Karl Rove ‘offended’ by Clint Eastwood’s Chrysler ad

[babylonsister]

Karl Rove ‘offended’ by Clint Eastwood’s Chrysler ad
Posted by Rachel Weiner at 12:52 PM ET, 02/06/2012


A Chrysler ad aired during the Super Bowl Sunday night has inspired ire among some Republicans and admiration among some Democrats — with both sides seeing a political message that boosts President Obama.

In an ad touting the resurgence of the American auto industry, Clint Eastwood declared that it’s “halftime in America and our second half’s about to begin,” which could be interpreted as a reference to Obama’s second term. 

The ad’s themes seem to echo Obama’s own argument that his administration brought the auto industry back from the brink of disaster.

“They almost lost everything,” Eastwood says of Detroit. “But we all pulled together. Now Motor City is fighting again.”

“I was, frankly, offended by it,” said Karl Rove on Fox News Monday. “I'm a huge fan of Clint Eastwood, I thought it was an extremely well-done ad, but it is a sign of what happens when you have Chicago-style politics, and the president of the United States and his political minions are, in essence, using our tax dollars to buy corporate advertising.”

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[zappaman]

1. Haha

Fuck him.

[one_voice]

34. Nicely put...

my first thought too...fuck him!

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

2. Oh go fuck yourself, Ham.

[LynneSin]

12. Now that's just offensive...

You know that Canned ham is way more intelligent than Karl Rove!

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

16. It certainly has more of a personality. nt

[zappaman]

17. It certainly looks better.... n/t

[Zalatix]

48. Speciesm! How could you insult a pig like that!

I admit I laughed, though.

[monmouth]

3. Anything that offends Rove brings me great joy. n/t

[think]

27. +1

[annabanana]

4. I'm offended by the fact that this fucker

isn't behind bars.

[Bandit]

46. As far as I am concerned he is an enemy of the USA.. He outed a Covert CIA Agent and bragged about i

"Fair Game"...... He should be stood up in front of a firing squad IMO.

[Zalatix]

49. Not a firing squad, but rather, rotting away in prison.

Trust me, his cell mates would be worse than a firing squad...

[aquart]

50. +1

[FarLeftFist]

5. GOOD!

[DisgustipatedinCA]

6. Take it up with the GOP, asshole. Last I checked, Eastwood was a Republican n/t

[Rex]

7. Karl Rove is garbage.

Rove thinks everything is about himself. When they are talking in commercials on the TVEE...they are talking direcly to Karllll!!!!

[HappyMe]

8. In other news......

EVERYONE with a heart and working brains offended by Karl Rove.

[Sheepshank]

9. ".......using our tax dollars to buy corporate advertising.”

"In what way are our tax dollars being used, Charlie?"

[LynneSin]

10. LynneSin offended by Karl Rove's assinine attitude

there!

[Spazito]

11. Karl Rove offends me every time he opens his mouth n/t

[Bozita]

13. Make my day, Karl!

Go fuck yourself!

[justiceischeap]

14. Two words Karl: Citizen's United.

You don't have a leg to stand on with this argument.

[louis-t]

15. That ad gave me chills, and gave me a great sense of pride in my country.

Since repubsicles hate this country, they wouldn't understand.

[Cleita]

18. If he were in prison where he belongs, we wouldn't have to

listen to his pontifications.

[gregtownsand]

19. Rove is such a MORON

Incredible.

[librechik]

20. so Karl Rove pushing the LIE that Obama uses tax dollars for his campaign message

while the Bush administration ACTUALLY DID that

Neocons never change, do they?

[lpbk2713]

21. As if anyone cares what that little weasel thinks.

And why isn't that sleazebag in jail yet?

[Dawson Leery]

22. Rove belongs in jail!

[Boombaby]

23. No Pity is right!

Rec

[CaliforniaPeggy]

24. ANYTHING that offends Rove...

Makes me ecstatic!

And that was one very cool car commercial!

[Johnny2X2X]

25. Corporations are people

What Karl fails to understand is that corporations are people and they have the right to free speech. If Chrysler want's to make an ad touting their recovery which was made possible by Obama, then who are we to violate their right to free speech. LOL.

The Republicans just hate the fact that Chrysler and GM are doing so well now. They'd rather than Toyota or Honda were the #1 automaker in the World. Obama saved the auto industry and they paid back their loans and we're a stronger and more secure country because of their recovery.

[MagickMuffin]

26. Who cares what he thinks, oh yeah Faux Snooze and their Sheeples

He should have been in jail since the 80's.

[Gregorian]

28. I'm offended by the 2000 election results, but it isn't news.

Karl who?

[Initech]

29. To quote Leslie Nielsen from the Naked Gun:

The truth hurts doesn't it?? Oh sure maybe not as much as jumping on a bicycle with the seat missing, but it hurts!!

[KharmaTrain]

30. He's Offended Because It's Effective...

You know that had this been done 8 years ago when his shitstain dirt cowboy was running for re-selection he would have acclaimed it as one of the greatest commercials of all time. Sucks when you know something can have an impact and it works against the millions/billions on the lies you're trying to peddle.

[graywarrior]

31. Oou ouu....

Cry me a fuckin' river, Karl.

[tsuki]

32. Eastwood better watch his back. Rove

may revoke his Super Reapubligan Star status.

[WonderGrunion]

33. Fuck Karl Rove!

The only thing he's offended by is that unemployment will be 7.5% or lower by election day.

[spanone]

35. 'chicago-style politics'...hey kkkarl, nobody's buying your shit

[bullwinkle428]

36. I'm offended by the fact that Rove's not rotting in prison.

[DefenseLawyer]

37. In a related story...

Karl Rove was the chief advisor TO THE WORST PRESIDENT OF ALL TIME.

[blue neen]

38. That's a good thing!

[malaise]

39. Bwaaaah hahahahahhaha

Fugg 'em!!

[ailsagirl]

40. Offended? That's an ironic word coming from him

But then he wouldn't like the ad because it's about pulling together and getting back on track. Everything he abhors.

Kudos to Eastwood!!!

[pintobean]

41. I agree with Rove

it was an extremely well-done ad

[yellowcanine]

42. "...using our tax dollars to buy corporate advertising...." In what regard, Karl?

Chrysler paid for the ads. Are you saying that because the U.S. government owns some shares of Chrysler that tax dollars bought the advertising? That is a stretch and I do believe that you know it and that it has absolutely nothing to do with "Chicago-style" politics, whatever the heck that is supposed to mean. More of your "uniter not a divider" language?

[renie408]

43. Yeah, I wonder about that part, too.

[Botany]

44. Offended? R you kidding me?

Rove had his Swift Boaters for Truth smear campaign run by Creative Response Concepts
slime John Kerry as a coward in Vietnam even though Kerry was awarded a bronze star,
a silver star, and three purple hearts and at the same time he did not lose one man in his
command doing some of the most hazardous duty of the war.

And Rove says he was offended by Eastwood's ad? Please

If Rove is against something I will almost always know it is something that I can support.

[Uncle Joe]

45. Well if it pissed off or offended Rove, that alone made the commercial worthy.

Thanks for the thread, babylonsister.

[a kennedy]

47. Karl Rove, and all I think of is Stephen Colbert "ham head" with wire rimmed glasses.....

I don't take the Rovester seriously anymore.

[Douglas Carpenter]

51. not surprising...the only thing the add lacked were the words, "Reelect President Obama"

Everyone knows that the Republicans in general and Mitt Romney in particular opposed the bailout of the auto industry. Everybody knows the President and the Democrats supported it.

[JHB]

52. Rove can go kiss his own ass...

It's right there in the mirror, Karl. It's not like YOU have to be a contortionist to do it. And even there, you contort more every time you open your mouth.

[Quantess]

53. Congratulations, Clint Eastwood!!!

[vidalarosa]

54. wtf

This guy is offended?!

Offended at the overly positive message that is trying to be portrayed that our country can and will improve and get through tough times?

Seriously... wtf?

[Lifelong Protester]

55. I'm offended by Rove, so there, we're even.

What a complete waste of space he is.

[Scuba]

56. Good.

[tanyev]

57. My stars, how did someone with such delicate sensibilities ever make it in politics?

[newspeak]

58. how did he make it in politics?

the man sucked at the teat of atwater. He's been doing dirty tricks, fabricating for quite some time. Just listening to him blather makes my skin crawl. I find him totally morally bankrupt, and he's been doing the underhanded dirty tricks, lying about candidates for a long time.

The ad gave americans hope. And you can't have that. The lizard people need the american people to feel hopeless, to feel fear; how can they win otherwise.

[Octafish]

59. What's offensive is that Karl Rove remains free.

Just for what he did to politicize the Justice Department and railroading Gov. Don Siegelman, the little turd should be in prison for life.

Then there's the business of the aspens turning on Joe Wilson and Valerie Plame, which should be a ticket to the Star Chamber.

[mopinko]

60. kkkarl- old man daley had nothin on you.

nothin.

[Major Hogwash]

61. I saw this on Ed's program last night and I think Rove is finished. Once and for all.

He has nothing to offer the people in the way of an informed opinion.
He is, in the words of one liberal, irrelevant to today's discussions.

Maybe Rove will go back and change his statement 4 more times like he did when he testified during the Scooter Libby investigation.

No one, other than Bush and Cheney themselves, personifies the miserable failure of the Bush administration more than Karl "The Moran" Rove.

[Mr. Sparkle]

62. He clearly hates America and the motor industry. n/t

[Highway61]

63. Hey big boy

Why don't you invite Clint on, let's say Leno and get right in ole Clint's face, like one inch away-then tell him how you feel about what he had to say! You won't cause your a chicken shit like limp balls.

Had to get that out-now I feel a tad better