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Karl Rove: McCarthy 2.0

So we know we are jumping on the bandwagon, but what Karl Rove - Deputy Chief of Staff and Head Rasputin at the White House - said two days ago is the most partisan statement we've ever heard:

"Conservatives saw the savagery of 9/11 in the attacks and prepared for war; liberals saw the savagery of the 9/11 attacks and wanted to prepare indictments and offer therapy and understanding for our attackers."

"I don't know about you, but moderation and restraint is not what I felt when I watched the twin towers crumble to the ground, a side of the Pentagon destroyed, and almost 3,000 of our fellow citizens perish in flames and rubble."

"Has there ever been a more revealing moment this year? Let me just put this in fairly simple terms: Al Jazeera now broadcasts the words of Senator Durbin to the Mideast, certainly putting our troops in greater danger. No more needs to be said about the motives of liberals."

Mr. Rove: Go to hell. How dare you accuse Democrats and liberals of giving aid and comfort to the enemy? How dare you even try to politicise again September 11th - our country came together after that horrible, horrible event. This isn't about Pholosophical differences - you blatantly insinuated that half of Americans are traitors.

All of us supported action in Afghanistan, because that is where Osama was. That's right, Osama, you might think his name is spelled S-A-D-D-A-M, but we remember. We remember how you and the President squandered out country's unity by invading a country which had absolutely nothing to do with Terrorism or Osama bin Laden, and posed exactly zero threat to our nation.

When commentators talk about the coarsening of politics, we have you to blame. You choose to divide the country with "wedge issues." You choose to denigrate half the country as unpatriotic. You choose to attack war veterans as unpatriotic. You choose to accuse Senators of fathering illegitimate black children on the eve of South Carolina primaries. You are to blame for the coarsening of politics and DC - no one else.

This is about right:

Democrats
Believe capturing the person primarily responsible for the attack should be a top priority.

Republicans
It's been four years, and Osama bin Laden is still free, even though Bush's CIA chief says he knows where he is.

Democrats
Investigate the intelligence failures that led to 9/11.

Republicans
Do everything in their power to block the 9/11 Commission from doing its work.

Democrats
Propose creating the Department of Homeland Security.

Republicans
Push tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans.

Democrats
Believe we should have stayed the course in Afghanistan, not allowing the Taliban to resurge, the warlords to take power, and the opium trade to skyrocket.

Republicans
Ignore Afghanistan as the situation worsens.

Democrats
Believe that we should be honest with our troops about the reasons we go to war, give them everything they need to be safe, and make sure we go in with an exit plan.

Republicans
Manipulate intelligence to trump up reasons to go to war, don't give our troops the support they need, constantly mislead the public about the direction the war is going, and fail to make an exit plan. And turn Iraq into the ultimate terrorist training ground.

Why hasn't Rove resigned yet?

Why hasn't Pataki repudiated his vile words?

Why hasn't New Jersey Governor candidate Doug Forrester repudiated his vile words?

Comments

Dad says:

Rove went way over the line this time!

Posted by: Dad at June 24, 2005 3:49 PM #

jami says:

good post. you spelled philosophical wrong somewhere in there (but at least you didn't repeat it over and over again mclellan style).

there's a petition asking for rove's resignation. i'm losing hope, with all the "what? liberals ARE pussies" shit coming out of the white house. but here's the petition:
http://www.petitiononline.com/fireturd/petition.html

sorry for the swearing.

Posted by: jami at June 24, 2005 5:15 PM #

Dad says:

Oil hits $60...the war in Iraq is tanking along with Bush's approval rating...just about the right time for the Republican's to revert back to 9/11...just so we'll take our minds off of the issues at hand.