Rove Calls Lieberman according to George Stephanopoulos .

[Pirate Smile]

No wonder he keeps reciting Rovian talking points.

August 09, 2006

Rove Calls Lieberman?
That's what ABC's George Stephanopoulos reports.

According to a close Lieberman adviser, the President's political guru, Karl Rove, has reached out to the Lieberman camp with a message straight from the Oval Office: "The boss wants to help. Whatever we can do, we will do."

We haven't been able to get independent confirmation of this just yet.

http://hotlineblog.nationaljournal.com/archives/2006/08/rove_calls_lieb.html

George Stephanopoulos: Can Karl help Joe?



According to a close Lieberman adviser, the President's political guru, Karl Rove, has reached out to the Lieberman camp with a message straight from the Oval Office: "The boss wants to help. Whatever we can do, we will do."

But in a year where even some Republican candidates are running away from the President on the campaign trail, does this offer have any value to Lieberman? Still smarting from all that coverage of "the kiss" at last year's State of the Union, the Lieberman camp isn't looking for an explicit endorsement. That could create more problems than it solves.

The White House might help Lieberman by putting the kibosh on any move to replace the weak Republican candidate, Alan Schlesinger, with a stronger candidate.

And it might be able to convince Schlesinger to drop out of the race and endorse Lieberman in the final week or two, when it's too late for another candidate to fill the GOP slot. A quiet White House effort to steer some money in Lieberman's direction is another possibility.

This is a tricky dance for Lieberman. He needs to figure out a way to get the benefits of Bush support -- some votes from loyal Republicans -- without turning off the independents and moderate Democrats he needs to win. The safest course may be a polite "thanks but no thanks" to the White House offer.

http://blogs.abcnews.com/theworldnewser/2006/08/george_stephano.html

[brentspeak]

1. I'd wait until independent confirmation

Rumor-mongering is a Rovian strong suit, too.

[Bretttido]

11. Lieberman didn't wait for any confirmation before accusing

their low-bandwidth website going down on "evil Ned Lamont hackers". He reaps what he has sown.

[brentspeak]

17. What I'm saying is that it would reveal a person to be an

absolute idiot if they were to mentally bypass the necessary confirmation and go straight to believing an unconfirmed rumor like this one.

[Pirate Smile]

18. Stephanopoulos is reporting it. Hotline obviously doesn't have the

same source so they haven't got independent confirmation.

I don't really consider it a rumor based on those facts.

I would think Steph probably has a lot of Dem insider sources considering his past work - probably more then Hotline. That source certainly didn't do Joe any favors.

[Bumblebee]

23. The source was probably outraged that it happened, and his loyalty

to the party and hatred towards Bush/Rove outweighed his loyalty to and fondness for Lieberman. Kudos to him, if that's the case.

[ClintonTyree]

37. Bush's war was waged on less........

a rumor has a 50-50 chance of being true. Bush's war was waged on outright lies. So........I guess we have a whole bunch of "absolute idiots" in Washington. :shrug: I can't argue with that! ;)

[Skip Intro]

2. They want to work to help an indy joe beat their own party's candidate?

I'm glad CT is a Dem state, because by the time joe's clearly out as a repukewhatever, I can't imagine any Dem voting for him.

[Rose Siding]

3. And Joe triumphantly proclaims political unity

with everyone but Democrats. Other restrictions may apply

[Cassandra]

6. The party of one.

Sir, your tiny table is waiting for you.

[leveymg]

4. Rove (8/9/06) - "The Boss Wants to Help. Whatever we can do." (pic)

Stamford, CT (8/10/06)

[CoffeeCat]

5. "Whatever we can do...we will do."

That includes--but is not limited to:

--Stealing the election
--Using creative Photoshopping to suggest that your opponent molests pomeranians.
--Outing all undercover government activities in which your wife's opponent is involved.
--Starting rumors on Free Republic about your opponent's involvement in a Satanic club.
--Providing DNA evidence which proves that your opponent's children are aliens.

Let the games begin! Karl the perverted, third-class thug wants to help with a campaign!

[Julius Civitatus]

9. Don't forget using classified NSA data and tapped phone calls on your

opponent, but all neatly kept away from inquiry by classifying it under "homeland security" issues.

Come on, we know they've done it. Rove is not above doing anything, no matter how low.

[KaptBunnyPants]

7. But he voted with Democrats 90% of the time!!!

Funny how he claims to be a loyal Democrat but his best political friends are all either on Fox News or in the White House.

[Julius Civitatus]

8. BARF!!!! ROWLFFF!! - - - The boss? Whose boss? Liberman's?

Very revealing... as well as nauseating!

:puke:

[midnight]

52. I agree.

Sounds like the Mafia boss.

[Beelzebud]

10. Does anyone still not get it about Joe? He's no fucking Democrat.

When Karl Rove extends a helping hand to you.

When Sean Hannity and Ann Coulter endorse you.

YOU ARE NO FUCKING DEMOCRAT!

Joe is just a Neo-Conservative.

These fucking destroyers need to all leave the Democratic and Republican parties, and come clean with the American people. They need to form the Neo-Conservative Party and get it over with.

[CantGetFooledAgain]

12. Sure, but what can Dick Cheney really do? (nt)

[Demeter]

53. I Shudder to Think

The game plan is to keep Cheney, et al, so busy with the fires they set that they have no time for mischief--and I think that will be our best Return on Investment in Iraq, Afghanistan, etc. The chaos that BushCo has created will be the downfall of the entire GOP. Sweet!

[AusTexDem]

13. Lieberman's deal with the Devil: McCain/Lieberman 08?

Will this race be a test to see how many Republicans will actually vote for Joe?

[grytpype]

14. This tells you every damn thing you need to know about Lieberman.

Lamont should get right on this, demand to know if Lieberman is accepting help from Rove and Bush.

[DemNoir]

15. Let's hope he "helps"

Bush is at about 20% approval here in CT. Are they really in that dense of a bubble?

If Rove/Bush come anywhere near this, Joe is dead.

[C_U_L8R]

16. proof: lieberman is a tool

[yurbud]

19. Rove wrote joe's talking points for debate

Or at least it seemed like it.

The odd thing with this Lieberman debacle, is like the Bush administration itself, the more it plays out, the more it tends to confirm what just a few years ago would be considered wild accusations by the far left.

In this case, it confirms that business interests will buy candidates in both parties to push their agenda. They would prefer republicans, but in states like conneticut, California, and new york, they will buy a democrat rather than give up all influence.

Somebody posted an excellent article on the DLC and the recent history of stealth takeovers of left parties by the Chamber of Commerce, not just here, but in other Western countries like Britain and New Zealand. I can't find it right now cuz I'm doing this on my phone and getting carpal thumb syndrome.

[MissWaverly]

20. Why is this NEWS

Why is Rove treated like a popstar, let him do his little dirty tricks, so what, if Joe
Lieberman has any loyalty to the people who elected him so long, he will bow out and
not let the Rovian machine starting chewing his state to pieces and democracy along with
it.

[TankLV]

46. The TRAITOR, "holy" joe, has already stated that he will run as an inde.

REPEATEDLY.

He has proven time and again that he WON'T "do the right thing".

Where ever did you come up with your preposterous prediction?!

[MissWaverly]

48. I say give him 2 weeks, he's on overload right now

and see what develops!

[LincolnMcGrath]

21. Rove: "Sorry the bogus website hack plan didn't work so good!"

Joe: "But you promised!"

[mark11727]

25. Joe: "I'm stopping payment on that check...!"

:evilgrin:

[LincolnMcGrath]

26. Rove: "Fine! I'll just add it to my monthly bill I send the DLC."

[thom1102]

31. Not to defend the DLC, but...

At least Evan Bayh, Hilary, Reid, and the DSCC have all come out to endorse Ned. Even they can do something "right" once and a while.

[LincolnMcGrath]

35. A dlc Vice Chair has called for Joe to run as an Indy.

Seems clear enough to me.

[AnneD]

44. It's not about doing the right thing...

it is more a case of which way the political winds blow and covering you ass. DEM voters will no longer vote in a DINO just to have a DEM occupy that seat. This is a warning volley to DEM leaders. THAT is the message the voters are sending. All this is just PSYOP to paint the DEM's and divide us.

[Virginia Dare]

22. This is going to be a political dog fight...n/t

[Ian_rd]

24. Lieberman has sounded more and more like Rove over the past

few weeks with his insinuations that Dems (all but him of course) are weak on security and of course that we should not criticize our beloved Decider. And claiming hacks on Lamont with no proof whatsoever? Pure Rove!

[thom1102]

33. In the debate he kept using republican phrases

"There you go again..."

[OzarkDem]

27. Staph would know

He probably talks to Rove every day.

[MaineDem]

28. I'll wait until I see some other proof of this

Rove can say all sorts of things but it doesn't mean his tactics are welcomed by Lieberman. If and when (BIG if) Lieberman accepts this "help" that's when I'll totally give up on Lieberman. I still hold out a thread of hope that he'll realize how disruptive his actions are to the Democratic Party.

[Guaranteed]

29. This is GREAT news. nt

[BootinUp]

30. Hey Joe, if you take help from Karl, you are nothing but a traitor! (n/t)

[Guaranteed]

34. He's already a traitor. Hopefully, if we can shove him far

enough to the right, closer to Bush (like with Rove helping him), the Dems will come home.

[katinmn]

32. Whoa! Sounds like Rove is offering up some of his Rovian tricks!

Deibolding, phone jamming, swift-boating, other fukt up shit. Does Rove know any other way?

[paparush]

36. This Just IN: : Ned Lamont's dog disappears, his car tires are slashed..

his entire educational records vanish, ex-co-workers appear in high quality TV ads discrediting him for showing up to work.

Joe to Karl "Hey, thanks buddy"

[demdiva]

38. PLEASE NOTE: THEY UPDATED THE SITE

UPDATED @ 3:35p ET: Dan Gerstein called from the Lieberman campaign to say the above account from another Lieberman adviser is not accurate. While confirming that Rove called Lieberman, he added: "Rove made a personal call, no help was offered, and we are not interested regardless." A senior White House official also says that the account is "not accurate."

[MaineDem]

39. Thank you

That first report seemed fishy.

[demdiva]

40. NP

[TankLV]

47. Since when do you believe ANYTHING the repuke WH has to say?

If they said the sky was blue, I'd check multiple sources first...

[Patchuli]

49. I woulfn't believe either the Leiberman "camp"

or the WH "senior official!"

Edited for clarity...

[demdiva]

51. You guys believed the "Lieberman official" in the original post

[Patchuli]

55. Not necessarily

but I would not put it past KKKarl's dirty tricks to offer 'help' to Mr. Loserman!

[PATRICK]

43. "Not accurate"

Interesting. What IS the accurate account then? A condolence call? A cake and a Bible via Fedex?

[NastyDiaper]

41. Imagine October polls (R)34, (I)33, (D)33.

And he thinks the CT insurgency is bad now?

(R)25, (I)37, (D)38 would be a different story. Hmmz.

[Patchuli]

50. I still think the use of the word "insurgency" in a political

campaign is pretty suspect! We are American citizens, NOT insurgents! Joe is framing his own countrymen in a very ugly repub way. This IS America; we are FREE to disagree with Holy Joe! Holy crap...

[Javaman]

42. Frankly, moron* and rove offering help is the kiss of death these days...

if it's true, of course.

[AnneD]

45. "I know it was you

Fredo. I know it was you. You broke my heart." Micheal Corleone

[Imagevision]

54. " The Boss wants to help"? - Create a diversion, mix things up

The Boss isn't crazy about hearing media buzz about "the kiss" and how much the public is hearing the phrase; "Bush's failed policies" - so many Rove can muster up a al-kaeda attack attempt, somethinmg to take over the front pages right now.
Because right now doesn't look to good come November if you get my drift Joe...!