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Karl Rove Outfoxes the Clintons

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The media may tell you otherwise, but Karl Rove just scored one of the few unequivocal victories over the Clinton machine.  Some will say his question about Mrs. Clinton’s health will backfire (search), but on whom?  Mr. Rove isn’t running for office.

It was Mr. Clinton himself who awarded the laurels to the Republican strategies when the Democrat vouched for “his wife Hillary’s health“.

As Stephen Kruiser put it in a quoting the article linked above:

I’m sure that this is just an attention getting evil genius ploy on the part of Karl Rove, but I am enjoying it because he’s giving them a taste of their own medicine. Pulling something out of thin air to get the character assassination rumor mill fired up is classic Clinton. The mere fact that Bubba even had to answer a question about it is a minor victory for Rove.

My only quibble with Kruiser relates to the magnitude of the victory.  It’s not minor.  It’s significant.   The media are now talking about Hillary’s health (if only to denounce Rove).  But, still Americans are thinking about her health.  And asking questions.

There will be calls for the former Secretary of State to release her medical records.  And questions about her health will persist if when she fails to do so.

Yes, this is a significant victory for Rove, but it’s just one victory on the political battlefield.  It does not decide the contest.

Perhaps, this victory is like a military battle fought in Trenton in 1776 where the victor went on to win the war.  But Agincourt (1415) was also a victory.  And the victor in that contest ended up losing the war.

Mr. Rove’s comment may make him look a fool or some kind of zany extremist, but he’s not running for office.  He’s a political strategist.  And mischievous and unscrupulous his comments may be; making them is good political strategy.

W’s “architect” is becoming adept at fighting the Clintons on their own turf.

More on this topic anon.

SORT OF RELATED:  MSNBCers Suggest Calls for Hillary’s Medical Records Are ‘Sexist’, Birther-Like

ALSO RELATED: See discussion on Mike Dukakis.

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  4. For instance, former GOP presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich said on his Facebook page that he is “deeply offended” by Mr. Rove’s comments. While he has many policy disagreements with Clinton, such a personal charge “is exactly what’s wrong with American politics,” wrote Mr. Gingrich.

    “I was angry when people did this to [Ronald] Reagan in 1980 and I am angry when they do it to her today,” said Gingrich.

  14. I wonder if rusty has forgotten his past tantrums in which he screamed that Newt Gingrich was a racist sexist homophobe and that anyone who quoted him or referenced him wants gay people to be murdered.

    It’s so fun watching Cut-N-Paste make a fool out of himself and demonstrate the inherent hypocrisy of liberalism.

  15. Hillary looks tired like a truck tire tread on the road looks tired. Drudge is running a picture resembling her that looks like rigor mortis is creeping up her arm.

    Miss “If she runs”, will be a 69 year old the lying, incompetent, weasel at her investiture in 2017. Reagan was also 69 when he was inaugurated. Two months later he was critically wounded.

    If a Hinkley put a bullet into Hillary’s lung and within 25mm of her heart, and she lost half of her blood what would be the outcome?

    Reagan was a physically fit, buoyant, optimistic person who loved life.

    This, of course, is not about being shot by an assassin. But it is about being broken down and going through the motions as is the case with Hillary.

    We have reached the American Idol stage of the Presidency. Now the complacent, lazy voters latch onto the soundbites from the shills and they move themselves to win the popularity contest for President.

    It is not coincidental that the DemonizingRats want to make the election for president into a popular vote contest. They know how to load the busses, load the computers, load the recounts and load any load they promote into office. (see: Al Franken.)

    If Hillary died at the luncheon following the inauguration, they would just stuff her, like Peron kept Evita around, and let Bill rule in her name until Chelsea had to step in for the second term.

    Hillary’s state of health can not defeat her with the DemonizingRat core. The only difference it would make is to zombie voter turnout and what the fickle, no agenda, “moderates” find distracting.

    Does Hillary look tired? Not rode hard and put away wet tired; she looks ground down and can’t suck it up tired.