[Source]Speaking in a Manhattan ballroom just a few miles north of ground zero, Karl Rove said on Wednesday night that the Democratic party did not understand the consequences of the Sept. 11 attacks.
“Liberals saw the savagery of the 9/11 attacks and wanted to prepare indictments and offer therapy and understanding for our attackers,” Rove said. “Conservatives saw the savagery of 9/11 and the attacks and prepared for war.”…
Amid the calls for—at the very least—an apology from Rove, we have these justifiable reactions:
Yeah, Karl? You think so? Well, we wanted bin Laden dead or in custody. Your whiny little boss let bin Laden get away because he thought it was more important to get some other guy he said “tried to kill my dad.”
. . . And lest we forget:
Except for a lapse of several months, Selective Service records show presidential adviser Karl Rove escaped the draft for nearly three years at the height of the Vietnam War using student deferments….
Far from being a conscientious objector, [Mark] Gustavson [a college friend and classmate] recalls, Rove’s opposition to the war was political. He considered the conflict a “political skirmish that was not being properly administered.”….
I was standing on line at a blood bank with peoples’ ashes raining down on me while you and everyone you work with except Richard Clarke – who says you guys really, really blew this one – were shitting yourself in a bunker in the White House basement.
Fuck you, Karl. Fuck you very much indeed.
– Julia at Sisyphus Shrugged
Karl Rove sure has my number. Everything I’ve ever written criticizing the mistreatment of detainees at the hands of the American government has been designed to encourage terrorists to defeat the United States of America and set back the cause of freedom. Indeed, the entirety of my (admittedly brief) career in journalism has been motivated by nothing more than a spiteful detestation of my country and my fellow citizens, and a treasonous desire to see them brought low.
That’s how the Republican party plays the game these days: accuse Democrats of being traitors and poltroons, and then, when they’re called on it, turn up the volume even higher while simultaneously pretending that they’re just talking about “different philosophies.” This is McCarthy level thuggery, and one can only hope that Karl Rove meets the same bad end as the junior senator from Wisconsin.
We’re all Dixie Chicks now.
– Atrios
"Congress overwhelmingly passed a resolution Friday authorizing President Bush to use force against those responsible for Tuesday’s terrorist attacks, the same day it unanimously approved a $40 billion emergency spending package.
The House overwhelmingly passed the use-of-force resolution late Friday night by a 420-1 margin. (…)
The Senate approved the measure by a 98-0 margin earlier in the day.
In a statement, Bush praised the passage of the measures.
“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,” he said."
– CNN 9/15/01
The elected branches of our government, and both political parties, are united in our resolve to fight and stop and punish those who would do harm to the American people.
– George Bush, 10/26/01
CALL TO ACTION: Contact your Republican representative and ask if Rove speaks for them