Tagged: Karl Rove
Sunday Night Bar Fight: The Rove vs. Huckabee Test
I’ve been meaning to post this thought experiment for over a year now, and the threads of all our various Brendan Eich posts made me think now’s as good a time as any.
Was Mitt Romney “Juicing?”
In case you hadn’t noticed, American lefties have been having a bit of fun at Karl Rove’s expense. Their bête noire imploded on live TV Tuesday night; Fox’s Megyn Kelly had to talk him...
Coolness Isn’t Everything
Upon further reflection, I’d like to emphasize one more thing about conservatism’s uncoolness. Here goes: It should go without saying that “cool” politics and “desirable” politics don’t always overlap. Indeed, any overlap may be purely...
Chicago-style politics means you don’t bring a knife to a gunfight
I’m so tired of buzz-phrases repeated endlessly on cable news so that people who are angry and don’t quite know why can repeat them without really thinking about what they mean. Well that’s not...
Class/Cultural reactions to the tea party
I’ve been out of the loop a bit these past couple weeks, helping out peripherally on a local primary race, and afterward just needing a few days to kind of process some thoughts without...
Your quote for the day
“If I’m a war criminal, then Barack Obama is a war criminal,” Rove said. Words every civil libertarian Democrat ought to chew on, I think.
