What's Up with Rove and Clinton?

[William769]

Edwards can't catch a "free media" headline, at least not a positive one. So hit him with his poll numbers (video). Great piece on the "global war on terror" in Foreign Affairs. See the press yawn. Poverty? Ewww!

Clinton gobbled up the early press, but another storyline took hold pretty quickly.


There seems to be something developing here that I can't quite pin down so bear with me. It sure smells of something orchestrated, though I'm not hinting at anything organized. That is unless you take into consideration that what one part of the corporate hack pack picks up the other part parrots.

It started with the media double standard, none of it the Obama team's fault but it's still there and it matters. You know, Obama talks about rising above politics then releases a smear memo about Hillary Clinton (D-Punjab), while simultaneously going after the Big Dog. The campaign apologized and Obama said he had nothing to do with either, but you can just imagine what negative press Clinton would receive if she let something like that fly. Same with the debate issue. Oh, and don't forget to take note of these headline treatments by the media. Same goes for Obama calling Clinton "Bush-Cheney lite." If the press was looking for a fight those were indeed fighting words. Nothing, at least not much. Flip flopping on campaign strategy evidently doesn't meet the media story grade either (lucky for Axelrod). But Clinton's cleavage is important.

Now comes the "electability" question for Clinton, which the corporate hack pack from journalist to cable TV is now pimping, compliments of Karl Rove. It comes complete with analysis from talking heads that Rove really wants Clinton to win, which is why he's targeting her. Back up story: the Republicans are covering their fear of Obama (because, remember, Edwards doesn't exist to them). However, since everyone is now parroting Rove's Is she electable? storyline, with a side of look at Clinton's negatives (Rove says she's "fatally flawed"), I'd say Karl's job is, as he would say, mission accomplished. Compliments of Karl and some nervous nellie Dems, people are now openly questioning Clinton's electability and worrying about her negatives, which is anything but good news for Clinton. Even in leaving the White House Karl Rove got the corporate hack pack to do his bidding. So can we please dispense with the Republicans really want to run against Clinton nonsense? Of course not.

Even when Clinton closed the circle in Sunday's debate there was a collective silence in the media, without a word of Clinton's own push back about her supposed deadly negatives and electability.


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But is electability and negativity the only storyline you can take from the fact that Hillary Clinton has beaten her enemies and is besting her rivals, all the while doing it without Bill? It will be if Karl Rove has anything to say about it and with help from the corporate hack pack he does.


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[saracat]

1. Puff Piece Puff Piece!

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[JDPriestly]

2. Karl Rove feels certain enough in his analysis of the poll numbers

(his expertise) to predict the election results right now. He wants to be able to say "I told you so" the day after the election. It's simply an ego thing.

My theory: Rove was the nerdish outcast in high school and never got over it. As a result, he's got a big ego. That's a huge motivating factor in his life, and the whole country has been paying for his high school trauma for years. He wants to prove he is smarter than everyone else, especially those good looking guys who get all the girls and are teachers' favorites (think Bill Clinton). Remember, Bill Clinton was a Rhodes Scholar, attorney and elected governor of Arkansas over and over. Compare Rove -- hanger-on, backroom bully, succeeding only by cheating.

[wyldwolf]

3. Marsh nails it everytime

"How would Mr. Obama do after 20 years of all those swiftboating general election Republican operatives teeing off on that middle name nonsense, or the madrassa slur started by Fox? There's his minister, but also the nasty nugget about Malcolm X that was floated by Politico.com's Mike Allen. Can Obama fight back and win against wingnut thugs? Look at what the noise of the corporate hack pack, plus Fox and O'Reilly have done to Edwards over a ridiculous haircut. What would 20 years of that crap, plus the latest financial nonsense look like? Tune in to Fox "News" because they're going at Edwards yet again. These guys destroyed Kerry and they did it in three months."

[AZBlue]

4. I'm not sure what Rove's motive is, but there is definitely something orchestrated going on.

I think we need to pay close attention to it, either way. That slimeball should not be allowed to dictate our candidate to us.