Rove attacking Liberals is about as offensive as Dean attacking Conservatives. It's what they do.
Rove attacks liberals and tells the truth. Dean attacks Republicans and says we all look the same and never worked an honest day in our lives. Big difference. I would not call Lieberman or his ilk "liberals" Democrats yes, liberals no and thats where the difference lies.
I think I understand what you're trying to say, but, on the substance, I think you couldn't be more wrong in this case.
Rove is not "attacking" Liberals. He's telling the truth about them.
Statement #1:
"liberals saw the savagery of the 9/11 attacks and wanted to prepare indictments and offer therapy and understanding for our attackers.''
Is he wrong? I submit that he's dead on. The complaints now are that we haven't indicted and tried the terrorists in Guantanamo Bay. This is war. You don't indict and try prisoners in a war. In fact, indicting and trying a POW is itself a war crime.
Statement #2
Rove said the Democratic Party made the mistake of calling for ``moderation and restraint'' after the terrorist attacks.
Notice that they've carefully excerpted what Rove said. I do not take at face value that they are presenting his statement in any kind of honest context (it is the AP, after all). However, let's assume that this is an accurate portrayal of what he said.
Again, is he wrong? Is this an "attack" or an honest statement about how Liberals want to try to deal with terrorism? Isn't this part of the mantra of liberals everywhere, that we have been to mean and have only made the islamofascists hate us (which implies that they loved us before)?
Now, consider Howard Dean's recent statements:
Statement #1:
Republicans are “pretty much a white Christian party.”
You find that equivalent to what Rove said that is drawing fire? First, it's patently false. Ever notice the religious affiliation of the Chairman of the GOP?
Statement #2
Republicans "never made an honest living in their lives"
Again, a patently false statement. This type of vitriolic attack has become the last refuge of the official Democrat Party. Please find me an equivalent statement by a GOP party official (I include Rove in that).
Telling the truth is not "attacking."
"They all do it, so let's be nice" is the knee jerk reaction that too many Republicans have fallen into. I think it comes from 40 years in the minority, when they had to suck up to the all powerful dims in order to get anything done. Now we do it because we're afraid that the MSM will call us "mean."
We won! We are the majority. Let's stop apologizing for telling the truth and go about defeating these people instead of letting them throw out all decency in trying not only to defeat us but to insure that we die in the process.
Hardly. Dean's comments were made against the lifestyles and voting views of other Americans. Rove's comments though couched nicely I thought pointed out that liberals are basicly unconcerned about the deaths of fellow Americans and are will to sacrifice lives of innocents in the pursuit of fuzzy, nebulos, utopian dream.
When and under what circumstances are we allowed to fight back and call terrorists what they are? Exactly what evil do we have to wait for before we have the proper permission slip to defend our citizens in their homes and at work.
Say what you like but the liberals have made it plain that they are simply on the other side. Rove called them on it in far gentler words than they deserve.