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RNC Chairman Ken Mehlman Statement On The Democrat Attacks Of Karl Rove
Republican National Committee ^ | June 23, 2005 | RNC

Posted on 06/23/2005 1:45:19 PM PDT by seamus

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To: txrangerette

Just goes to show ya, I'll believe anything bad about McPain!


101 posted on 06/23/2005 2:24:57 PM PDT by Fudd Fan (just vote on Bolton already)
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To: don'tbedenied
"This was a trap play. Totally f'ing brilliant. They had the ammo ready when the moderates, I mean Liberal Democrats, walked into the fan."

Indeed. Liberals are so predictably "reactionary" that we've been able to figure out how to play them for suckers.

We put out the bait...they snap it up.

102 posted on 06/23/2005 2:25:46 PM PDT by Southack (Media Bias means that Castro won't be punished for Cuban war crimes against Black Angolans in Africa)
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To: Calpernia; nw_arizona_granny

A you'll-want-to-bookmark-these-comments, ping.


103 posted on 06/23/2005 2:25:55 PM PDT by Velveeta (www.takebackthememorial.org)
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To: seamus

This is good. Thanks. I don't see where he says "democrat" do you?

nick


104 posted on 06/23/2005 2:27:22 PM PDT by nikos1121
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To: Republican Red

See post # 95 (no, it's not true)


105 posted on 06/23/2005 2:28:57 PM PDT by txrangerette
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To: seamus

If they didn't already have this formatted and waiting.


106 posted on 06/23/2005 2:29:02 PM PDT by listenhillary (Socialists have only killed 100 million. We'll never learn will we?)
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To: sportutegrl

I'll take that tagline!


107 posted on 06/23/2005 2:29:07 PM PDT by watchin (Facts irritate liberals)
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To: Soul Seeker

Watch and see how the MSM spins it. This gives them an excuse to drop the Durbin story. Of course it'll still be talked about here, on talk radio, and on FOX. But most of the country will never hear of it again.


108 posted on 06/23/2005 2:29:37 PM PDT by balch3
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To: seamus
Why was there not more of an attempt made during the last election to tie some of these comments to Kerry and the Rats?

The Rats were getting millions from Soros and allowed Moore to sit with Jimmy Carter at their convention. They should have hung these statments around Kerry's neck.

109 posted on 06/23/2005 2:31:07 PM PDT by G-Bob
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To: seamus

God Bless the USA bump


110 posted on 06/23/2005 2:32:25 PM PDT by prognostigaator
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To: nikos1121
Nope..he said Liberals...and the Senate Dems came unraveled.

This is hilarious...each Repub senator should as part of their comments simply read off the litany of statements by Democrats. They're telling and they buttress Rove's point.

BTW, the megalomaniac that is the Dem Party chair, has been throwing bombs for weeks now. They can dish it but they can't take it. What's sauce for the goose...

111 posted on 06/23/2005 2:32:33 PM PDT by sofaman
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To: seamus
Good work scouring Mr. seamus... I couldn't find this.

The important parts:

But perhaps the most important difference between conservatives and liberals can be found in the area of national security. Conservatives saw the savagery of 9/11 and 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, liberals believed it was time to… submit a petition. I am not joking. Submitting a petition is precisely what Moveon.org did. It was a petition imploring the powers that be” to “use moderation and restraint in responding to the… terrorist attacks against the United States.

I don’t know about you, but moderation and restraint is not what I felt as I watched the Twin Towers crumble to the earth; a side of the Pentagon destroyed; and almost 3,000 of our fellow citizens perish in flames and rubble.  

Moderation and restraint is not what I felt – and moderation and restraint is not what was called for. It was a moment to summon our national will – and to brandish steel.  

MoveOn.Org, Michael Moore and Howard Dean may not have agreed with this, but the American people did.

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Thanks to this transcript, and you locating it, we now know the MSM has SPINNED this 179 degrees out phase. The closest reference to the word, "Democrats" or the phrase, "Democratic Party" was this one TINY mention of "Howard Dean".

Now we know for sure that these comments were absolutely appropriate for the occasion.

 

112 posted on 06/23/2005 2:32:48 PM PDT by USAfearsnobody
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To: Southack

That would be true if Rove controlled the spin cycle. But judging the transcript in the Scott Mclellan press conference, the MSM is working this in a way that;s not favorable. No surprise there. Other than Fox, it'll be a constant drumbeat about the "hateful" comments of Rove.

But I guess I'm in the minority on this. It just seems to me that Rove "out-clevered" himself this time.


113 posted on 06/23/2005 2:32:51 PM PDT by balch3
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To: balch3

I don't think MSM carried the Durbin story in the first place. MSM are a wholy owned subsidiary of the DNC, and do not report negatively about democrats. They will however, jump all over the Rove statements. It will be funny to watch; we should all get a graet laugh out of the bias we will witness.


114 posted on 06/23/2005 2:32:59 PM PDT by Laverne
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To: seamus

Gotta bump for a read and save.


115 posted on 06/23/2005 2:33:20 PM PDT by engrpat
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To: CharlesWayneCT
Ah, yes. Hyperbole. Exactly what it is. Not simply "setting forth different approaches to the war on terror."

I'm so much happier when I'm not disppointed by the inability of our leaders to avoid duplicity.

116 posted on 06/23/2005 2:33:40 PM PDT by lugsoul ("She talks and she laughs." - Tom DeLay)
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To: txrangerette

Doesn't say much for my opinion of McCain that I would fall so easily for that kind of reaction from him.

I figure if McCain has any intention of running for President, and I know he does, Rove could make or break him. My guess from the transcript of Rove's speech is that he won't lift a finger on his pudgy little hand to help McCain, a liberal in conservative clothing.

Rove 2008 - hear the liberal heads explode at the mere mention.


117 posted on 06/23/2005 2:34:13 PM PDT by Republican Red (DU: ''Reality sucks. That's the problem. We want another reality.'')
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To: An Old Marine
Absolutely brilliant.

It seems it's not so hard to trap desperate animals, LOL.

The Architect strikes again, hooray.

118 posted on 06/23/2005 2:34:18 PM PDT by Mister Baredog ((Minuteman at heart, couch potato in reality))
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To: gopwinsin04

Choice. Very choice.


119 posted on 06/23/2005 2:35:38 PM PDT by TheGeezer
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To: Personal Responsibility

:-D


120 posted on 06/23/2005 2:35:41 PM PDT by prairiebreeze (Does my American flag offend you? Dial 1-800-LEAVE THE USA!)
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