Katrina vanden Heuvel, Karl Rove asks that you remove your foot from his ass.....

[marmar]

from ThinkProgress:



Vanden Heuvel rips Rove: ‘It’s laughable for you to talk about fiscal responsibility.’

Today on ABC’s This Week, Karl Rove slammed the cost of President Obama’s new budget. The Nation’s Katrina Vanden Heuvel quickly fired back at Rove’s newly-discovered sense of fiscal responsibility, observing that Rove and President Bush “helped plunge this nation into trillion dollars of debt”:

VANDEN HEUVEL: But, Mr. Rove –

ROVE: Call me Karl.

VANDEN HEUVEL: It’s laughable for you to talk about fiscal responsibility from someone who helped plunge this nation into trillion dollars of debt, through tax cuts for the very rich and a war we never should have fought. And also starving the beast. Starving government has been a Republican role in terms of government. And, therefore, when George asks why government hasn’t functioned, people have not seen the role of government improving the conditions of their lives for decades.

Watch it: http://thinkprogress.org/2009/03/01/vanden-huevel-rove/


Pollster Stan Greenberg also chided Rove. “It’s a remarkable lecture considering the performance,” he said.


http://thinkprogress.org/2009/03/01/vanden-huevel-rove/

[saltpoint]

1. ...yep. Or else she could put one of his eyes out.

That's where he usually keeps his head.

Let's err on the side of caution, Governor.

[eleny]

2. She was really solid this morning

[creeksneakers2]

3. Rove flat out lied too

Rove started out saying total debt under Bush rose only $2.9 trillion. Actually, it was $4.9 trillion.

http://www.treasurydirect.gov/NP/NPGateway

[donheld]

6. Again?

[Elwood P Dowd]

7. Add in the Current Account

and the total of the twin deficits would probably total 9 trillion.

[Bozita]

4. She smacked him around good!

He kept interrupting, trying to obfuscate. Katrina kicked his lying ass all over that studio.

[rocktivity]

5. It's laughable that they would have Rove on the panel

Forget the objectivity angle--would anybody else be allowed to be on that show with at least two subpoenas pending?

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rocktivity

[BrklynLiberal]

8. Sheis a very bright and articulate woman and it is always a pleasure to watch her in action.

[saltpoint]

9. Strongly agree. My single complaint of her work is that there isn't enough

proper acknowledgment of it. Her stuff in THE NATION just gleams.

And she handled Rove this morning like nobody's business. I bet Karl had the notion that he would not be challenged on that program. He's had 8 real easy years with heavy media complicity and Katrina just roared to shore and knocked down his cabana.

It's very damn nice to see you on DU this evening.


:hi:

[Bozita]

10. ... airtime. If she were a Repug, she'd be like the sun, up every day for hours and hours

[Imagevision]

11. All Rove knows is lie/deny - change the subject - this time it's meaningless...