Karl Rove: Tea Party groups must disassociate from "9/11 deniers" and "militia supporters"

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Feb. 19, 2010

This came out just before the Austin attack. This is a form of gangster political intimidation, it shows they know the Tea Party Movement is not buying into the republican propaganda and giving into becoming another arm of the establishment. Karl "Turd Blossom" Rove is both demonizing the tea party movement and attempting to enforce it's being "politically correct" in one swipe. - ChrisWASHINGTON, Feb. 18 (UPI) -- The U.S. tea party movement must separate itself from "cranks and conspiracy nuts," Republican pundit Karl Rove said Thursday in an opinion piece.

Rove, President George W. Bush's deputy chief of staff and chief political adviser, also said the movement and the Republican Party should not join forces.

"The tea party movement will be more effective than it otherwise would be if it refuses to allow itself to become an appendage of either major political party," Rove said in an op-ed piece in The Wall Street Journal.

Rove warned the movement could be co-opted by third parties. He said the leadership includes a "small fraction" of people frustrated by failing to win office in the Democratic or Republican parties.

"If tea party groups are to maximize their influence on policy, they must now begin the difficult task of disassociating themselves from cranks and conspiracy nuts," he said. "This includes 9/11 deniers, 'birthers' who insist Barack Obama was not born in the U.S., and militia supporters espousing something vaguely close to armed rebellion."