Rove Crossed The Line - Helen Thomas

Helen Thomas, in her usual straightforward style, took Karl Rove to the woodshed HERE President George W. Bush has said he wants to change the tone in Washington. Well, he can start right now by apologizing for the outrageous remarks to the Conservative Party of New York last week by Karl Rove, who implied that liberals -- meaning Democrats -- took a softer approach to the 9/11 terrorist attacks on Washington and New York than did his fellow conservatives. [snip] Rove's remarks did not quite descend to the branding of liberals as "appeasers" but he certainly tried to convey the impression that "conservatives" were the real patriots in the aftermath of the national catastrophe. Rove -- who used to operate behind the scenes with his political innuendos -- has broken his own White House cover and gone public as a political hatchet man. It appears that he is tired of hiding his light under a bushel and wants the public recognition due him for his success in masterminding Bush's re-election campaign. You gotta love her. Here is a dyed-in-the-wool reporter who tells it like it is and be damned the consequences. Too damn bad the rest of those blow-dryed, egocentric jerks that make up the White House press corps don't follow her lead and start doing the same. MORE.....