Rove apologizes to Mo. Rep. Akin for murder quip

This Aug. 10, 2012 file photo shows Todd Akin, Republican candidate for U.S. Senator from Missouri taking questions after speaking at the Missouri Farm Bureau candidate interview and endorsement meeting in Jefferson City, Mo. / AP Photo/St. Louis Pos-Dispatch, Christian Gooden

(AP) JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Republican strategist Karl Rove has apologized to Congressman Todd Akin after joking about the Missouri Senate candidate being murdered.

Akin campaign adviser Rick Tyler told The Associated Press that Akin accepted Rove's apology during a phone call Friday. A Rove spokesman didn't return messages Friday from the AP.

Bloomberg Businessweek's website had quoted Rove as telling GOP donors in Florida: "We should sink Todd Akin. If he's found mysteriously murdered, don't look for my whereabouts!"

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Rove and other top Republicans have urged Akin to drop his challenge to Democratic Sen. McCaskill and let GOP leaders pick a replacement candidate after Akin's remarks about women's bodies being able to avoid pregnancy in cases of what he called "legitimate rape."

Akin has since publicly apologized and vowed to remain in the race.

[netjunkie1]

All of this for a land swindle......

[cntrygirl3]

This shows 2 things, first Karl Rove is no social conservative he uses these people to get the one thing he wants power, total, unlimited. second thing his comment shows, there is nothing that isn't allowable to get that power. Rove would have an airtight alibi, wouldn't necessarily mean he didn't orchestrate. Fortunately for Mr. Akin unless it was paid for the people that would "take him out" think just like he does.

[Greatnessgreg]

I will not stoop to Roves level and advocate murder but I do know this: The world will be a better place after both Rove and Akin leave it (hopefully sooner rather than later)

[netjunkie1]

There used to be a time one could make such suggestions and not be held accountable if someone else acted on them, today just posting such a thing can land you in jail....thanks to the neocons themselves.

[WitchBroom]

After Akin's recent comment about forcible rape being justified, he doesn't stand a chance to win a U.S. Senate seat, much less re-election in the House. To that end, Rove's comments were unnecessary, yet it nothing new that Carl Rove is perfectly comfortable being a low life. Genuinely decent politicans would not align themselves with him, yet that Rove routinely has the ears of leading GOP candidates should be a troubling concern for every American voter and world citizens alike because these people represent the worst of the worst.

[ChilledJava]

knsn: Pft. Haughtiness is self-defeating. You would be well served to climb down from atop your high horse because your only a know-it-all in your mind.

Contrary to Akin's implied comment, rape is never legitamate. Then for him to backtrack then rephrase it as "legitamte" only served to make matters worse. It speaks volumes how Romney, Rove, Ryan and numerous other politicians quickly tried to distance themselves from Akin. People understand the big picture.

Meanwhile, keep trying to convince yourself of your value while the rest of us laugh at you for making an butt of yourself. Your disrespect of others and lack of self-esteem are neither impressive or admirable.

[whozzzzure]

Does the public understand that electing any Republican to the White House means an office IN the White House for Rove? This guy is more than a loose cannon -- he does not care who he hurts. He has no human emotions at all. For him, life is no more than a game, and it is all about his own personal gain and ultimate control. If we should be frightened of anyone, it is this guy and Cheney.

[netjunkie1]

Cheney shoots people in the face and walks away,
Rove tells the press its' Valerie Plame.....

[MB-1234]

Doesn't Rove also owe an apology to Clint Eastwood for bashing him after his Super Bowl commercial:

"Karl Rove claims Clint Eastwood's Super Bowl ad for Chrysler was a devious pitch to promote the Obama reelection campaign."

http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/topoftheticket/la-na-tt-eastwood-rove-20120207,0,4416240.story

Here's the video from his appearance on Faux News:

http://thehill.com/video/administration/208851-karl-rove-ofended-by-clint-eastwood-super-bowl-ad


BTW - he's wrong about the auto bailout - we've been paid back (for the most part) And I wonder why he doesn't condemn Chris Christy for giving Campell Soup a bailout of a lot more then $1M / job in NJ? Cause he's a typical hypocrite, that's why.

[twmat311]

It's like when a poll favors them: "scientifically accurate." Then the same poll favors the opponent: "ooh, skewed, not scientific, slanted, not 'fair and balanced.' "

[nearl451]

Rove has defined himself as the epitome of "as low as you can get" politically.


He really ought to remove himself from politics altogether after that one. It's even lower than marking silhuohettes with crosshairs.

[tvwatcher5345]

i think rove should apologize for the bush administration and the iraq war
that being said, if bush (with roves help) did not get re-elected, we would not have prsident obama right now, we would have had president kerry, thank you rove and the people who re-elected bush for getting obama elected president, God works in mysterious ways
secondly rove does kind of remind me of lindsey graham and larry craig

[nohater]

not a fan of rove, but what he said can be interpreted in different ways and it depends on an individual's politics or so it seems.

[twmat311]

In politics, "off the cuff" can be fatal. Especiallly now that live mics can be tucked away anywhere.

[FormerUSMCSergeant]

"Republican strategist Karl Rove"
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If that's not a demonstration of where repubs live, nothing is.