Comments on: Rove: ‘Thank God’ Bush invaded Iraq. http://thinkprogress.org/2008/02/19/rove-thank-god-bush-invaded-iraq/ Thu, 26 Nov 2009 06:27:07 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Kgprophet http://thinkprogress.org/2008/02/19/rove-thank-god-bush-invaded-iraq/comment-page-2/#comment-4273252 Kgprophet Wed, 20 Feb 2008 20:36:57 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/02/19/rove-thank-god-bush-invaded-iraq/#comment-4273252 Thank God Bush relied completely on Chalabi, a criminal, for assurances of an easy invasion. Thank God he sent too few troops to secure post-invasion Iraq. Thank God he fired the Iraqi Army and had a strict anti-Baathist policy. Thank God he lied that he had ironclad proof that Iraq had WMD, even though it was the reason to invade. Thank God he allowed torture and ruined the image of the United States for decades. Thank God we have killed tens of thousands of civilians, started a civil war, and flamed hatred toward our country across the Middle East. Thank God George W Bush never ever took responsibility for decisions that all proper analysis (including our own military) have concluded were horrific mistakes. Back in the '70s, they would be saying Thank God we invaded Viet Nam. Thank God Bush relied completely on Chalabi, a criminal, for assurances of an easy invasion. Thank God he sent too few troops to secure post-invasion Iraq. Thank God he fired the Iraqi Army and had a strict anti-Baathist policy. Thank God he lied that he had ironclad proof that Iraq had WMD, even though it was the reason to invade. Thank God he allowed torture and ruined the image of the United States for decades. Thank God we have killed tens of thousands of civilians, started a civil war, and flamed hatred toward our country across the Middle East. Thank God George W Bush never ever took responsibility for decisions that all proper analysis (including our own military) have concluded were horrific mistakes.

Back in the ’70s, they would be saying Thank God we invaded Viet Nam.

]]> By: Keith H. http://thinkprogress.org/2008/02/19/rove-thank-god-bush-invaded-iraq/comment-page-2/#comment-4272619 Keith H. Wed, 20 Feb 2008 15:50:08 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/02/19/rove-thank-god-bush-invaded-iraq/#comment-4272619 Someone please, flush junior's best friend, The Terd. Someone please, flush junior’s best friend, The Terd.

]]> By: Uncle Ho http://thinkprogress.org/2008/02/19/rove-thank-god-bush-invaded-iraq/comment-page-2/#comment-4272281 Uncle Ho Wed, 20 Feb 2008 01:38:23 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/02/19/rove-thank-god-bush-invaded-iraq/#comment-4272281 Marie; thanks. I thought there was a link between Watergate & Rove, but not sure to what degree. Sorry for the delayed thanx, was editing my music files for a couple of hours. Marie; thanks. I thought there was a link between Watergate & Rove, but not sure to what degree. Sorry for the delayed thanx, was editing my music files for a couple of hours.

]]> By: andy42302 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/02/19/rove-thank-god-bush-invaded-iraq/comment-page-2/#comment-4272177 andy42302 Wed, 20 Feb 2008 00:29:53 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/02/19/rove-thank-god-bush-invaded-iraq/#comment-4272177 Deny, deny, deny to the bitter end. Even the right wing blogs won't post on such asinine statements. Go ahead and deny Karl. We all understand that honesty is not an option for this administration. Accordingly, denial is your only option. Deny, deny, deny to the bitter end. Even the right wing blogs won’t post on such asinine statements. Go ahead and deny Karl. We all understand that honesty is not an option for this administration. Accordingly, denial is your only option.

]]> By: Marie http://thinkprogress.org/2008/02/19/rove-thank-god-bush-invaded-iraq/comment-page-2/#comment-4272061 Marie Tue, 19 Feb 2008 23:31:30 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/02/19/rove-thank-god-bush-invaded-iraq/#comment-4272061 Yes, there is a connection Uncle Ho. 1971: Rove drops out of college to devote full time to College Republicans, where he becomes protégé of dirty trickster Lee Atwater, the group's Southern regional coordinator. 1972: Under mentorship of dirty trickster Donald Segretti (who later went to jail for Watergate), Rove paints McGovern as "left-wing peacenik," in spite of McGovern's World War II stint piloting a B-24. 1973: Rove introduces Atwater to Bush Sr. Atwater later becomes "political attack dog" for the Reagan-Bush team, helps Bush Sr. become president, himself becomes RNC chairman, is struck by a brain tumor, and dies. AUGUST 10, 1973: The Washington Post says it received tape of Rove telling about some of his "dirty tricks." Rove is rumored to have participated in "dumpster-diving" (looking through opponents' trash for information to be used against them), crimes such as identity theft, petty larceny, and campaign fraud, and tours to teach other College Republicans how to perform these tricks. Yes, there is a connection Uncle Ho.

1971: Rove drops out of college to devote full time to College Republicans, where he becomes protégé of dirty trickster Lee Atwater, the group’s Southern regional coordinator.
1972: Under mentorship of dirty trickster Donald Segretti (who later went to jail for Watergate), Rove paints McGovern as “left-wing peacenik,” in spite of McGovern’s World War II stint piloting a B-24.

1973: Rove introduces Atwater to Bush Sr. Atwater later becomes “political attack dog” for the Reagan-Bush team, helps Bush Sr. become president, himself becomes RNC chairman, is struck by a brain tumor, and dies.

AUGUST 10, 1973: The Washington Post says it received tape of Rove telling about some of his “dirty tricks.” Rove is rumored to have participated in “dumpster-diving” (looking through opponents’ trash for information to be used against them), crimes such as identity theft, petty larceny, and campaign fraud, and tours to teach other College Republicans how to perform these tricks.

]]> By: Uncle Ho http://thinkprogress.org/2008/02/19/rove-thank-god-bush-invaded-iraq/comment-page-2/#comment-4272015 Uncle Ho Tue, 19 Feb 2008 23:11:50 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/02/19/rove-thank-god-bush-invaded-iraq/#comment-4272015 Wasn't KKK Rove a disciple of Donald Segretti in Watergate? Wasn’t KKK Rove a disciple of Donald Segretti in Watergate?

]]> By: MCMetal http://thinkprogress.org/2008/02/19/rove-thank-god-bush-invaded-iraq/comment-page-2/#comment-4271677 MCMetal Tue, 19 Feb 2008 20:21:17 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/02/19/rove-thank-god-bush-invaded-iraq/#comment-4271677 “But I think that people will look back at the Iraq war and say ‘Thank God, he had the courage to do what he did.’ Since when does it take "courage" to bullshit all your constituents and send others off to kill and perhaps perish themselves , especially against a nation that was no threat to us ? “But I think that people will look back at the Iraq war and say ‘Thank God, he had the courage to do what he did.’

Since when does it take “courage” to bullshit all your constituents and send others off to kill and perhaps perish themselves , especially against a nation that was no threat to us ?

]]> By: Tawdry http://thinkprogress.org/2008/02/19/rove-thank-god-bush-invaded-iraq/comment-page-2/#comment-4271548 Tawdry Tue, 19 Feb 2008 19:42:26 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/02/19/rove-thank-god-bush-invaded-iraq/#comment-4271548 Yeah right Mr. Turd Blossom, everywhere in the US parents are saying "Thank God my child is dead!" Yeah right Mr. Turd Blossom, everywhere in the US parents are saying “Thank God my child is dead!”

]]> By: sacopenapa http://thinkprogress.org/2008/02/19/rove-thank-god-bush-invaded-iraq/comment-page-2/#comment-4271510 sacopenapa Tue, 19 Feb 2008 19:33:05 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/02/19/rove-thank-god-bush-invaded-iraq/#comment-4271510 <blockquote>Why Rove is not behind barrs?!?!?!?!???? </blockquote>

Why Rove is not behind barrs?!?!?!?!????

]]> By: sacopenapa http://thinkprogress.org/2008/02/19/rove-thank-god-bush-invaded-iraq/comment-page-2/#comment-4271499 sacopenapa Tue, 19 Feb 2008 19:30:45 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/02/19/rove-thank-god-bush-invaded-iraq/#comment-4271499 #68 Buckie Boy You said it all!!!!! I was trying to put it all in a few words, but as english is a second language I was not quite there. Great comment! #68 Buckie Boy
You said it all!!!!! I was trying to put it all in a few words, but as english is a second language I was not quite there. Great comment!

]]> By: sacopenapa http://thinkprogress.org/2008/02/19/rove-thank-god-bush-invaded-iraq/comment-page-2/#comment-4271489 sacopenapa Tue, 19 Feb 2008 19:28:29 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/02/19/rove-thank-god-bush-invaded-iraq/#comment-4271489 At least 3860 american families would disagree with this criminal! Why Rove is not behind barrs?!?!?!?!???? At least 3860 american families would disagree with this criminal! Why Rove is not behind barrs?!?!?!?!????

]]> By: Leftside Annie http://thinkprogress.org/2008/02/19/rove-thank-god-bush-invaded-iraq/comment-page-2/#comment-4271450 Leftside Annie Tue, 19 Feb 2008 19:17:35 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/02/19/rove-thank-god-bush-invaded-iraq/#comment-4271450 If there was a God, He would surely smite these evil and depraved sinners with multiple plagues of boils/frogs/impotence/fleas, etc. (Pssst, God, if You're listening....?) If there was a God, He would surely smite these evil and depraved sinners with multiple plagues of boils/frogs/impotence/fleas, etc.

(Pssst, God, if You’re listening….?)

]]> By: ucsbclassics53 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/02/19/rove-thank-god-bush-invaded-iraq/comment-page-2/#comment-4271449 ucsbclassics53 Tue, 19 Feb 2008 19:17:27 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/02/19/rove-thank-god-bush-invaded-iraq/#comment-4271449 I bet Karl thanks God everyday he doesn't have to fight in the war... I bet Karl thanks God everyday he doesn’t have to fight in the war…

]]> By: Buckie Boy http://thinkprogress.org/2008/02/19/rove-thank-god-bush-invaded-iraq/comment-page-2/#comment-4271410 Buckie Boy Tue, 19 Feb 2008 19:02:33 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/02/19/rove-thank-god-bush-invaded-iraq/#comment-4271410 ‘Thank God, he murdered a million innocent Iraqi's, displaced 2 million more, committed war crimes, lied to the American people, war profited, used white phosphorus, deposited millions of depleted uranium ammo, and bankrupted America" Bush/Cheney/Rove Hague Trails '09 Buck Fush ‘Thank God, he murdered a million innocent Iraqi’s, displaced 2 million more, committed war crimes, lied to the American people, war profited, used white phosphorus, deposited millions of depleted uranium ammo, and bankrupted America”

Bush/Cheney/Rove
Hague Trails ‘09

Buck Fush

]]> By: EvilPoet http://thinkprogress.org/2008/02/19/rove-thank-god-bush-invaded-iraq/comment-page-2/#comment-4271377 EvilPoet Tue, 19 Feb 2008 18:53:08 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/02/19/rove-thank-god-bush-invaded-iraq/#comment-4271377 <blockquote>"What can you possibly add to a mind that's full, especially one that's full of itself?" -Joubert</blockquote> <blockquote>"Political language — and with variations this is true of all political parties, from Conservatives to Anarchists — is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind." -George Orwell, Politics and the English Language</blockquote>

“What can you possibly add to a mind that’s full, especially one that’s full of itself?” -Joubert

“Political language — and with variations this is true of all political parties, from Conservatives to Anarchists — is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.” -George Orwell, Politics and the English Language

]]> By: Doc Rock http://thinkprogress.org/2008/02/19/rove-thank-god-bush-invaded-iraq/comment-page-2/#comment-4271351 Doc Rock Tue, 19 Feb 2008 18:45:57 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/02/19/rove-thank-god-bush-invaded-iraq/#comment-4271351 Is violence down or is it on the rise? How long will they trot out that canard? Is violence down or is it on the rise? How long will they trot out that canard?

]]> By: Zooey http://thinkprogress.org/2008/02/19/rove-thank-god-bush-invaded-iraq/comment-page-2/#comment-4271306 Zooey Tue, 19 Feb 2008 18:33:12 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/02/19/rove-thank-god-bush-invaded-iraq/#comment-4271306 Quite frankly, I think that Rove and other neocons “thank God” that 9/11 happened and scared the $hit out of Americans. Otherwise, how would they have been able to push for war with so little evidence, so little cause? Comment by jpopphan — February 19, 2008 @ 1:30 pm Nail on head. Quite frankly, I think that Rove and other neocons “thank God” that 9/11 happened and scared the $hit out of Americans. Otherwise, how would they have been able to push for war with so little evidence, so little cause?
Comment by jpopphan — February 19, 2008 @ 1:30 pm

Nail on head.

]]> By: jpopphan http://thinkprogress.org/2008/02/19/rove-thank-god-bush-invaded-iraq/comment-page-2/#comment-4271293 jpopphan Tue, 19 Feb 2008 18:30:44 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/02/19/rove-thank-god-bush-invaded-iraq/#comment-4271293 Has Karl Rove ever been right about anything? Why does the media listen to this guy? Outside of the right-wing community, why does anyone care what he says or does? No one is "thanking God" for Bush's "courage". Instead, millions of people are cursing him for bringing such suffering to the people in Iraq in an invasion based on lies and manipulation and fostered in a climate of fear post-9/11. Quite frankly, I think that Rove and other neocons "thank God" that 9/11 happened and scared the $hit out of Americans. Otherwise, how would they have been able to push for war with so little evidence, so little cause? Has Karl Rove ever been right about anything? Why does the media listen to this guy? Outside of the right-wing community, why does anyone care what he says or does?

No one is “thanking God” for Bush’s “courage”. Instead, millions of people are cursing him for bringing such suffering to the people in Iraq in an invasion based on lies and manipulation and fostered in a climate of fear post-9/11.

Quite frankly, I think that Rove and other neocons “thank God” that 9/11 happened and scared the $hit out of Americans. Otherwise, how would they have been able to push for war with so little evidence, so little cause?

]]> By: Zooey http://thinkprogress.org/2008/02/19/rove-thank-god-bush-invaded-iraq/comment-page-2/#comment-4271284 Zooey Tue, 19 Feb 2008 18:28:18 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/02/19/rove-thank-god-bush-invaded-iraq/#comment-4271284 I thought Rove was an atheist. Comment by rehbock — February 19, 2008 @ 12:40 pm He's a situational atheist. I thought Rove was an atheist.
Comment by rehbock — February 19, 2008 @ 12:40 pm

He’s a situational atheist.

]]> By: whatevah http://thinkprogress.org/2008/02/19/rove-thank-god-bush-invaded-iraq/comment-page-2/#comment-4271276 whatevah Tue, 19 Feb 2008 18:25:20 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/02/19/rove-thank-god-bush-invaded-iraq/#comment-4271276 ctalk - amen. KKKKarl is not worth spending one more moment on. He's a very sick, twisted, deranged individual who has become a total pariah and embarrassment to this democracy. Someday soon we may see Karl driving a taxi to make a living? ctalk – amen. KKKKarl is not worth spending one more moment on. He’s a very sick, twisted, deranged individual who has become a total pariah and embarrassment to this democracy. Someday soon we may see Karl driving a taxi to make a living?

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