Here's what the RNC/Mehlman said about Rove's remarks.

[Carolab]

http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=49356

[nadinbrzezinski]

1. What an ass

they are priming the country for hot civil war

[lebkuchen]

3. What is holding the democrats back?

a hope and prayer?

[LiberalUprising]

4. More like corporate donations

and I really believe some of them are repugs posing as Dems.

[LiberalUprising]

2. LOL

It just gets more and more ridiculous, their desperation is showing.

Really, who takes this shit seriously?

MORANS!

[w13rd0]

5. How fucking lame...

...for one, many of the quotes they pick up, they "massage" to sound worse than they are in context. Furthermore, on several, they pull outrage out of whole cloth. FURTHERMORE, their approach (war and lies) HASN'T FUCKING WORKED! We are LESS SAFE, our financial situation LESS SECURE. DAMN THESE BASTARDS TO THE LOWEST PITS OF HELL. Yes, we have every fucking RIGHT to be outraged at Rove and Cheney and Mehlman. What Durbin said was TRUE, the actions of our military, under the "leadership" of Donald Rumsfeld have been DEPLORABLE, and in many cases, CRIMINAL. WE WERE RIGHT THEN, WE ARE CORRECT NOW. Bush is a fucking war criminal, as is his administration, and as for Rove and Mehlman, those two should be ... well, I'll save my opinion of the fate that should befall them. Use your imagination.

[Erika]

6. Ken Mehlman is a typical GOP crybaby

It was wrong to take a reasoned response? If the GOP was so realistic where is OBL? Why did Bush attack Iraq when they had nothing to do with 9/11? Why didn't he attack Saudia Arabia whose citizens were totally involved in 9/11. Why does he have the Saudi Prince a guest at Crawford...

[Burried News]

7. Maybe Mehlman is trying to show 41 he's a Rove without baggage

You can't blame a guy for having some initiative. Watch your back Karl, when it comes you won't even feel it, this guy has that lean and hungry look.
And I do mean 41.

[high density]

8. Why are they still whining about MoveOn, Soros, and Michael Moore?

What idiots they've got over there running the Repuke party. Historical fact? LOL...

Sen. John Kerry (D-MA): "(W)ar On Terror Is Far Less Of A Military Operation And Far More Of An Intelligence-Gathering, Law-Enforcement Operation." (The Iowa Brown & Black Coalition Presidential Forum, Des Moines, IA, 1/11/04) --- Is that supposed to be a bad quote?

[Patchuli]

9. They are on the run because

their 'day' is just about done! They are pathetic and I don't for a moment, think that the vast number of Americans are all that fooled anymore.

[knowbody0]

10. imagine

if all the war dollars were spent in an effort to establish understanding, tolerance and respect of the miriad of cultures we share this planet with, and a pure investigation into the negative affects of our foreign policies.

[ET Awful]

11. Hey Mehlman, why do you quote Kerry from after the invasion of Iraq

which distracted from the real "war on terror" and had nothing whatsoever to do with 9/11?

If you wish to discuss 9/11, then discuss 9/11, don't discuss the unrelated illegal war of aggression on Iraq.

[johnaries]

12. And, obviously, we were right.

Thenk you, Mr. Mehlman, for making our point for us.

[Donna Zen]

13. The strategy of demonization and marginalizing continues

Soros gets hard with this latest attack. Well, that makes sense, he has plenty of money, connections and respect.

Read Chris Hedges, please. This is how it is done, how it has always been done: de-humanization. Making people into the "other" allows people to hate you. This is indeed sad.

Trying to deflect their failed war onto Durbin and liberals is the working of a sick mind.

Anyway, according to this, they are on message.

Bullies.

Please write...and then call. This is wrong.