Conservative A. Sullivan asks righties to stand up to Rove's "Hail Mary"

[ourbluenation]

"Next week, I'm informed via troubled White House sources, will see the full unveiling of Karl Rove's fall election strategy. He's intending to line up 9/11 families to accuse McCain, Warner and Graham of delaying justice for the perpetrators of that atrocity, because they want to uphold the ancient judicial traditions of the U.S. military and abide by the Constitution.

He will use the families as an argument for legalizing torture, setting up kangaroo courts for military prisoners, and giving war crime impunity for his own aides and cronies.

This is his "Hail Mary" move for November; it's brutally exploitative of 9/11; it's pure partisanship; and it's designed to enable an untrammeled executive. Decent Republicans, Independents and Democrats must do all they can to expose and resist this latest descent into political thuggery. If you need proof that this administration's first priority is not a humane and effective counter-terror strategy, but a brutal, exploitative path to retaining power at any price, you just got it."

http://time.blogs.com/daily_dish/

[malaise]

1. Isn't that Heil Mary? n/t

[Joanne98]

2. Who are these 911 families who are so willing to LIE for Bush?

Did they get PAID or something?

[journalist3072]

3. So a few things jump out at me right away

1. Will Ann Coulter say that these 9/11 families are "enjoying" their loved ones deaths, because they dare to speak out? (Since they are helping the Bushies, I guess not).

2. I wonder if Deanna Burnetta and Lisa Beamer will allow themselves to be used as props? Wonder if they'll be in the mix?

[ourbluenation]

5. wouldn't hold my breathe re: man coulter but what needs to be

focused on is not 9/11 familes, but the disgusting exploitation of these people for partisan politics. He is pure evil...will decent righties call him out on it, since, you know, they love the constitution so much and all.

[whistle]

4. That photo of KKKarl Rove at the site link makes him look very ill

...like he might have cancer or AIDs. I would never wish such a thing on anyone, but he does not look well at all.

[YDogg]

6. No, I think he just looks like the sick old man he was destined to become.

[rodeodance]

8. sick ol RICH man

[stevedeshazer]

7. Ouch! That's gonna leave a mark. Sullivan gets it.

[peacetalksforall]

9. "... uphold ancient judicial traditions ... "

Can you believe it?

Ancient?

We want OUR legal system to keep us human and he calls it ancient?

Tells you everything about our PNACO-FASCISTS and the barons who approved the PNAC-AEI-Heritage Foundation-corporate plan.

We want to uphold traditions that we are proud of and he calls it ancient?

WHAT A FIND! Thanks and thanks to Sullivan. I didn't know he had it in him.

Makes you kinda like McCain, Graham, and Warner. What am I saying?

[ourbluenation]

10. huh?

[Generic Brad]

11. On a positive note -- the Hail Mary play is rarely successful

This reeks of desperation on the part of the Republicans.