Dusty Johnson: “Is it your view that Mr. Rove understands that the men and women in uniform in Afghanistan and Iraq are Republicans and…”

“Is it your view that Mr. Rove understands that the men and women in uniform in Afghanistan and Iraq are Republicans and Democrats in political registration and political philosophy, but they are Americans working together to protect us, to protect our Nation? As my friend from Massachusetts knows, my oldest son, a staff sergeant in the U.S. Army, served in combat--he is a Democrat--in Afghanistan and Iraq. There is no political division among those young men and women fighting and endangering their lives each and every day in those countries. They are responding to the call of their country, to endanger their lives. They fought heroically, Republicans and Democrats alike. For anyone to suggest that there are differences of motive about protecting America, about responding to 9/11, is beyond the pale. Do you believe Mr. Rove understands that or do you believe that he honestly thinks that the defense of this country is a partisan issue?”