Bob Kerrey and Max Cleland Call for Karl Rove's Resignation

[Dover]

WASHINGTON, Sept. 1 /U.S. Newswire/ -- In response to today's outrageous attacks on John Kerry's service by Karl Rove, former Georgia Senator Max Cleland and former Nebraska Senator Bob Kerrey made the following statements

Senator Max Cleland:

"Karl Rove was behind it all, it's part of his smear campaign to tarnish to tarnish the records and service of Vietnam Veterans, and now he's doing it again. I find it interesting that three different people have had to resign from basically the Bush Campaign and their official duties because of this ad, because they are all tied together."

Senator Bob Kerrey:

"If the question is whether or not there is any independence left between the campaign and these swift boat ads, that question has now been answered. Karl Rove has been in enough political campaigns to understand how separate you need to be from these independent efforts and he just ended that separation. If Ginsberg resigned, so should he."...cont'd

http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=35534

[Mojambo]

1. I will EAT this entire Democratic Underground

If Karl Rove resigns.

Keep going after Rove though. We need to shine some light on old Karl, he's not real pretty.

[iconoclastic cat]

4. Those server cases are gonna sting on the way out, Moj.

[Mojambo]

7. I'm more worried about the miles and miles of cable. n/t

[slojim240]

21. No, this detracts from making Bush take responsibility!!!

Stop it Dems. Rove works for ? OK that's the person who should resign. At least that is the person who should be blamed. Dems are our own worst enemies, I swear we can act dumber than shit!

[ender]

22. nah.... rove is the puppeteer...

he runs the "big show", george is just the star.

[goforit]

27. Bob Kerry???.......Wants to oust Rove???(late).....ROFLMAO!!!!.......

Trying to cover up the hatchet-job he did on the 911 panel, eh???

All these "ELECTED" Dems are looking like elephants
every day.

[MaineDem]

2. Excellent!

This is a great response by two disabled vets! Link the Swift Liars to Rove. And the Purple Heart bandaids, too.

[goclark]

11. Keep it coming! Keep it coming!

I would love to see Rove in Timmy McVeigh orange suit.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

3. Don't stop there fellas...ten bucks says Karen Hughes phone records aren't

clean either!

[Ilsa]

6. Good point! I bet her trip to DC a few months ago

was to meet with KKKarl to set the wheels in motion. She might be the Texas link back to Houston homebuilder Bob Perry.

[skip fox]

13. That's what I'm betting: Rove to Hughes to O'Neill.

Not one conscience in the bunch.

[TexasSissy]

5. Good shew. Good for them.

[IronLionZion]

8. If any Bush official resigns before election day

I will eat a shoe-shaped cake.

and I'm really hungry for cake so I'm looking at you Powell and Ridge!

and Tenet doesn't count

[Turley]

9. Which attacks? What? Where?

Somebody have a link?

[wicket]

10. I'm really glad Bob Kerrey is getting involved

He can be BRUTAL in campaigns :)

[independentpiney]

14. Agreed.. Kerrey can be downright vicious

Which is exactly what's needed against rove and his smear machine.

[wicket]

18. There is no blow too low for Karl Rove

He throws any slime he can come up with and hopes it sticks. He deserves what he gets, the prick!

[David Zephyr]

12. And The Purple Heart Bandages Add Further Gas to the Fire.

Listen, now it's no longer just the Swiftboat Liars who are insulting veterans...

It's the GOP National Convention!

[ezekiel333]

15. Yep

There are a sea of angry vets out there right now over the band aids. The GOP pissed on everyone that served.

~Gunny C

[metisnation]

19. Gunny C

Thanks for serving and welcome to DU. My brother in law had his leg blown off in Iraq last year and he got a purple heart. I am in total fucking disgust of the band-aid stunt but I am not surprised by anything with these traitors!

[ezekiel333]

25. Tell your brother...

Thank you for serving and that we are fighting to uphold the honor of his service. I hope he is doing well! And thank you for the welcome!

~Gunny C

<http://floridapatriots.com/purpleheartbandaids.htm>

[henslee]

20. Don't see too many purple heart bandaids at the RNC tonite.

[lovuian]

16. Well finally the Democrats are getting some backbone

but can they really do anything???

Karl Rove walks away and laughs....Smear campaigns work

[cthrumatrix]

17. rove is hurting ...he has to cheat and lie...and will still LOSE

[JoFerret]

23. Way to go guys. Pile it on

.

[tibbir]

24. Can someone enlighten me about what Rove has done?

I can't bring myself to watch the convention or news right now.

[Just Me]

26. Let "pudge" visit the streets of persecution,...

,...in equal stead to everything he has delivered.

Being the real deal "compassionate" that I am, after he suffered complete return of what he has delivered,...

,...I'd ask him: "Do you wanna be thrown out to sea,...or left with the likes of me?"

On edit: I'd demand a more than just a "contract",...he'd have to deliver everything he owns,...

[GoddessOfGuinness]

28. While I'm glad he's expressed outrage......

I really wish Kerry would let MoveOn and DNC deal with the smear-boat crap, and focus on the issues. He won't gain any ground by making his honorable service in Vietnam the sole point of his campaign. He needs to sell the fence-sitters on the qualities that make him the obvious choice for president...without resorting to cheap shots at Dumbyass.

He can win this campaign without making one direct comparison to that slimeball, or even mentioning the vice and greed of the current misadministration. All he has to do is present his plan for America in a positive fashion.