Liberals Still After Rove
Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2005 7:52 am
Liberals Find the Lighter Side of a 'Serious' National Security Matter
By Susan Jones
CNSNews.com Senior Editor
August 09, 2005
(CNSNews.com) - A liberal advocacy group says it has a winner in its "Fire Karl Rove" slogan contest.
Of the 17,740 entries it received, the following slogan received the most votes: "Loose Lips Deserve Pink Slips. Fire Karl Rove."
Rounding out the top five vote-getters were:
Karl Rove: The Voice of Treason
Treason is Not a Family Value
Support Homeland Security-Fire Karl Rove
Firing Rove: A REAL Patriot Act
MoveOn.org also singled out some of its personal favorites, including: "Fire Mrs. Rove's Husband," a reference to Rove's mention of "Wilson's wife."
That one made folks laugh, MoveOn.org said -- insisting in the next breath that America's security is at stake in the leak of a CIA operative's name:
"Clearly millions of Americans don't see this as just another Washington scandal but as a serious issue about accountability, lies and real security for our families and our country," the message to MoveOn.org members said.
MoveOn thanked everyone who took part in the slogan contest and reminded them to "download your poster" with the winning slogan printed on it -- to keep the Karl Rove controversy alive.
MoveOn.org suggests that the poster is perfect for hanging in windows, on refrigerators, on bulletin boards at home, work or in the community, on gym lockers, "or anywhere else that makes sense."
"After you've prominently hung up your poster, send us a digital photo of where you've displayed it or a photo of you or your friends holding the poster," MoveOn urged members. (A similar "send-a-photo" gimmick recently was used by conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh to promote his "Camp Gitmo" line of merchandise.)
Democrats have seized on Karl Rove's July 2003 conversation with a Time magazine reporter Matt Cooper as a breach of national security. Republicans say Democrats are trying to manufacture a scandal where none exists.
Rove admits he mentioned CIA agent Valerie Plame in passing, but he did not use her name and he says he mentioned "Wilson's wife" to Cooper, not to "out" her, but to set the reporter straight on a story he was writing about Ambassador Joseph Wilson.
A federal grand jury is investigating the leak of Plame's name, and Rove reportedly is not the only administration official to testify before the panel.
But liberal Democrats say President Bush shouldn't wait for the results of that probe.
"The special prosecutor's ultimate findings about whether Mr. Rove's behavior was intentional or criminal are irrelevant," said the Maryland woman who submitted the winning slogan to MoveOn.org.
"The American people deserve more than the President 'flip-flopping' over whether or not he will hold his people accountable. They deserve to know that consequences follow when mistakes are made."
President Bush is refusing to comment on the case until the grand jury's findings are in.
By Susan Jones
CNSNews.com Senior Editor
August 09, 2005
(CNSNews.com) - A liberal advocacy group says it has a winner in its "Fire Karl Rove" slogan contest.
Of the 17,740 entries it received, the following slogan received the most votes: "Loose Lips Deserve Pink Slips. Fire Karl Rove."
Rounding out the top five vote-getters were:
Karl Rove: The Voice of Treason
Treason is Not a Family Value
Support Homeland Security-Fire Karl Rove
Firing Rove: A REAL Patriot Act
MoveOn.org also singled out some of its personal favorites, including: "Fire Mrs. Rove's Husband," a reference to Rove's mention of "Wilson's wife."
That one made folks laugh, MoveOn.org said -- insisting in the next breath that America's security is at stake in the leak of a CIA operative's name:
"Clearly millions of Americans don't see this as just another Washington scandal but as a serious issue about accountability, lies and real security for our families and our country," the message to MoveOn.org members said.
MoveOn thanked everyone who took part in the slogan contest and reminded them to "download your poster" with the winning slogan printed on it -- to keep the Karl Rove controversy alive.
MoveOn.org suggests that the poster is perfect for hanging in windows, on refrigerators, on bulletin boards at home, work or in the community, on gym lockers, "or anywhere else that makes sense."
"After you've prominently hung up your poster, send us a digital photo of where you've displayed it or a photo of you or your friends holding the poster," MoveOn urged members. (A similar "send-a-photo" gimmick recently was used by conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh to promote his "Camp Gitmo" line of merchandise.)
Democrats have seized on Karl Rove's July 2003 conversation with a Time magazine reporter Matt Cooper as a breach of national security. Republicans say Democrats are trying to manufacture a scandal where none exists.
Rove admits he mentioned CIA agent Valerie Plame in passing, but he did not use her name and he says he mentioned "Wilson's wife" to Cooper, not to "out" her, but to set the reporter straight on a story he was writing about Ambassador Joseph Wilson.
A federal grand jury is investigating the leak of Plame's name, and Rove reportedly is not the only administration official to testify before the panel.
But liberal Democrats say President Bush shouldn't wait for the results of that probe.
"The special prosecutor's ultimate findings about whether Mr. Rove's behavior was intentional or criminal are irrelevant," said the Maryland woman who submitted the winning slogan to MoveOn.org.
"The American people deserve more than the President 'flip-flopping' over whether or not he will hold his people accountable. They deserve to know that consequences follow when mistakes are made."
President Bush is refusing to comment on the case until the grand jury's findings are in.
Those damn liberals! How DARE they question Karl Rove! Do they not know Jesus is working through Rove, thus through our Patriotic Christian President!? Prosecute those liberals under RICO! Strip them of the right to marry! And to vote! God Bless Karl Rove! Equivalent to one of our Founding Fathers!!
