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Karl Rove loves his Apple iPhone and MacBook Air
Saturday, March 22, 2008 - 03:28 PM EST

"Are liberal Democrats less likely to have social lives than conservatives? According to Karl Rove, the answer to that question is yes," Matthew Sheffield reports for NewsBusters. "The Republican guru all but made that argument explaining why he thought liberals are more likely to be on the web than conservatives."

Sheffield reports, "'I hate to sound sort of diffident about it but it strikes me that a lot of people on the right have got active lives and are doing other things,' Rove said. 'The idea of spending a lot of time on the internet and taking their talents and displaying them there is not something [conservatives] really do.'"

Sheffield conducts a wide-ranging interview with Rove, even touching on Apple iPhone and MacBook Air:

Sheffield: Last time I saw you, you'd just gotten an iPhone. How's that working out for you?
Rove: I love it. My life has changed. I have a shred of coolness. I've got my 3,500 people in my addressbook on the phone, I can sync my calendar. I keep track of my modest little stock investments. I can check the weather of my house in Washington, my house in Florida, my boy at school, my hunt-lease in south Texas. I can surf the web, I'm just--I get part of my email there. I mean it is just shocking how much better, how much more productive I am. I no longer carry around a giant address book, if I don't have my calendar close at hand, I can quickly check it out of my-- I don't have to carry, I used to carry several notecards, now it's just as easy to scribble on my little notepad, I can take photographs and forward them on immediately, it's just remarkable.

Sheffield: All right. Well it sounds like Steve Jobs should call you up as a spokesman.
Rove: There we go, there we go. And not only that, I also have the Mac Book Air which is really cool. Even my wife is jealous of my MacBook Air.

Sheffield: Ahh, well it sounds like you'll have to get her one then.
Rove: No I don't, no I don't. I'm the only cool one in the family with a MacBook Air.

Full interview here.

[Thanks to MacDailyNews Readers "Linux Guy And Mac Prodigal Son" and "Glenn R" for the heads up.]

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Mar 22, 08 - 02:28 pm Comment from: EyeforDesign

The sun shines down on the evil person as well.

Mar 22, 08 - 02:30 pm Comment from: deepdish

I am not a republican, but rather a conservative.

But who cares. I don't care what you practice.

I come here because you guys all like macs as do I.

To each his own, just be smart about it.

Mar 22, 08 - 02:39 pm Comment from: See Evil, Know Evil

I Thought this Mac Daily News, not "Peering into the unenlightened void of an amoral authoritarian shit-for-brain." err, "News."

Unless Karl Rove has contemplated suicide, he's never had an intelligent thought in his life.

Mar 22, 08 - 02:42 pm Comment from: theloniousMac

The Rove!

Hated for being better than the rest at what he does. They just wish they were as good. Hillary would do him if she could get him on her team. Obama loves racists and bigots, let's them baptize his children. I suspect he would have no problem with The Rove on his team either.

GO ROVE GO!!!!!

We love ya man.

Mar 22, 08 - 03:00 pm Comment from: shawn

hey thelonius, it's ok, i'm sure the few comments Obama's pastor made are waaaayyyy worse than Falwell and Robertson's! Because of course all of our problems are due to gay marriage, science, and free thought.

this will probably get removed, but, unless you're being sarcastic, you're a moron.

have a nice weekend!

(I do agree with you about the Hillary thing, she's pretty much more of the same)

MDN Word - problem, as in, you have one

Mar 22, 08 - 03:09 pm Comment from: HotinPlaya

He is one smart guy, and now we know he has great taste!

Mar 22, 08 - 03:09 pm Comment from: theloniousMac

Hey Shawn, nope, no sarcasm. Obama is who he is, and what he is. Ya'll foolish Obama people can try and sweep it under the carpet, but it's out there. Obama calls Rev. Wright friend. Wright calls the likes of Farrakhan and Kadaffe friend. These are Obama's peeps.

Rove is an asshole, but that's his job and anyone who thinks that the competiton doesn't do the same things is woefully naive. Anyone who thinks the Clintons didn't write a large part of Rove's book is, as you say, a moron.

Falwell and Robertson, jerks one and all, but hey, I'm an atheist. What do I know.

Mar 22, 08 - 03:12 pm Comment from: anaknipedro

Karl Rove is brilliant. McCain should listen to him: pick Romney as his VP.

Mar 22, 08 - 03:15 pm Comment from: EyeforDesign

Karl Rove is evil personified.

Mar 22, 08 - 03:32 pm Comment from: Ampar

And with the new iPhone software coming, hopefully he can send IM messages to Bush during press conferences so that G.W. doesn't mangle them with his usual flippant, mentally retarded interpretations. Too much coke, George?


"I can press when there needs to be pressed; I can hold hands when there needs to be -- hold hands." --George W. Bush, on how he can contribute to the Middle East peace process, Washington, D.C., Jan. 4, 2008

And one of my favorites:

"There's an old saying in Tennessee — I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee — that says, fool me once, shame on — shame on you. Fool me — you can't get fooled again." —George W. Bush, Nashville, Tenn., Sept. 17, 2002

Mar 22, 08 - 03:34 pm Comment from: opie

@See Evil, Know Evil

Boy you really really know how to sound so intellligent! Oh and your name is "scary" too. Your what every liberal and open mind should look up to. Obviously a man among men. I'll bet you wear a black leather jacket!

Mar 22, 08 - 03:36 pm Comment from: Afib

EyeforDesign:

Your a hoot. You remind me of those little plastic dolls that repeat the same asinine phrases when their string is pulled. Is it that you only dislike Rove personally or do you evidence that Rove is in league with Satan?

Mar 22, 08 - 03:38 pm Comment from: enough already

Can we please drop the notion that one needs certain political leanings to use Apple products?

The iPod built an excellent bridge back to the mainstream. Lets not blow it by politicizing the Apple logo.

Mar 22, 08 - 03:39 pm Comment from: Beiotrw

Check out what Rove did to Siegelman:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/larisa-alexandrovna/parts-of-60-minutes-bro_b_88218.html

And you thought you didn't live in a totalitarian state.

Mar 22, 08 - 03:39 pm Comment from: Tom Strong

HAHA! Suck it, libs!

Mar 22, 08 - 03:44 pm Comment from: Afib

Ampar:

It's extraordinary that America would elect a certifiable moron like Bush over the Democratic opponent. Would that mean America prefers a moron in White House versus Al Gore and John Kerry?

Mar 22, 08 - 03:52 pm Comment from: typical white person

i'm sure the few comments Obama's pastor made are waaaayyyy worse than Falwell and Robertson's

What about Obama's own comments?

If a white candidate called someone of another race "typical", there'd be mass outrage and their political career would deservedly be over. Yet Obama carries on...

Mar 22, 08 - 03:54 pm Comment from: bruce

Bleet bleet like sheep.

Do some research before you besmirch.

Ha! I rhymed.

Many of the controversial statements attributed to Wright were originally from a Bush appointee. A US ambassador to Iraq and a former member of the Regan administration. And nowhere did he say in that controversial sermon say god-damn America.

I'm neither liberal nor conservative. I'm an American, the US is my tribe and my nation. I'm a Mac user, Macs have no political boundaries. That's what this story and the Rush stories illustrate. Screw Rove, Rush and the Clintons all. Keep them out of our institutions of power.

Why is everyone just repeating the same stupidity in the media? Do the research, listen, finding Senate and House voting records is an easy Google search. Stop being sheep. Register and vote.


Eh that was weird rant.

Mar 22, 08 - 04:04 pm Comment from: power of good . . .

design transcends all.

Mar 22, 08 - 04:05 pm Comment from: vortex

Would that mean America prefers a moron in White House versus Al Gore and John Kerry

If it's a genuine moron versus a condescending smoothie or an unreliable flip-flopper, then yes.

Anyway it's hard to think of the last president who was even laughably worthy of the office. Pity that the process discourages good people from running.

MW: chief. As in hail to...

Mar 22, 08 - 04:05 pm Comment from: Reality

I told you. President John McCain. Get used to it.

Mar 22, 08 - 04:12 pm Comment from: Reclaimer

Amen, Reality!

Mar 22, 08 - 04:33 pm Comment from: Ampar

Well, that settles it. The MacBook Air must be a success.

Mar 22, 08 - 04:51 pm Comment from: Arnold Ziffel

Karl also loves him some Jeff Gannon and Matt Sanchez.

Mar 22, 08 - 04:59 pm Comment from: Mark

++++







Obama loves racists and bigots!


Boy, is that the truth!! He like racists with a "black sheet " over his bigoted head!








+++++

Mar 22, 08 - 05:01 pm Comment from: jim

Yes, the irony. Obama , is he a racists TOO?

Mar 22, 08 - 05:08 pm Comment from: Mr. Reeee

Pure Evil loves uses the Best.

Mar 22, 08 - 05:11 pm Comment from: typical

caucasian women of obama's grandma's generation do clutch their purses and cross the street when they see a black person walking towards them. is this a wrong thing to do? not necessarily. it's how they were socialized during their up coming; it becomes rote behaviour after time.

the commenter above who mentioned it negates why this behavior exist and continues to happen today; the propagation of the notion that a black person walking towards you is going to attack and/or rob you. this same typical white person would more than likely cross the street if the person walking towards them was a tatted up anglo biker who looked like a hell's angel. once again this would be a rote behavior against a perceived threat.

the truth is, the either one of these persons is just walking on the same sidewalk.

Mar 22, 08 - 05:11 pm Comment from: ron

If you lay down with dogs you'll get fleas. Obama has some of the Rev Wright's critters attached to him. No amount of spinning will shake them off.

Carl, you de man.

Mar 22, 08 - 05:17 pm Comment from: therepguy

Who in there right mind gives a shit what rove is thinking?

Mar 22, 08 - 05:18 pm Comment from: ron

SB. Karl. You're still the man and a Rove - r.

Mar 22, 08 - 05:19 pm Comment from: Ampar

Maybe Karl can get more U.S. Attorneys fired now without "accidentally" misplacing hundreds of e-mails.

Mar 22, 08 - 05:19 pm Comment from: ron

Who in there right mind gives a shit what rove is thinking?

People who can spell their, that's who.

Mar 22, 08 - 05:33 pm Comment from: Free Government Cheese

For a group of Republicans that claim that they don't want to give handouts to people - these morons (that vortex voted for) have given money away TWICE to the public. Once when they told us there was a surplus of "Our Own Money" (that's surly gone now) and again now to "stimulate" their poorly managed economy. Where the F#*K is THAT money coming from - our future DEBT - that's where. Talk about a MORON AND a FLIP-FLOPPER - 2 for the price of one.

Once upon a time jobs would have been created to rebuild the nation's infrastructure (badly needed) to stimulate the economy - but not with this Bush F-job. They can't give money away fast enough. I suppose they were afraid that employers would only hire illegal aliens - this way the money goes to "real" tax payers. So instead of better bridges and better roads etc. we get richer CEOs because they will be the ones benefiting from our purchases of new toys instead of an investment in our Nation's ailing infrastructure.

Give a man a fish and you feed him for meal. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a life time. Oh yeah, they are not much into education - I remember now.

Welcome to the REPUBLICAN TAX PLAN. SPEND TODAY LIKE YOU'RE CRAZY - LET SOMEONE ELSE PAY FOR IT LATER - LIKE YOU and your children and their children.

Because with Republicans - it's ALWAYS SOMEONE ELSES FAULT.

Mar 22, 08 - 05:35 pm Comment from: @ mark

by your same logic bush and mc cain loves anti-american, misogynististic, anti-catholic, anti-islamic, homophobic bigots as well. their names are rev. parsley, hagee, falwell, and robinson. oh, and bob jones university.

he seems to get a pass for courting these bigots endorsements. why is that i wonder?

oh, that's right. it's because these men are in bed with the republican party.

Mar 22, 08 - 05:41 pm Comment from: Ampar

Right now Karl is downloading the iPhone SDK. He's working on an "Expose the CIA Agent" widget. He's hoping to get Scooter Libby to test it for him as part of his 400 hours of community service.

Mar 22, 08 - 05:42 pm Comment from: @ ron

man, i wonder when bush, mc cain, and rove are going to get their flea dips. or maybe it should be rabbi shots, as the dogs these guys lay down with have said more anti-american rhetoric than rev. wright.

Mar 22, 08 - 05:44 pm Comment from: Keith (oops)

Guess the macdailyspews.com hits were down - so they toss in this article to get some action.

Really, guys, your Obamalama support ads are bad enough. Do you have to post this kind of thing?

And when you do, why not disable comments?

Hits. Pure and simple.

Either that or you're just bored and wanted to watch left and right morons pummel each other with their stupidity...

Sigh...

Mar 22, 08 - 05:50 pm Comment from: Afib

What are your plans if the Democrats lose another presidential election?

Mar 22, 08 - 06:02 pm Comment from: focker

Inside every conservative there screams a liberal that wants to "think different".

Mar 22, 08 - 06:18 pm Comment from: Afib

focker:

"Inside every conservative there screams a liberal that wants to "think different".

Yeah, and we finally converted that shrieking maniacal liberal to a calm, collected, true thinking conservative.

Mar 22, 08 - 06:26 pm Comment from: Macromancer

(slaps forehead) Not this crap again!

Mar 22, 08 - 06:28 pm Comment from: @afib

if you think that having the dollar continue to fall in value that its no longer being accepted in exchange houses in europe, or continuing to support a war that will cost upwards of 3 trillion dollars, destroying civil liberties, creating an emperor like presidency while disregarding constitutional balance of power, building a border fence smack dab in the middle of a university but not on a donors land is ok, then please oh please continue to be a "true thinking conservative".

Mar 22, 08 - 06:33 pm Comment from: TowehTone

You libs like to such little weenies like Harry Potter
Me likey too!

Mar 22, 08 - 06:36 pm Comment from: @afib

if the democrats lose another presidency then expect to see large banking institution get bailed out while your neighbors become homeless, rising fuel prices, higher cost for food, continual job loses, and the further erosion of america's influence throughout the world. oh, and don't forget higher foreign debt.

Mar 22, 08 - 06:36 pm Comment from: Afib

@ afib:

You have made a valiant, albeit a fragmented and incomprehensible, effort to define "the problem". Do everyone a favor and explain what you mean and then define "the solution".

Mar 22, 08 - 06:41 pm Comment from: Afiib

@ afib:

You still haven't provided "the solution". I could easily say that electing a Democrat president would only make "the problem" worse. You see, like most liberals you only think half-way.

Like my boss used to say, "Change is not necessarily progress." and "Never confuse activity with action."

Mar 22, 08 - 06:44 pm Comment from: haters

you whiny flippin liberals and demonrats are sooooooooooo pathetic! you support your own evil crooks and point your filthy crippled fingers at anyone conservative as tho you them. you act like MS Windows users, there are more of you, quite ignorant, you rely on a failed way of doing things, full of crap, and you stick to it because you are blind to a better way.
i can't believe some of you are mac users. you stinking liberals.

Mar 22, 08 - 06:46 pm Comment from: rorschach

Karl Rove and Dick Chen are pure, unadulterated evil. They are traitors and deserve to be prosecuted.

Mar 22, 08 - 06:51 pm Comment from: Greg L

Screw politics.

It’s nice to see conservatives like Karl using Macs. I go back to the beginning of Macs. I remember a TV advertisement Apple had shortly after the LaserWriter was introduced. If featured two guys on an airplane. An overweight, 60-ish-year-old fart was looking at this younger guy’s printed presentation. Nice pie charts, bold horizontal rules.

“You did that on a computer? What kind of computer?” (Cut away to a MacPlus).

At that time, Macs had a counter-culture aspect to them. So they had the old fart wearing a three-piece as I recall. I later read that apple VERY carefully cast the younger fellow, all the way down to his front teeth (some slightly buck-toothed Busey’s). An unassuming, underdog look.

And now we Mac users have conservative icons like Karl Rove using Apple products.

This is nothing but good.

Mar 22, 08 - 06:52 pm Comment from: Ampar

Karl Rove, a staunch conservative is a <b>Mac fanboi</i> who loves his MacBook Air. He'll probably cave and buy another one for his wife.

That's a REALLY big niche market! I guess who know the real fanbois are now!


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