[Iowa-dx] Calling all Iowans! Come to Iowa City, Sun Feb 17 to protest Karl Rove - the Master Lier of the Outlaw Bush presidency!

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 --------- Forwarded message ----------
 From: David A Goodner <david-goodner@uiowa.edu>
 Date: Feb 12, 2008

 Concerned activists and other citizens of conscience from around Iowa
 are encouraged to join us in protest of Karl Rove - the Master Lier of
 the Outlaw Bush presidency speech at the University of Iowa:

 Place:U of Iowa Memorial Union  (IMU) in Iowa City
 Time: 5:30pm
 Date: Sunday, February 17.

 After the protest, we'll move inside so we can challenge Karl Rove to
 a debate on the microphone.

 Contact person in Iowa City:
 David A Goodner <david-goodner@uiowa.edu>

 ------------------------------------------

 Talking Points on Karl Rove

 We are not opposed to Karl Rove because of his conservative viewpoint.
  We are opposed to him because his role in crafting Iraq war policy
 and exposing CIA operative Valerie Plame makes him a traitor and a war
 criminal.  If we lived in a functioning democracy, the only place Rove
 would be expressing his 1st Amendment rights would be inside a
 courtroom and then a prison cell.

 Despite our opposition to Rove's presence on campus, and our
 disagreement with the UI Lecture Committee's decision to give a
 traitorous war criminal a $40,000 speaking fee, the UI Antiwar
 Committee and allies will not prevent Rove from speaking.  Instead, we
 are calling for a street protest outside the IMU beginning at 5:30pm
 on Sunday February 17.  We have also negotiated with the UI Lecture
 Committee and the Office of the Vice-President for a space inside the
 IMU where those opposed to Rove's presence can congregate and network.
  If Rove is protected by the 1st Amendment, then the rights of large
 segments of the communities opposed to his presence must also be
 protected.

 Supporting evidence and documentation:

 Fact:
 In July 2002, a high-level classified British/UK government document,
 the Downing Street Memo, was written which reads in part:

 "Bush wanted to remove Saddam, through military action, justified by
 the conjunction of terrorism and WMD. But the intelligence and facts
 were being fixed around the policy."

 http://downingstreetmemo.com/

 http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article387374.ece

 Fact:
 In August 2002, one month after the Downing Street Memo was written,
 the White House Iraq Group was formed "to sell Iraq War to Congress,
 Public, and Allies." The WHIG met once a week at the White House
 throughout 2002 and 2003, and Karl Rove chaired every meeting. Public
 rhetoric against Iraq was escalated by the WHIG, who came up with
 propaganda terms like "smoking gun" and "mushroom cloud".

 http://www.cooperativeresearch.org/entity.jsp?entity=white_house_iraq_group

 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/12/AR2006061200932.html

 Fact:
 Bush Administration officials made at least 935 demonstrably false
 statements to the American people about the threat posed by Iraq prior
 to the invasion, according to the Center for Public Integrity.

 http://www.publicintegrity.org/WarCard/

 Fact:
 Karl Rove and Scooter Libby exposed Valerie Plame, a CIA operative,
 because her husband blew the whistle on the Bush Administration's
 demonstrably false claims.

 http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/18/politics/18rove.html

 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/01/AR2005100101317_pf.html

 http://thinkprogress.org/leak-scandal#rove

 http://www.npr.org/templates/dmg/dmg.php?prgCode=ATC&showDate=13-Jul-2005&segNum=2&mediaPref=RM&getUnderwriting=0

 Fact:
 Rove has also been implicated in the illegal firings of several U.S.
 Attorney Generals.  The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee recently voted
 to hold Rove in "contempt" for refusing to testify and hand over
 documents related to the case.  According to CNN:

 "Members of the Senate Judiciary Committee voted Thursday in favor of
 handing out contempt citations to a former and current White House
 official for failing to comply with subpoenas issued in the
 investigation into the firings of eight U.S. attorneys last year.

 The committee voted 11-7 to cite White House Chief of Staff Josh
 Bolten for refusing to hand over documents related to the firings and
 to cite former White House adviser Karl Rove for refusing to testify
 and hand over internal documents."

 http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2007/12/13/contempt-citations-recomended-for-rove-bolten/

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--------- Forwarded message ---------- From: David A Goodner &lt;david-goodner@uiowa.edu&gt; Date: Feb 12, 2008 Concerned activists and other citizens of conscience from around Iowa are encouraged to join us in protest of Karl Rove - the Master Lier of the Outlaw Bush presidency speech at the University of Iowa: Place:U of Iowa Memorial Union&nbsp; (IMU) in Iowa City Time: 5:30pm Date: Sunday, February 17. After the protest, we'll move inside so we can challenge Karl Rove to a debate on the microphone. Contact person in Iowa City: David A Goodner &lt;david-goodner@uiowa.edu&gt; ------------------------------------------ Talking Points on Karl Rove We are not opposed to Karl Rove because of his conservative viewpoint. &nbsp;We are opposed to him because his role in crafting Iraq war policy and exposing CIA operative
 Valerie Plame makes him a traitor and a war criminal.&nbsp; If we lived in a functioning democracy, the only place Rove would be expressing his 1st Amendment rights would be inside a courtroom and then a prison cell. Despite our opposition to Rove's presence on campus, and our disagreement with the UI Lecture Committee's decision to give a traitorous war criminal a $40,000 speaking fee, the UI Antiwar Committee and allies will not prevent Rove from speaking.&nbsp; Instead, we are calling for a street protest outside the IMU beginning at 5:30pm on Sunday February 17.&nbsp; We have also negotiated with the UI Lecture Committee and the Office of the Vice-President for a space inside the IMU where those opposed to Rove's presence can congregate and network. &nbsp;If Rove is protected by the 1st Amendment, then the rights of large segments of the communities opposed to his presence must also be protected. 
 Supporting evidence and documentation: Fact: In July 2002, a high-level classified British/UK government document, the Downing Street Memo, was written which reads in part: "Bush wanted to remove Saddam, through military action, justified by the conjunction of terrorism and WMD. But the intelligence and facts were being fixed around the policy." <a href="https://email.uiowa.edu/owa/redir.aspx?C=aec9ef89f54f435baf1b4d3c4414c325&amp;URL=http%3a%2f%2fdowningstreetmemo.com%2f" target="_blank">http://downingstreetmemo.com/</a> <a href="https://email.uiowa.edu/owa/redir.aspx?C=aec9ef89f54f435baf1b4d3c4414c325&amp;URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.timesonline.co.uk%2ftol%2fnews%2fuk%2farticle387374.ece" target="_blank">http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article387374.ece</a> Fact: In August 2002, one month after the Downing Street Memo was written, the White House Iraq Group
 was formed "to sell Iraq War to Congress, Public, and Allies." The WHIG met once a week at the White House throughout 2002 and 2003, and Karl Rove chaired every meeting. Public rhetoric against Iraq was escalated by the WHIG, who came up with propaganda terms like "smoking gun" and "mushroom cloud". <a href="https://email.uiowa.edu/owa/redir.aspx?C=aec9ef89f54f435baf1b4d3c4414c325&amp;URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.cooperativeresearch.org%2fentity.jsp%3fentity%3dwhite_house_iraq_group" target="_blank">http://www.cooperativeresearch.org/entity.jsp?entity=white_house_iraq_group</a> <a href="https://email.uiowa.edu/owa/redir.aspx?C=aec9ef89f54f435baf1b4d3c4414c325&amp;URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.washingtonpost.com%2fwp-dyn%2fcontent%2farticle%2f2006%2f06%2f12%2fAR2006061200932.html" target="_blank">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/12/AR2006061200932.html</a> Fact: Bush Administration officials made
 at least 935 demonstrably false statements to the American people about the threat posed by Iraq prior to the invasion, according to the Center for Public Integrity. <a href="https://email.uiowa.edu/owa/redir.aspx?C=aec9ef89f54f435baf1b4d3c4414c325&amp;URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.publicintegrity.org%2fWarCard%2f" target="_blank">http://www.publicintegrity.org/WarCard/</a> Fact: Karl Rove and Scooter Libby exposed Valerie Plame, a CIA operative, because her husband blew the whistle on the Bush Administration's demonstrably false claims. <a href="https://email.uiowa.edu/owa/redir.aspx?C=aec9ef89f54f435baf1b4d3c4414c325&amp;URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.nytimes.com%2f2005%2f07%2f18%2fpolitics%2f18rove.html" target="_blank">http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/18/politics/18rove.html</a> <a
 href="https://email.uiowa.edu/owa/redir.aspx?C=aec9ef89f54f435baf1b4d3c4414c325&amp;URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.washingtonpost.com%2fwp-dyn%2fcontent%2farticle%2f2005%2f10%2f01%2fAR2005100101317_pf.html" target="_blank">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/01/AR2005100101317_pf.html</a> <a href="https://email.uiowa.edu/owa/redir.aspx?C=aec9ef89f54f435baf1b4d3c4414c325&amp;URL=http%3a%2f%2fthinkprogress.org%2fleak-scandal%23rove" target="_blank">http://thinkprogress.org/leak-scandal#rove</a> <a href="https://email.uiowa.edu/owa/redir.aspx?C=aec9ef89f54f435baf1b4d3c4414c325&amp;URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.npr.org%2ftemplates%2fdmg%2fdmg.php%3fprgCode%3dATC%26showDate%3d13-Jul-2005%26segNum%3d2%26mediaPref%3dRM%26getUnderwriting%3d0" target="_blank">http://www.npr.org/templates/dmg/dmg.php?prgCode=ATC&amp;showDate=13-Jul-2005&amp;segNum=2&amp;mediaPref=RM&amp;getUnderwriting=0</a> Fact: Rove has also been implicated
 in the illegal firings of several U.S. Attorney Generals.&nbsp; The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee recently voted to hold Rove in "contempt" for refusing to testify and hand over documents related to the case.&nbsp; According to CNN: "Members of the Senate Judiciary Committee voted Thursday in favor of handing out contempt citations to a former and current White House official for failing to comply with subpoenas issued in the investigation into the firings of eight U.S. attorneys last year. The committee voted 11-7 to cite White House Chief of Staff Josh Bolten for refusing to hand over documents related to the firings and to cite former White House adviser Karl Rove for refusing to testify and hand over internal documents." <a
 href="https://email.uiowa.edu/owa/redir.aspx?C=aec9ef89f54f435baf1b4d3c4414c325&amp;URL=http%3a%2f%2fpoliticalticker.blogs.cnn.com%2f2007%2f12%2f13%2fcontempt-citations-recomended-for-rove-bolten%2f" target="_blank">http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2007/12/13/contempt-citations-recomended-for-rove-bolten/</a>&#32;

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