WP: Rove Road-Tests Tougher Attack on Democrats

[DeepModem Mom]

Rove Road-Tests Tougher Attack on Democrats
By Michael Abramowitz and Zachary A. Goldfarb
Sunday, October 22, 2006; Page A05

BUFFALO, Oct. 21 -- Republicans have been promising they would ratchet up the rhetoric against Democrats in the final two weeks of the fall campaign, and the man President Bush called "The Architect" of his political campaigns offered a preview of what they have in mind on Friday night.

Appearing in support of embattled GOP Rep. Thomas M. Reynolds (R-N.Y.), Karl Rove offered biting jibes against House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi (Calif.), took a shot at the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and asserted that Democratic policies would leave the country weaker.

"You can't say I want to win the war but not be willing to fight the war," said Rove, Bush's top political adviser. "And if leading Democrats have their way, our nation will be weaker and the enemies of our nation will be stronger. And that's a stark fact, and it's the reason that this fall election will turn very heavily on national security."...

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For instance, he needled congressional Democrats for voting against a GOP plan to try terrorist suspects at the Guantanamo Bay prison in Cuba. Many Democrats said the plan violated basic rights, but Rove rejected that. "You need to have the ability to try these people without worrying about the ACLU showing up saying, 'Wait a minute, did you Mirandize them when you found them on the battlefield,' " he said. "With all due respect, I don't happen to remember that in World War II, that when we captured Nazis and Japanese and took them to camps, that the first thing we did was provide them legal aid."

He also went after the would-be House speaker for voting against renewing the USA Patriot Act, the warrantless wiretapping program and the war in Iraq. "With a record like that, you can see why Nancy Pelosi wouldn't want this election to be about national security," Rove said....

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/21/AR2006102100852.html

[leQ]

1. rove is nothing but a blow-fart (nt)

[msongs]

2. sen. candidate Tester knows how to rebut this crap, will other dems?

Tester said he would not vote to change the alleged patriot act, he would repeal it. Now that is how it is said and done :-)

Msongs
www.msongs.com/political-shirts.htm

[DeepModem Mom]

4. And from the looks of Tester, you fool with him at your own risk.

He could take Rove with a light swipe from one of his big farmer's hands.

[farmbo]

25. And tells the crowd. "If you have guns, You'd better be worried about ...

...the Patriot Act too." That's why his support is cutting across party lines.

If it's properly framed, Dems can win on this issue.

[Kagemusha]

3. Rove really needs to read history more.

No one had a war crimes trial under the Allies without legal representation that I'm aware of. No one got executed without trials that were portrayed as fair rather than victor's justice (though Stalin, unsurprisingly, didn't care all that much about anything bit a fig leaf for appearances, he just didn't get to decide alone and *real* trials were held, because *Americans* insisted on it).

[Zybelline]

16. Dems should put Richard Clark and Joe Wilson24/24 on tv

Dems should put Richard Clark and Joe Wilson 24/24 on tv
who show Bush and Rice and Cheney criminal neglect of intelligence pre 9-11 and for pre invasion Iraq

[CBHagman]

5. Karl Rove has a rare ugliness of soul.

The brain may function, but in the service of promoting incompetence, vainglory, greed, and corruption.

The mouth may move, but the words are dead and empty.

The heart may beat, but it is lifeless.

Exploiting blocs of religious voters, Rove has no faith himself. Vicious in "victory," vindictive in mind-set, Rove has helped midwife what could well be the nadir of America's role in the world. The country remains a superpower, but the groundwork is laid for unspeakable disaster -- in the form of massive debt, national security risks, societal upheaval -- that is already evident in some areas.

There's a difference between success and getting what you want, and it would appear most in the Bush administration are oblivious to that fact, perhaps Rove most of all.

History will judge this empty and loathsome man very harshly indeed.

[DeepModem Mom]

6. GREAT post -- very well said! nt

[Cameron27]

8. Very well said

Pigs will rollerskate backwards before anything resembling honesty and integrity pops into Rove's tortured little head. Dirty Rove being dirty Rove should expected by now, and the only question is what strategy works best against him.

[plasticsundance]

9. Well said ...

I wish I had the emotional intelligence to respond in such an accurate, dignified, and succinct manner. Thanks.

:toast:

[dchill]

12. Ditto...

"Very well said!"

[dos pelos]

19. A Goebbels,no doubt...where is the will to resist?

A compliant Senate voted for the Military Commisions Act.A modern day version of the German Enabling Act.Can no Deomcrat Senator see what is coming?Spineless coopted bought out Quislings.A few decent congressmen.An anesthetized public,manipulated by fear,maybe beginning to stir.The means for serious repression is in place,voted in BY THIS PARTY.The hangmans knot tied by the condemned.

[Tight_rope]

30. Very Well Put!

:applause: :applause: :applause:

[Tight_rope]

31. Very Well Put!

:applause: :applause: :applause:

[PSPS]

7. More backstory created by the WP to legitimize upcoming election thefts

[Rose Siding]

10. So Rove is now willing to fight the war?

"You can't say I want to win the war but not be willing to fight the war"

EXCELLENT. Finally! Ship him OUT.

[Beetwasher]

11. Gosh! His Jeenyus Is Just So Overwhelming!!!

*yawn*

[brentspeak]

13. Time for the "Separated From Birth" photo

[Vinca]

15. Whoa! Take 5 - 10 lbs. off Chapman and they'd be identical. nt

[Demeter]

24. Hideousness, In Stereo! Before Breakfast!

Please issue obscenity warnings on such displays!

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[maryallen]

17. How would Rove know anything about "fighting" and "winning" a war?

The blubbering HYPOCRITE traipses around the country pontificating about fighting a war?

Puh-leeze! He never served ONE MINUTE in this country's military.

He needs to be laughed off the stage when he pulls this routine.

[AnneD]

29. Heck.....

an 8yr old Dem girl whopped his ass cause he had Nixon stickers all over his bike and he never got over it. Surely if an 8yo could best him-we can best him too. I think they are getting desperate now.

[Subdivisions]

18. I watched his speech and it was utterly toothless...

He's irrelevant.

[truthisfreedom]

20. rove who?

[Miss Chybil]

21. **Crickets** nt

[WilliamPitt]

22. ?

[Miss Chybil]

27. Rove is ranting, but there's nobody left in the room.

Save the choir. I doubt they're all full of joy, joy, joy lately. Thus, the crickets chirping in the night...

[Demeter]

23. I'd Say the "Road Test" Crashed and Burned n/t

[Toots]

26. "You can't say I want to win the war but not be willing to fight the war,"

And exactly how many wars have you fought in? Any of your Cabal. Which one of you is the biggest "War Hero"?

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

28. "You can't say I want to win the war but not be willing to fight the war

and sit around as a political hack."

Edit to add: Oh, wait a second, I guess you can!