the words of cheney and rove come'a haunting
Loved ones…back in Nov.8, 2004 USATODAY ran these two articles.

Saddam a threat to energy supply, Cheney tells vets
By Judy Keen and Richard Benedetto, USA TODAY

Vice President Cheney took the lead Thursday as he and President Bush continued a rhetorical offensive on the need to topple Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein amid mounting qualms at home and abroad.
Cheney, in a speech to Korean War veterans in San Antonio, said the Iraqi leader is developing weapons of mass destruction "for the purpose of inflicting death on a massive scale."

Saddam's ultimate goal, Cheney said, is "to seek domination of the entire Middle East, to take control of a great portion of the world's energy supplies and to directly threaten America's friends throughout the region and subject the United States or any other nation to nuclear blackmail."

Some critics of Bush's plan to attack Iraq say United Nations weapons inspectors should return to Iraq first. Cheney said inspectors "missed a great deal." They didn't find out about Saddam's development of a deadly chemical and he tested missiles "almost literally under the noses" of the inspectors, he said.

As he did in Nashville Monday, Cheney pledged that President Bush will "proceed with care, deliberation and in consultation" with allies and Congress.

At a Republican fundraiser in Oklahoma City, Bush didn't mention Iraq. "We must not allow the world's worst leaders to develop the world's worst weapon," he said. "By being tough and strong, patient, smart and wise ... we can make the world more peaceful for generations to come."

Cheney's assertions have been greeted skeptically by world and congressional leaders. French President Jacques Chirac said Thursday before Cheney's speech that he's concerned about a "temptation to seek to legitimize the use of unilateral and pre-emptive force."

German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, who opposes a U.S. attack on Iraq, said Bush must do more than notify allies of his intentions. "If consultations are meant seriously, they must not just be about the how and the when, but also on the question of whether this is done at all," he said.
Sens. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., and Russ Feingold, D-Wis., joined the chorus of lawmakers who say Bush should get Congress's authorization before an attack. "That is what the Constitution prescribes, and that is what the American people expect," Leahy said.


Rove speaks out on Bush's win
By Jim Drinkard, USA TODAY
WASHINGTON — President Bush "absolutely" will use his second term to push for a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage, his top political strategist said Sunday. Karl Rove, who oversaw Bush's re-election victory, said Bush will renew the effort, which failed in Congress this year but may enjoy new support after 11 states approved bans on same-sex marriage on Election Day.


Five thousand years of human history should not be overthrown by the acts of a few liberal judges or by the acts of a few local elected officials," Rove said on NBC's Meet the Press. "Marriage is and should be defined as being between one man and one woman." He made similar comments on Fox News Sunday.
Rove said that evangelical Christians, part of Bush's conservative base, were key to the president's narrow win over Democratic Sen. John Kerry. But he said national security loomed larger in voters' minds than questions of moral values. "People became concerned about three issues. First, the war. Then the economy, jobs and taxes. And third, moral values. And then everything else dropped off of the plate," Rove said on NBC.
"The country is still close, but it has moved in a Republican direction, and this election confirmed that," Rove said on NBC.
Rove, 53, usually stays behind the scenes at the White House. But Sunday, after the victory for which Bush hailed him as "the architect," he made the rounds of talk shows.
If Bush is called on to fill vacancies on the Supreme Court, Rove said, "he's not going to have a litmus test" for how the nominees stand on abortion. Rather, Bush will name "impartial umpires who strictly interpret the Constitution and apply it," he said.
Pennsylvania Republican Sen. Arlen Specter, in comments last week, noted that Senate Democrats have staged filibusters to block confirmation votes on federal judge nominees who oppose abortion and most likely would do so again. "I would expect the president to be mindful" of that, he said. Some GOP conservatives took that as a warning that Specter would keep such nominations from a vote and said Specter should be denied the chairmanship of the Senate Judiciary Committee, which he is in line to assume next year.
Specter pointed out Sunday that he had supported all of Bush's nominees, regardless of their positions on abortion. "Although I am pro-choice, I have supported many pro-life nominees," he said on the CBS program Face the Nation.
Rove said Specter has pledged to hold hearings quickly on any Bush appointments and bring them to a vote: "Sen. Specter's a man of his word. We'll take him at his word."
He said the president's 3.5 million-vote margin over Kerry amounts to a mandate "to do in office what you said you would do on the campaign trail." He said that from near-deadlock four years ago, the nation has moved to a 51%-48% Republican tilt, and he noted that the GOP gained seats in both houses of Congress.
Rove named other priorities for Bush's second term:
•Simplifying the tax code. Bush wants to open a national debate about the income tax, which Rove said the president views as "a mess" because it is complicated and fraught with loopholes.
Among proposals are making the tax code simpler or replacing it with a national sales tax or some other tax. But any major overhaul would create winners and losers, and that will mean opposition. Democrat Barack Obama, who won election as a senator from Illinois last week, said on Meet the Press that he would "absolutely resist" any change that puts more of the tax burden on the middle class.
•Revamping Social Security. The president has proposed a system that would allow younger workers to invest part of their payroll taxes in stocks, bonds or other investments, but doing so would create a $2 trillion short-term hole in the system's finances.
"We need ... to deal with this problem before it becomes too large that it swamps our children and grandchildren," Rove said.
•Limiting lawsuits. Rove said excessive litigation imposes a structural burden on the economy that makes it difficult for U.S. businesses to compete globally. Putting limits on legal damage awards would be a step toward improving U.S. competitiveness, he said.
Looking back on the campaign, Rove laughed when asked about Kerry's comment that he (Kerry) had voted for $87 billion in Iraq war spending before he voted against it, a remark that fed into Bush's contention that Kerry was a flip-flopper. The Bush campaign turned the remark into a TV ad. "It's the gift that kept on giving," Rove said on the Fox program.
He also described a darker moment, when he first heard data from Election Day surveys of voters on Tuesday aboard Air Force One as it neared Washington.
Those exit polls showed Bush far behind in some battleground states, and only 1 percentage point ahead in Virginia, a state that should have been safe for the president. Rove said he was "almost physically ill" when he heard the numbers, but then grew angry as he studied them more closely.

"You looked at these numbers, and you realize, this is just insane," he said. As the day wore on, the campaign took comfort from watching returns from the outer suburbs of cities in Ohio and Florida, which went strongly for Bush and proved the key to his victory.

Rove said he also hopes the election will contribute to long-term GOP domination of U.S. politics.

"There are no permanent majorities in U.S. politics," he said, but there are periods of several decades where one party rules. "Would I like to see the Republican Party be the dominant party for whatever time history gives it the chance to be? You bet."

Loved Ones…Carl did a job didn’t he…right now 61% of Americans say they do not trust g.w. and 89% say they do not trust big dick....who as we speaking is shredding everything in sight…today for the first time in years…Carl Rove is NOT STANDING DIRECTLY BEHIND G.W….g.w. is “alone” in South America....
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