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Mon Sep 28 13:31:41 CDT 2009
To GWB camp.
Re "security"
While terrorism may be awful, so was crime --
and yet, by portraying the other side as soft on crime,
we were able to pull the political center strongly to the right.
We are now engaged in a greater effort
to portray the other side as soft on terrorism.
Politically speaking, we won the war on crime
and we shall win the war on terrorism as well
if we stick to the idea that no idea is too radical to endorse,
so that we shall always upstage the other side
by boldly disregarding all reluctance
in an escalating tide of rhetoric for policy
that is ever more radical in its tones.
We shall boldly go
where the other side fears to go
and will morally equivocate,
as the seeming nitpicking gnats that they are.
Our codeword shall be "security"
for it has no meaning whatsoever
when we can always manufacture,
as we did with the Iraq issue, recently,
allegations of our secret knowledge
of unknown serious threats to security.
And, our post-election victories,
in the legislative bundles we teased through Congress,
shall make it even easier to manufacture
threats to terrorize the people in the future,
for now we can hire and fire, at will, almost every federal worker,
and, more importantly, not only can we hire and fire them
for giving the public any information upon our conspiracy,
we can also prosecute them, criminally, for such acts
as were once lawful and mandatory under FOIA --
and, not only that, we can easily spy out
any public employee who would think to betray us anonymously,
because the same laws let us spy at will
on anyone that we designate a security risk.
In short, then, we shall not have the kinds of problems
that let Richard Nixon get kicked around and kicked out of office,
because all the illegal things that he did
are now perfectly legal acts for our administration.
Isn't this a fine security blanket for us?
How could we ever lose another election?
Triumphantly and most humbly,
Karl
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>WH Memo 7891.3</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>From Karl Rove</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>To GWB camp.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Re "security"</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>While terrorism may be awful, so was =
crime=20
--</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>and yet, by portraying the other side =
as soft on=20
crime,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>we were able to pull the political =
center strongly=20
to the right.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>We are now engaged in a greater =
effort</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>to portray the other side as soft on=20
terrorism.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Politically speaking, </FONT><FONT =
face=3DArial=20
size=3D2>we won the war on crime</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>and we shall win the war on terrorism =
as=20
well</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>if we stick to the idea that no idea is =
too radical=20
to endorse,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>so that we shall always upstage the =
other=20
side</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>by boldly disregarding all =
reluctance</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>in </FONT><FONT face=3DArial =
size=3D2>an escalating=20
tide of rhetoric for policy</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>that is ever more radical in its=20
tones.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>We shall boldly go</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>where the other side fears to =
go</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>and will morally =
equivocate,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>as the seeming nitpicking gnats that =
they=20
are.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Our codeword shall be =
"security"</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>for it has no meaning =
whatsoever</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>when we can always =
manufacture,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>as we did with the Iraq issue,=20
recently,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>allegations of our secret =
knowledge</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>of unknown serious threats to=20
security.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>And, our post-election =
victories,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>in the legislative bundles we teased =
through=20
Congress,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>shall make it even easier to=20
manufacture</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>threats to terrorize the people in the=20
future,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>for now we can hire and fire, at will, =
</FONT><FONT=20
face=3DArial size=3D2>almost every federal worker,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>and, more importantly, not only can we =
hire and=20
fire them</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>for giving the public any information =
upon our=20
conspiracy,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>we can also prosecute them, criminally, =
for such=20
acts</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>as were once lawful and mandatory under =
FOIA=20
--</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>and, not only that, we can easily spy=20
out</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>any public employee who would think to =
betray us=20
anonymously,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>because the same laws let us spy at=20
will</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>on anyone that we designate a security=20
risk.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>In short, then, we shall not have the =
kinds of=20
problems</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>that let Richard Nixon get kicked =
around and kicked=20
out of office,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>because all the illegal things that he=20
did</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>are now perfectly legal acts for our=20
administration.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Isn't this a fine security blanket for=20
us?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>How could we ever lose another=20
election?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Triumphantly and most =
humbly,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial =
size=3D2>Karl</FONT></DIV></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>
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