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Rove: ‘Policy Won Out’ Over Politics In The Bush White House
Rove: ‘Policy Won Out’ Over Politics In The Bush White House
Last night on Hannity and Colmes, Karl Rove vigorously defended his role in the White House as the Bush administration’s political guru. “The politics and policy are constantly banging into each other in decisions that are made inside the White House. That’s just the way it ...
Rove: Bush hardly worst president
washingtontimes.com — By: Mag7 Oh my God stupidpants, you are a MORON. Bill Clinton went into Bosnia, which a certain governor of Texas (named George) called "Nationbuilding and without an exit plan". No kidding W, no exit plan? And Clinton and his staff TESTIFIED under ... (more) Rove: Bush hardly worst president
Boehlert: Covering new presidents: the media's double standard
mediamatters.org — In anticipation of the new administration, Beltway media insiders are busy laying the groundwork for how reporters and pundits will treat the new team on Pennsylvania Avenue. "Once a president takes office ... an adversarial relationship ... (more) Boehlert: Covering new presidents: the media's double ...
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The Mayberry Machiavelli forgets his record
Political Animal — ... , ''There is no precedent in any modern White House for what is going on in this one: a complete lack of a policy apparatus. What you've got is everything, and I mean everything, being run by the political arm. It's the reign of the Mayberry Machiavellis.'' With DiIulio's perspective in mind, it was jaw-dropping to hear Karl Rove insist last night, on national television, that it was policy, not politics, that won out in the Bush White House. On "Hannity & Colmes" last night, Alan Colmes noted the criticism of Rove for combining politics and policy. Rove argued, "Well, at ...

The face of RNC is Rove, not Limbaugh
At-Largely — ... : Interviewed on Fox News yesterday, Karl Rove strongly objected to the recent focus on Limbaugh. “Is this appropriate?” Rove asked. “The idea that the White House is devoting all this time and energy and effort when we’ve got all this myriad problems facing the country.” “They’re trying to draw attention away from the things that the country wants to talk about,” he quipped. Rove criticized the White House for allegedly engaging in “old style politics” that elevates politics over policy : ROVE: And it’s clear that this is — that this is the same old style politics that we ...

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