List of Rove/Bush Dirty Tricks? Need list.

[Tesibria]

Ok -- thanx to everyone who helped me write the response respondinng to my friend's questions re: Kerry's good record (at http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=1128066&mesg_id=1128066)

Now -- what about the list of Bush/Rove dirty tricks? I've done a search on posts, but can't find a single list. Any links or ideas? The point is to prove that Bush's "religious" rhetoric does not match his very "evil" actions. Since Bush hired Rove -- Rove's actions count. Any official Republican party action -- done under Bush's leadership -- counts.

[Generic Other]

1. Stealing the 2000 election is #1

Outing Valerie Plame is #2.

[NAO]

2. Karl Rove ran a shadow smear campaign against his own candidate

Karl Rove ran a shadow smear campaign against his own candidate - and his candidate won the race.

The election in question is a 1996 Alabama Supreme Court Seat between incumbent Kenneth Ingram (D) and Rove's client, Harold See ( R).

Rove had fliers printed up that viscously attacked See and his family. He had them distributed at night in a covert fashion so no one would know were they came from.

As expected, the smears against See created outrage and a backlash against Ingram (the Democrat). Ingram's campaign was at a loss as to how to respond - they did not think they could convince people that See's campaign had attacked See to create a backlash against the Democrats. But that was the reality of the situation.

See won the election.

This narrative was drawn from an article in the November 2004 issue of The Atlantic titled "Rove at War" which is highly recommended.

[liberal N proud]

3. Wesllstone & Carnahan crashes?

I know there was sime speculation on Wellstone but no one ever mentions the election that put Asscroft in the position he is in.

[hughee99]

11. The Carnahan crash?

Didn't his wife WIN that election? Was that part of Rove's plan, to lose the Senate seat so Asscroft could be AG?

[JohnnyRingo]

4. This article in "Atlantic Online" gives good insight to Rove's brain

And the tactics he employed in the past when he was put in a desperate position:
(His record is about 37-6 on elections won)


http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200411/green

Karl Rove In A Corner

It is the close races that establish the reputations of great political strategists, and few have ever been closer than the 2000 presidential election. From the tumult of the lengthy recount, the absentee-ballot dispute, the charges of voter fraud, and, ultimately, the Supreme Court decision, George W. Bush emerged victorious by a margin of 537 votes in Florida—enough to elevate him to the presidency, and his chief strategist, Karl Rove, to the status of legend.

But the 2000 election was not Rove's closest race. That had come earlier, and serves as a greater testament to his skill. In 1994 a group called the Business Council of Alabama appealed to Rove to help run a slate of Republican candidates for the state supreme court. This would not have seemed a plum assignment to most consultants. No Republican had been elected to that court in more than a century. But the council was hopeful, in large part because Rove had faced precisely this scenario in Texas several years before, and had managed to get elected, in rapid succession, a Republican chief justice and a number of associate justices, and was well on his way to turning an all-Democratic court all Republican. Rove took the job.

[Killarney]

5. fantastic article!

[emulatorloo]

8. TESEBRIA - Read the Atlantic article JohnnyRingo recommended ASAP!

and send it to your friend and force your friend to read it. . .

http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200411/green

[Tesibria]

9. Thanx -- it IS great !!!

[AlCzervik]

10. That article was very informative

i had no idea that Rove ran a judge against Mullah Moore.

[jerryster]

6. Choicepoint list in Florida 2000

I've gotten grief for posting about this a lot, but since you asked...

Remember in 2000 that the company (Choicepoint) supplied Florida with a list of "felons" who could not vote. Most were African-American who had never even been arrested. I remain convinced that Rove was behind it. The proof I needed was when Glenda Hood tried to do it this year. We were ready for it and the list was struck down. Rove's maneuver in 2000 was overtly racist. He should be in jail.

[DrFunkenstein]

7. Here Is A Gem About Rove's Dirty Tricks From The Start

Rove, 48, was born in Colorado, grew up in an apolitical household and caught the political bug after the family moved to Utah. In 1971 he quit the University of Utah and moved to Washington to become executive director of the College Republicans.

In 1973, he and the College Republicans were accused of encouraging dirty tricks during the Watergate campaign year of 1972. The Republican National Committee, which was then chaired by Bush's father, investigated and eventually exonerated Rove, who blames political opponents from his chairmanship race for spreading false allegations.

He has had a Bush connection for 25 years, having first met George W. Bush while working as an assistant to Bush's father at the RNC in 1973-74. In 1977, he moved to Texas to work for the elder Bush's political action committee, and in 1978 helped George W. Bush in his unsuccessful race for Congress.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/campaigns/wh2000/stories/rove072399.htm

[xultar]

12. Whisper campaigns.....against candidate wives, children, and families

eating stem cells
aborting puppies
kicking kittens
pregnating martians
crashing alien ships
hanging parrots
running over old ladies
stealing babies from hospitals