Rove's latest master stroke has Democrats admitting they are liberals

AP via NY Times:

A White House official said Friday the administration finds it ''somewhat puzzling'' that Democrats are demanding presidential adviser Karl Rove's apology or resignation for implying that liberals are soft on terrorism.

''I think Karl was very specific, very accurate, in who he was pointing out,'' communications director Dan Bartlett said, contending the comments weren't aimed at all Democrats. ''It's touched a chord with these Democrats. I'm not sure why.''

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Rove, the architect behind President Bush's election victories, on Wednesday night told a gathering of the New York Conservative Party that ''Liberals saw the savagery of the 9/11 attacks and wanted to prepare indictments and offer therapy and understanding for our attackers.'' Conservatives, he said, ''saw the savagery of 9/11 and the attacks and prepared for war.''

He added that groups linked to the Democratic Party made the mistake of calling for ''moderation and restraint'' after the terrorist attacks.

Bartlett, appearing on morning news shows Friday, said that Rove was referring in his talk to MoveOn.org, a liberal group that has raised millions to campaign against the Iraq war and oppose President Bush's re-election.

''It's somewhat puzzling why all these Democrats ... who responded forcefully after 9/11, who voted to support President Bush's pursuit of the war on terror, are now rallying to the defense of MoveOn.org, this liberal organization who put out a petition in the days after 9/11 and said that we ought not use military force in responding to 9/11,'' Bartlett said on NBC's ''Today'' show. ''That is who Karl Rove cited in that speech ... There is no need to apologize.''

MoveOn is even denying their own petition. In one bold speech, Rove has put the Democrats and their most liberal proponents on the defensive at a time when they were attacking the President on the war. It was a strategic move worthy of Napolean on the battlefield.

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