Rove revs up (Illinois) area Republicans (defends war and tax cuts)

[UpInArms]

http://www.pioneerlocal.com/cgi-bin/ppo-story/localnews/current/lf/05-25-06-932137.html

During a speech to more than 600 supporters at the Marriott Resort in Lincolnshire Friday, presidential adviser and Republican political strategist Karl Rove defended the war in Iraq and predicted Republicans would retain control of Congress in this year's mid-term elections.

Rove's speech was the keynote address at the Lake County Republican Federation's annual spring gala. The speech was attended by many state GOP leaders and candidates including Republican gubernatorial nominee Judy Baar Topinka, Jim Oberweis, who ran for governor in the Republican primary, and former Republican Lt. Gov. Corinne Wood.

Rove has been credited by Republicans for being the political architect behind President George W. Bush's presidential victories in 2000 and 2004. More recently, Rove has come under scrutiny from U.S. Attorney General Patrick Fitzgerald's Office in an ongoing federal investigation into the leak of covert CIA agent Valerie Plame's name to the press. Rove made no mention of the leak case during the speech and did not grant interviews.

During the speech, Rove defended the president's decision to go to war with Iraq, despite growing public skepticism and a rising death toll of U.S. troops.

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At home, Rove said the president's tax cuts have spurred the economy and created significant job growth and he pledged even more tax cuts to come. "We're putting the death tax on the road to extinction," he said.

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:puke:

[benburch]

1. I thought I smelled pig shit on Friday...

...now I am sure of it.

[reichstag911]

3. I detected something...

...fetid blowing in on that north wind, also!

[zann725]

2. Hopefully, Fitzy is "revving" up those long-due indictments on Kkkarl SOON

[mac56]

4. Wonder if Jack Ryan was there.

And if not, why not?

[closeupready]

5. Judy Baar Topinka - she's been around IL politics forever

eom.

[warrens]

6. You keep right on defendin' that ol' war, Repukes

We're definitely taking three seats here, and you might hand us three more.

[drdtroit]

7. "We're putting the death tax on the road to extinction,"

Rove said to the 20 people in the audience who would actually benefit from such an "extinction".

I'm also glad he openly promised to steal yet another election.

:patriot: FUGWB