Rove's Most Telling Words

[katinmn]

http://www.alternet.org/story/23636/
By Michael Tomasky, The American Prospect. Posted July 21, 2005.

'He's a Democrat' -- with those three words now revealed, Karl Rove's partisanship is a matter of fact. Other Republicans should be ashamed of him -- and themselves.

Tom Hamburger and Peter Wallsten of the Los Angeles Times reported on July 18 that top White House aides were in a state of mania around this time two years ago, "intensely focused on discrediting" Joseph Wilson after he wrote his now-famous New York Times op-ed piece.

Hamburger's and Wallsten's sources tell them that Karl Rove's animus toward Wilson was so intense that curiosity arose within the White House about it. When asked about this, Rove reportedly said, "He's a Democrat."

I do not understand why some things get this town upset while others don't, but those three words should make any honorable patriot of either party both furious and ashamed. Wilson spent two decades in his country's service -- in diplomatic postings in Africa, chiefly, but also at the National Security Council, and in Baghdad leading up to and during the Gulf War of 1991. Former Secretary of State James Baker once thanked him for his "outstanding service to the nation," and the current president's father was equally effusive in a late-1990 telegram to Wilson in Baghdad.

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[Swamp Rat]

1. Rove is a traitor

:hi:

[katinmn]

2. Morning, Swamp Rat!

We shall never forget...

:hi:

[Swamp Rat]

5. That's right!

[Karenina]

3. WAY COOOL, SR!!!!

I can SEE again!!! ;-) :hi:

[Swamp Rat]

4. REALLY???

Alrighhhht! :hug:

Let me show you my latest and work back a bit:

[Karenina]

6. WHOAAAAA!

AUSGEZEICHNET!!!! :hug:

[Swamp Rat]

7. I tried to show you this one of Brit Hume the other day

Send this to all your friends in Köln and elsewhere in Germany:

[Karenina]

8. Did you check out

the newly appointed Ambassador to Germany? Ohio? Timko? AND Carlyle has just dumped a shitload of "venture capital" here??? :argh:

Better STOP. Look around...
HERE IT COMES YOUR 19th NERVOUS BREAKDOWN!!! :argh:

[Swamp Rat]

9. Henry Timken's great-grandson

:puke:

"William Robert Timken is his name and beyond a simple "Guten Tag" and "Danke schön," his German is said to be very limited. Nor is he experienced in the world of international politics and diplomacy."

"He might not be very familiar with the detailed interworkings of German politics,"

"William Robert Timken's assignment, however prestigious it may be, will be an uncomfortable one after the difficult years Coats endured. Like his predecessor, Timken is known to be a vocal critic of Germany's refusal to support the US in its war on Iraq. He is also not in favor of granting Germany, Brazil, Japan and India permanent seats on the UN Security Council, an initiative launched by the so-called G-4 countries."

http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,1564,1654109,00.html

[Karenina]

11. AAAACCCCKKKK!

Lieber Gott! Hilf uns!!!!

[Supersedeas]

10. Ideological blinders that justify betraying one's country-Rudolph can

relate to Rove's animus

[BuyingThyme]

12. Nonsense. The only reason that silly story was leaked

was to make it look like Rove was engaged in politics-as-usual.

They're trying to turn an act of treason into a harmless game of politics.

Don't buy this shit!!!!

Wake up!!!!

[blm]

13. And those traitors dare to attack Dems as partisans. What a crock.

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