Democrats have demanded that strategist and political advisor to the president Karl Rove resign after invoking the tragedies of 9/11 during a speech at a New York Conservative Party fundraising dinner.
Mr. Rove stated that, “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.”
As soon as word about Rove’s comments began to circulate Democrats began demanding an apology for his attempt to score political points at the expense of the 9/11 victims.
DNC chairman Howard Dean, ironically enough, accused Rove of using “cynical political attacks” in order to divide the nation. Say what Mr. All Republicans Are Christians Who Don’t Work?!
Senator Hilary Clinton, D-NY, even devoted time during Thursday’s Armed Services Committee hearing to persuade Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld to denounce the remarks.
However, speaking of Sen. Clinton and partisan remarks directed towards the events of 9/11, on April 9, 2005, at the Minnesota DFL Hubert Humphrey Dinner, the Senator said:
“After the attacks of September the 11, we were united as a nation, and I was very proud of that…there were those in Washington who saw an opportunity, saw an advantage, a vulnerability in the body politic. They took the support that Americans gave to the War on Terrorism and they used it to advance the rest of their political agenda.”
Whoa! Wait a minute. I thought Ms. Clinton, along with the other Democrats said it was wrong, According to Senator Harry Reid, D-NV, who argued “[that] Dividing our country for political gain is an insult to all Americans and to the common memory we all carry with us from that day."
Where is the consistency? How is it so morally repugnant for Rove to make remarks about 9/11, which happen to be true, but Senator Clinton is allowed to do the same?
New York Governor George Pataki refused to criticize Rove’s remarks. Senator Clinton then impelled the Governor to condemn the statements made by Rove. Pataki responded by noting the hypocrisy of Senator Clinton who failed to repudiate comments made by Senator Dick Durbin that likened the American military to the Nazis.
This turn of events is absolutely indicative of the moronic hypocrisy regularly spewing forth from the Democratic Party. They are the party of duplicity. It is making me sick. They are constantly doing one thing and saying another.
You know what is inappropriate—using the Armed Services Committee as a rostrum for partisan comments. Thousands of Americans have been killed in the efforts to bring democracy to Iraq. And what does Senator Clinton, who sits on the committee, devote a portion of her time to? Demanding the Secretary of Defense apologize for remarks made by an advisor to the President!
Senator Clinton is doing nothing more than grandstanding as she attempts to get herself into a prime position for a presidential run in 2008. Even worse than making virulent partisan remarks for your party’s gain is exploiting partisan remarks for personal gain.
Should Rove consider apologizing? Absolutely not! Well, maybe…if the Democrats demand that Senator Clinton apologize for the vituperative remarks she made in Minnesota.
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