ROVE: "Republicans Walked Into Obama's Trap"

[kpete]

Karl Rove ‏@KarlRove 30m
In tomorrow's @WSJOpinion: "Republicans Walked Into Obama's Trap"
http://ow.ly/pTrqR
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Republicans Walked Into Obama's Trap
His goal was to discredit the GOP before 2014. The defunders fell for it.

Barack Obama set the trap. Some congressional Republicans walked into it. As a result, the president is stronger, the GOP is weaker, and ObamaCare is marginally more popular. The battles over spending, taxes and debt have not been resolved, only postponed. It's time Republicans remembered that bad tactics produce bad outcomes.

http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303680404579139651919274082

[morningfog]

1. Beautiful."The Defunders." Let's embrace this frame, but clarify that it includes the entire GOP

House.

[Coyotl]

17. Shoot yourself in the foot, it's Obama's fault!

[malaise]

2. They've been trying to discredit him since January 2009

Well played Obama.
Rove fell into his own trap on election night

[winter is coming]

3. No, Republicans ordered their trap from Acme. n/t

[Bjorn Against]

4. There was no trap, anyone with an ounce of sanity would know not to do what the GOP did

[Proud Liberal Dem]

38. Yeah

and some of them even cautioned against it. Of course they were at the leadership's beck and call come vote time however.

[Squinch]

5. Yeah. Nice try. The truth is that Republicans stepped on their own rake handles,

and were really surprised when the rakes "rose up" and smacked them.

That, of course, doesn't include the Republicans who simply ran into other Republican's asses.

[ThoughtCriminal]

23. Multiple times! Let's go right to the video...

[MSMITH33156]

6. Actually

he had no goal other than to not destroy the economy or give in to terrorists. It's not like he led Republicans on then pulled the rug out. Chris Hayes ran a clip of the number of times he said he would not negotiate on this. It's not a trap when someone tells you exactly what they are going to do, you don't believe them, then they do it. It just makes you a rank idiot.

[Trekologer]

7. As much as I want to give President Obama credit for opening a trap

A small group of nutjobs lead them into a fight they couldn't win and the rest followed because they are rubes. I give credit to the President and Democrats in the Senate for not giving in. But it was hardly a trap: the Republicans did it to themselves.

[KaryninMiami]

8. Guess that's the best Rove could come up with

Not easy to spin this one- not even for Rove who is generally a master of it. This way he can sort of blame Pres. Obama and not take any responsibility for the complete fuck up of the insane lunatics who hijacked his party and caused this to happen.

There was no trap and Rove knows this.

[2naSalit]

18. Let's seeee...

That would be

Obama - 2

Rove 0

-or-

Obama +2

Rove -2


Either way you look at it, Obama has bested him twice now in one year!

[Skidmore]

28. I don't think he's spinning much. He basically gave an admission of

a weakened party with no viable comeback.

[chervilant]

9. Rove wouldn't recognize the truth

if it reared up and bit him on his corpulent ass.

[bluesbassman]

10. No KKKarl, bad ideology produces bad outcomes.

Simple as that asswipe.

[blogslut]

11. Hey, Karl!

Take off your pants!

[fadedrose]

12. Obama had righteousness on his side...

Is that what Rove calls a trap?

[C_U_L8R]

13. Said the Monday-morning quarterback

I'm sure republicans are immensely appreciative of Rove's sage wisdom, even at this late hour.

[geek tragedy]

14. Forgive the gendered phrase, but they stepped on their own dicks.

Obama had nothing to do with that.

[tanyev]

15. Wait, I thought Obama was an inexperienced idiot who's out of his depth??

Or is that only on odd-numbered days?

[Proud Liberal Dem]

39. It's both or either

They just stick their fingers in the air to figure out where the wind is blowing on any given day........

[scheming daemons]

16. 13-dimensional chess, motherf***ers

[muntrv]

19. The Democrats 2014 campaign slogan should be "Republicans: Defunders of America."

[muntrv]

20. No Karl! The republickers painted themselves into a corner!

[uppityperson]

21. What "trap"? Standing back and letting them prove themselves assholes?

[hughee99]

32. The trap is called the "please proceed", i guess.

I don't see a trap either. They weren't "maneuvered" into a bad position, they jumped on it and held on with both hands willingly.

[xfundy]

22. Turd blossom, you were outsmarted by people with a capacity for empathy.

Go back and fellate Bush, leave the rest of us the fuck alone.

[R. Daneel Olivaw]

24. Rove still doesn't have the math.

The defunders fell into their own trap.

WTF believes that sound governance means shutting down government?

[spanone]

25. is that piece of crap rove still bloviating?

[Hekate]

26. Ahhh, Turdblossom, is that you?

[flamingdem]

27. His new job?

[Rex]

29. The Charlitan in Chief!

Commander Turd!

[a kennedy]

30. and really, ham head.....like we're ever going to believe what you're talking about.

http://www.google.com/imgres?q=images+of+ham+rove&sa=X&biw=1394&bih=874&tbm=isch&tbnid=SgrYbazVzHLzwM:&imgrefurl=http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021976338&docid=d5VYbBmxNw8ARM&imgurl=&w=401&h=271&ei=y1tfUvrFMMewyQGtlIDwDw&zoom=1&ved=1t:3588,r:1,s:0,i:84&iact=rc&page=1&tbnh=179&tbnw=262&start=0&ndsp=20&tx=72&ty=88

and, OMGosh, love this. Rove as a ham with glasses.

[Rex]

44. I cannot tell which one is the ham without the text!

nt.

[SoutherDem]

31. No Mr. Rove, they got caught in their own trap

now are they smart enough to not set it again?

If I were an artist I would draw an elephant caught in a mouse trap and cruz standing by saying "that wasn't suppose to work that way".

[Pretzel_Warrior]

33. Wait. Is Rove saying Obama knows how to play chess?

Because I think that's what he's saying.

[joshcryer]

34. Obama did NOT WITHDRAW. The Republicans passed House Res 386.

Which meant that there would be no vote, and therefore any negotiation was predicated on a gun being held to the head of the Democrats.

The point is that Obama didn't blink, not that he "withdrew." There were something like 16 attempts to conference throughout the congressional period. It's a joke. Rove is a fucking liar.

[vaberella]

35. Yes Rove, b/c Obama spent 5 years thinking this up.

I agree he's brilliant. but not that much...or is he?

[nyquil_man]

36. With what actions did he set the trap?

Being elected President? Proposing health care reform?

This is typical Rovian horseshit.

[Ratty]

37. I think this is the first time I literally LOL'd in all this mess

"When Congress is close to agreement but still divided, the country rightly counts on its chief executive to bridge the gaps, make the compromises, and smooth the way to passage."

Oh my sides. Stop! Please! You're killing me!

[surrealAmerican]

40. Nice try Karl, but NO ...

... the Republicans walked into their own trap.

[Tikki]

41. Actually, many are holding on to the belief that bad tactics work...i.e. 2000 election steal..

That single theft empowered them for over a decade.



Tikki

[Bandit]

42. Why oh why isn't it still "Clinton's Fault"

The entire Bush*/Cheney years it was all "Clinton's Fault" What happened to change that?

[Johonny]

43. The only trap was the GOP getting what it wanted in 2000-2008

Because Rove's whitehouse was sooooo good at tax policy, overspending and not producing debt. Oh wait he wasn't. He under taxed, over spent, and traded debt for worthless military adventures. Why would anyone listen to him? The country is still working to reverse Roves dreadful policies that created the debt problem to begin with while his GOP is desperate to double down on Roves fail economic policies.

[JHB]

45. In the same sense that Pickett's Charge was a Union trap

[Downtown Hound]

46. No shit for brains, Obama didn't set a trap

You just fucked up so badly all on your own that he didn't have to set a trap. Republicans put a banana peel on the floor, then walked across the room, then turned around and ran towards it at full speed, and completely slipped on it and fell flat on their ass.

And then when all was said and done, you somehow still think Obama did this to you.

[Aerows]

47. Republicans shat in their own mess kit

and are still looking for someone to blame over it. Next time don't do the thing that everyone told you was a bad idea, and was a bad idea in the past, too. Remember Newt? How long did he last as Speaker after his little stunt like this one?