For those who haven't heard, presidential advisor, Mayberry Machiavelli and all around sleaze bag Karl Rove came to NYC last night and had some rather interesting things to say about 9/11 and how dems don't understand the consequences thereof. Some of Karl's odious and offensive remarks from the AP:

Speaking in a Manhattan ballroom just a few miles north of ground zero, Karl Rove said on Wednesday night that the Democratic party did not understand the consequences of the Sept. 11 attacks.

"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."

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Rove also denounced Sen. Dick Durbin's comments comparing interrogation at the Guantanamo Bay prison camp to the methods of Nazis and other repressive regimes. He said the statements have been broadcast throughout the Middle East, putting American troops in greater danger. Durbin has since apologized for the remarks.

"No more needs to be said about the motives of liberals," Rove said.

The gall of that slimy snakeoil salesman to say such things here in NYC is rather amazing.

Quite appropriately, Senators Schumer and Clinton will be joined by Senators Corzine and Lautenberg to demand that Rove apologise for impugning the patriotism once again of democrats and Americans alike.

Bullshit like this can't go unpunished, especially when spewed in our city. We've got a huge hole in the ground in Lower Manhattan and close to 3,000 dead friends and relatives. Personally, I'm damned tired of the GOP pimping our tragedy for crass politcal gain. Karl has crossed this line too many times.

Good on Chuck and Hillary for calling his weasely ass out on it.

Kossack and fellow Daily Gothamer davweigel is hosting a live thread of the press conference over at DailyKos.

UPDATE: The AP now has a story on reaction to Rove's remarks.

Dems Say Rove Should Apologize or Resign

Democrats were quick to respond — and in growing numbers.

"Karl Rove should immediately and fully apologize for his remarks or he should resign," Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., said in a statement. "I hope the president will join me in repudiating these remarks."

Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean called on Bush to "show some leadership and unequivocally repudiate Rove's divisive and damaging political rhetoric."

During a Senate hearing on Iraq in which Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld and other military leaders testified, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., read Rove's statement and urged them to reject the remarks.

"I would hope that you and other members of the administration would immediately repudiate such an insulting comment from a high-ranking official in the president's inner circle," Clinton said.

Earlier in the day, Sen. Charles Schumer (news, bio, voting record), D-N.Y., said New York has had unity since Sept. 11. "To inject politics into this and to defame a large number of people" is outrageous, he said. "It's not what New York and America is all about."

Sen. Frank Lautenberg (news, bio, voting record), D-N.J., said nearly 3,000 Americans died on Sept. 11 and "we should not dishonor their memory by using that tragic day for political trash talk."

The respons to this needs to be as swift and vicious as the smackdown that Dick Durbin received for simply stating the truth last week. It's good to see the dems refusing to let this slide.