(Digging in the C&L archives.) This speech is one reason why our country is so divided. He created an uproar after he said that liberals wanted to give terrorists therapy. These unfounded partisan attacks are the cornerstone of his leadership skills and were neatly copied by the rubber stamp Conservatives in Congress and on their sycophantic blogs. It's an old Republican tactic, but Rove used it like no other...
Rove: Conservatives saw the savag…savagery of 9/11 in the attacks and prepared for war. Liberals saw the savageerry on 9/11 attacks and wanted to prepare indictments and offer therapy and understanding for our attackers.
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Schumer: When I heard his remarks, it turned my stomach.
Lautenberg: He can only have one reaction, and that is to ask Rove to get out of his office..
The Democratic Party wanted him fired for this speech---and rightly so...
Marcy speculates on why he's leaving....and points to three investigations.
Barbara has an excellent piece up as well...