Karl Rove And All That
Some liberals have demanded Karl Rove apologize for some remarks he made at a dinner party. We don't want him to apologize. We just want him to admit he was lying. Here's what we think he should have said:
Conservatives saw the savagery of 9/11 and saw an opportunity to push their agenda; liberals saw the savagery of 9/11 and questioned why our government allowed this to happen. In the wake of 9/11, conservatives used fear to secure their power. In the wake of 9/11, liberals believed our government would take away the very rights and liberties and freedoms this country was founded on.
Karl Rove doesn’t owe liberals an apology. He owes an apology to the families of soldiers who died fighting for Bush’s little war while enriching the pockets of his corporate friends that receive government war contracts. Iraq was not about going to war to fight terrorism. It was a vengeful war waged to avenge the defeat of the President’s father.
If we wanted to fight terrorism, we’d be fighting in Saudi Arabia.
How many 9/11 terrorists were Iraqis? How many were Saudis? But Saudi Arabia pumps out oil for us, over producing OPEC quotas more than any other nation. So of course we aren’t fighting in Saudi Arabia.
Meanwhile, instead of having a national debate about social security, or about cleaning up the environment, or about education, Karl Rove engineered his president’s reelection campaign to scare the American people. Fear of terrorists. Fear of war. Now Rove’s agenda can be pushed through this country because everyone was too scared to talk about these issues during the election.
Conservatives saw the savagery of 9/11 and saw an opportunity to push their agenda; liberals saw the savagery of 9/11 and questioned why our government allowed this to happen. In the wake of 9/11, conservatives used fear to secure their power. In the wake of 9/11, liberals believed our government would take away the very rights and liberties and freedoms this country was founded on.
Karl Rove doesn’t owe liberals an apology. He owes an apology to the families of soldiers who died fighting for Bush’s little war while enriching the pockets of his corporate friends that receive government war contracts. Iraq was not about going to war to fight terrorism. It was a vengeful war waged to avenge the defeat of the President’s father.
If we wanted to fight terrorism, we’d be fighting in Saudi Arabia.
How many 9/11 terrorists were Iraqis? How many were Saudis? But Saudi Arabia pumps out oil for us, over producing OPEC quotas more than any other nation. So of course we aren’t fighting in Saudi Arabia.
Meanwhile, instead of having a national debate about social security, or about cleaning up the environment, or about education, Karl Rove engineered his president’s reelection campaign to scare the American people. Fear of terrorists. Fear of war. Now Rove’s agenda can be pushed through this country because everyone was too scared to talk about these issues during the election.
5 Comments:
Excellent post. I agree. Apologies are owed to all Americans impacted by the terrible tragedy. Rove specifically owes apologies to the families of those victims for turning a tragedy like 9/11 into political fodder, instead of playing politics with other generally accepted things.
That Rove is an idiot has already been proven, but he's very smart. He'll slip right out of this mess as assuredly as he got himself into it. Intentionally.
You are right - he owes lots of people apologies. Unfrotunately, we are all going to be unrequited on that measure.
Nice post.
your blog out to be called "Sour Grapes" or Yellow Lemons"
Rove just told it like it is, the worst of it is you're still at it..
You libs are too much, keep up the silly stuff, you'll never see the inside of the White House again..
You need to spend more time zipping mad Howie Dean's lip
Ahh yes, Brad, the age old, "if you can't actually debunk their argument, then insult them," argument.
I heart Ianbees - From Sarah.
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