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Originally Posted by Griff

I don't think so. Its not like Rove holds an elective office and lets face it Republicans do believe that Democrats are unAmerican. Hillary vs Rove? That's business as usual. I don't think the mushy middle voters will vote on this issue next go around. They'll be too busy getting lead around by the media on some other non-issue by then.

I agree with Griff. As an official flunkie, Rove is free to get his hands dirty, as long as his boss doesn't get sucked into endorsing his opinion.

I don't think he does anything by accident. The fact that he picked himself as point man to make such an inflammatory statement reflects the fact that he is very worried at Bush's dismal performance and is trying to spin 9/11 back into the news however he can. If the only way he can do so is by making lame and unsupported statements that will get hammered in the press, he will do it. This was not a stupid act, this was a desperate one. Karl is taking one for the team.

Not that I think they are smart enough to pick up the ball, but all the Dems have to say is 'We took 9/11 seriously enough that we backed the President's invasion of Iraq on his word as Commander in Chief that there was an imminent threat to the United States. If we had acted with more restraint, we would have saved thousands of additional lives and hundreds of billions of dollars being poured into Iraq'.