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Baked Potato

(7,733 posts)
Thu Oct 24, 2019, 11:09 PM Oct 2019

Karl Rove says if Trump was "normal" or acted "normal"

His numbers would be off the charts.

I’ve said this before here, if this evil buffoon had charisma or leadership abilities we would be in an absolutely horrifying position as a country. He would be virtually unstoppable.

We have been given a small opening by fate to stop the destruction of our democracy. Trump must be linked to republicans, and them to him. It will never end.

The state investigations may be our only hope for justice.

From the article:

“The president should be, if he were the normal president, acting in a normal way, his numbers would be off the charts,” Rove said. “But he’s an unusual character and sometimes the things that he does, and the tweets that he sends out, might otherwise put off people who would otherwise be his natural allies.”

https://tylerpaper.com/news/local/ut-tyler-leaders-and-legends-events-brings-the-perspective-of/article_9e7dd966-e5ff-11e9-9aab-a7cdacc974bd.html

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Karl Rove says if Trump was "normal" or acted "normal" (Original Post) Baked Potato Oct 2019 OP
I disagree. His behavior is what created the current cult. NRaleighLiberal Oct 2019 #1
Yep. Trump never would have become the GOP nominee if it weren't for... Garrett78 Oct 2019 #6
He is wrong, but Baked Potato Oct 2019 #14
If the GOP primary voters wanted "normal," they would have nominated Jeb Bush sop Oct 2019 #21
+1 rampartc Oct 2019 #28
Also his contempt for governing and the laws and rules and his responsibilities- dawg day Oct 2019 #2
Thank you. Control-Z Oct 2019 #12
Even higher if he wasn't a criminal or a liar. C_U_L8R Oct 2019 #3
Rove is sprinkling sugar on shit. nt ooky Oct 2019 #4
That's one damn good way of putting it! Control-Z Oct 2019 #13
See: Hugh Hewitt. NCLefty Oct 2019 #16
Whenever I do, I reach for the remote. ooky Oct 2019 #18
I love this! renate Oct 2019 #38
If the President wasn't such a lying criminal, he wouldn't be a dishonest crook! Jarqui Oct 2019 #5
Yes, this is what we're up against, Rove and Gingrich Baked Potato Oct 2019 #10
FO cheney.. you aren't even "normal" Cha Oct 2019 #7
Who gives a flying F$#@ what Rove thinks or says? NoMoreRepugs Oct 2019 #8
Oh, fuck off, Karl. GoCubsGo Oct 2019 #9
+1 nt Javaman Oct 2019 #35
and if a toad had wings he wouldn't bump his ass a hoppin' Maru Kitteh Oct 2019 #11
If trump was "normal" or acted "normal" ... CatMor Oct 2019 #15
From under which rock did they pull this canned ham? nt Guy Whitey Corngood Oct 2019 #17
I guess Rove figures we were all born yesterday. rusty quoin Oct 2019 #19
oh FFS Skittles Oct 2019 #20
Trump is just the puppet. A lot of people are going to need to be removed Progressive Jones Oct 2019 #22
thus spake Turdblossom .... dweller Oct 2019 #23
Yup...my thoughts exactly! Is he over Ohio 2012 results yet? (n/t) Moostache Oct 2019 #30
Ta-Nehisi Coates once said something very frightening Recursion Oct 2019 #24
+1 rampartc Oct 2019 #29
Trump has a negative type of charisma. He has ZERO leadership abilities. phleshdef Oct 2019 #25
Rove, just STFU Hekate Oct 2019 #26
Message auto-removed Name removed Oct 2019 #27
Never knew or met a rethuglicon that was "normal". democratisphere Oct 2019 #31
That's like saying Hitler would have conqoured the world if he hadn't murdered so many Jews. brewens Oct 2019 #32
Funny you posted that True Blue American Oct 2019 #33
When Rove was humiliated live on Fox Baked Potato Oct 2019 #39
If Trump was "normal", he'd be Biden. JustABozoOnThisBus Oct 2019 #34
Firesign Theatre Baked Potato Oct 2019 #36
As an Addendum to this OP Baked Potato Oct 2019 #37

Garrett78

(10,721 posts)
6. Yep. Trump never would have become the GOP nominee if it weren't for...
Thu Oct 24, 2019, 11:18 PM
Oct 2019

...things like Birtherism and his calling Mexicans rapists and drug dealers.

The racism, misogyny and conspiracy theory nonsense is exactly why he has as much support as he has. Rove, as usual, is wrong.

Baked Potato

(7,733 posts)
14. He is wrong, but
Thu Oct 24, 2019, 11:27 PM
Oct 2019

he is giving the Trump voters an “out” concerning their real motivations for voting for him. He’s an OG Rat F-er.

sop

(10,193 posts)
21. If the GOP primary voters wanted "normal," they would have nominated Jeb Bush
Fri Oct 25, 2019, 12:34 AM
Oct 2019

The base nominated exactly who they wanted. If they’ve become disenchanted with Trump, it’s because “he hasn’t hurt the right people.”

dawg day

(7,947 posts)
2. Also his contempt for governing and the laws and rules and his responsibilities-
Thu Oct 24, 2019, 11:15 PM
Oct 2019

kind of turn the rest of us off.

Rove was all about power and twisting things to make his president assume power he wasn't supposed to have. So of course he doesn't notice that Trump's problem goes a lot beyond "being gross."

After all, Bush was pretty "normal", and his approval rating at the end definitely showed that the US population thought he was a really bad president. It got down to 25% at the end there, once he'd tanked the world economy.
It wasn't his personality that cratered his approval rating. And it's not the only reason Trump is so widely hated.

Control-Z

(15,682 posts)
12. Thank you.
Thu Oct 24, 2019, 11:21 PM
Oct 2019

I didn't have the energy to say all that. The argument I immediately had going in my head alone exhausted me.

K&R

ooky

(8,924 posts)
18. Whenever I do, I reach for the remote.
Fri Oct 25, 2019, 12:09 AM
Oct 2019

It does sound like something that would spill from Hewitt's mouth though.

Jarqui

(10,126 posts)
5. If the President wasn't such a lying criminal, he wouldn't be a dishonest crook!
Thu Oct 24, 2019, 11:17 PM
Oct 2019

Real genius from Rove ...

GoCubsGo

(32,086 posts)
9. Oh, fuck off, Karl.
Thu Oct 24, 2019, 11:20 PM
Oct 2019

It is beyond me why anyone continues to listen to that dirty, filthy asshole. Especially considering he was one of the main orchestrators of the 2009 economic crash. He should be in fucking prison.

Maru Kitteh

(28,341 posts)
11. and if a toad had wings he wouldn't bump his ass a hoppin'
Thu Oct 24, 2019, 11:21 PM
Oct 2019

So a wise man with too many children from Arizona once said.

CatMor

(6,212 posts)
15. If trump was "normal" or acted "normal" ...
Thu Oct 24, 2019, 11:36 PM
Oct 2019

he would still be a orange blob lacking social graces and rather stupid.

Skittles

(153,169 posts)
20. oh FFS
Fri Oct 25, 2019, 12:31 AM
Oct 2019

there is not ONE redeeming feature to Trump - not as a human being, not as a "president", not as ANYTHING - he is SICKENING

Progressive Jones

(6,011 posts)
22. Trump is just the puppet. A lot of people are going to need to be removed
Fri Oct 25, 2019, 12:42 AM
Oct 2019

to save our democracy. A very deep cleansing must take place.

Recursion

(56,582 posts)
24. Ta-Nehisi Coates once said something very frightening
Fri Oct 25, 2019, 01:42 AM
Oct 2019

He was on Kojo Nnamdi's show and Kojo asked him if Trump represented a new kind of threat. Coates said "The real worry is not Trump, the worry is the smarter and more disciplined politician who has been taking notes this whole time."

Response to Baked Potato (Original post)

democratisphere

(17,235 posts)
31. Never knew or met a rethuglicon that was "normal".
Fri Oct 25, 2019, 04:16 AM
Oct 2019

If a person watches fox news and believes everything they see and hear, they ain't normal.

brewens

(13,596 posts)
32. That's like saying Hitler would have conqoured the world if he hadn't murdered so many Jews.
Fri Oct 25, 2019, 04:25 AM
Oct 2019

What if the Nazi's hadn't wasted so many resources on their final solution? Plus having quite a few more loyal Jewish citizens fighting and working for them. It couldn't have happened that way. They needed the hatred of Jews to get control in the first place.

True Blue American

(17,986 posts)
33. Funny you posted that
Fri Oct 25, 2019, 05:10 AM
Oct 2019

I just heard Pat Robertson compare the Trump capitulation in Syria to Neville Chamberlain.

He went on to say that Russia, Turkey and China would be coming after us.

On Karl Rove I remember the hissy fit he pulled on Fox when they called Ohio for Obama. He ranted that could not be right waving his chalk board. They had to go in the control room to show him. Ohio put President Obama over the top!

Baked Potato

(7,733 posts)
39. When Rove was humiliated live on Fox
Fri Oct 25, 2019, 12:40 PM
Oct 2019

I think that was a turning point with the GOP.

The new Rat F-ers pushed the old ones out if the way.

JustABozoOnThisBus

(23,350 posts)
34. If Trump was "normal", he'd be Biden.
Fri Oct 25, 2019, 05:41 AM
Oct 2019

If he was "normal", he'd care about workers, he'd be honest in business, he'd have a sense of humor, etc, etc.

Baked Potato

(7,733 posts)
37. As an Addendum to this OP
Fri Oct 25, 2019, 12:35 PM
Oct 2019

I would like to ad I think TurdBlossom’s failure to beat President Obama is why we got Brad Parscale and Cambridge Analytica.

Their RatFucking went high tech.

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