Colmes Identifies Karl Rove As McCain Adviser

Hannity and Colmes, 6/2/08

http://thinkprogress.org/2008/06/03/fox-finally-ids-rove/

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[peter2o6]

Great tactic, lower expectations so that it doesnt look like things are falling apart behind the scenes.

Rove, I hope you get indicted in the Plame story.

[Z200a]

Rove tries to highlight Obama's weakness vs. McCain, relative to Hillary, by referring to his standing in the Daily Gallup tracking poll. But that poll shows Hillary is also essentially deadlocked within a couple of points of McCain -- just like Obama.

Rove is nothing if not a skilled liar. Unfortunately for him, we have access to the internet and can quickly uncover his distortions.

[perfectbark]

Typical Fox Propaganda Network....I question McCain's ability to govern and make rational choices. Sarah Palin is a victim in a way and just another conservative Evanga-loonie "sheep." The guy in this video, like the late Lee Atwater, has a broken moral compass. As long as there are extremist conservatives controlling the GOP, I will NOT be voting for their candidates because they are just plain BAD FOR AMERICA..

[lukekasten]

i love how all these libs hate karl rove. hes an ADVISOR for gods sake. the libs are just pissed they dont have anyone as brilliant as rove on their side, instead they have to settle for bums like axelrod

[wardop]

Fuck Karl Rove and his supporters!

Your voter fraud machines will not work in this election either! Rove is going to su*k

Obamas Di*k!

[jbranstetter04]

We complain a lot because of the relatively sudden increase in the price. It hurts a lot of Americans who are just getting by and have a long drive to work. I have been thinking about the high price of gas, and have come to the conclusion that it will be in the long term best interests of the US if the price stays above $4 a gallon. This is the only way that we will get the American people to demand the development of vehicles that use little or no gasoline. I'm hearing talk of it already.

[derner22]

The people will continue to invest, but not as much: private capital will always migrate to where there is less regulation.

As for the rise of oil prices, speculation has only a limited effect on it, the reasons for it are much more fundamental, linked to supply and demand- and its not going down. And by the way, even though you complain a lot, Americans still pay for gas two to three times more cheaply than the Europeans.

[jbranstetter04]

You commented earlier "as this executive order you talk about is announced, you will have billions and billions of dollars of capital leaving the country within seconds". That would be fine, because with the price of oil going back to where it should be, the US annual trade deficit would drop approximately 172 billion. I don't think people are going to stop investing in the US because of a little common sense and very specific regulation. The US still has the most potential of any country.

[derner22]

Well, like I said, in that case you will need a bigger government, because the more regulation there is (even if it does concern excessive speculation), the more private capital will leave.

[jbranstetter04]

The US Commodity Exchange Act (CEA) states, "Excessive speculation in any commodity under contracts of sale of such commodity for future delivery . . . causing sudden or unreasonable fluctuations or unwarranted changes in the price of such commodity, is an undue and unnecessary burden on interstate commerce in such commodity." Though fore, something needs to be done. I'm no expert on what they should do, but our government does have some role to play in regulating these things.

[derner22]

Here is where the contradiction sets in: as soon as this executive order you talk about is announced, you will have billions and billions of dollars of capital leaving the country within seconds. The private capital will resist state intervention and avoid it wherever it can.

So its simple: if you want a nationalistic and interventionist government, you wil have less private capital. And to offset those losses, you will have to have a more expanded public sector, like in Germany or Japan.