(Digging in the C&L archives.) This speech is one reason why our country is so divided. He created an uproar after he said that liberals wanted to give terrorists therapy. These unfounded partisan attacks are the cornerstone of his leadership skills and were neatly copied by the rubber stamp Conservatives in Congress and on their sycophantic blogs. It's an old Republican tactic, but Rove used it like no other...
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Rove: Conservatives saw the savag…savagery of 9/11 in the attacks and prepared for war. Liberals saw the savageerry on 9/11 attacks and wanted to prepare indictments and offer therapy and understanding for our attackers.
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Schumer: When I heard his remarks, it turned my stomach.
Lautenberg: He can only have one reaction, and that is to ask Rove to get out of his office..
The Democratic Party wanted him fired for this speech---and rightly so...
Marcy speculates on why he's leaving....and points to three investigations.
Barbara has an excellent piece up as well...
Holy smoke! FRIST!!
Hey, Doughboy, even Lenin at this point would have no more use for your irrelevant political advice. You'd be nothing more than a 'useless idiot'. After the 2006 mid-terms and your Social Security overreach with Bush's so-called 'political capital', your advice pretty much didn't amount to a hill of nothing. Good bye.
Yes, but therapy in the form of being a born-again Christian is fine and dandy.
Wasn't that quote from DeLay?
fuck em all but six
This "speech" is what informed me that the White house didn't understand the concept of "loyal opposition".
Reich-wingers have to make up lies and attempt to demonize their opponents. If reich-wingers really debated real issues, America would see the reich-wingers for what they are: lacking compassion, commons sense, reality, morals, dignity, and patriotism.
Typical Rove tactic....division of the populas. Not at all like bush who, remember,
said he was a "uniter and not a divider"...haha
Rove's move is one timed to forestall impeachment. But don't worry, he'll land on his feet and die rich.
Praise the Lord!
Now, let's wiretap him within an inch of his rotten life, and then extraordinarily render this turd blossom GITMO STYLE!
Let's get this rascal right now!!!
Karl has a point. I witnessed his and Bush Jr's savagery and now I want to seek indictments, so, yeah, guess he's right.
Rove, waddle off to the family you jackass! And on the way... STFU. Nobody wants to hear the garbage you spew or any of your idiotic ideas for world domination. Bye-bye! Say hi to Jeff Gannon for us, will ya?
bill @ 4:
DeLay attempted to repeat KKKarl's quote....but failed miserably. DeLay is just another drunken reich-wing tard.
Delay: Conservatives saw the savag…savagery of 9/11 in the effects and oh..in, in, the at–attacks and prepared for war. Liberals saw the savageerry on 9/11 attacks and wanted to prepare indictments and offer therapeutic understanding for our attackers. That's not slander, that's the truth.
I wonder which of hitler's boys he modeled his career on?
Penny N de Lou @ 10:
The remarks of a person who is physically and mentally repulsive.
Rove: “Liberals saw the savagery on 9/11 attacks and wanted to prepare indictments and offer therapy and understanding for our attackers.”
Absolutely, and, during the Vietnam War, some liberals & conservatives saw the savagery of the enemy there and wanted to serve, and some saw it and checked to make sure their student deferment was in order.
Liberals saw the rapid and rampant politicization of 9/11 and lost all faith in the Bush Administration.
Now that Liberals are gaining power you want "consensus"? You crashed the party and are no longer welcome. Now fuck off.
Rove is a traitor. Bush is a traitor. And Cheney is a traitor.
Cheney, 1994 :
"And the question to the president, in terms of whether or not we went on to Baghdad, and took additional casualties, in an effort to get Saddam Hussein, was how many additional dead Americans is Saddam worth? And our judgement was not very many.."
So you can see, in Cheney's own words that Saddam was NOT a reason to go to war. Saddam wasn't worth all these dead Americans. So what was?
Billions for themselves and their war profiteering friends. Halliburton moving TO THE Middle East so they can enjoy their bloody profits from no bid contracts that the traitors in the U.S. Government gave them without having to pay taxes on it.
4,000 (so far) Dead American soldiers so these evil men could make money AND THEN AVOID Paying taxes on it. Millions in taxes, while stupid Americans whine about raising the minimum wage. While Rove cheerled foolish Americans in attacking liberals for daring to use their brains and not blindly lead our troops to the slaughter.
This is thanks to all of you who have a W sticker and vote Republican.
Every one of you Bushbots ARE ALL TRAITORS for enabling these crooks.
cynic @ 17:
Not only is Rove a slimy slug, but using three(3) deferments to avoid Vietnam is a true
indication as to his bravery and loyalty to our country....and one of the deferments was
obtained even tho he was no longer in school. What a tool and fool, and asshole..
"Conservatives saw the savagery of the 911 attacks and prepared for war..."
Yea, preparing for war that none of them or their kids were willing to fight in against an oil rich country that didn't attack us.
May they burn in the eternal fires of minority party hell for their cowardice, treachery and deceit.
I hope I'm wrong, but I'm so cynical at this point that I suspect a deal has been made. Maybe getting rid of Rove was actually more politically expedient than letting go of Gonzo. Rove can still give advice and it'll avoid the congressional approval of a new AG. Not that the dems would challenge it....
Or, maybe the scandalarama has just gotten too big to contain, the the Catholic priest scandal.
Rove: Conservatives saw the savag…savagery of 9/11 in the attacks and prepared for war.
Perhaps a more accurate statement would be "conservatives saw the savagery of 9/11 and prepared for war against the next guy who looked at us cross-eyed."
It was just Bush's bad luck that Saddam Hussein was that next guy, even though he had nothing to do with 9/11.
this will allow the administration to use a play that they used before. "he is no longer in the administration and the investigations are continuing, we are looking forward...etc ...etc.."
or perhaps the administration realizes that a perp walk might be coming and it would be better for the per to walk from texas than the white house
This will free up his time to help work on Hillary's campaign
Ruthless People @ 21:
He will make millions on speeches, books, and consulting fees and not spend one day in jail. Karl Rove will spend the rest of his life propping up the Bush legacy in his future library.
"This will free up his time to help work on Hillary’s campaign"
Perfect comment.
I love watching the Repug pundits trying to say nice about Rove. They are struggling! "He was the architect of the 2000/02/04 wins". But, of course, '06 is an indication that it's all coming apart. '08 will confirm it. Even these pukes will soon turn on this rotten dirty bastard.
jeff @ 27:
Is it true that all Texas cities have declined on accepting bush-lite's library in their
respective cities? And that instead, it will be next door to the Creation Museum in
Pittsburg, Tennessee? Where the cowboys and dinasours co-existed and survived
by being on Noah's Ark?
Well, Karl, It's almost six and a half years later and your plan got over three thousand more Ameicans killed and you have caught the attackers yet. So who had the better plan?
Hey, Karl, remember that "permanent Republican majority" you wanted for America? How'd that work out for ya, Turdblossom???
I ain't gonna miss this deceitful, lying fuckhead.
The Champ is out.
Oops Should have read and you haven't caught the attackers yet.
Good thing liberals were in charge when Pearl Harbor was attacked, because they went after Japan, not Korea.
I recall Ralph Nader saying in a response to 9/11 he made soon afterward that he would have put more troops on the ground in Afghanistan. I'm guessing he wouldn't have offered much therapy or understanding, but if Rove can continue to destroy liberal credibility by making things up, then chalk this one up as a victory for the bad guys.
Goodbye and good ridance. We all wish you only the worst of all bad things for
the remainder of your pitful life.
I'm wanna to see the Rappin' Rove routine again....this time in a black and white striped jumpsuit.
Turdblossom is too retarded to realize that when liberals seek to understand the enemy it's in deference to Sun Tzu's The Art of War, "Know the enemy and know yourself; in a hundred battles you will never be in peril."
So silly. It's been proven. Dead people recieve no benefit from therapy.
Doggiebobo @ 30:
I think it is true.
SMU turned him down because they felt that his policies do not reflect Christian ideals.
waterboarding for jesus @ 1:
Well I guess that makes you pope.
Here's a theory: Rove wanted out sooner but didn't want to have his ass hauled before Congress for questioning. So he waited to see how the "executive privelege" dodge would work for ex-staffer Harriet Miers. When Harriet blew off Congress and nothing happened, Rove figured it was safe to slither out the back door.
He wants to spend more time with his family, much to the dismay of his family.
Rove ARCHIVES? Haven't we been punished enough? Rather look forward than backward picking out corn from Rove's pile of shit.
Edwards' response to Rove resignation: "good bye, good riddance".
Fade @ 19:
Everyday I see W stickers
I want a big fat yellow TRAITOR sticker to slap over top
Blind faith is mindnumbing
Part of the problem when that statement was made is that the Dems next move was to ask for an apology. The proper response should have been to explicitly call Rove (and by default Bush) a lying, disingenuous scumbag. then they should have told the press that they neither wanted, nor expected, an apology becasue any given would have been insincere and empty. Instead we get feigned outrage and no follow up attacks (backed up with truth).
If I believed in suicide I would kill myself. This is nutty.
Wow!!!
Talk about delusional. Is the WH infected with Lyme disease!?!
Two stolen elections, one lost mid-term election, and the worst administration in US history (corruption, scandal, fucked up war etc)....yeah, he's a political genius. yeah right.
Funny, I would probably be considered a "liberal" by Karl Rove and when I saw the savagery of the 9/11 attacks the first thought that came into my mind was that the Bush administration had probably months earlier breached some major intel-sharing or terrorist attack prevention mechanism left by Clinton and that had served to prevent such an attack in order lower our guard and invite one so it might deliver the kind of horrific event the GOP likes to demagogue into poltical advantage.
Every new year and every new revelation on what led to that fateful day and how the Bush administration exploited it for their short term political benefit but to the colossal long term detriment of the country has proven me correct in that intial thought.
Rove: Conservatives saw the savagery of 9/11 in the attacks and prepared for war with a country that didn't attack us.
The Spaniard @ 47:
You know, I once was so afraid of everything I considered suicide.
But then I chickened out.
For goodness sakes why is this pathetic person given all of this time. He is dishonest to his very soul. Even this statement he made is so full of crap. Expose him for what he is...a pathetic individual who got his validation by hanging on to the coat-tails of those in power.
It has been all about dividing this country on social issues for votes and how sad that he was so successful. The yelling and screaming at each other continues.
Anyone ever notice how he stays with his own...not brave enough to face any real questions.
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ROVE: "Nothing can be more devisive to the Nation than people who don't agree with me."
LOL
Boy Genious Autocrat or a Patriotic American supporting Democracy?
You decide.
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Who will be the next Turd Blossom?
Help us choose the next Rove
http://themproject.blogspot.com/
Most of the conservatards prepared for war? How? Most of their conservaspawn failed to join up to fight the Islmao Menace. Did the rich people even tell their puppets in congress to increase their own taxes to finance this life and death struggle?
Tell me how these cowardly trash prepared for war.
Get over it, he is just a fat pig.
If Americans are fucking stupid enough to be "divided" every time this fat pig snorts, then it's their own petty problems and stupidity that is dividing them.
Gawd, how I'd love to smack that jerk.
I have a suggestion (well, besides that one) for a new line of work for Rove: Start a 1-900 psychic hotline, since he can predict the future so well.
Per Yahoo news: "Rove predicted Bush will regain his popularity, . . . conditions in Iraq would improve and . . . Democrats would nominate Hillary Rodham Clinton for president . . . ."
The only thing this douche-bag was the "architect" of was
scorched earth attacks on his opponents, propaganda, lies,
and the the blatant theft of two US elections (and possibly
more in Texas - who the hell knows....)
You can tell he was the classic example of an ugly, unattractive
- and yes, FAT! - kid who got bullied by the boys and dissed by the girls.
And he's spent his entire adult life "getting back" at them - and us!
This Turd Blossom and his best-Chimp boyfriend have destroyed America.
Vile, despicable, and repugnant doesn't even begin to describe him.
Some delusional dipsh*T said on an email on CNN that rove was a very intelligent and wonderful man and that the democrats only wished they had a person as brillant as he was.
I tell you one thing if our democrats had someone like rove I would personally campaign to has his ass fired.
The liberals wanted the right person to go to jail. The conservatives decided that Osama wasn't a threat, but rather Saddam Hussein was.
The liberals wanted the facts of WMDs in Iraq double checked. The conservatives outed Valerie Plame when her husband found them to be incorrect.
The liberals warned the conservatives that Iraq would turn into a feeding ground for terrorism if they went in. The conservatives went in anyways.
The liberals warned the conservatives that removing Saddam Hussein would create an unstable power shift. The conservatives removed him anyway.
The liberals warned the conservatives that a theocracy of radical Muslim political groups would not stand. The conservatives kept praising Bush for bringing "Democracy" to Iraq.
The liberals warned the conservatives that keeping the troops in an unstable region would only give the insurgents more reasons to recruit and the populaces more reasons to be recruited. The conservatives wanted to put more troops in.
This entire war on terrorism is a complete and total failure on the part of the conservatives. You'd think the party that brags about being all about personal responsibility would be responsible enough to admit it was wrong.
When I heard that this piece of fecal matter known as Rove had resigned I felt a small glimmer of hope that perhaps this criminal administration is finally beginning to feel the heat. He still hasn't responded to the subpoenas though so I think we still have some business to wrap up with KKKarl. Now when does Commander Codpiece resign?
When Rover (not a typo, he's still Bush's b*t*h) made this speech, someone should have kicked him in his vagina.
please don't refer to any of these pathetic clowns as "tards" "retards" etc. most of the retarded people i have met are really very nice if you bother to speak with them. this whole crew, and rove in particular, would be better described as pig f*ckers.
bill @ 4:
Yeah. When he sounded like he'd had about 4 too many stiff drinks?
pete @ 64:
Somewhere, a pig farmer is baffled as to why all his pigs simultaneously cried out in terror.
As a liberal - the only thing I want to give terrorists is hot lead, preferably between the eyes or in the gut.
Of course, what he meant was that we wanted to take a few seconds to actually figure out A) Who attacked us
B) Where the heck they were
and C) How to completely annihilate them
If we'd done the above, then he couldn't have his 'fun' invading random countries and blowing the shiite out of everyone and everything just for the sake of doing it. Nor could he help funnel unchecked power into his boss' office with little regard for constitutionality.
Essentially it was a smokescreen; and sadly, one that worked all too well.
Therapy my ass.
FATSO like rove saw the savagery of 911 attacks as a way to kill others, think only of themselves and continue to eat and be fat while saying f*** off USA, while true Americans, the liberals, believed in the US Constitution to do better for the entire We The People instead of just a party.
Meanwhile, adios rovey the pig. May your fat require to pay even more $ (e.g. Jeff Gannon) for what liberals get for free.
I'd be willing to have Rove dropped by parachute into Afghanistan, and
let the villagers inflict their therapy upon him.
For the neocons 9/11 proved to be the absolutely best day in their careers. Now the PNAC empire can march on.
I will not be happy until Rove is behind bars...for a very long time. His leaving office does not make me any more happy in the least.
The White House agrees with Rove's comments? This is hate in the extreme, but this is okay. But have anyone criticize the White House on a site like DKos and then it's hate speech?
Pelosi, and Schumer, enough with the demanding of apologies. Fire these asshats - impeach already. Everyone knows the Repugs would impeach for such a support of lies by a Dem president.
He used to be a shrewd, political rival... now he is a total enemy.
If I was around this guy, they'd have to pull me off of him. Just look at that
soft-boiled little head! Isn't he a delight?
Its too bad that this asshole will never spend a night in prison getting to know his cellmate,"REALLY WELL".
True Americans should at this time approve of the impeachment of Bush and Cheney, the indictment of Karl Rove, and the invasion of Saudi Arabia.
JudyLou @ 58:
Wondering if in his high cool tower evenings he predicted he'd be bellyflopping on the pavement below in 8-07.
He also said Hillary would win the nomination but is "fatally flawed". I have long thought the Repugs have been promoting her for quite a while. Creating that reality, as it were for the last 1 1/2 years. There's nothing they'd like more than for Hillary to be nominated.
Unlike those of us likely to pen in "Cottoneyed Joe" than Hillary. I'm one of them.
True Americans would have fucked this guy up guillatine style a looooooooooooooong time ago.
oh, well, so much for true Americans nowa days.
It's good to review these video archives. They will show us how to fight the beast.
And, we need to be prepared to fight it.
Think of when this speech took place. It was at a time when America was down. The world was with us, as a nation we were united.
Then Rove drove his spike deep between the unity and began to rip us apart. This was their plan. Then put the blame on the other side, instead of believing that there was only one side. America.
Play these archives over and over again. They must resound in our thoughts. This rhetoric was heard before, in Germany. When one leader, Hitler, divided the nation against itself. We are better than this. Let us not let this happen again.
Put pen to paper, finger to keyboard and voice to phone. Let those in power know that we will not stand for a repeat of evil history. Tell them that Karl Rove must be investigated for his part in a treasonist act against this country.
This is our power. Let members of both parties know that we as a united America want to see justice done in the American way.
The Constitution is in danger and only we can save it.
An INDEPENDENT president, like Bloomberg, could really save this country from the brink of destruction.
Can I get a witness?!
And every soldier that is and was liberal or Democratic that actually did the fighting, Asked themselves why their President (Commander in Chief) would send out his closest friend and political ally to Swift Boat them as they did with John Kerry.?
And every liberal and Democrat parent or loved one of a U.S. Soldier asked themselves how can he speak like this when Rove "would? never elcet himself to actually defend this country?
And the liberal loved ones left behind, of soldiers killed in action ?
How many can identify with John Kerry with the Swift Boater for Bush's truth ?
What Turd Blossom fails to mention is that if you don't understand your enemy you can never defeat them.
One thing is obvious in this resignation. The Fuhrer must have
requested it. Why? Because the Executive can no longer protect
Rove, and get away with it. Rove is being thrown to the Lions,
quite obviously. Stick around Boys and Girls, the Oversight
Committees are going to sink their teeth into Rove's fat ass as
soon as the August recess is over. And poor Karl will have no
one screaming "Executive Privilege" to protect him any longer.
Every Dog has its day, and it would seem Sainted Turd Blossom
is fast approaching the day of Judgment, with no friend in
sight to defend him. He deserves to be treated, the same way
he has been content to watch others treated, even when he
knew it was wrong. No real Conservative is at all amused at the
antics of these people. And a good 75% of the American people
have more than had their fill.
This administration basically waged war against everyone in this country who wasn't a Republican.
After 9-11 Democrats wanted to attack Al Qaeda
boosh wanted to attack the crab gras at his Crawford Ranch.
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