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big_dog

(4,144 posts)
Wed Jun 18, 2014, 02:11 PM Jun 2014

Rove: Hillary Clinton Has “Thin Skin” Because She Pushed Back After Being Called Drain Damaged

Source: Salon.com

Rove does not find this to be "attractive" quality in "antagonistic" former secretary of state. Last month, Karl Rove said that Hillary Clinton has brain damage. Remarking on a fall Clinton experienced in her home in December 2012, Rove said, “Thirty days in the hospital? And when she reappears, she’s wearing fractal glasses that are only for people who have traumatic brain injury? We need to know what’s up with that.”

Tuesday on Sean Hannity’s show, Rove bashed Clinton to the Fox News host for pushing back on his baseless medical speculation. Because the nerve of that woman, you know? (Oh, I should mention that Karl Rove is not Hillary Clinton’s doctor, or a doctor at all. That feels important to mention here.)

“She has a problem with the fact that I said that she had a serious health incident and that I thought that would be a bigger part of her personal calculation than most people anticipate. [...] She is antagonistic toward the press, and has a very thin skin. She will abide no criticism. It’s one of the least attractive things we see in Hillary Clinton,” he continued. “She doesn’t like being confronted — by anybody. And that’s not what a presidential candidate is going to be able to get away with in the primaries or a presidential election.”Rove is right. Hillary Clinton is the only politician in the history of politicians who does not respond well to criticism from the press. (Particularly when that criticism is a garbage medical diagnosis)

Read more: http://www.salon.com/2014/06/18/karl_rove_hillary_clinton_has_thin_skin_because_she_pushed_back_after_being_called_brain_damaged/

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Rove: Hillary Clinton Has “Thin Skin” Because She Pushed Back After Being Called Drain Damaged (Original Post) big_dog Jun 2014 OP
geez!!! heaven05 Jun 2014 #1
Rove is old school and thinks that all women should be subservient to all men. TexasTowelie Jun 2014 #2
Rove is an old school dirty trickster and shill. If he was running a candidate against Jesus yurbud Jun 2014 #13
Greatest ever. reflection Jun 2014 #49
if he was running a woman's campaign, she would be the Virgin Mary, Mother Theresa, and Sarah Connor yurbud Jun 2014 #14
He would run Palin and call her Mother Teresa. nt WhiteTara Jun 2014 #34
Gutless Bubba HoosierCowboy Jun 2014 #3
Some years ago a DUer Turbineguy Jun 2014 #4
Turd blossom is still shit for brains too... Historic NY Jun 2014 #5
He is projecting his own constipation upon others. Voice for Peace Jun 2014 #6
Subject typo - BRAIN not DRAIN! George II Jun 2014 #7
Which is the opposite of Hillary. She responds to attacks because that is what applegrove Jun 2014 #8
Another Geez . . . Gamecock Lefty Jun 2014 #9
Ham Rove is Dead. onehandle Jun 2014 #10
*facedesk* sakabatou Jun 2014 #11
Make no mistake Rove is a clever manipulator. zeemike Jun 2014 #12
Does no one with money have the sense of poetic justice to catch Karl toe-tapping in a restroom? yurbud Jun 2014 #15
Hillary has dealt with the right wing noise machine before and knows that the only way to Arkansas Granny Jun 2014 #16
Can it, Hamboy Blue Owl Jun 2014 #17
That ham........ Beacool Jun 2014 #48
Rove thinks Hillary's smack down of him down was not attractive? I thought it was beautiful. yellowcanine Jun 2014 #18
Hillary has class. Beacool Jun 2014 #46
me thinks he doth protest too much VanillaRhapsody Jun 2014 #51
all bullies understand this play book phantom power Jun 2014 #19
Fuck you, War Criminal. SoapBox Jun 2014 #20
... randys1 Jun 2014 #28
When do they ever accuse male politicians of having "thin skin"? pnwmom Jun 2014 #21
Hillary Clinton does have a bit of a problem in dealing with criticism, but let's keep this in JDPriestly Jun 2014 #22
Huh? compared to McCain and others she really doesnt, at all randys1 Jun 2014 #29
True. JDPriestly Jun 2014 #41
Hillary should respond samsingh Jun 2014 #23
Classic playground bully nt Hekate Jun 2014 #24
who gives a sht what dough-boy thinks leftyohiolib Jun 2014 #25
so Rove is now an MD.... chillfactor Jun 2014 #26
so now Rove is claiming MD credentials? chillfactor Jun 2014 #27
Post removed Post removed Jun 2014 #30
Why rove is not in prison is beyond me. Botany Jun 2014 #31
People like Rove just can't meet the challenge of being adult. Incredibly large fail. n/t Judi Lynn Jun 2014 #32
I believe the word rove is looking for rock Jun 2014 #33
oh dear, I didn't know her drain was damaged. olddad56 Jun 2014 #35
The trick is to keep the damned lie in front of the voters. Doesn't matter how false. Bernardo de La Paz Jun 2014 #36
Republicans are desperate; otherwise they wouldn't so early resort to this crap. nt Bernardo de La Paz Jun 2014 #37
Go fuck yourself, Karl. nt awoke_in_2003 Jun 2014 #38
big_dog Diclotican Jun 2014 #39
Well, how dare she defend herself!!! Beacool Jun 2014 #40
Dr Rove is so rarely correct in any analysis truthisfreedom Jun 2014 #42
Sexual Predator.... cynzke Jun 2014 #43
I will now have to delete my memory. Beacool Jun 2014 #47
Call foxlies.com/DrainCleaning to get the rove out of those drains Mrs. Clinton! Sunlei Jun 2014 #44
Karl Rove, PhD packman Jun 2014 #45
Drain damaged? Call Josephine the plumber. mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2014 #50
I think she is thin-skinned because of the Terry Gross interview adigal Jun 2014 #52
..... Skittles Jun 2014 #53

yurbud

(39,405 posts)
13. Rove is an old school dirty trickster and shill. If he was running a candidate against Jesus
Wed Jun 18, 2014, 02:33 PM
Jun 2014

he would figure out how to bash him:

reflection

(6,286 posts)
49. Greatest ever.
Thu Jun 19, 2014, 10:44 AM
Jun 2014

How did I miss this? It just needs to be revamped for whoever the 2016 Republican shakes out to be and reintroduced.

yurbud

(39,405 posts)
14. if he was running a woman's campaign, she would be the Virgin Mary, Mother Theresa, and Sarah Connor
Wed Jun 18, 2014, 02:34 PM
Jun 2014

all rolled into one.

Turbineguy

(37,320 posts)
4. Some years ago a DUer
Wed Jun 18, 2014, 02:16 PM
Jun 2014

was on a plane with Rove and greeted him "turdblossom' which didn't phase him at all.

He's a piece of shit and he knows it.

applegrove

(118,622 posts)
8. Which is the opposite of Hillary. She responds to attacks because that is what
Wed Jun 18, 2014, 02:20 PM
Jun 2014

Last edited Wed Jun 18, 2014, 04:49 PM - Edit history (1)

you do in politics. She is strong for knowing politics is a hard battle but wanting to do public service anyhow.Karl Rove is stereotyping Hillary Clinton in hopes that she will react by standing down. Or that the base will think "thin skin" whenever she defends herself. Psychopaths do that. I had one in my life. I was made fun of by wanting to "bond" with my friend when I talked to her on the phone. Of course I wanted to bond with her, that is what friends do. If you can say "of course that is normal behaviour that is being couched in derogatory terms by them" you have a psychopath.

Gamecock Lefty

(700 posts)
9. Another Geez . . .
Wed Jun 18, 2014, 02:23 PM
Jun 2014

And if she had not responded, we would have heard, “well if she cannot stand up to KKKarl Rove, how can we trust her to stand up to world leaders?”

This is why there is no reasoning with these wingnuts? American POW released and coming home. Cause for celebration, right? Hussein caught. Cause for celebration, right?

Remember how conservatives cheered when Chicago was eliminated from Olympic consideration early in Obama’s presidency? That says it all.

I hate those guys.

zeemike

(18,998 posts)
12. Make no mistake Rove is a clever manipulator.
Wed Jun 18, 2014, 02:31 PM
Jun 2014

And we do well to remember that and not blow him off as harmless.

If Rove is putting this out you can bet he has a scheme behind it...frankly I think it is to keep Hillary in the spot light, and us defending her.

yurbud

(39,405 posts)
15. Does no one with money have the sense of poetic justice to catch Karl toe-tapping in a restroom?
Wed Jun 18, 2014, 02:36 PM
Jun 2014

You know he has to have some weird kinks, like having more kids buried under his house than John Wayne Gacy.

Arkansas Granny

(31,515 posts)
16. Hillary has dealt with the right wing noise machine before and knows that the only way to
Wed Jun 18, 2014, 02:43 PM
Jun 2014

handle the lies is to fight back. If she had not pushed back, Rove would have used that as "proof" that his claims were true.

yellowcanine

(35,699 posts)
18. Rove thinks Hillary's smack down of him down was not attractive? I thought it was beautiful.
Wed Jun 18, 2014, 03:09 PM
Jun 2014
Sawyer: And what would you say to Karl Rove about your brain?

Clinton: (laughs) That I know he was called 'Bush's Brain' in one of the books written about him, and I wish him well.


This is "thin skinned?" Project much Karl?

phantom power

(25,966 posts)
19. all bullies understand this play book
Wed Jun 18, 2014, 03:21 PM
Jun 2014

Insult somebody. If they don't push back, you keep insulting them. If they do push back, you say "what's your problem, can't you take a joke?"

pnwmom

(108,977 posts)
21. When do they ever accuse male politicians of having "thin skin"?
Wed Jun 18, 2014, 03:37 PM
Jun 2014

Women supposedly have thinner skin than men, so this is just another veiled sexist dig.

JDPriestly

(57,936 posts)
22. Hillary Clinton does have a bit of a problem in dealing with criticism, but let's keep this in
Wed Jun 18, 2014, 03:44 PM
Jun 2014

perspective. Rove was a major leader in the march to war in Iraq. He and Mary Matalin. Those two are not to be trusted.

samsingh

(17,595 posts)
23. Hillary should respond
Wed Jun 18, 2014, 03:47 PM
Jun 2014

'I'm an American and I stand up for the truth. Something Rove knows nothing about'.

we'll see how thin his creepy skin is at that point.

Response to big_dog (Original post)

Botany

(70,500 posts)
31. Why rove is not in prison is beyond me.
Wed Jun 18, 2014, 04:50 PM
Jun 2014

He outed a CIA agent and got his right wing friends to put Donald Siegleman in prison
after he complained that the 2002 governor's race in Alabama was dirty.

Rove is a fetid piece of rotten road kill that has been in the 90 degree sun for a week.

rock

(13,218 posts)
33. I believe the word rove is looking for
Wed Jun 18, 2014, 05:12 PM
Jun 2014

but scared shitless to use begins with a "b" and rhymes with "itch".

Bernardo de La Paz

(48,999 posts)
36. The trick is to keep the damned lie in front of the voters. Doesn't matter how false.
Wed Jun 18, 2014, 05:43 PM
Jun 2014

It doesn't matter how many times it is denied, the dirty trick is to keep saying it.

Diclotican

(5,095 posts)
39. big_dog
Wed Jun 18, 2014, 07:21 PM
Jun 2014

big_dog

He act as every bully I have known, or experienced over my whole life - when confronted - and given back hat they are given out of missery - they cry wolf - or is answering Why are you not getting the joke...

Diclotican

Beacool

(30,247 posts)
40. Well, how dare she defend herself!!!
Wed Jun 18, 2014, 09:23 PM
Jun 2014

The nerve of the little woman!! Doesn't she know her place??? It's so unattractive when a woman gets in a man's face and tells him that he's full of it. Tsk, tsk.

FUCK OFF, ROVE!!! Ahhh, that was not in the least attractive, but it felt great.



Beacool

(30,247 posts)
47. I will now have to delete my memory.
Thu Jun 19, 2014, 10:21 AM
Jun 2014

The mental image of Rove as a sexual being is just too much to handle.



 

adigal

(7,581 posts)
52. I think she is thin-skinned because of the Terry Gross interview
Thu Jun 19, 2014, 03:04 PM
Jun 2014

Has nothing to do with Rove's remarks. NPR is friendly territory. She got me nervous.

Skittles

(153,150 posts)
53. .....
Fri Jun 20, 2014, 04:33 AM
Jun 2014

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