Rove Drives the Left Bonkers!

[Annie]

I just love this!!!!

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050623/ap_on_re_us/rove_speech

Dems Say Rove Should Apologize or Resign



By JIM ABRAMS, Associated Press WriterThu Jun 23,12:18 PM ET

White House adviser Karl Rove should either apologize or resign for saying liberals responded to the Sept. 11 terrorist strikes by wanting to "prepare indictments and offer therapy and understanding for our attackers," Democrats said Thursday. Hmmm, like Moveon's Petition hours after the attack?

Adding to the rancor, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., suggested that Republican charges that Democrats were undermining the war on terror with their criticism of administration policies amounted to an act of desperation.

"The president wanted to go to Iraq in the worst possible way and he did," Pelosi said. "The president is on the ropes." Wishful thinking. What was that about the war in Afghanistan being 'over?'

Rove, Bush's chief political adviser, said in a speech Wednesday that "liberals saw the savagery of the 9/11 attacks and wanted to prepare indictments and offer therapy and understanding for our attackers." Conservatives, he told the New York state Conservative Party just a few miles north of Ground Zero, "saw the savagery of 9/11 and the attacks and prepared for war."

Rove said the Democratic Party made the mistake of calling for "moderation and restraint" after the terrorist attacks.

Democrats were quick to respond — and in growing numbers.

"Karl Rove should immediately and fully apologize for his remarks or he should resign," Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., said in a statement. "I hope the president will join me in repudiating these remarks." I'd say that when Reid retracts calling Bush a 'loser' and chastises Durbin for his rant and Rangel for his anti-semitism last week, it should be put up for consideration.

Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean called on Bush to "show some leadership and unequivocally repudiate Rove's divisive and damaging political rhetoric." Like the GOP is All White Christians? Hmmm????

During a Senate hearing on Iraq in which Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld and other military leaders testified, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., read Rove's statement and urged them to reject the remarks. Vast right-wing conspiracy anyone?

"I would hope that you and other members of the administration would immediately repudiate such an insulting comment from a high-ranking official in the president's inner circle," Clinton said.

Earlier in the day, Sen. Charles Schumer (news, bio, voting record), D-N.Y., said New York has had unity since Sept. 11. "To inject politics into this and to defame a large number of people" is outrageous, he said. "It's not what New York and America is all about." Yeah, no politics on war, we've really noticed how the Dems have kept every disagreement confined to our shores. Not Rove was in NY, not Paris, certainly not Iraq.

Sen. Frank Lautenberg (news, bio, voting record), D-N.J., said nearly 3,000 Americans died on Sept. 11 and "we should not dishonor their memory by using that tragic day for political trash talk."

Three days after the terrorist attacks, the Senate voted 98-0 and the House voted 420-1 for a resolution authorizing Bush to use "all necessary and appropriate force" against those responsible for the terrorism. After the votes, Bush said in a statement: "I am gratified that the Congress has united so powerfully by taking this action. It sends a clear message — our people are together, and we will prevail."

During the 2004 campaign, Bush dismissed the notion of negotiating with terrorists and said, "You can't sit back and hope that somehow therapy will work and they will change their ways."

On Wednesday, Rove also denounced Sen. Dick Durbin's comments comparing interrogation at the Guantanamo Bay prison camp to the methods of Nazis and other repressive regimes. He said the statements have been broadcast throughout the Middle East, putting U.S. troops in greater danger. The Illinois Democrat has since apologized for the remarks.

"No more needs to be said about the motives of liberals," Rove said.

Seven House Republicans also wrote Pelosi saying they were shocked by a statement in which she said the war in Afghanistan was over. "Messages like yours could demoralize our troops and undermine our efforts to fight terrorism in Afghanistan and around the world," they wrote.

Pelosi, who made the comment at a news conference where Democrats called for an investigation into detainee abuses at Guantanamo Bay, said Thursday that she was referring to the campaign to drive the Taliban from power in 2001. Fighting continues, she said, because the administration decided to divert its attention from Afghanistan to the war in Iraq.

 

[ThomasPaine]

are absoluting having a meltdown Rove hit the nerve we all know is true. The libs want to LOSE THE WAR IN IRAQ. And they want to lose the war on terror. Obermann's show also with a standin, immediately leads with "The administration can't get it's facts right othe war in Iraq. These god*%#$ lefties have pushed the button full throttle. It's excellent that Rove called them out. Now we get to really debate and no "we support the troops bullshit when we all know the Dems want to lose this war, to try to regain power. Gawd Almighty they are absolutely worthless. Not much longer can I stand to live in the same country with these asshole un-Americans. This, the liberals willingness to lose the war on terror, is the last straw. Secession from the union will begin should these worthless pukes regain power. Because no red state can honestly say that their common defense will be secure under a Democrat controlled federal government. None. Let the coasts go their way give us the weapons and we will do the rest. You know who is the largest single group in the United States armed forces? Southern white males. Kinda funny ain't it?

 

[Freedom Lover]

Notice who came out to respond to what Rove had to say? I thought Hillary was moderating, at least according to her adoring media lackeys. Also, notice that the libs did not defend their philosophy they only attacked Rove for exposing them for what they are!

 

[Annie]

Mehlman does what I was doing, just better:

http://www.gop.com/News/Read.aspx?ID=5578

“It’s outrageous that the same Democrats who stood by Dick Durbin’s libeling of our military are now expressing faux outrage over Karl Rove’s statement of historical fact. George Soros, Michael Moore, MoveOn and the hard left were wrong after 9/11, just as it was wrong for Democrat leaders to stand by and remain silent after Dick Durbin made his deplorable comments.”​

- RNC Chairman Ken Mehlman

Liberal Third Party Groups Urged Restraint, Blamed America:

Immediately After 9/11, MoveOn.Org Petition Urged “Moderation And Restraint” And Use Of “International Judicial Institutions.”

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“We, The Undersigned, Citizens And Residents Of The United States Of America … Appeal To The President Of The United States, George W. Bush … And To All Leaders Internationally To Use Moderation And Restraint In Responding To The Recent Terrorist Attacks Against The United States.” (MoveOn.Org Website, “MoveOn Peace,”​

http://web.archive.org/web/20021127190638/peace.moveon.org/petition.php3, Posted 9/13/01, Accessed 6/23/05)

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“We Implore The Powers That Be To Use, Wherever Possible, International Judicial Institutions And International Human Rights Law To Bring To Justice Those Responsible For The Attacks, Rather Than The Instruments Of War, Violence Or Destruction.”​

(MoveOn.Org Website, “MoveOn Peace,” http://web.archive.org/web/20021127190638/peace.moveon.org/petition.php3, Posted 9/13/01, Accessed 6/23/05)

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“[W]e Demand That There Be No Recourse To Nuclear, Chemical Or Biological Weapons, Or Any Weapons Of Indiscriminate Destruction, And Feel That It Is Our Inalienable Human Right To Live In A World Free Of Such Arms.” (MoveOn.Org Website, “MoveOn Peace,”​

http://web.archive.org/web/20021127190638/peace.moveon.org/petition.php3, Posted 9/13/01, Accessed 6/23/05)

Just After 9/11, Liberal Filmmaker Michael Moore Derided “Terror And Bloodshed” Committed By Americans. (David Brooks, Op-Ed, “All Hail Moore,” The New York Times, 6/26/04)

* Just After 9/11, Moore Blamed America’s “Taxpayer-Funded Terrorism” And Bush Administration For Terrorist Attacks. “We abhor terrorism – unless we’re the ones doing the terrorizing. We paid and trained and armed a group of terrorists in Nicaragua in the 1980s who killed over 30,000 civilians. That was OUR work. You and me.…Let’s mourn, let’s grieve, and when it’s appropriate let’s examine our contribution to the unsafe world we live in.” (Michael Moore Website Archive, “Death, Downtown,” Posted 9/12/01, www.michaelmoore.com, Accessed 7/27/04)

* Michael Moore Said U.S. Should Not Have Removed Taliban After 9/11. Moore: “Likewise, to bomb Afghanistan – I mean, I’ve never understood this, Tim.” (CNBC’s “Tim Russert,” 10/19/02)

Liberal Donor George Soros Claimed America Should Have Treated 9/11 Attacks As Crime, Responded With Police Work.

“War is a false and misleading metaphor in the context of combating terrorism. Treating the attacks of September 11 as crimes against humanity would have been more appropriate. Crimes require police work, not military action. To protect against terrorism, you need precautionary measures, awareness, and intelligence gathering – all of which ultimately depend on the support of the populations among which terrorists operate. Imagine for a moment that September 11 had been treated as a crime. We would have pursued Bin Laden in Afghanistan, but we would not have invaded Iraq. Nor would we have our military struggling to perform police work in full combat gear and getting killed in the process.”​

(George Soros, The Bubble Of American Supremacy, 2004, p. 18)

* Soros Said The Execution Of 9/11 Attacks

“Could Not Have Been More Spectacular.” “Admittedly, the terrorist attack was a historic event in its own right. Hijacking fully loaded airplanes and using them as suicide bombs was an audacious idea, and the execution could not have been more spectacular.”​

(George Soros, The Bubble Of American Supremacy, 2004, p. 2)

* Soros Said War On Terror Had Claimed More Innocent Victims Than 9/11 Attack Itself.

“This is a very tough thing to say, but the fact is, that the war on terror as conducted by this administration, has claimed more innocent victims that the original attack itself.”​

(George Soros, Remarks At Take Back America Conference, Washington, DC, 6/3/04)

Liberal Democrats Urged Restraint, Blamed America:

Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH):

“‘The Time For Peace Is Now,’ [Kucinich] Declared Optimistically July 11, Two Months To The Day Before Terrorists Hit The Pentagon And The World Trade Center. … Sitting In His Capitol Hill Office Last Week, Near A Window Where He Could See The Smoke Rising From The Pentagon On Sept. 11, Kucinich Insisted He Is More Optimistic Than Ever That People Worldwide Are Ready To Embrace The Cause Of Nonviolence.” (Elizabeth Auster, “Offer The Hand Of Peace,”​

[Cleveland, OH] Plain Dealer, 9/30/01)

* Kucinich:

“Afghanistan May Be An Incubator Of Terrorism But It Doesn’t Follow That We Bomb Afghanistan …” (Elizabeth Auster, “Offer The Hand Of Peace,”​

[Cleveland, OH] Plain Dealer, 9/30/01)

Rep. Neil Abercrombie (D-HI):

“Only Now Are We Trying To Figure Out What Is Islam. Maybe If There Was A Department Of Peace, They Would Be Able To Say, ‘Uh-Oh, We’ve Got Some Problems With These People,’ … I Truly Believe That If We Had A Department Of Peace, We Would Have Seen [9/11] Coming.”​

(Ethan Wallison, “War A Challenge For Peace Caucus,” Roll Call, 10/1/01)

Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA):

“I Am Convinced That Military Action Will Not Prevent Further Acts Of International Terrorism Against The United States.” (Eddy Ramirez, “Calif. Congresswoman Alone In Vote Against War Powers Resolution,”​

[University Of California-Berkeley] Daily Californian, 9/17/01)

Al Sharpton (D-NY) Said That The Attacks On The World Trade Center Are Evidence That

“America Is Beginning To Reap What It Has Sown.”​

(Adam Nagourney, “Say It Loud,” The New York Times, 12/1/02)

Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-OH) Claimed Osama Bin Laden Could Be Compared To

“Revolutionaries That Helped To Cast Off The British Crown.” “‘One could say that Osama bin Laden and these non-nation-state fighters with religious purpose are very similar to those kind of atypical revolutionaries that helped to cast off the British crown,’ Kaptur told an Ohio newspaper, The (Toledo) Blade.” (Malie Rulon, “Lawmaker Compares Osama, U.S. Patriots,”​

The Associated Press, 3/6/03)

Sen. Joe Biden (D-DE) Said The United States Would

“Pay Every Single Hour, Ever Single Day” That Bombs Were Dropped In Afghanistan. “‘How much longer does the bombing campaign continue?’ Biden asked during an Oct. 22 speech at the Council on Foreign Relations. ‘We’re going to pay every single hour, every single day it continues.’”​

(Miles A. Pomper, "Building Anti-Terrorism Coalition Vaults Ahead Of Other Priorities," Congressional Quarterly Weekly, 10/26/01)

“The Bombing Campaign, [Biden] Said, Reinforced Existing Stereotypes Of The United States As A ‘High-Tech Bully …’”​

(Miles A. Pomper, "Building Anti-Terrorism Coalition Vaults Ahead Of Other Priorities," Congressional Quarterly Weekly, 10/26/01)

Gov. Howard Dean (D-VT) Said Osama Bin Laden Not Guilty. Dean

: “I Still Have This Old-Fashioned Notion That Even With People Like Osama, Who Is Very Likely To Be Found Guilty, We Should Do Our Best Not To, In Positions Of Executive Power, Not To Prejudge Jury Trials.” (“Dean Not Ready To Pronounce Osama Bin Laden Guilty,”​

The Associated Press, 12/26/03)

Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) To High School Students:

“How Would [Muslims] Look At Us Today If We Had Been There Helping Them With Some Of That Rather Than Just Being The People Who Are Going To Bomb In Iraq And Go To Afghanistan? … War Is Expensive Too … Your Generation Ought To Be Thinking About Whether We Should Be Better Neighbors Out In Other Countries So That They Have A Different Vision Of Us.” (Gregg Herrington, “Senator Asks Students To Ponder,”​

The [Vancouver, WA] Columbian, 12/19/02)

Sen. John Kerry (D-MA):

“[W]ar On Terror Is Far Less Of A Military Operation And Far More Of An Intelligence-Gathering, Law-Enforcement Operation.”​

(The Iowa Brown & Black Coalition Presidential Forum, Des Moines, IA, 1/11/04)

* Kerry:

“[W]hat We’ve Learned Is That The War On Terror Is Much More Of An Intelligence Operation And A Law Enforcement Operation.”​

(NPR’s “All Things Considered,” 3/19/03)

 

[ThomasPaine]

defeatist, and moronic. The good Lord help us these people ever have power again.

 

[Freedom Lover]

I wonder who would come out of the woodwork if a constitutional amendment were proposed to ban socialism in the United States, both as a political system and as an economic system? I bet it would be the same old faces!

 

[ThomasPaine]

I wonder who would come out of the woodwork if a constitutional amendment were proposed to ban socialism in the United States, both as a political system and as an economic system? I bet it would be the same old faces!

very nearly cease to exist as they are almost all socialists. They and their media syncophants would go absolutely ape... "End of the world" "Apocalyptic"...
The Today Show with Katy Couric would go commercialess and breathless. The Dems and the libs in academia and the press have convinced a great many Americans that their mere existence, let alone their well being, are dependent on the federal governement. No "rugged individualism" that built this country, oh no, we must all rely on the benevolence of the federal government, to secure our livelihood. Socialism run amok!! And the definition of amok is "too behave in a frenzied, out-of-control, or unrestrained manner". That's liberal dems to a t.

 

[Annie]

Trust me, lots of links!
http://instapundit.com/archives/023823.php

June 23, 2005

SOMETIMES I WONDER if Karl Rove is as smart as everyone says. But just as the Durbin affair was dying down, he makes a comment about liberals and the war that leads Democrats -- itching for payback -- to angrily demand his resignation.

Trouble is, those demands just provide an excuse for Republicans to repeat every single stupid or unpatriotic thing that every Democratic politician ever said. And there are a lot of those. Examples can be found here, and here, and here. And, of course, there's this. And because the usual suspects in the media could be expected to pick up on the Rove story much faster than the Durbin story (as they did) now there's a news hook.

Yeah, he's pretty smart.
posted at 09:04 PM by Glenn Reynolds

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[Nienna]

Ummmm.... Maybe I'm wrong, but isn't all this talk of "police action" exactly what happened in Vietnam? It's like they want to go back. Why? I would rather afford our troops the protection of POW status by acknowleging that we are over in a foreign country with weapons, being shot at by other people with weapons... sounds like "war" to me. Didn't we learn anything? Shouldn't we go in and get the job done instead of playing piddly games with semantics?

 

[ThomasPaine]

You're the greatest!!!

 

[Annie]

You're the greatest!!!

No problem.