Karl Rove and Dan Senor praise Obama's Afghanistan Escalation

[slipslidingaway]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/12/01/bush-officials-rnc-praise_n_375400.html

"Two prominent Bush administration officials are publicly praising President Obama for his decision to send additional troops to Afghanistan.

In an incredibly rare occurrence, the Republican National Committee hosted a conference call on Tuesday in which the featured speaker, Dan Senor, a former Bush spokesman in Iraq, applauded the White House and said he was "quite encouraged by the president's decision."

...The former chief spokesperson for the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq wasn't the only one-time Bush hand to lavish praise on the current president. Appearing on NBC's "Today Show" Tuesday morning, Karl Rove said that if reports of a 30,000-plus-troop surge were true, it constituted "a definitive action."

"And if the president does do that, I'll be among the first to stand up and applaud," Rove said."

[Skittles]

1. nice to know so many DUers are on Karl Rove's side

[slipslidingaway]

8. It has been strange :( n/t

[Why Syzygy]

2. Of course they are.

It's THEIR policy.

[slipslidingaway]

10. Yes, IMO we need some radically different thinking. n/t

[midnight]

3. President Obama's red flag-Karl Rove applauding your escalation of the war.

[kenny blankenship]

4. Oooh the elusive bipartisanship!

And all this time jogging in circles and not finding any bipartisanship, all we really had to do was slaughter people. So simple.

[slipslidingaway]

13. It will be interestng to see who votes for additional funds and how the lines...

are drawn, doubt it will be just a D or R line.

[Mz Pip]

5. Ever think that maybe

Rove is just fanning the flames of dissent in the Democratic Party? He says nothing without careful consideration on the impact to the opposition.

I take nothing he says at face value. Nothing.

[Why Syzygy]

17. President Obama's doing a fine job of flame fanning.

Rove doesn't have that kind of power here.

[earth mom]

6. Of course Rove loves it. Obama is being a very good boy isn't he? nt

[Mz Pip]

7. Ever think that maybe

Rove is just fanning the flames of dissent in the Democratic Party? He says nothing without careful consideration on the impact to the opposition.

I take nothing he says at face value. Nothing.

[slipslidingaway]

9. Could be he is fanning the flames, although he appears to agree with ...

the policy and that is unsettling.

[rhett o rick]

11. Knowing Rove approves makes it that much worse. I am sick. nt

[Raejeanowl]

20. My Thoughts Exactly n/t

[spanone]

12. who cares what those fucks think....

[leftstreet]

14. The whole country is anti-war, but these pricks try to rally the 'base'

What a joke

[slipslidingaway]

16. Which base? :( n/t

[subsuelo]

15. well at least Obama has support somewhere

[bvar22]

18. Obama spends way too much time....

...trying to make Republicans happy.

[lib2DaBone]

19. The Rethuglicans are loving Obama.....

1 War on Terror

2 Bring Em On

3 Smirk

4 With us or against us

5 Axis of Evil

6 Stay The Course

7 WMD's

8 Military Pride

9 As Soon As We Are Done it will be better

10 Fighting them there....