Rove: "Cleland goes around saying they morphed Osama bin Laden's face into my face, and they didn't"

[sabra]

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,589242,00.html

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WALLACE: Now, you say you had nothing to do with this ad, but you also say in the book that it was factual and effective in pointing out Cleland's opposition on this issue of the Department of Homeland Security and whether or not there should be unionized members there.

There's a disagreement about the facts. My question is you have no problem about the idea — you say you didn't have anything to do with it — the idea of mixing up pictures of Osama bin Laden, Saddam Hussein and a Vietnam vet who lost three limbs.

ROVE: Let's step back. When talking about pictures, let's take one step further back. This ad was in response to one where Max Cleland showed himself with President George W. Bush in which he claimed he and President Bush were worked together on — to effect a Homeland Security Department when, in reality, this ad that you just showed goes on to show 11 separate votes where Max Cleland voted against President Bush's position.

This ad was designed to say not we question your patriotism, but we question your credibility because you're saying something that's fundamentally not true. Now, would I have done that ad? I wouldn't have done that ad. I would have done — I would have made the point in a different way. But I don't — Max Cleland goes around saying they morphed Osama bin Laden's face into my face, and they didn't. They...

WALLACE: No, but they do have pictures of bin Laden and Saddam Hussein and the next second a picture of Max Cleland.

ROVE: That's right. But they transitioned — and look, I'm not going to get into the mechanics of the ad, but I think the ad worked, because Max Cleland ran a setup ad that was untrue, and this ad was true. He was voting against President Bush on homeland security and in view of the labor unions, and he turned it very adroitly into being a victim.

But the fact of the matter is Cleland lost that election because he was far too liberal on questions like this than the people of Georgia.

:crazy: Keep talking Rove...

[rfranklin]

1. Rove: Second most hated man in America?

Or is he only third on the list?

[Zoeisright]

2. Fuck you, Rove.

I hate that evil little asshole. He's just a big steaming turd. People like him should not be allowed to say ANYTHING in public because ALL they do is lie.

How DARE that turd question the patriotism of a man who LOST LIMBS IN VIETNAM. Especially when the TURD in question dodged the draft?

I hate repukes more every day, even when I didn't think it was possible.

[fascisthunter]

3. he's definitely a pathological lying sociopath

may he have a long yet miserable end to his life.

[Motown_Johnny]

4. Fine Karl (you asshole) They TRANSITIONED his face into ......

I still don't understand the "blossom" part of Turd blossom

[Orsino]

5. Therefore, they did. n/t

[ThomThom]

6. Rove continues to play word games. Morphed- transitioned

not much difference but technically true.
They didn't say oil would pay for the war they said it would pay for reconstruction in the end the difference is nominal... We paid many more dollars then they said the invasion and occupation would cost and someone pocketed oil revenue and production was slowed so the price on the world market went up so investors made more money. Lets hold them to facts and not let them play these word games.