Rove Prepares Plan to Save Asshats . . . ASS

[Donailin]

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/05/national/nationalspecial/05bush.html?adxnnl=1&pagewanted=print&adxnnlx=1125893207-iUs2pxKrco2+5iKEhfCwHA

Under the command of President Bush's two senior political advisers, the White House rolled out a plan this weekend to contain the political damage from the administration's response to Hurricane Katrina.

It orchestrated visits by cabinet members to the region, leading up to an extraordinary return visit by Mr. Bush planned for Monday, directed administration officials not to respond to attacks from Democrats on the relief efforts, and sought to move the blame for the slow response to Louisiana state officials, according to Republicans familiar with the White House plan.

The effort is being directed by Mr. Bush's chief political adviser, Karl Rove, and his communications director, Dan Bartlett. It began late last week after Congressional Republicans called White House officials to register alarm about what they saw as a feeble response by Mr. Bush to the hurricane, according to Republican Congressional aides.

As a result, Americans watching television coverage of the disaster this weekend began to see, amid the destruction and suffering, some of the most prominent members of the administration - Richard B. Myers, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; Donald H. Rumsfeld, the secretary of defense; and Condoleezza Rice, the secretary of state - touring storm-damaged communities.

Just read this over at Kos, and the best reply was this by Volvo Liberal :Are you safer than you were 4 years ago? (none / 1)

That's the only question we should be asking...Don't get caught up in the Louisiana details and criticism...That is what Rove wants obviously...We need to go meta "big picture" on them and let Rove's minions lie about who called who when about declaring a state of emergency."

Democrats should say something like:

"Look, this issue is settled. Americans know the Federal government failed the Southeast. There is no debate on it. We are passed that now...Now the question must be asked: are we safer than we were 4 years ago? And the answer, sadly, is no. And we need new leadership to make this country safe." Clear and to the point.

I did not receive $ from Ketchum, U.S. Department of Ed or HHS to write this---though I wish I had.

by Volvo Liberal on Sun Sep 4th, 2005 at 20:56:58 PDT

[Donailin]

1. kick because who doesn't want to hate rove before bed?

[jsamuel]

2. Press is calling them on their spin... WOW

[Gabi Hayes]

3. you GO! I go, too

kick....recommended

that's a most excellent response, and one the pugs always use when pinned down with uncomfortable facts: evade them with big picture lies

this works so much better because it's the.....truth!

thanks for that

quarantined?

[Drewskie]

4. Rove should be in prison right now

He's low scum who outed a cia agent and is thus a traitor... And here the guy is operating like it's business as usual. Shameless...

[johnaries]

5. Proud to be the 5th recommendation! Bookmarked!

Boy, am I going to use this when I get back to work on Tuesday!

[Gabi Hayes]

6. really...isn't that a just about perfect rejoinder?

[Donailin]

9. It is, maybe we should all writeLTTE's and pose that one question. Skinner

what's our next assignment?

The hedgehog and the fox. The hedgehog knows many many things, and the fox knows only one big thing.

The fox with its one idea is still in charge, and we, the hedgehogs, are unable to defeat the fox with our many many ideas. But what if we defeat the fox with their own method???

Are you safer now than four years ago??? It was used against us, we must now use it against them.

[Donailin]

10. and thanks to all for nominating this and my other thread.

The hedgehog and the fox, and September 24th.

Let's DO THIS!!!

[sam sarrha]

7. what if Rove spuna plan and nobody came to listen...??

:rofl:

[Kurovski]

8. Scene one, take two.

Bush was so unconvincing the first time, the director called for a re-shoot. "Once more with feeling, George." said Karl von Stroheim. Look for tears to flow from W's squinty l'il pig eyes on this trip.

The White House's internal polls must be shockingly (and deservedly) low.

[John Q. Citizen]

11. That is good advice. Keep it short and simple. (KISS) And hit

them with the security issue.

Another short big picture reply?

Lack of caring.

Bush didn't much care until he had to.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

12. Bush going today for more Photo Ops in Louisiana and Mississippi

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x4639422

With links to two articles

[Hamlette]

13. Rove spent more time trying to spin this than Bush did trying to save us.

I hate these guys.

[K8-EEE]

14. Nice To See They're Busy Doing SOMETHING...

Sure as hell weren't busy helping those poor people in NOLA this week...

[NightOwwl]

15. So basically, the NYTime is calling Rove out on his bullshit.

:wow:

Cool!

[MadeinOhio]

16. This is actually good news, because now his image.....

Can be permanently destroyed. :wow:

Rove and co won't respond to criticisms because it will make them all look worse, so their only alternative is to try to make themselves look as good as possible.

We can turn this right against them by inciting this quote:

"Are we all safer now than we were three years ago? Does the GOP look tough on national security?"

Spread it into every LTTE, and everywhere else, and demand their resignation!!!