Rove Slams Hussein Over ‘Bitter’ Comments, Flag Pin
(CNN) — Karl Rove launched a wide-ranging attack on Barack Obama during a speech at the National Rifle Association Convention Friday, blasting him for his recent comments calling some small town American’s “bitter,” and suggesting the Illinois senator is an effete politician unable to connect with a broad swath of Americans.
The comments, received enthusiastically by the large crowd in Louisville, Kentucky, are a likely sign Obama’s words at a San Francisco fundraiser last month may be a major Republican talking-point should he capture the Democratic Party’s nomination.
“You know in the age of Barack Obama I don’t know exactly what to call you, because after all, as he said, because we’re bitter and economically anxious, we ‘cling to our guns and we cling to our faith,” Rove told the crowd to laughter and cheers.
“You probably didn’t know you hunted out of economic anxiety, and if gas was a $1.50 a gallon, you probably wouldn’t be hunting,” he continued. “You probably thought you hunted because you enjoyed the outdoors and companionship with family and friends.”
Rove, largely credited with orchestrating campaign strategies that painted former Democratic nominees Al Gore and John Kerry as out of touch with small town Americans, also cited Obama’s recent primary losses in Pennsylvania and West Virginia as evidence a large demographic is unwilling to vote for the presumptive Democratic nominee.
“We here have news for Barack Obama,” Rove said. “The values of those people you diminished are the values of America. And those people don’t like getting patronized, or viewed as an alien species, by a fellow who pretends to embody a new kind of politics, and especially by someone who wants to be president not of red states or blue states, but the United States.”
Rove, who does not have an official role within John McCain’s presidential campaign or at the Republican National Committee, also took Obama to task for recently wearing a flag pin.
“It is distracting to say in a Democratic primary when you are trying to cozy up to Moveon.org that an American flag on your lapel is a quote ’substitute’ for true patriotism,” Rove said. “Belittling all those who care to wear our country’s flag, calling them false patriots, and then when you focus on the general election, like this week, start to showing up with an American flag on your lapel again. That’s distracting.”
Obama was asked last October why he normally does not wear a flag pin on his lapel, as many politicians do. The Illinois senator said then he wore one shortly after 9/11, but later decided to show his patriotism in other ways.
“After a while, you start noticing people wearing the lapel pin but not acting very patriotic,” he said then. “My attitude is that I’m less concerned with what you’re wearing on your lapel than what’s in your heart. You show your patriotism by how you treat your fellow Americans, especially those ones who serve.”
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mccain is not wearing the flag pin and I am pissed about it.
plus, cap and trade is the dumbest idea floated by a Repulican in years.
May 16th, 2008 at 4:54 pm
Good on you Karl Rove, tell it like it is. Hussein has to be blasted at every opportunity, rattle his fucking cage. 
May 16th, 2008 at 5:13 pm“Rove, largely credited with orchestrating campaign strategies that painted former Democratic nominees Al Gore and John Kerry as out of touch with small town Americans..”
Rove is a smart guy made even smarter by the Dhimmicrats, particularly Obambi, who are ALL out of touch with most of America.
May 16th, 2008 at 5:32 pmSo him being (TORTURERD) Is not good enough for you
He is a man and you are a troll!!!! to bring up his (PARRIOTISM)
May 16th, 2008 at 5:48 pmO’Bambam is bad for the nation.
May 16th, 2008 at 6:20 pmA piglet in Christian clothing.
A non-patriotic politician. The people of Illinois must be brain dead.
O’Bambam supports the right to kill the unborn, just like Mohammed would. Use the procedure as birth control, heck that’s alright.
(BTW, Mohammed was a pedaphile.)
O’Bambam wants change, ya right out of your pocket after he takes your last dollar bill.
Rove, slam this guy every chance you get.
Was not commenting on his patriotism of course, but can see how you might go that direction since I was not clear.
I was commenting on POLITICAL MARKETING only, McCain has definitely paid the price. I am a vet and was in SEA but nothing like McCain.
but he has a chance to put his foot on the messiah’s throat in many areas and wearing the flag pin now would put more pressure on OB1 - IMHO.
May 16th, 2008 at 8:54 pmcap and trade is still dumb,,
May 16th, 2008 at 8:56 pmb. hussein o. says “You show your patriotism by how you treat your fellow Americans, especially those ones who serve.” i wholly agree with that statement. you continually show your disrespect for this country and those who have ever and are now serving. you show that your loyalties are not with the U.S. you floppy eared un-American traitor. get the fuck out of our country obama. and go to sudan or azerbaijan or some other place you and your racist wife can be proud of.
May 17th, 2008 at 7:33 amAnd only MacNasty, the contemporary Benedict Arnold, can lose to this clown.
Rove rocks…
May 17th, 2008 at 8:45 am“Rove rocks…”
Yeah like Bush turned out to be every Conservatives dream.
May 17th, 2008 at 11:18 am