Rick Santorum: Rove Doesn't Speak For Me.

[LiviaOlivia]

RICK SANTORUM: ROVE DOESN'T SPEAK FOR ME. This afternoon, Tapped called the offices of every Republican senator and asked their press staff the following: “Does Karl Rove speak for Senator X in his recent comments on liberals and September 11?”

Several offices had no comment. Many transferred us into voicemail boxes, and we plan to call them back on Monday if they don’t respond. But we got two offices to react. While Kay Bailey Hutchinson’s staff told us she agrees with Rove’s remarks, Rick Santorum's communications director, Robert Traynham, suggested that the Pennsylvanian had a different reaction. He told me: “Karl Rove speaks for himself. He doesn’t speak for the senator. On 9-11, there was no such thing as a Republican or a Democrat, and that’s what the senator believes.”

--Asheesh Siddique

http://www.prospect.org/weblog/archives/2005/06/index.html#006895


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The cockroaches are on the run.

[Jack Rabbit]

1. Damn, I hate giving Santorum credit when it's due

Thank you, Senator Santorum. This is the first and probably the last time I will say that.

[LittleClarkie]

3. Well, there's a reason Kerry can stomach the man

to work with him on occasion.

Yeah, Rick gets a cookie. But just the one for now.

[Cha]

7. santorum is probably thinking

of those votes in Pennsylvania!

[charlyvi]

9. You got it.

And if he wins the fucker will continue to advocate the far right wing agenda. There is no honor there--just bullshit.

[Cocoa]

12. I love it

Santorum running away from Bush. :toast:

[bunkerbuster1]

2. Nice, Man-on-Dog, here's a biscuit, but you're still going down next year.

[coloradodem2005]

4. Thank you Rick!!!!

There's a first time for everything and a last time too. I think my thanks to Senator Santorum is both.

[ClarkUSA]

5. He only feels this way during an election year when he's polling BADLY

He's on video comparing the Democratic Party to Nazis, so how's that again,
Rick?

Blue-state PA will be saying buh-bye to you next year, so grovel a little more please and say your prayers with fellow Opus Dei member Bob Novak while you still can.

[me b zola]

24. Yep, but that did have the distinct sound of the 'death rattle' n/t

[iconoclastic cat]

6. He can talk all he wants...while he's packing up his office.

Woof.

[Jose Diablo]

8. A scene from the movie "Titanic"

As the people are walking down the aisle preparing to exit the ship, the rats are running ahead of them.

Are the Republican rats abandoning the ship?

[quaoar]

10. Santorum deserves no credit

He's just posturing because he's in trouble in the polls and he needs to distance himself from Rove's absurd comments.

Fuck you, Santorum.

[theangrydem]

14. Yup, Ricky is desparate!

Amen!!!!! Ricky is plain ole triangulating.

[ClintonTyree]

11. Hutchison....

was just on Hardball, mouthing off. I had to turn off the sound, she was making me sick. Texas Republicans have to be the most vile humans on the planet. Is there something in the water down there? Are these assholes bred on special farms in Texas or something? That all of these scumbags could come from one state is mindbogglingly.

[Independent_Liberal]

Now I know hell is freezing over!

First I agree with Scalia and Thomas on an issue and now Santorum says Rove doesn't speak for him? This is getting crazy.

[Gloria]

13. Rick, however, specializes in Nazi accusations....although, maybe

he learned a lesson, at least for this election cycle, hopefully his last.

[JerseygirlCT]

15. Ha!Ha!Ha!

Rats leaving the ship. Every rat with presidential aspirations for himself!

[weldon berger]

16. Sorry, Rick: Rove is speaking for Bush

Rove's speech, for which you can find the full text appended to this post, was sent out to the White House press office distribution list. That means it was vetted and approved by the White House and represents their official views. If Santorum doesn't want to be associated with Rove's remarks, he needs to leave the Republican party or leave office (preferably both).

Neither Tapped nor anyone else should let "He's not speaking for me" slide, no matter who it comes from. This speech came out of the White House and if anyone wants to disavow it, they need to disavow the whole crew including the president. Don't let these weasels off the hook.

[dajoki]

17. stick it up your ass, ricky boy

that dirty little c$%k%^#k*#g weasel. he hates us as much as we hate him. the only thing he's worried about is his job. besides, you do enough of speaking for yourself with your nazi comments.we don't need or want patronizing putrid remarks!!:wtf:

[rpannier]

18. Let's keep our eyes open here

This is another example of ricky sounding moderate as he gears up for the election. A year from now he'll be saying how rove was right.

[Kazak]

19. Yeah, we're all a bunch of nazis, but...

he sure doesn't agree with Rove's recent suggestions. :crazy:

[seabeyond]

20. good for santorum, gotta respect that., good for him

now, i have to make a call to hutchinson monday and ask her wtf she is talking about, seeing she is my senator

[wisteria]

21. I have to say, I'm surprised at his remarks.

I'll take him at his word on this matter and I'll try not to let a little thing like a 2006 reelection run cloud my judgment. At least for the moment.

[Cha]

22. HA HA...ricky santorum is smarter

than bloomberg, pataki, and doug forrester(running for repuke gov of New Jersey).


http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/062405Z.shtml

[alcibiades_mystery]

23. I sent Man-On-Dog an email detailing my feelings and

an attachment my experiences in Lower Manhattan on September 11, 2001. I call it the "I Was There, Mutherfucker" attachment. Sent the same to Spector and uber-shitbird John Peterson. Pennsylvanian by law, New Yorker by the Grace of the Fucking Westside Irish, Bitch.

[Catrina]

25. *lol* ~ good for you!

I'm shocked but, credit where it's due. I just asked in another thread if any Republicans had emulated their Dem. colleagues who helped do Durbin in when they said 'Sen. Durbin doesn't speak for me'!

I didn't think one Repub. would say that about Rove. Thank you Sen. Santorum! Maybe it will start a trend.

Pataki made a huge mistake. He's running in 2006 and no Republican can win in NY without Democrats crossing over. Dems will remember that he joined Karl Rove in calling them all terrorist appeasers on election day! 'bye! 'bye! Pataki and good riddance!

Karl may have done us a favor ~ to win, Repubs need some Dems to vote for them. We should save his statement and use it in 2006 for potential swing voters, so they know what that in the eyes of Repubs, they are wimps who sympathize with terrorists.

http://www.pinsforpatriots.com
http://www.downingstreetminutes.com

[deadparrot]

26. Well, that I wasn't expecting.

I'm a good girl, though; I give credit where it's due.

Well done, Senator. I might almost feel a little bad when you lose your seat next November.

[LightningFlash]

27. When fascist Santorum has a change of heart regarding 9/11....

You know there's trouble brewing! :crazy: