Posted on 01/20/2006 3:19:18 PM PST by West Coast Conservative
Karl Rove, the president's chief political adviser, gave nervous Republicans here a preview of the party's strategy to maintain its dominance in the fall elections today, assailing Democrats for their positions on terrorism, the White House eavesdropping program and Mr. Bush's attempt to shape the federal judiciary.
For 26 minutes, after calling for civility in politics in a packed speech before the Republican National Committee, Mr. Rove offered a lacerating attack on Democrats that other Republicans said was a road map for how the party would deal with a tough electoral environment. Mr. Rove sharply criticized Democrats for their opposition to tax cuts and Mr. Bush's Supreme Court nominations, but he left little doubt that once again - as has been the case in both national elections since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks - that he was intent on making national security the pre-eminent issue in 2006.
Mr. Rove speeches this early in an election year have proved to be accurate predictors of what Republican candidates would say in the fall, and thus every seat in the ballroom at a downtown Washington hotel was filled. He lacerated Democrats for what he described their "cut and run" policy on Iraq, for blocking a renewal of the broad antiterrorism law known as the USA Patriot Act, and for challenging the legality of the administration's widespread use of warrantless wiretaps in the face of widespread criticism.
Mr. Rove made no mention of Republican opposition to both the Patriot Act and the surveillance program, which has posed a political problem for this White House, while he laid out his case against the Democrats, speaking rapidly.
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Rove/North in '08.
Where's Rove been? Just lying low?
Delusional Disorder
American Description
Diagnostic Criteria
1. Nonbizarre delusions (i.e., involving situations that occur in real life, such as being followed, poisoned, infected, loved at a distance, or deceived by spouse or lover, or having a disease) of at least 1 month's duration.
2. Criterion A for Schizophrenia has never been met. Note: Tactile and olfactory hallucinations may be present in Delusional Disorder if they are related to the delusional theme.
Criterion A of Schizophrenia requires two (or more) of the following, each present for a significant portion of time during a 1-month period (or less if successfully treated):
1. delusions
2. hallucinations
3. disorganized speech (e.g., frequent derailment or incoherence)
4. grossly disorganized or catatonic behavior
5. negative symptoms, i.e., affective flattening, alogia, or avolition
Note: Criteria A of Schizophrenia requires only one symptom if delusions are bizarre or hallucinations consist of a voice keeping up a running commentary on the person's behavior or thoughts, or two or more voices conversing with each other.
3. Apart from the impact of the delusion(s) or its ramifications, functioning is not markedly impaired and behavior is not obviously odd or bizarre.
4. If mood episodes have occurred concurrently with delusions, their total duration has been brief relative to the duration of the delusional periods.
5. The disturbance is not due to the direct physiological effects of a substance (e.g., a drug of abuse, a medication) or a general medical condition.
Specify type (the following types are assigned based on the predominant delusional theme):
* Erotomanic Type: delusions that another person, usually of higher status, is in love with the individual
* Grandiose Type: delusions of inflated worth, power, knowledge, identity, or special relationship to a deity or famous person
* Jealous Type: delusions that the individual's sexual partner is unfaithful
* Persecutory Type: delusions that the person (or someone to whom the person is close) is being malevolently treated in some way
* Somatic Type: delusions that the person has some physical defect or general medical condition
* Mixed Type: delusions characteristic of more than one of the above types but no one theme predominates
* Unspecified Type
Differential Diagnosis
After hearing Jerry the Whale Nadler in the segment on Fox New I wonder if the NYT will say he stepped over the line.
" Too tame. Try Coulter/Rove in '08. ;-)"
STILL too tame. Dobson/HALLIBURTON in '08 ;^)
I agree. He seems to have a particular fondness for certain words:
"Mr. Rove offered a lacerating attack...." and "He lacerated Democrats..."
I'd simply ask him, quite openly and, rhetorically,Why should he numbn_ts?
Rove was out to 'fire up the troops' with a strategy for the mid-term election period. Why in the name of sanity would he introduce the discord among some weak sister brother Republicans to turn the very positive speech sour with the introduction of a negative remark? The answer is of course, he wouldn't. Only the pablum-puking Mr. nagourney would..., in revealing himself to be a less than impartial commentator, but we all knew that to start with. Try again numbn_ts!
Mr. nagourney would do well to revisit Journalism 101 and explain just while he added the totally inaccurate and superfluous reference...", speaking rapidly" to his sentence and in so doing constructed a grammatically poor sentence. The sentence sufficeth without said addition, but it is also true that Mr. Rove spoke pointedly and clearly and not at all rushed or rapidly. I saw his remarks on TV. As a matter of fact. I have never seen Mr. Rove ever speak rapidly in public. Apparently more liberal, left-wing hallucinating.
Or Pat Robertson/Ray Chocolate Nagin. ;-)
Can ya see the huge smile on my face??
Diebold/Halliburton 2008!
What's the problem with Chertoff?
I hope you don't grow old and gray waiting..........because it is going to be a long time
Actually, they just used it for "Mr." Rove above.
We know what the talking points are going to be and it is amazing how out of touch these liberal beltway pundits are.
Ummm .. Bush isn't running for reelection
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