Karl Rove Meltdown--YES! — Page 2

Namo - I do not get your reference?? Have you been arrested?

PJ - what???

Updated On: 6/24/05 at 12:44 AM

On the Karl Rove front, Keith Olberman posted a really insightful essay about it, and one of my favorite episodes of the Twilight Zone, on his blog.


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I went on-line last night to survey the wreckage. The internet will only be for theatre if things don't change-- many of my favorite sites were off-line or had posted "we'll be back" notices. I'd heard that all Gay.com adult pictures were off (Can you imagine trying to get all that information about every single guy who decides to post a naked pic?) but when I checked lsat night, they had a notice saying that they were negotiating an agreement. It made no difference- chat & profiles were all down. I don't use Yahoo much any more, but heard that they had shut all their chat rooms too, for fear an underage kid would use them.

What a world! I think I am ready to move from "George Bush, get out of Iraq!" to "George Bush, Get out of my pants!"

Contact: Families of September 11
212-575-1878
www.familiesofseptember11.org

FOS11 Statement on Comments Made By Karl Rove

As families whose relatives were victims of the 9/11 terror attacks, we believe it is an outrage that any Democrat, any Republican, any conservative or any liberal, stakes a "high ground" position based upon the September 11th death and destruction. Doing so assumes that all those who died and their loved ones would agree. In truth, some would and some would not. By definition the conduct is divisive and, because it is intended to be self-serving and politicizes 9/11, it is offensive.

We are calling on Karl Rove to resist his temptations and stop trying to reap political gain in the tragic misfortune of others. His comments are not welcome.


Families of September 11 is a non-partisan nonprofit organization founded by the relatives of those who died in the attacks of September 11, 2001. For further information, please visit our website at www.familiesofseptember11.org.

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The Dems were "Durbin baited" and took the bait.

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Updated On: 6/24/05 at 11:00 AM

Well, why don't we discuss the comments Rove made:

Do you think that Hillary Clinton, Chuck Schumer, and Rudy Guiliani--all liberals--offered "therapy and understanding for our attackers"?

Do you think that most liberal Americans did so after the attacks? Such as jrb_actor?

Do you think that given that the attacks only happened in blue states, that the blue state liberals of those 3 states (I incl DC as a state for this topic) offered "therapy and understanding for our attackers"?

I'm just curious.

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Vitamins and exercise, RobbO, vitamins and exercise

It's spelled Karl with a K--like how the Germans spell it.

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A few days later, Karl stands firm, the White House backs him, the 'Publicans in congress back him, and Karl's playing to the most rabid element in the Bush Base has masterfully deflected attention away from myriad crises, including Friday's devastating deaths of female marines in a city we "conquered" -- Fallujah. All the weekend talk shows -- McLaughlin and Company, even Fox's Media Watch -- stayed on old bold Karl and found his remarks less incendiary than Durbin. Never mind that the 9/11 card is low--and accepted as low. (Did anyone notice that Fox opted not to show Karl speaking --but instead played an endless loop of smoldering ground zero???) This is what they do, brilliantly. It has yet to backfire in a big way, and that is the saddest comment on the state of the country.

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