Ed Gillespie Says GOP Should Not "Get Even" For Nasty Attacks on George Bush
By Heather Monday Jan 19, 2009 4:00pm
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From CNN's new State of the Union, Ed Gillespie suddenly loves him some bi-partisanship and is against nasty partisan attacks. Coming from one of the nastiest, most partisan administrations which subscribed to the Karl Rove/Lee Atwater school of politics, this is pretty rich. Now it's not good for the country to act that way. Gee Ed, thanks for coming around to that way of thinking now that the Democrats are in charge. Mighty kind of you.
KING: You mentioned you're a former RNC chairman. Gloria and I have talked about this quite a bit since the election, whither the Republican Party? Obama comes in with a clear majority. He comes in with the good will of American people, even those who didn't vote for him.
And it's a "Who's on first?" moment for the Republican Party. Who is the leader of the Republican Party, former chairman Ed Gillespie?
Who is the leader, right now?
And what is the strategy when it comes to dealing with this new president?
GILLESPIE: Well, I think the foremost leaders will be the leaders in the House and the Senate, Senator Mitch McConnell, the Republican leader there, and John Boehner in the House.
And I think they pursued an appropriate strategy, which is there are areas where we can agree, we will agree and we'll work with the president-elect, soon to be the president. Where there are areas where there are principle disagreements, we'll disagree.
I do think, and I encourage my fellow Republicans and people who share my more conservative philosophy that we not fall prey to trying to retaliate from the kind of viciousness and the kind of bitter attacks, personal attacks against President Bush that we saw from the left in the past eight years.
We can make a stand on principle. And we can oppose on policy without -- you know, engaging in that kind of harsh, personal, nasty rhetoric. It's not good for the process. It's not good for the country.
And, look, I, obviously, was hoping for a different outcome in the election. I'm excited, as an American, that we're going to make history with the first African-American to be elected president.
And if I'm invited back or in a position to comment, I will be careful to make clear that, you know, I want the president to succeed. He will be my president on Tuesday. I am an American; I may disagree with his policies, and I hope that my friends on the right will adopt that tone.
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BWAHAHAHahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaa!
They wouldn't dare.
It's not like they have a leg to stand on.
Just look at the condition of the country.
Teh stupid, It Hurts!
"BWAHAHAHahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaa!"
Not fall prey to retaliation against the rhetoric? Your side is buying up guns waiting for the race war and the angry left is buying knitting needles to pass the time while waiting for the war crime trials. Not retaliate for "rhetoric."
"BWAHAHAHahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaa!"
Seriously do they understand the meaning of even? Or is this some evil, twisted, crazy republican view point? Oh wait I forgot that what republicans do and say doesn't actually count in the grand scheme cause they are all perfect. I mean they shouldn't ever have to apologize for Coulter, Hannity, O'Reilly, Palin, Rove, Rumsfeld, Cheney, the war in Iraq, Katrina, Brownie, Limbaugh, and you know the whole Bush mal-ministration.
We should definitely encourage them to "get even" for exactly the same reasons, as long as it's getting even with "nasty attacks" for the Obama administration's lying us into war, spying on us without warrants, committing war-crimes, acting under the unitary executive principle, farting at people to embarrass them, mangling the English language, being on vacation more than in the White House, ignoring warnings about terrorist attacks, ignoring hurricanes that destroy an American city, and deregulating everything so that America's economy collapses.
Go ahead, rightwingers. Fire away, and take your time...
Is this clown for real? Forget for a moment Bush deserves all the attacks he's gotten from the left AND center for running the country into the ground for the past 8 years. The Clinton impeachment, hello??? A nasty partisan attack if ever there was one. The Rethuglicans have always pushed my buttons but it was after the Clinton impeachment they were no longer just the opposition party, they became the enemy, and the enemy must be ground into the dirt and never allowed to get back on it's feet again to inflict the partisan damage they have inflicted upon this nation in the past ever again. Tomorrow marks a great day but the work has just begun. 2010, 2012 and beyond is coming up which means more opportunities to relegate the GOP to permanent minority status.
I like how he tries to make this all seem like Dubya didn't earn the criticism and all the attacks were just baseless, yeah, sure!
Everyone needs to remember this is the criminal party who hunted Clinton for 6 years (all because he stopped GHW from stealing!)
hasn't turned on a radio lately. Some aren't getting the message.
He stated that the members of the democratic party were the partisan attackers. Was he living in the United States of America the last 8 years? And as usual the media let him get away with that spin.
Chimpy. We shoulda just shut our eviw widdle mouvs while Snookums just
DESTROYED THE Whole #$*^$$ WORLD!
What the...I mean...fffff
this jagoff is just trying to stay out of prison for Ohio and Florida in 2004. its nice to see how nice they can be when they are up against a special prosecutor.
they already killed the star witness - the IT guy....
I'm going to believe this when hell freezes over!
I probably misspelled BWAHAHAHahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaa!
Thanks for the correction.
Uh oh. Methinks there's a certain governor who's not going to be very happy to hear that...
Golly shucks Ed, how kind of you for suggesting that the GOP should "not get even" for these nasty attacks that poor, poor, poor soon-to-be ex-president of ours. Where were you during the Clinton years? What about during the first Bush presidency? And how did you respond to the bitter partisanship coming out of the Rove/Cheney/Bush White House?
It's funny that since the GOP knows that they will be relegated to irrelevance, they now want to make nice. They can go "Cheney themselves."
Oh and Ed, in less than 15 hours our long, national nightmare will finally be OVER!
Oops...jumped the gun by about 2 hours...guess I am just a little excited, eh?
we're all excited!
:)
"I do think, and I encourage my fellow Republicans and people who share my more conservative philosophy that we not fall prey to trying to retaliate from the kind of viciousness and the kind of bitter attacks, personal attacks against President Bush that we saw from the left in the past eight years."
Very big of you Ed the Clown, considering Obama was elected with a mandate in an eletoral landslide to undo all the damage inflicted on America by the GOP and now that the Dems control both the house and senate. My memory isn't that short when you guys referred to us as the "Democrat Party" and "Defeat-o-crats" and all the Thugary you threw at Bill Clinton and the minority party during the Bush years. How about all those partisan attacks on gay Americans, librul Americans and other Americans for political gain? Go straight to hell Ed the Clown and take the rest of the GOP with you.
When did stating facts about what they have done become nasty attacks?
... and I hope that my friends on the right will adopt that tone.
too late? did i hear correctly that rush already professed his wish for failure? not sure when he did that, assumed it was today...
Never Forget The Clinton Impeachment.
in their wealthy, white country club world that they really DON'T know what people think of them?
Or are they just attempting to establish their version of reality?
and Yes
You mean the Country Club world that Karl Rove said Obama could be pictured in standing in the corner smoking his cigar with a martini in his hand?
No, the GOP would never sling mud or make a baseless partisan attack against a Democrat. These are moral people of God!
Ummm...What vicious attacks for 8 years? The public at large didn't turn against boosh until 2006.
And not only that, but the first six years in office, his own party controlled the Congress, local governorships, the courts, and the MSM.
They really started turning against Bush 4 months before the 2008 election when the financial market shit really started hitting the fan. Hundreds of thousands of Iraqi civilians and 4500 American soldiers dead, no problem, but my house values and 401K's going down somebody's going to pay!
is an understatement Guns. I recall vividly, I was on with AOHell after this cretin was selected, and just after the Iraq fiasco was in full turmoil. There was nary a person anywhere that did not praise the piece of cowdung pretending to be a cowboy. In a thread of 100 posters on a message board, there might have been 5 that didn't support him, and they were attacked viciously.
I know, I was one of those 5. Somehow with my country laying in ruin I don't feel any pride of being vindicated.
If we questioned his motives. We were called un American.
And worse. A lot worse.
Fuckem!
ann colter seemed to only say two lines over and over again on Politically Incorrect.
Why do you hate America?
You're one of those blame America first crowd.
Then of course came charles krautheimer with his armchair psychoanalysis of boosh derangement syndrome, which he levied against any who didn't automatically start goosestepping to boosh policy.
The conservatives like Coulter hate America, they're the ones who wrecked it. The best thing that can be said about George W. Bush is he single handedly took down the GOP. For that and only that we should salute him.
Agreed. Fuckem not because of vengence but because you know if they ever get back in a position of power again they'll do it all again, America be damned. That must never be allowed to happen.
They will be back. And they will do it again.
They really pissed me off.
During Iraq War the Original, when people said I had to support the troops, I told them I was former Air Force, what are they? It succeeded in silencing them.
During Iraq War: The Sequel when I asked the same question, no only did it no longer work, but they would accuse me of trying to deny their freedom of speech if they've never served.
It took the public at large to get hit in their wallets to make them see.
They see alright, but they only see their wallet, they're still mostly blind to the original problems.
i hear yah!
I chose 2006 because that's when it was clear we we're getting bogged down in Iraq.
Opinions never seemed to recover even during petraeus's surge.
And then the economy as you said seem to seal it.
One would think Katrina would, but it mutated into why don't those people stop whining and get a job?
That's when I started. From day one. I honestly wondered if I would live long enough to see this ass leave.
Right now, I'm a very happy LIBERAL. And Proud of it.
I'm not going to work tomorrow. I've been waiting 8 years for this day. And I ain't goin to work.
That's me too, because the conservative activist judges broke with the Constitution to put him in office.
That's why I was referring to "the public at large..."
True Iraq and Katrina were the whittling away of Bush and the GOP but it was the financial crisis that sealed the deal. If I recall McCain/Palin was polling neck and neck with Obama till the financial crisis pushed Obama over the top.
The financial crises stifled the Oct surprise. Iran.
Lets not kid ourselves. Iran was going to happen.
Exactly. No problem with killing sand n*ggers and camel jockeys or endless tax cuts, but F with my portfolio and all hell breaks loose.
The democrats were so vicious with Bush..."impeachment is off the table"? Kind of like saying that from here on in, no bank robberies or murders will be investigated or prosecuted.
And now the Republicans want to be principled? What the hell are their principles...besides the principles that the rich should pay no taxes, pollution should increase, killing brown folks is good for Boeing and Lockheed Martin stock and hating gays is good for the Nascar vote?
Honestly, anyone who votes Republican should be institutionalized, and anyone who runs on the ticket should be serving time for the fraud and tax evasion they've already gotten away with.
reeeall well for them, heheh..
Try as they will. It's too late. :)
I expect they will be good little boys and girls for at least Obama's first 100 days.
Then, they will try to blame him for everything: Bush's economy, Bush's Iraq war, Bush's failure to fund the NIH, Bush's failure to address climate change.
He wanted to tell the dems to be bipartisan, but he was actually able to observe the world around him with something resembling consciousness and realize that that would sound stupid.
what nasty attacks?
is this some kind of fucking joke??
Bush got away with murder. Literally.
He should be tried for war crimes and hung up by his fucking Buster Browns (to quote the mayor of Amity..)
To understand a republican you must remove all thought of truth from the equation. So if you subtract all truth behind what you just wrote, what's left is a nasty attack.
with the angry crowd. Screw you Gillespie. Your boy George screwed everything he touched to the point of maybe no repairs can be made on some. IF the economy ever gets back on track, it will be with no help from the likes of the Bush Club Of Frauds And Murderers. The sack of shit invaded 3 countries killing thousands. He defrauded trillions. If there is justice, the bastard and his flock of crooked administrators should be hanging from the gallows. Nasty partisan attacks? Ha, that should be the least of Shrub the Decider's worries. At the very least, I hope he has enough intelligence in his Alfred E. Newman like head to spend the rest of his life in fear. In constant fear.
Is anybody out there? Did I just wake up in an endless loop of the Twilight Zone? Republicans want to play nice?
That's it. That must be it.
I feel so sorry for George and the personal attacks he received for his criminal behavior. If only Hitler could have sounded like an idiot when he spoke...or choked on a pretzel. Perhaps all could have been forgiven.
Bush: I got news for you scumbag. In many countries you would be shot for what you've done. Go kiss the Constitution you and your cabal tried to shred and be thankful you get to go peacefully. More peacefully than the the 4,200 American soldiers and tens of thousands of others you murdered.
The comments here have been relatively reserved. I would have said "You don't like the nasty attacks on Bush, Ed? Ok, we'll send them YOUR way!" Still, someone should do the obligatory "No, it's not personal, it was policy" statement. Or whack him with a shoe and say "Bad! Bad!"
When an ass like this makes comments like he did just think back to the Clinton years and how they treated Clinton when the country was doing very well, thank you. And then the retard Bush comes along and just ruined the country. Why didn't somebody come and stick a sock in this son of a bitch's mouth. These Republicans should just go away already.
I know, I know. Prosecution. Persecution. There's so _darn_ close. How _is_ a person to keep them straight? Nonetheless, what Ed calls "attacks" a country that operates under the rule of law would call "prosecution".
Prosecution is the one that is initiated from cause, Ed. Dubya has given us plenty.
Is the typical behavior of bullies and sociopaths. It's so predictable, that it is strange no one did. WHen the bully is in power, he/she can do anything without fear of retribution or regret. When that power is taken away, they become fearful and contrite, and play the victim. And what you are seeing is a massive victim card being played in order to prevent any serious retributions for their bullying behaviors.
Life in prison or the death penalty for the worst criminal in American history is NOT an "attack" on a person!! It's called justice served!! Ed Gillespie must be one seriously demented old fool!
They are openly wishing for Obama's administration to fail. How in hell can that be American?
Anyone who's been paying attention for the past 8 years knows that the Rethuglican Party is anything but pro-American.
They're still on the airwaves attacking Obama and they don't want the "Dems" to counter attack? The GOP (group of pigs) need to be buried with Ronald 666 Wilson Reagan, and their policies need to go to. Calling Bush a "TRAITOR" AND WORST PRESIDENT IN AMERICAN HISTORY is not an "attack". The worst economy in the world, is not an attack. Unable to finish two wars with a country the size of California is not an attack! It's a confirmation of whay EVERYBODY KNOWS:BUSH AND THE REPUBLICAN PLATFORM IS A FAILURE! FAILURE! FAILURE! Now, Obama and the rest of the country has to clean-up their CRAP! This calls for a hangin', American style. That means tar and feather first! Gillespie is on the list!
Teddy Roosevelt
Bush and Co are already yesterday's garbage. They are already at the curb waiting for the truck to pick them up. Ed Gillespie is a small minded ignoramous who is scared shit right now. Let him sweat it out. His breed is like the dinosaur, EXTINCT !!!
They really must think we are stupid. Their audacity is truly unbelievable!
He's right. The Democrats never should have impeached Bush for what should have remained a private personal matter.
Oh wait, I got my presidents mixed up.
These guys don't have an once of conscience , not one once . Now all of the sudden this snake cares about what's good for the country and not being partisan , not attacking each other but being civil ? Hate is a strong word but truly I hate these A holes , they must be completely void of conscience or shame , absolutely void . Thanks for letting me vent , was either this or popping another lisinopril after reading the article .
Would believe we went into Iraq because of weapons of mass destruction.
As it turns out it was weapons of mass distraction!
Bush would not have "suffered" all those "vicious" attacks if he hadn't done such a SHITTY JOB! The guy got up in front of America and lied about EVERYTHING, fucked up the military, started a worthless war, screwed with the economy, the environment, and Lied and Lied and Lied! WTF does he expect? Praise?
Thankfully today America shaves its crotch! NO MORE BUSH!
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