Lindsey Graham (R-SC) : Rove Critics Should “Shut Up”

[cthrumatrix]

Graham: Rove Critics Should “Shut Up”
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) had these kind words to share last night on Hannity & Colmes:

If you can prove a case against Karl Rove, let the legal system do it, otherwise just shut up, because you’re ruining a guy’s reputation before anything has happened.

This is how far we’ve come. Rove’s defenders are arguing that, as long as Rove hasn’t been convicted of a crime, he shouldn’t be subject to any criticism. Rove lied to the public when he said he had no involvement or knowledge of the leak. His critics aren’t ruining Rove’s reputation. Rove took care of that himself.

http://thinkprogress.org/


he must be watching O'Lielly a great deal.

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[GreenPartyVoter]

7. Welcome to DU. and since when do Repubs worry about besmirching someone's

rep? (Well, they care when it's a fellow repub, of course.)

[rkc3]

15. They only care when they're not running against them.

Then it's no hold barred. Same treatment they give veterans.

[Wetzelbill]

12. Welcome to DU, TradBass

Keep posting.

[Goldmund]

2. You sure he wasn't talking about Saddam?

[noamnety]

3. Oh yes, that's a big concern for them

Ruining a guy's reputation ... isn't that how Rove got into this mess?

[gmoney]

4. Why does Graham hate America? (n/t)

[aresef]

5. But if a democrat is suspected of anything...

He'd want him fired.

[Norquist Nemesis]

41. Not just fired...

Tarred, feathered, and dragged down the main streets of middle America before being thrown into a cave somewhere in Slovakia.

[KarenInMA]

6. because you’re ruining a guy’s reputation before anything has happened.

Not that kkkarl has EVER done that before. :eyes:

[caledesi]

31. KKKarl Rove doesn't have a reputation! nt

[merwin]

8. Funny, nobody had a problem hanging Michael Jackson before the trial even

started.

[im10ashus]

33. Good point, Merwin!

Faux news had MJ in the gallows before he even went to trial. Not that MJ is actually all innocent, but excellent point. Faux picks and chooses who is guilty. Asshats that they are.

[Wetzelbill]

9. Karl Rove had a good reputation?

Maybe when he was 1 or 2 years old. Other than that, he's been a known fucking rat his whole life.

[hobbit709]

10. Aren't these the same horses' butts

that trashed and are still trashing Clinton?

[SteppingRazor]

11. What reputation was there to ruin? n/t

[Wetzelbill]

16. great minds think alike

[ET Awful]

13. Gee Lindsey, I didn't see you saying such things during the Whitewater

witchhunt (which found no evidence of wrongdoing whatsoever).

[Wetzelbill]

22. Exactly, especially considering he was the House Manager who

Made up a scenario about Clinton having Vernon Jordan get Lewinsky a job, so she wouldn't talk about the affair or some such BS. It was such a muddled theory that I can't explain it because it doesn't make sense. Sid Blumenthal talks alot about Graham's participation in the House impeachment in "The Clinton Wars."

[Marnieworld]

14. After what they did to Bill Clinton

This takes major balls to say! Wow! The more they defend Rove the more disgusted I am.

[redqueen]

17. Like you fucks did with Monica? FUCK YOURSELF!

Wanna let this asshole know what you think about his demand that we shut up?

877-762-8762

[raccoon]

42. I am going to call

this jerk is from my state--to my sorrow.

This is typical Republican behavior, THEY can criticize others six ways from Sunday, but they--especially the Bush junta & employees--are above criticism.

[MadisonProgressive]

49. 1-877-SOB-U-SOB!!

[Union Thug]

18. Oh boo-hoo.

Is it even possible to "ruin" Rove's rep? It's like worrying about ruining Ted Bundy's reputation.

[Catherine Vincent]

19. You shut up ya HYPOCRITE!

[Zenlitened]

20. For reaction now, let's go live to Bill Clinton via satellite...

:crazy:

Republicans = filth. They will say ANYTHING, anything at all, no matter how preposterous.

And the sad part is, there are huge numbers of idiotic sheeplike semi-moron pod-people out there who will say, "Duh, yah, dats right. Wut he said, that guy. I tink so too."

:puke:

[Straight Shooter]

21. Rove's reputation precedes him, and it ain't a pretty sight.

Also, "shut up" is not exactly a civil response from a public servant, but it is a typical comment from one who feels cornered. I can't wait for Cheney to come out and tell all of us to go f*ck ourselves :)

[whistle]

23. Lindsey Graham is the mixer of the neo-con Koolaid, so what....

...else would one expect him to say? The fact that he puts on a totally different face in the senate just shows what his real values are when he is among his Nietzsche supermen friends. What a total prick this man, Lindsey Graham, is! :yoiks:

[DBoon]

24. Ruining Roves' reputation????

heeheehee hawhaw hawhawhaw hee hee hee

That's very funny.

[movonne]

25. Defending a traitor is being a traitor....and since when do they worry

about ruining anyone's reputation??? Clinton comes to mind among many others...

[Plausible]

26. And this moron should be on the Supreme Court?

he needs to go home and wave his confederate flag and shut up.

[u2spirit]

27. KKKarl Rove

has never done anything to harm a mans reputation before. Leave him alone. Fucking Prick

[Beelzebud]

28. Beelzebud (D-IL): Lindsey Graham should

"Fuck Off".

:P

Sorry for the language, I couldn't help myself.

[Hamlette]

29. ruining someone's reputation before conviction is something

he is an expert on. Can you say "Clinton". He was a house prosecutor. Creep.

We should all just answer by using a Clinton line "we feel your pain." Could follow it up with "we remember when you did it to us."

[Lerkfish]

30. "Irony" is broken from overuse since 2000.

telling people to be concerned over Rove's reputation, is beyond irony. In fact, it whistles by irony in a tight gravity-slung orbit around the Sun and comes screaming back at superluminal speed to bump into itself again.

[AX10]

32. There is no such thing as a good Republican.

[stray cat]

34. Where was Graham when the GOP Swift Boaters aired?

[AX10]

35. "AX10(D-CT): There is NO TOLERANCE for treason"

[mtnester]

36. Ruining a guys reputation?! Hey asshat, can you say Swift Vet Liars?

Where were you then Lindsey? How about the current AND past attacks on Joe Wilson, Michael Moore, Dan Rather, et al etc.

Republicans do not know the phrase "to stand up for something." All these political hacks know is how to bend over for something.

So Lindsey, who nailed you THIS time? Cheney? DeLay? ROVE?!?

Can you all tell I am in a mean, BITTER mood? Our government sucks, these people suck, and if I felt any more hogged tied I would be a ham right now.

[SemiCharmedQuark]

37. His reputation as a turd blossom? I doubt we can make it worse.

Unless we make him a soggy turd blossom.

[dogday]

38. Oh that's so funny and so rich

A Republican worried about someone's reputation. They are the masters of ruining people and their reputation.

[in_cog_ni_to]

39. NOW he's concerned about ruining "a guys" reputation?

This coming from one of the bastard repukes who sat on the House committee that impeached a president over a damn BLOW JOB???? Lindsey, YOU can SHUT THE FUCK UP because YOU have no room to talk! GEEZUS, there's no end to their hypocrisy. :grr:

[spanone]

50. Where were their concerns when they drug Michael Schiavo thru shit.

Fuck you Mr. Graham.

[cthrumatrix]

52. aren't rethugs always reminded us they are the "party of moral values"?

[City Lights]

40. Fear is in the air.

The mepublikans want to smear Wilson and Plame til the cows come home, but everybody else better watch what they say.

They are :scared: of this. Every online poll I've seen has been in the 80-90% range against rover. Regardless of whether rover is fired, resigns, goes to jail, or weasles out of this, they also have to fight this in the court of public opinion, which they are losing bigtime.

Nobody likes a traitor.

[PuraVidaDreamin]

43. Like Repugs trashing of John McCain in 2000 prez primaries? or

trashing triple amputee Sen Max Cleland that unpatriotic
Vietman Vet?

They have no conscience and No Shame

[DinahMoeHum]

44. Lindsey Graham = Traitor Lover

n/t

[chaska]

45. Lindsey should come out of the closet. He'll feel better.

[Sparkman]

46. great news here, national audience sees Graham's intellect...typical repub

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

47. Ocelot (DU): Lindsey Graham Should "Shut Up"

[catmandu57]

48. HEY GRAHAM FUCK YOU

Eat fucking shit and die you worthless ugly arrogant little bastard. I'll say what I damn well want to say when I want to shithead motherfucker.

[MadisonProgressive]

51. Fuck you, Graham 'cracker'!

[LibertyLover]

53. Rove's reputation

Um, would that be the same Karl Rove who thought nothing about trashing John McCain's reputation or Max Cleland's reputation to preempt their elections? Yeah, I thought so. Let the trashing continue.

[myrna minx]

54. You gotta love these treason apologists.

Lindsey Graham: Pro-treason party.

[Solly Mack]

55. Does he remember a man named Clinton?

who was hounded by the reich wing from day 1? Constantly maligned and smeared by the reich wing... and then all they could find was a blow job....

I think the former house manager remembers the name.

[IChing]

56. shut up isn't as bad as being shot

The big lie is that this whole thing proves bush lied to the nation
which is against his oath of office, saying in his report to congress
I.E. state of the nation, on Saddam's seeking uranium from NIger

[Bouncy Ball]

57. Bouncy Ball to Lindsey Graham:

Kiss my ass, you bastard. We'll criticize him ALL WE FUCKING WANT.

What's ever stopped you from criticizing anyone? Certainly not the truth!

So since we've got truth on our side, yeah, I think I'll go ahead and criticize him LOUD and LONG!

Fuck you Graham. And the horse you rode in on.

[chaska]

58. What's with all these gay fascists in the GOP now? It's downright strange.