August 15, 2007, 6:12 pm
Rove vs. Clinton
By Michael Falcone
(Photos: Jae C. Hong/Associated Press; Stephen Crowley/The New York Times)Just two days after announcing he would be stepping down as a top adviser to President Bush, Karl Rove is ramping up his attacks on Democrats and, in particular, one of the party’s leading presidential contenders, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton.
In a radio interview with Rush Limbaugh today, Mr. Rove repeated his characterization of Mrs. Clinton as a “fatally flawed” candidate, and lashed out at her for saying in her new television ad that Mr. Bush treated some Americans as “invisible.”
Mr. Rove said that Mrs. Clinton’s criticism of the president showed “a lack of vision” on her part.
“The fallback position in politics is, if you don’t know what you want to be about, and if you don’t know what your vision is, go at somebody else,” Mr. Rove said in the interview.
He also called her record on health cares issues “spotty and poor,” asserted that she has been “less than supportive” of American troops and took aim at her positions on a variety of anti-terrorism measures the administration supports.
“I’m a little bit surprised that somebody with a record so weak on these things would somehow deign to lecture this president, who is very popular among the military and military families because they see him as a strong commander-in-chief who supports them, loves them, and gives them everything they need and want,” Mr. Rove said. |
