rove speaks, democrats angry

comments by karl rove caused a bit of an uproar, with Dems calling for apology or a resignation

"Liberals saw the savagery of the 9/11 attacks and wanted to prepare indictments and offer therapy and understanding for our attackers," Rove said. "Conservatives saw the savagery of 9/11 and the attacks and prepared for war."

strangely, most of the stories including the NYT and that AP article attribute comments to karl rove that he did not in fact make. they imply rove specifically mentioned "democrats" instead of "liberals" (and democrats rarely admit to being liberal, so what's the difference ;)
but asking the news to report facts can be too much to ask...

but using the wayback machine to post-9/11 days, here's a round-up of some liberal reaction to US actions in afghanistan:
- in dissecting michael moore's fahrenheit 9/11, christopher hitchens relates a debate at the 2002 Telluride film festival

In the course of this exchange, he stated his view that Osama Bin Laden should be considered innocent until proven guilty. This was, he said, the American way. The intervention in Afghanistan, he maintained, had been at least to that extent unjustified.

- the lone vote against the afghan resolution was cast by liberal barbara lee.

for a few more examples of liberal post-9/11 attitudes, check captain's quarters

¶ - nitish @ 5:33 PM