Rove was right. Liberals, and I include most Dems in that, are whiney weenies.
I think you underestimate some of them. Some are as fiercely dedicated to their beliefs as anyone -- they're willing to go to bat for enemies of the U.S.
I've read a few things recently about how they aided the Vietnamese communists during the war (by researching biographies of U.S. POW's, to help their captors with interrogations). It's serious stuff.