Hi,
This is a portion of a transcript of Glenn Beck interviewing Karl Rove. I lived there for a few years around 2000. They are the part of FL in the central time zone, lots of retired military and very republican. There is naval and air force bases in that area. When Gore tried to steal the election in 2000 the FL Secretary of State wrote all the networks and told them not to call FL until all the polls closed and that the panhandle is in the central time zone. In the book "At Any Cost" they pointed out that all three major networks plus CNN called FL on purpose before they closed in the central time zone. They had proof that their plan worked as many voters who were in line to vote simply went home.....which is what they wanted. Had the networks not done that, there would have been no recount and all the BS that followed in FL.
Well it looks like this democrat member of the house walked into a hornet's nest and got just what he deserved. These folks are very politically active, I met former Senator Connie Mack at a breakfast there and he spend a few hours with us. They know it is a very powerful voting block in the state. Once you get west of Tallahassee, the state capital, it is very, very republican and no-nonsense type folks.
With that preamble, following is the transcript:
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GLENN: That gets hang on. But that gets to my second question. Karl, I don't know if you have the ability anymore, because you're Karl Rove, to actually talk to regular people, but regular people are tired. They don't know what to do.
I was giving a speech on Saturday. I was at a fundraiser and I said, you have got to stand up; our very existence is at stake here. You've got to stand up. And a guy up in a balcony, he shouted down, he said, "We call; they don't listen to us! What do we do!" How would you answer that?
ROVE: Well, they do. First of all, call and be respectful but call. Find out the district director's name of your congressman or senator in your area and call them by name. Write a letter to the member of congress. Show up when they come to your area.
I got an e mail the area day from an old friend of mine, lives down in Panama City, Florida. Congressman Allen Boyd, a so called blue dog who voted for the cap and trade energy check showed up you the Gulf Coast Community College and 300 people showed up to protest him and they were so vociferous in their comments I hope they were respectful but they were so pointed in their opposition to the energy tax that he did not take questions at his so called open house town hall meeting and he left through the back door. And I mean, he got the message. And look, I still believe in the power of the American people.
GLENN: So do I.
