Laurie David and Sheryl Crow: Karl Rove Gets Thrown Under the Stop Global Warming Bus (HuffPost)

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Laurie David and Sheryl Crow


04.22.2007
Karl Rove Gets Thrown Under the Stop Global Warming Bus (23 comments )

Last night Thelma and Louise drove the bus off the cliff or at least into the White House Correspondents Dinner. The "highlight" of the evening had to be when we were introduced to Karl Rove. How excited were we to have our first opportunity ever to talk directly to the Bush Administration about global warming.

We asked Mr. Rove if he would consider taking a fresh look at the science of global warming. Much to our dismay, he immediately got combative. And it went downhill from there.

We felt compelled to remind the senior White House advisor that the US leads the world in global warming pollution and we are doing the least about it. Anger flaring, Mr. Rove immediately regurgitated the official Administration position on global warming which is that the US spends more on researching the causes than any other country.

We felt compelled to remind him that the research is done and the results are in (www.IPCC.ch). Mr. Rove exploded with even more venom. Like a spoiled child throwing a tantrum, Mr. Rove launched into a series of illogical arguments regarding China not doing enough thus neither should we. (Since when do we follow China's lead?)

At some point during his ramblings, we became heartbroken to think that`the President of the United States and his top adivsors have partially built a career on global warming not being real. We have been telling college students across the country for the past two weeks that government does not change until people demand it... well, listen up folks, everyone had better get a lot louder because the message clearly is not getting through.

In his attempt to dismiss us, Mr. Rove turned to head toward his table, but as soon as he did so, Sheryl reached out to touch his arm. Karl swung around and spat, "Don't touch me." How hardened and removed from reality must a person be to refuse to be touched by Sheryl Crow? Unphased, Sheryl abruptly responded, "You can't speak to us like that, you work for us." Karl then quipped, "I don't work for you, I work for the American people." To which Sheryl promptly reminded him, "We are the American people." .....(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/laurie-david-and-sheryl-crow/karl-rove-gets-thrown-und_b_46501.html

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1. Exposed for the arrogant POS that he is (again).

Drama aside, you would expect as an American citizen to be able to engage in a civil discussion with a public official. Instead, Mr. Rove was dismissive, condescending and quite frankly a bully.

Ultimately, we were left wondering what on Earth Mr. Rove was talking about when he said "the American people." If more than 60% of American voters, the Supreme Court, over 400 cities, the US National Academy of Sciences, numerous major US corporations, and others don't constitute the American people, then what does? The truth is, if this administration cared one iota about the American people, they would have addressed this problem long ago, and the sad reality is that this problem has been left to us, all of us, since the current administration has abandoned this issue entirely. In the absence of true leadership, we must guide ourselves. We can solve this, but we had better act fast.

[orpupilofnature57]

2. Tweety bird as Mr.Hyde pos , Goebbels with a dorky expression ,Dangerous

What a front for a traitor.

[CBHagman]

3. By the way, The Washington Post seems to have taken down...

...the Sunday Style section article dealing with the exchange Sheryl Crow and Laurie David had with Karl Rove at last night's event. I get the print edition of the Post, and there's a Reliable Source article on the White House Correspondents' Association dinner on the first page of the Style section. It continues on to page 3 and discusses, among other things, the warm reception Tony Snow received and the tense confrontation Crow and David had with Rove. I wanted to see what readers had posted in terms of comments, went to the site, searched, and found the article does not exist in the online edition. I've seareched actual phrases out of it, keywords, and the like -- nothing. There's naught but puff pieces and a depiction of how Bush eschewed comedy on this particular night. Oh, and they have to go over Stephen Colbert's performance of last year, which the Post staff in lockstep deemed unfunny and impolite. :eyes: I guess it's hard to enjoy comedy when you're in, um, the position as regards the Bush admin.

[yurbud]

4. their propaganda only works when opposing arguments are shut out and attacked personally

[underpants]

5. He has to be the only man who ever told Sheryl Crow not to touch him

Even Michael Jackson used to sit through lapdances by her (story she told a few years ago)

Um Karl ............. :shrug: