[lbo-talk] Rove: Our problem is we were too nice

[Mark Bennett]

This seems to be a trope that is rotating in right-wing circles: I've heard
from many frothing right-wingers, that Bush never go the public support he
deserved.  Talk about desperation.

On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 2:05 PM, Michael Pollak <mpollak at panix.com> wrote:


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> [and Colbert's commentary]
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> http://www.openleft.com/showDiary.do;jsessionid=3A7B4D9DE2A7BD826E8961ECDBD29421?diaryId=9946
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>   Rove:
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>     "But I've learned it's so -- looking back now, a sobering lesson,
>     that a president needs to be careful in his language, but he cannot
>     allow the kind of brittle and brutal attacks that were made on this
>     president at certain times to go unanswered, and we probably made a
>     mistake at times."
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>   Colbert:
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>     "Yes! You need to answer those attacks! An eye for an eye! A tooth
>     for a tooth! An 'outing a CIA agent' for a 'critical editorial in
>     the Times'! A 'right to wiretap you' for a 'having a phone'!"
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