Posted on 06/24/2005 8:07:18 AM PDT by Republic of Reagan
Karl Rove, the alleged mad genius of political campaigning, is in really hot water. Or is it really cold water? Or, maybe that’s just loud rap music playing in the background. Forgive me if I get my Nazi-like torture techniques mixed up. In any event, Karl Rove is in trouble. Something remarkably outrageous had to be said in order for Hillary Clinton, Charles Schumer, Howard Dean, Harry Reid, and John Kerry to demand Rove “apologize or resign” approximately 18 seconds after Rove finished his speech.
This should be compared to the immediate calls for an apology that Senate Democrats launched at Dick Durbin for comparing the troops to a mob of fascist, murdering barbarians on the Senate floor last week. Oh wait, that didn’t happen. Hysterical over-reaction is saved for the fully substantial comments made by a presidential advisor at a fund-raiser. Any day now I’m expecting an apology from Rove. He will probably apologize for the liberals’ misunderstanding of his comments. “Hey, I’m sorry you are an idiot, apology accepted?”
What Rove said is quite groundbreaking. After likening Hillary Clinton to Adolf Hitler, Robert Byrd to the Grandmaster of the KKK, and Michael Moore to “that guy who orders a diet Coke with his super-sized #7 ” he announced that Ted Kennedy had become the latest recipient of the Betty Ford Alcoholic Awareness program. Okay, so none of that happened either. But at least if it did happen the Democrats would actually have had something to complain about. (And, inasmuch as most of that is fairly accurate, they would have been really, really mad.)
What Rove did say was, and be warned this is really shocking, is that “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.” Yawn. Not only is this factually true, but it has been said a million times before and even by the President himself while campaigning this past year. My guess is the Democrats are trying to get the heat off of Durbin, who offered a faux-pology, for awhile. Not going to work, but nice try guys.
Democrats, of course, call Rove’s remarks preposterous. Unfortunately for them, and because of that silly thing called the “internet,” their comments are trapped in endless archives of hundreds of newspapers across the country. For those with short memories who can’t remember all the way back to 2001 (and I’m specifically referring to those people who suddenly think Hillary Clinton is a moderate), the truth can be quickly revisited, and equally inescapable, with a few clicks of the mouse. So despite their refutation that they did not want to “prepare indictments” or try to understand “why the hate us” they, sadly, can’t hide from their own shadows.
It is quite simple really. Democrats wanted to arrest Osama bin Laden, Republicans wanted to kill him. Liberals wanted to “understand” why militant Islamo-fasicts wanted to kill us and die for their cause, and conservatives understood what “militant” and “fanatical” meant and wanted to help them in their cause: to die. If Rove was lying liberals would have brushed off his comments. But he wasn’t, and that really infuriates them. But while liberals are wringing their hands over the truth, they are still ignoring the most serious and reckless charges lobbed by a Democrat against the troops since at least last month. With liberals it’s almost becoming a fascinating weekly routine. Lodge ridiculous accusations against the troops, say you love them, and apologize after the public is outraged.
For now on, I’m employing the liberal slander exception in my own career. I can say anything mean and outrageous about liberals so long as I follow such comments with empty adoration. Therefore, liberals are a bunch of anti-American, flag burning, baby-killing, Jetta-driving hippies who hate the troops, smell like the French, and live off the government in a massive conspiracy to destroy America. But all is fair, and don’t criticize me, because I support the liberals.
Dustin Hawkins is a columnist living in Nashville, Tennessee. His website is dustinmhawkins.com and he can be reached at dustinmhawkins@yahoo.com.
I'm surprised Karl's immediate reply wasn't "You first."
I nearly choked on my dinner a couple of weeks back when the "Skipper" Kennedy complained about simulated drowning of prisoners at Gitmo.
The beauty of this situation is that the Democrats can't moan above Rove without it inevitably being compared to their reaction to Durbin, which only highlights their hypocrisy and illustrates exactly what Rove accuses them of. I hope they keep whining about it until the next election.
THIS is a brilliant idea. While most republicans and libertarians will get the joke, how many leftist dems will recognize the irony?
rather genius on his part if you think about it. here, Hillary is calling herself a centrist and moderate, moving ever to the right before her run for the White House. Rove insults "LIBERALS" and she demands an apology. Now, if she is a Moderate, how can she care about LIberals being offended. GENIUS, that Rove. Now, if he would start paying attention to the Borders.
None, because history for a leftist starts when they get up in the morning.
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