KARL ROVE (a.k.a. "Bush's Brain") SAYS
LIBERALS WANT U.S. SOLDIERS TO DIE

From the New York Times courtesy of Blogoland, courtesy of Eschaton:

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."

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If you haven't been following this, I think it's safe to say that Rove's clearly slanderous statement has driven liberals into a frothing rage. Never mind the hypocrisy vis-à-vis GOP statements about the Nazi thing, the outrageous aspect here is that not a single Republican seems willing to denounce Rove's comment. No one. And they've been asked to repeatedly. In other words, the right wing is in perfect lock-step in asserting that liberals want American soldiers to die. Unlike the Nazi comparison, which, admitedly, has some room for debate, Rove's statement is obviously false from the get-go, not to mention extraordinarily divisive.

Like I've already said, liberals should never apologize to these guys. Ever!!! Even though Durbin finally said he was sorry for his Nazi comparison, the GOP is still attacking him: to them, apologies are simply a sign of weakness; truth and lies are simply weapons. Meanwhile, the right wing opens up this new libelous front, and their unity on the issue seems to be orchestrated.

From AMERICAblog:

White House intentionally had Rove call
Democrats and 57% of Americans traitors

1. The White House released the TEXT of Rove's speech today. According to my sources who know about such things, that NEVER happens. This is prima facie evidence that the White House coordinated this thing from the beginning.

2. The RNC put out talking points today about how the Democrats "blamed America" for September 11. Those detailed talking points were clearly prepared well in advance of this noon today when this thing blew up. WE BLAMED AMERICA?

3. The RNC today reportedly released a new attack web ad going after Durbin for his comments about Guantanamo Bay. Isn't that convenient that something that took at least a few days to prepare was suddenly ready today at the same time that Karl Rove made his comments that anyone who recognizes that Bush has no idea what's going on Iraq is a traitor who loves Osama.

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Rove plays dirty. Really dirty. It's just usually not this obvious. Clearly, this is a White House reaction to Bush's plummeting poll numbers. It's classic Karl Rove: when cornered, fight dirty, really dirty. And it usually works.

Maybe not this time. After all, three fifths of the nation now opposes the war; the GOP magic fairy dust seems to be wearing off. If we're lucky, this stunt, like the Schiavo stunt pulled by Congress, will simply make Republicans look like the trolls they actually are. What will the reaction be when America realizes it's been kissing a frog instead of a prince?

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