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photo courtesy of
Sandy
Underpants
After seeing Dick Durbin's tearful apology for his less than scandalous
remarks about Gitmo, which suggested only that the United States might do better
than follow the legacy of torture practiced by some of the history's least
favorite despots, one has to admire the way in which Karl Rove at least has
the balls to stay on message without remorse.
Apart from his roll as chief
strategist, Rove serves as the Bush forward messenger, testing out the
dialogue that the president himself will claim in the upcoming days. Rove's
speech denouncing American liberals (on Wednesday) has angered many on the
left, who are now asking for him to make an apology of his own. Ignore him
at your own peril. FGAQ talked today to the king maker.
FGAQ: "Let me give you a
quote. You said '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'. That's not the way I remember it at all, at least the therapy
part."
Rove: "Well that's a cute
story. There actually was one liberal psychiatrist in Omaha that claimed
that he would provide free counseling for any remaining hijacker that wanted
it. Heh, heh. Needless to say that he got no takers. But the real point, I
guess, is 'what have you done for me lately'. The president understands that
immediately following 911, most Americans would have done anything he said
unquestioningly. But I'm afraid that this is no longer the case, and we feel
that now is the time to marginalize the dissenters."
FGAQ: "So an apology is
not forthcoming, I take it. But your attack was pretty savage. You said of
Dick Durbin: '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'. It would seem that you're implying that
the senator, and liberals in general, actually wish harm to American
soldiers, that they are working for their defeat. That would be tantamount
to accusing them of treason, would it not?"
Rove: "Yeah. Sure. Ipso facto,
know what I mean? I'm not trying to mince words, here. Some of the great
patriotic people in this nation are starting to think for themselves again,
and that's really not a very good idea. Do they have the facts? No. Can they
even get the full story if they want to? Of course not, if they get their
news from the television, like 78% of them do. That's why we invent a
Jennifer Wilbanks or a Natalee Holloway. N-A-T-A-L-E-E. Can you believe
that? Her parents were post-literate, like most of their generation."
FGAQ: "What you mean..."
Rove: "What I mean is that the truth is out
their if you want to take a look. Okay, maybe it's a little hard to find. Wahhh, I don't
want to make the effort. Liberals won't make the effort like Republicans
will, and that's why they're the perfect scapegoat. What you're seeing is a
production long in the planning - since the late nineteenth century, for
Christ's sake. It's just so much fun to watch it all unfold. Listen, I've
got to run. Feel perfectly free to quote me at length."
FGAQ: Thank you, Mister Rove,
for speaking to us.
Rove: Thank you for having me. I
love Fried Green al-Qaedas, by the way. Especially when you take a poke at
Rummy. The Antler Dance, heh heh. You guys just continue to publish anything
you feel like publishing.
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