Pulling from Michael Barone’s “Rove speech exposes fundamental split” we see what Evil Genius Karl Rove said that so infuriated the left.
“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. In the wake of 9-11, conservatives believed it was time to unleash the might and power of the United States military against the Taliban. In the wake of 9-11, the liberals believed it was time to submit a petition.”
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Reading the initial press accounts of Rove’s speech, I wished that he had been more specific about which liberals he was denouncing — except that, as those press accounts failed to mention, he was. “I’m not joking,” he went on immediately after the words quoted above. “Submitting a petition was precisely what Moveon.org, then known as 9-11peace.org did. You may have seen it in The New York Times or The Washington Post, the San Francisco Examiner or the L.A. Times. (Funny, I didn’t see it in the Amarillo Globe News.) It was a petition that ‘implored the powers that be’ to ‘use moderation and restraint in responding to the terrorist attacks against the United States.’”
The only mistake one might want Rove to apologize for is using “the liberals” instead of “some liberals” or “most liberals.” To me, the mistake seems to have been made by the Democrats who so vociferously complained. In particular, why would Hillary have raised her voice? She has the votes to show that she approved military action. She is taking great pains to paint herself as a moderate. Why would she be up-in-arms when someone publicly and correctly categorizes liberals?
It appears the Evil Genius has struck again.
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