Karl Rove: No apologies

As blogged here on LaShawn Barber's excellent site, liberal Democrats are demanding an apology for recent comments by President Bush's political advisor, Karl Rove.

This is what Rove said, courtesy of AP:

Rove, in a speech Wednesday evening to the New York state Conservative Party just a few miles north of Ground Zero, said, "Liberals saw the savagery of the 9/11 attacks and wanted to prepare indictments and offer therapy and understanding for our attackers." Conservatives, he said, "saw the savagery of 9/11 and the attacks and prepared for war."

He added that groups linked to the Democratic Party made the mistake of calling for "moderation and restraint" after the terrorist attacks.

LaShawn sums it up nicely: Karl Rove said what is obviously true: Democrats are soft on terrorism.

Jan Schakowshy, D-IL, is one of the screaming liberals demanding an apology from Rove. Her statement is here.

Tuesday, as reported in the Illinois Leader and here on Marathon Pundit, Jan thought that Dick Durbin shouldn't have to apologize for his outrageous US=Nazis=GULAGS=Pol Pot comments. Of course, Durbin finally did apologize.

Here are Jan's comment on Durbin:

"The Bush Administration and Republican leaders are engaged in a pathetic attempt to make Senator Dick Durbin's condemnation of the use of torture at Guantanamo Bay an issue. As a result of the revelations of conditions at Guantanamo, Abu Ghraib, and Bagram prison in Afghanistan, the Republicans owe the American people, our soldiers and veterans an apology for undermining American values such as the Rule of Law, putting our troops at greater risk around the world, and cutting veterans health care benefits when they come home."

(I added the bold-print for emphasis.)

I'm a Schakowsky constituent, so I faxed Jan a letter (identifying myself as a blogger and supplying her with my URL) asking if she stood by that statement, since Durbin finally did back away his controversial comments.

It's only been a little more than 24 hours since I faxed her DC office, so she still may get back to me. But other than receiving a standard form letter, I'm not holding my breath waiting for a response.