Karl Rove President Bush’s political adviser demonstrated he knows just how to pull the Democrats strings. Here are exerts of his comments at a conservative fundraiser last night; lets have a look at what Rove said that has the Dem's crying like babies. (
From the N.Y. Times.)
"Conservatives saw the savagery of 9/11 in the attacks and prepared for war; liberals saw the savagery of the 9/11 attacks and wanted to prepare indictments and offer therapy and understanding for our attackers,"
Sounds pretty spot on, Rove was simply illustrating the different ideologies and, methods of thought between Conservatives and Liberals, Seems I
remember it was Senator Kerry that wanted terrorism treated as a law enforcement issue. There was no comparing of anyone to Nazi’s or Pol Pot in Rove's speech, unlike
Senator Durbins repulsive speech. There isn't any mean language in it such as say,
Howard Dean's remarks of June 8th,
" Conservatives are not very friendly to different kinds of people, they are a pretty monolithic party ... it's pretty much a white, Christian party."
So Dean said, “Conservatives are not very nice” Karl Rove did not call Liberals “not nice” or “not friendly”or that Liberals are a party of quasi-socialist atheists. Rove spoke to the ideology; he did not personally attack the people that believe it. Remember
Senator Harry Reid calling President Bush a “Looser” a personal attack, Karl Rove made no such personal attacks. These are but a few examples, I do believe the Democrats have the market cornered on “hate speech” and “divisiveness”. Notice how the press was all over Karl Rove instantly but, a took almost a week to get the MSM to say anything about Durbin, and then, only kicking and screaming. Heck, CBS has not yet ran a story on the Durbin disgrace. Here are more of Rove’s statements.
Mr. Rove also said American armed forces overseas were in more jeopardy as a result of remarks last week by Senator Richard J. Durbin, Democrat of Illinois, who compared American mistreatment of detainees to the acts of "Nazis, Soviets in their gulags, or some mad regime - Pol Pot or others."
"Has there ever been a more revealing moment this year?" Mr. Rove asked. "Let me just put this in fairly simple terms: Al Jazeera now broadcasts the words of Senator Durbin to the Mideast, certainly putting our troops in greater danger. No more needs to be said about the motives of liberals."
Sounds right on the mark again. Al Jazeera is STILL broadcasting Senator Durbin’s remarks, and because of his non-apology, apology, they are still running with it to the detriment of our country. Lets look at
Senator Durbin’s so-called apology.
“I’m sorry if anything I said caused any offense of pain to those who have such bitter memories of the Holocaust, the greatest moral tragedy of our time. Nothing, nothing should ever be said to demean or diminish that moral tragedy. I'm also sorry if anything I said in any way cast a negative light on our fine men and women in the military. I went to Iraq just a few months ago with Senator Harry Reid, on a delegation, bipartisan delegation, the President was part of it. When you looked in the eyes of those soldiers, you see your son. You see your daughter. They're the best. I never, ever intended any disrespect for them. Some may believe that my remarks crossed the line. To them, I extend my heartfelt apologies. There's usually a quote from Abraham Lincoln that you can turn to in moments like this. Maybe this is the right one. Lincoln said,
if the end brings me out right, what is said against me won't amount to anything. If the end brings me out wrong, ten thousand angels swearing I was right wouldn't make any difference. In the end, I don't want anything in my public career to detract from my love for this country, my respect for those who serve it, and this great Senate.
I offer my apologies to those who were offended by my words. I promise you that I will continue to speak out on the issues that I think are important to the people of Illinois, and to the nation. Mr. President, I yield the floor”.
Senator Durbin meant what he said, when he compared our troops to Nazi’s and the like. Durbin read from a prepared statement, this was not some "off the cuff" remark. Just look at the carefully chosen wording of his so-called apology. The carefully chosen quote by Abraham Lincoln, “If the end brings me out right” This is not a man who is sorry; this is a man who thinks he is right.
“I offer my apologies to those who were offended by my words. I promise you that I will continue to speak out on the issues that I think are important to the people of Illinois, and to the nation”
Senator Durbin only offers an Apology to those that "were offended" not to the Nation.
"I promise you that I will continue to speak out on the issues that I think are important to the people of Illinois, and to the nation".
What the Senator is really saying is he think this abuse is really happening (in spite of the evidence otherwise) and he will continue to attack the administration and the military about it because Lord know the poor terrorists would not lie about their situation. This is not a man who is sorry folks.
This brings me to my conclusion; Karl Rove is brilliant; I believe he knew exactly what to say, especially, after all the rhetoric that has flown around this year. Karl Rove knew that his remarks would drive the moonbats nuts and get them screaming, right after Senator Durbins gaffe and non-apology, Roves timing was great. He is just showing all the sane people of the country what fruit loops the Dem,s really are and, in a tactful way. His words were not at all hateful they were well chosen. Showing everyone that the Dems are a party of whiners, the pot calling the kettle black