Karl Rove meltdown on Fox News

**Fovezer** · 11-09-12, 10:06 AM

Oh, was this ever so delicious to watch.

I guess that's the "oh shit, I just wasted $300 million for nothing" panic look!

Then he comes back the next day and says OBAMA tried to suppress the vote! ROFL!

These people had convinced themselves, in the face of all evidence otherwise, that Romney was going to cruise through this election and win handily. They had even came to believe that math had a liberal bias and should be ignored and that all the polls were skewed. Then, once reality popped the bubble they were living in, they had no answers.

**deathgodusmc** · 11-09-12, 10:20 AM

Wheres the melt down at?

**WickedTribe** · 11-09-12, 10:28 AM

Originally Posted by deathgodusmc

Wheres the melt down at?

Pretty much between the hours of 10PM and midnight of election day. It was a really heartwarming thing to watch.

**Adretheon** · 11-09-12, 10:36 AM

My favorite explanation was Bill O'Reilly's.

Bill O'Reilly's Election Rant: 'White Establishment Is the Minority - Business Insider

**deathgodusmc** · 11-09-12, 10:39 AM

Originally Posted by WickedTribe

Pretty much between the hours of 10PM and midnight of election day. It was a really heartwarming thing to watch.

Oh. Then i think we have different definitions of what a melt down is.

**Beige Lantern** · 11-09-12, 10:40 AM

I'm confused... Rove is the one who had a meltdown?

I mean, I'm watching the very video you posted, and I'm seeing a man who had a position that he backed up with fact and that he repeatedly resisted jabs designed to make him combative.

What I saw was an awkward pause as soon as Karl Rove dared question Fox News' calculation methods. Fox then responded with 15 minutes of chest thumping, even willing to create dead time in order to gather their defense and then said "So what do you have to say for yourself now, you jerk?" Then they STILL kept going, bringing in the stats guy for a "cage match".

This is some of the worst on-screen behavior I've seen of Fox News, and that's saying a lot.

**AetheLove** · 11-09-12, 10:41 AM

Originally Posted by Fovezer

Then he comes back the next day [...]

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**Fovezer** · 11-09-12, 10:47 AM

Originally Posted by Redpill

I'm confused... Rove is the one who had a meltdown?

I mean, I'm watching the very video you posted, and I'm seeing a man who had a position that he backed up with fact and that he repeatedly resisted jabs designed to make him combative.

What I saw was an awkward pause as soon as Karl Rove dared question Fox News' calculation methods. Fox then responded with 15 minutes of chest thumping, even willing to create dead time in order to gather their defense and then said "So what do you have to say for yourself now, you jerk?" Then they STILL kept going, bringing in the stats guy for a "cage match".

This is some of the worst on-screen behavior I've seen of Fox News, and that's saying a lot.

He wouldn't accept Fox's call. Fox wasn't the only one who called Ohio for Obama at that time, either. All the other networks had called it at that point. He had no defensible position, either. He was trying to say that some of the Republican counties still had to come in but was ignoring that only a fraction of Cuyahoga and none of Lake county had come in yet, which are heavily Democratic. There was no way for Romney to win Ohio. It was over.

Remember, this is a man who had a huge vested interest in Romney winning. He campaigned for him, raised money for him, and was doing everything to get him to win. So when he lost, he couldn't accept it. He had to keep fighting and the only way to shut him up was to interview the people who make the calls. He embarrassed himself and Fox, as if they needed anymore embarrassment.

**AetheLove** · 11-09-12, 11:04 AM

Originally Posted by Redpill

I'm confused... Rove is the one who had a meltdown?

Yeah, it was a lot of things, but I wouldn't call it a meltdown.

I didn't watch it live, but it was everywhere soon after. The "Is this just math you do as a Republican to make yourself feel better, or is this real?" comment was a crowning moment of awesome.

Cheers,

AetheLove

**Beige Lantern** · 11-09-12, 11:07 AM

Originally Posted by Fovezer

So when he lost, he couldn't accept it. He had to keep fighting and the only way to shut him up was to interview the people who make the calls. He embarrassed himself and Fox, as if they needed anymore embarrassment.

For the record, I put you on ignore over a year ago, so this is a special exception where I'm even viewing your posts.

It seemed to me that Rove was happy to shut up. All they had to say was "Well, we'll see soon whether we called it too soon or not. Thank you for coming, Mr. Rove. Coming up next..." But they did pretty much the polar opposite of that.