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Beam Me Up (1000+ posts) Tue Sep-02-08 12:50 PMOriginal message "This entire Palin selection is a Rovian head fake." (thank you emlev/Plunger) Advertisements [?]DU poster emlev posted this in this DU thread: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.ph... and on bradblog here: http://www.bradblog.com/?p=6349#comment-364825 But I think it deserves a thread all its own. Whether it is nailed down exactly or not, this whole thing STINKS like a Rovian ploy. One thing is for certain, it has gotten everyone talking about the Republicans/McSame/Palin, even here at DU! COMMENT #2 ... emlev said on 9/2/2008 @ 12:11 am PT... Commenter "Plunger" had a very interesting take on this as an off-topic (OP) comment following a completely unrelated BRAD BLOG story:...HERE’S MY TAKE:This entire Palin selection is a Rovian head fake. It was designed by Rove to accomplish two goals. First and foremost, to take ALL of the air out of the media that the Obama camp was destined to carry into the GOP convention. It did that, in spades. The echo just simply stopped. The news cycle yesterday was absent of any analysis or follow-through on Obama's speech...itself a major coup for Rove. It’s as though the entire media machine stopped speaking of anything “Democratic,†in unison.Secondly, the (apparent) selection of Palin throws a bone to the Puma's and to women generally…one that McCain doesn’t have to necessarily follow through with, but made for a nice (disingenuous) photo-op.Third; they're just not that stupid not to have known about the controversy - and her familial requirements and responsibilities (Downs Syndrome newborn to care for). In short, their unbelievable choice is in fact, unbelievable..."a straw-woman."By the time the convention occurs, news will come out that the GOP's own investigators have determined that, while no proof of wrong doing exists, the mere investigation of it is a distraction that the GOP simply cannot afford so close to the election. As such, the announcement that either Lieberman or Romney have become McCain’s choice will come as a massive relief to the GOP base, and capture the entire news cycle for weeks to come. If Rove thought it would be impossible for a McCain/Lieberman ticket to succeed without some form of trickery, he would have dreamed this up, making Lieberman look good by comparison. All of the push-back will already be out of the system.He’s pulled these same stunts in the past – like putting Bernie Kerik’s name into nomination only to pull him and install Chertoff as Homeland Security Dictator. Remember when the name of Harriet Miers was put forward for a Supreme Court position? Remember? A fire storm of push back erupted, only to be followed by the swift and easy confirmation of Roberts, who looked like a breath of fresh air BY COMPARISON. THEY ARE GAMING YOU!I've long suspected that McCain would not be the GOP candidate on the ticket come November. I've had various ideas about how the NeoCons might get rid of him, and I admit that this wasn't one of the scenarios I imagined. But now I do wonder if we're seeing the beginning of a chain of events that will lead to my prediction coming true.
DarthDem (962 posts) Tue Sep-02-08 12:52 PMResponse to Original message 1. 1, 2, 3 . . . . Everything is not orchestrated by Karl Rove. Karl Rove is not an omniscient, godlike being with the ability to predict the actions of millions of independent humans. Sometimes an idiotic decision is just an idiotic decision.
Karl Rove is not an omniscient, godlike being with the ability to predict the actions of millions of independent humans.
QuoteKarl Rove is not an omniscient, godlike being with the ability to predict the actions of millions of independent humans. This is amazing. DUmmy DarthDem has crafted a precise description of Lord Rove, then denied its truth!
Quote from: GOBUCKS on September 02, 2008, 12:16:15 PMQuoteKarl Rove is not an omniscient, godlike being with the ability to predict the actions of millions of independent humans. This is amazing. DUmmy DarthDem has crafted a precise description of Lord Rove, then denied its truth! Poor Darth. So near yet so far.
