http://donklephant.com/2009/01/12/karl-rove-on-twitter/ Big Teeth. Huge Ass. Surprisingly Reasonable. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:05:09 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://donklephant.com/2009/01/12/karl-rove-on-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-434976 Duckman Mon, 12 Jan 2009 18:32:29 +0000 http://donklephant.com/?p=12706#comment-434976 It didn't take Karl Rove to get Bush re-elected in 2004. Fact is, for good or bad, many Americans were reluctant to change Presidents during a war, particularly if the Democratic nominee was someone like John Kerry who many people who lived through the Vietnam era felt was a "traitor" or an "appeaser" (again, for good or bad). John Kerry was the wrong candidate at the wrong time. If the Democrats had nominated someone else, Bush would have been out of office 4 years ago. It didn’t take Karl Rove to get Bush re-elected in 2004. Fact is, for good or bad, many Americans were reluctant to change Presidents during a war, particularly if the Democratic nominee was someone like John Kerry who many people who lived through the Vietnam era felt was a “traitor” or an “appeaser” (again, for good or bad). John Kerry was the wrong candidate at the wrong time. If the Democrats had nominated someone else, Bush would have been out of office 4 years ago.

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