Rove Trashed McCain: "If You're Not With Him, He Belittles You, He Disparages You"

After Karl Rove announced last week that he had donated $2300 to Sen. John McCain's presidential campaign, McCain embraced Rove (the man who smeared him in the 2000 South Carolina race), saying, "I've always respected Karl Rove as one of the smart great political minds I think in American politics. I've always respected him."

The feeling hasn't always been mutual. Time's Ana Marie Cox has posted video from 2000 showing Rove blasting McCain as a divisive figure who couldn't "unite the party."

"If you're not with him, he belittles you, he makes fun of you, he disparages you," Rove says. Watch the video:

Comments

[KarenZipdrive]

09:57 AM on 02/13/2008

Rove whining about McCain is like a rattler whining about a copperhead­.
Rove has tremendous gall. Why are we still listening to this pudgy old jerk?

[tumblewind]

09:32 AM on 02/13/2008

I hope they trash McCain to the ends of the earth! Maybe a few of those ignorant small minded peoples out there will figure out what is wrong with our country and not vote Republican­! All we need is another four years of Bush's 'my way or the highway'!

[newworldman777]

07:17 AM on 02/13/2008

Even though this Rove character should certainly be behind bars, even as I write this, for his traitorous actions, his insight into McCain's character is priceless. Obviously, McCain is yet another Republican "my way or the highway" Bushie clone -- exactly what we don't need for another four years in the White House. All of the members of this Republican crime syndicate need to disappear into that good night, becoming part of our collective regrettabl­e past.

[LiarLiarIraqsOnFire]

03:02 AM on 02/13/2008

..."If you're not with him, he belittles you, he makes fun of you, he disparages you," Rove says. He then added, "He stole that from me!"

[hmmmmm]

03:02 AM on 02/13/2008

wonder who taught him that, Karl?


could it be you?

[oogabooga]

01:33 AM on 02/13/2008

Karl's just pissed cuz McCain's "black baby out of wedlock" was from Bangladesh­. So much for the most brilliant political genius of all time, since Hitler.

[imsosure]

01:04 AM on 02/13/2008

Karl ought to be glad he's not behind bars which is where belongs. He's irrelevant­, I wish the media could refrain from acknowledg­ing any attention until it's time to announce he will be going to prison.

[lungfish]

12:39 AM on 02/13/2008

Karl, your presence is needed front-and-­center of the Judiciary committee. You have been subpeona'd and you are expected. How dare you raise your head in public and utter a single word until you respond to the call of your country. People including US military men and women are dying because of you and your influence. If you are such a patriot it is to be expected that you will do your duty and serve your country at its request.

[bitabingbitabangbitaboom]

11:37 PM on 02/12/2008

I`M THE FAT LADY......­.TRALALA !

[isis]

11:33 PM on 02/12/2008

He has really aged. That lifestyle takes its toll.

[edsel]

11:04 PM on 02/12/2008

O my God that's classic the resemblanc­e is uncanny!

[repugssuck]

09:51 PM on 02/12/2008

Who cares what the Pillsbury Dough Boy has to say anyway - go home and prepare yourself to be another idiot on Fox news - you piece of shit!
s%#t!!!!!!­!!!!!!

[circusfifthfloor]

09:43 PM on 02/12/2008

Maybe it is true that hell is a world without reason. The attraction they still have, as a political party is astounding­.

[H8FascistCons]

09:20 PM on 02/12/2008

Hey Karl! Kind of like what you did to Joe Wilson and Valerie Plame?

[ajax2]

09:08 PM on 02/12/2008

Since McCain is still suffering from Stockholm Syndrome, (see John's embrace of Bush after GW slandered his wife and child), Rove can expect Sen. McCain to fall at his knees.