GOP strategist Karl Rove on Monday compared Hillary Clinton to “Goldilocks” in responding to the former secretary of state’s latest interview on foreign policy.
“She’s trying to position herself as sort of the Goldilocks of foreign policy,” Rove said during an appearance on the Fox News show “Happening Now.” He went on to argue that Clinton will portray herself as more decisive than Obama but less “belligerent” than Rove’s onetime boss, George W. Bush.
He added that the White House will likely view this balancing act as Clinton “covering her political posterior” in order to secure the Democratic nomination in 2016.
Rove was commenting on Clinton’s interview with Jeffery Goldberg in The Atlantic, in which she faulted the Obama administration for not taking greater action in international crises such as the Syrian civil war.
[h/t Politico]
Karl Rove’s expertise is in political ratfucking, not foreign policy.
Better to be Goldilocks of Foreign Policy than The Turd Blossom of GOP politics…just saying.
That description could accurately fit pretty much anyone seriously running for President during anytime in American history.
Let’s focus less on how Clinton (or any politician) is trying to ‘position’ themselves and more on what their actual policies would look like.
Or is that too difficult for people to handle?
In Rove’s world, there is no boundary between foreign policy and political ratfucking.
Well, finding the middle ground in foreign policy is probably not the worst approach. But, it sure seems like the Rs are running a contest for the most condescending use of vocabulary as it relates to female politicians. (see E. Erickson, R. Limbo, K. Rove, etc)