Rove (Turd Blossom): Obama 'beyond the pale' on campaign remarks, "How dare the president do this."

[jefferson_dem]

Rove: Obama 'beyond the pale' on campaign remarks

The Associated Press
Sunday, October 10, 2010; 10:34 AM

WASHINGTON -- Republican political strategist Karl Rove says President Barack Obama and fellow Democrats have gone "beyond the pale" for suggesting that the U.S. Chamber of Commerce may be using foreign contributions to finance advertising against Democratic congressional candidates.

In a speech last week, Obama said groups receiving foreign funds are spending money to influence American elections.

Rove says Democrats have no evidence that the chamber is violating the law by using foreign funds to pay for its campaign activities. The chamber doesn't disclose its donors, and Rove said the chamber doesn't use foreign funds for U.S. politics.

Rove said on "Fox News Sunday" that the charges are baseless and added, "How dare the president do this."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/10/10/AR2010101001730_pf.html

[emulatorloo]

1. LOL

Kick and Rec for TurdBlossom

[deminks]

2. Bwahahahahahahahahaha ha

I needed a good laugh this morning.

[HowHasItComeToThis]

15. WHY HASN'T TURD BLOSSOM BEEN DEPORTED

ONE GUTSY SOB

[Me.]

3. Zing!

Truth hurts

[tularetom]

4. Well that sort of nails it down, don't it

If that pig is squealing that loud about it, it's true.

As many including Sen Al Franken have pointed out, the chamber doesn't have to directly spend foreign contributions on US elections. It can use the foreign money to pay the electric bill and then use the money it originally set aside for electricity to donate to republican candidates.

Thanks rove for putting the stamp of truth on the president's comments.

[Bitwit1234]

5. And Americans are supposed to believe Rover bow wow

over the President. Gee who would have thought it.

[Arkana]

6. Shove it, Karl.

Your "outrage" is nothing more than laughable.

[Parker CA]

7. That's the clearest confirmation we could've asked for. nt

[rbilancia]

8. Then stop being FASCISTS and DISCLOSE THE RECORDS !

[HowHasItComeToThis]

17. BINGO

[The Backlash Cometh]

9. If Rove denies it it means there is some validity to the allegations.

[young but wise]

10. +1

[madamesilverspurs]

11. And how many of Rove's teabagging fans

will agree with him just on their misunderstanding of "the pale"?


-

[whathehell]

13. More than a few, I suspect. n/t

[COLGATE4]

12. Phony indignation. Ploy #127 (a) in Turd Blossom's playbook.

[live love laugh]

25. Bingo. nt

[Enrique]

14. hit a nerve, eh?

by the way, the freepers and the teabaggers HATE Rove. I think the dems should tie Rove around every GOP candidate.

[otohara]

19. Just Capitalizing

he's a pig, I wish I would have hit him with my car at the airport when I had the chance.

[Cognitive_Resonance]

16. If Karl is squeeling this must be hurting the Republicans. nt

[otohara]

18. How Dare The President Lie Us Into WAR

oh wait, that was no biggie.

[hootinholler]

20. That headline should read:

Rove confirms CoC is using foreign money to finance campaign ads.

-Hoot

[crazylikafox]

21. Why didn't we prosecute & jail him back when we had the goods on him?? ...

[tanyev]

22. What a coincidence. That's exactly what I said when Karl's beloved Dubya

staged a "comical" hunt for WMD in the Oval Office.

[Vinca]

23. I've got one name to jog Karl's memory: Max Cleland.

Now he should crawl back under his rock and STFU.

[silver10]

24. The chamber doesn't disclose its records...

isn't it law that it has to disclose where the money came from?

Here is from an email I received to contribute a donation to:

Employment Information
Campaign finance law requires us to collect your occupation and employer.

Occupation:
Employer:

[proud patriot]

26. Boy this just made my day

I love irritating republicans but the fact that we affected
rove's blood pressure , well it's like Christmas .

[treestar]

27. Now that the bully pulpit belongs to someone else, who is not his

puppet, KKKarl doesn't like it! :nopity:

[dave29]

28. Rove is a witch

little known fact
(not the good kind)

[Joe Chi Minh]

29. How dare the President do this? Well, speaking after the event, the fact that

TB denies it, as if he had audited their accounts would surely be a clincher, to justify the President's frightful audacity.

Does TB have a record of 'good faith', of truthfulnes? I don't know. Perhaps some of you can give him a character reference.

[FirstTimeVoterAt37]

30. Ding ding ding! We have a winnah!

For the love of GOD, I hope they keep on this. The answer to that should be "He dares because he opposes corruption and wants to preserve our nation". "You dillhole" can be left unsaid, I suppose.

[rbilancia]

31. Rove is a raging asshole.

[rocktivity]

32. Obama's "beyond the PALE?" Who's writing your material, Karl?

Dennis Miller?

:eyes:
rocktivity

[hedgehog]

40. Poor choice of words in the context, but -

The paling fence is significant as the term pale became to mean the area enclosed by such a fence and later just the figurative meaning of 'the area that is enclosed and safe'. So, to be 'beyond the pale' was to be outside the area accepted as 'home'.

Catherine the Great created a 'Pale of Settlement' in Russia in 1791. This was a western border region of the country in which Jews were allowed to live. The motivation behind this was to restrict trade between Jews and native Russians. Some Jews were allowed to live, as a concession, beyond the pale.

Pales were enforced in various other European countries for similar political reasons, notably in Ireland (the Pale of Dublin) and France (the Pale of Calais, which was formed as early as 1360).

http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/beyond-the-pale.html

So pale in this phrase has nothing to do with skin color but actually refers to a fence designed to keep the, uh, savages at bay.

[DirkGently]

33. Isn't Rove running a clearing house for anonymous donations?

http://americancrossroadswatch.org/

[Diamonique]

34. Yes indeedy!

And I think Rachel mentioned that much of that money is/could be coming from foreign countries.

That's probably why Rove is so upset. Obama hit a little too close to home.

[DirkGently]

35. It's a great emblematic "difference" issue for Dems, if they're willing to push it.

[4lbs]

36. This is the same guy that waged a smear campaign against Kerry, saying his purple heart wasn't

deserved.

Swiftboat much, Turdblossom?

[Blue Owl]

37. Hammer that turd

Then flush it to oblivion.

[GrantDem]

38. Hmmm.. Could explain this.

DISCLOSE Act

YEAs ---59 (Dems)
NAYs ---39 (Pubs)

http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=111&session=2&vote=00240

[ljm2002]

39. Yeah, how dare the President fight back?

What an ass.