's fault — The Political Carnival
By GottaLaff Typically KKKarl, turning logic and the truth inside out: It’s unclear what cases Rove is referring to. There has been no litigation on the military commissions since Obama took office in January. The lingering legal mess at Guantanamo, of course, was created by Bush . ...
Karl Rove: — The Volokh Conspiracy
In my previous post, I linked to something Karl Rove wrote. I'm no fan of Rove's, who I think was a disaster for liberty-minded Americans in many ways, but that...