# Karl Rove Bails Out!!!! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 13, 2007, 9:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karl-rove-bails-out/415411 "2007-08-13T09:04:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2007, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karl-rove-bails-out/415411/101 "2007-08-15T01:38:01Z")
Good, last word, case closed, defendent is free to slink away. Now, what do you think they’re hiding? My WAG: dat ol’ debbil de Special Prosecutor, in a moment of partisan compassion, has let it slip that Rove’s ass is his, and all his base are belong to him. ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2007, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karl-rove-bails-out/415411/102 "2007-08-15T01:59:49Z")
[QUOTE=elucidator] Good, last word, case closed, defendent is free to slink away. Now, what do you think they’re hiding? My WAG: dat ol’ debbil de Special Prosecutor, in a moment of partisan compassion, has let it slip that Rove’s ass is his, and all his base are belong to him. [/QUOTE] Good thing Rove doesn’t know who you are. I get the impression he’s a bad guy to get into a “ugly rumor” fight with. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2007, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karl-rove-bails-out/415411/103 "2007-08-15T02:26:33Z")
No doubt Bush thinks Rove has done a heckuva job… I do so hope they get their own circle in hell. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2007, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karl-rove-bails-out/415411/104 "2007-08-15T02:39:16Z")
Very likely. So, why let him go? ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2007, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karl-rove-bails-out/415411/105 "2007-08-15T02:40:06Z")
[QUOTE=elucidator] Take this to the bank: no power junky gives up power without a compelling reason, and spending time with his family just ain’t it. If he were seriously ill and wanted to spend his time reading the Scriptures and looking for a loophole, they would have said so, they would have milked it for every drop of sympathy they could muster. There’s something coming down the road, and they know it. They want to get Rove out before it arrives so that they can say he didn’t quit because of it, he already quit. Its pre-emptive damage control. What is it? Don’t know, but we’ll know pretty soon. If it could have been covered up, they would have done so, it can’t, so Rove is toast. They know its coming, they know they can’t stop it, so Rove is outa there. [/QUOTE] I’ve got a slightly different take, based upon my utter paranoia and loathing of the current Administration. Rove has been re-assigned by the G.O.P. to insure that a Republican wins next time out. His job here is done. Sickeningly, I fear his job in America is very far from done. When it is done, Haliburton will not be the only huge corporation to have left for The Middle East with trillions in US Government contracts. :mad: Cartooniverse ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2007, 9:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karl-rove-bails-out/415411/106 "2007-08-15T09:55:38Z")
[QUOTE=CarnalK] You really are clueless. I wasn’t “backing the current administration” in any way, shape or form. I used a big Bush lie as an example to point out you own hypocrisy, ffs. You are clearly one of those partisan idiots who thinks anyone who doesn’t laugh at their idiotic Bush jokes is some nutjob Republican. [/quote] Actually, if you’d bothered to _read_ my postings here, instead of skimming them and running off to the snarkboards to complain, you’d know that I’ve expressed respect, support, and even _praise_ for Republicans. That, however, I’m sure is a bit beyond you to actually be able to read and comprehend such complex concepts. > [@](#): > > And while I hate to break up the hilarity, what could possibly make you think you are “my focus”? I just posted to a message board, like you do - only about 10 times less often. Well, I’m _not_ your sole focus. According to your website, you’ve also got a chubby for **Airman Doors** , **Bosda** , **Diogenes the Cynic** , **EddyTeddyFreddy** , **Guinastasia** , **Liberal** , and **Otto** , to name but a few. If you _really_ didn’t give such a shit about me and these others, why’d you go to the trouble and expense to set up a webpage? Oh, and your name here (as opposed to the name you use elsewhere “Cloudhelmut”), wouldn’t happen to be an oblique reference to pedophillia, would it? You know, the “k” being short for “Kid”, with the combination implying that you like to diddle little children? Or is there some other reason for it? > [@](#): > > And **wring** , this maybe could have been a “lovely pitting of Rove” (I guess a hard winter’s a comin’) it would be no thanks to **Tuckerfan**. I mean, come on, how much effort did he put into that OP? He was clearly desperate to be the first one with the scoop on the Dope. “Woot”, quote from link, and “macaca”. Is it really a surprise people seized on it when it’s the only original part of his OP? Actually, it was to me, but then again, I tend to not to worry about how my comments will be taken. 'Cause, you know, assholes will seize on _anything_ if they really want to bitch about you. And really, if I wanted to say Rove was a racist, I would have said he was a racist. I’ve not shied away from saying nasty things about the various members of this Administration before. Still, I’m sure you and **Martin** are probably patting yourselves on the back, thinking that you’ve prevented me from spreading a lie that no doubt would have been picked by the liberal media and trumpted to the world. Of course, that means attaching far more importance to anything that I might post than anyone else on the planet, but hey, thinking doesn’t seem to be your strong suit. **wring** , really all this thread could have been, no matter what I put in the OP, was just the anti-Rove folks talking about doing a happy dance, and rebutting the comments of the pro-Rove folks. In the end, it would be, what it is, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing. This is, after all, _just_ a messageboard, and I doubt that we’ll ever find a Doper here announcing that they’ve discovered a cure for cancer based on someone else’s postings. ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2007, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karl-rove-bails-out/415411/107 "2007-08-15T19:15:07Z")
**Tuckerfan** , if you have a problem with something **CarnalK** said about you on another website, you need to handle it off-board. The Pit is for issues between posters related to their posting here, and here only. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2007, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karl-rove-bails-out/415411/108 "2007-08-15T19:34:38Z")
[QUOTE=Giraffe] **Tuckerfan** , if you have a problem with something **CarnalK** said about you on another website, you need to handle it off-board. The Pit is for issues between posters related to their posting here, and here only. [/QUOTE] I don’t have a problem with it. I just find it funny, that’s all. ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2007, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karl-rove-bails-out/415411/109 "2007-08-15T20:47:08Z")
[QUOTE=Tuckerfan] I don’t have a problem with it. I just find it funny, that’s all. [/QUOTE] Oh, good. But keep it off the board all the same. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2007, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karl-rove-bails-out/415411/110 "2007-08-15T23:01:49Z")
Its dead, Jim. Jim, this thread is dead. ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2007, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karl-rove-bails-out/415411/111 "2007-08-16T01:05:31Z")
Not quite, **elucidator** , because I gots to ask. > [@Tuckerfan](#): > > Oh, and your name here (as opposed to the name you use elsewhere “Cloudhelmut”), wouldn’t happen to be an oblique reference to pedophillia, would it? You know, the “k” being short for “Kid”, with the combination implying that you like to diddle little children? Do you think that’s a new low for yourself, **Tuckerfan**? If not I’d love to see what you think beats it. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2007, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karl-rove-bails-out/415411/112 "2007-08-16T01:15:11Z")
This thread is no more! It has ceased to be! It’s expired and gone to meet its maker! Its kicked the bucket,shuffled off it’s mortal coil, rung down the curtain and joined the Choir Invisible! This is a dead thread. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2007, 8:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karl-rove-bails-out/415411/113 "2007-08-16T08:37:42Z")
[QUOTE=CarnalK] Not quite, **elucidator** , because I gots to ask. Do you think that’s a new low for yourself, **Tuckerfan**? If not I’d love to see what you think beats it. [/QUOTE] You answer the question, and I’ll consider it. ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2007, 8:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karl-rove-bails-out/415411/114 "2007-08-16T08:51:20Z")
[QUOTE=elucidator] This thread is no more! It has ceased to be! It’s expired and gone to meet its maker! Its kicked the bucket,shuffled off it’s mortal coil, rung down the curtain and joined the Choir Invisible! This is a dead thread. [/QUOTE] > [@this thread](#): > > I’m not dead. > > I’m getting better .. ---
**Author:** ![Ale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Ale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ale)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2007, 9:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karl-rove-bails-out/415411/115 "2007-08-16T09:00:02Z")
[QUOTE=elucidator] This thread is no more! It has ceased to be! It’s expired and gone to meet its maker! Its kicked the bucket,shuffled off it’s mortal coil, rung down the curtain and joined the Choir Invisible! This is a dead thread. [/QUOTE] Would you accept a slug in replacement?, it can´t post though… ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2007, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karl-rove-bails-out/415411/116 "2007-08-16T17:48:07Z")
[QUOTE=Tuckerfan] You answer the question, and I’ll consider it. [/QUOTE] Answer what question? What will you consider? ---
**Author:** ![stolichnaya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bcef8e/32.png) [@stolichnaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stolichnaya)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2007, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karl-rove-bails-out/415411/117 "2007-08-16T17:58:48Z")
[QUOTE=this thread] Braaains! [/quote] Uh oh. ---
**Author:** ![netsplit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecc23a/32.png) [@netsplit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/netsplit)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2007, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karl-rove-bails-out/415411/118 "2007-08-16T18:00:52Z")
Dear god almight I read the thread title as “karl rove pulls out!!” I feel sick now. Fuck you very much for that unintentional image. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2007, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karl-rove-bails-out/415411/119 "2007-08-16T18:07:59Z")
[QUOTE=elucidator] Very likely. So, why let him go? [/QUOTE] He’s been assigned to groom Jeb for 2012. **Bush3: Constitition’s End** ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2007, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karl-rove-bails-out/415411/120 "2007-08-16T18:37:44Z")
[QUOTE=CarnalK] Answer what question? What will you consider? [/QUOTE] The origin of your username. Is it, in fact, a reference to pedophilia? Simple yes or no answer is all you need to provide and I’ll consider showing your exactly how “low” I can take this. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karl-rove-bails-out/415411.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karl-rove-bails-out/415411.md?page=7)