On the Senate floor on Friday, Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) mocked and blistered Karl Rove and his "fat cat" and "country club" pals at American Crossroads for being out of touch with working class Americas on immigration.
Sessions, one of the staunchest opponents of the Senate's immigration bill, said Rove "raised a bunch of money for Crossroads to run ads in the last election that was supposed to elect Mr. Romney. Didn't do so well, Karl. Sorry about that. Wish you'd been more effective." American Crossroads wasted more $100 million last year and supported no winning candidates.
He suggested Rove and his "Crossroads guys" may have been more effective if they talked to regular people and discovered their opposition to amnesty.
"But the crew, the Crossroads guys that go to the country clubs and drink with each other and plot and think they know something about politics--and haven't been out talking to real people in decades--they thought they knew better," Sessions said. "And they've been telling us all how we're supposed to do this and what good politics is."
He said Rove recently said in an op-ed that, "it's important that Republicans avoid calling a 'pathway to citizenship' amnesty."
"Well, thank you, Mr. Rove. I appreciate that advice," Sessions, who said he has known Rove since college, sarcastically said. "I think he's one of the most talented people I know, but I'm not taking his advice about this subject matter."
He then added, "But the fat cats who fund American Crossroads I'm sure see it differently."
We need more Jeff Sessions and less Karl Rove. I stopped watching Fox because if him. I know more about what the average Amercian wants than he does but he still gets attention as if he's some kind of brain. Bleh!
Quote: Olivia wrote in post #2We need more Jeff Sessions and less Karl Rove. I stopped watching Fox because if him. I know more about what the average Amercian wants than he does but he still gets attention as if he's some kind of brain. Bleh!
I think that Jeff Sessions is one of the best men that we have in the Senate.
Rove's meltdown on election night has pretty much destroyed any credibility he had left. He is a laughing stock and relegated to doing bits on Hannity because Sean will go down on any one with an R after their names just to get an interview on his lame show. Rove is the new Dick Morris and Bob Shrum.
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