Sheryl Crow Battles Karl Rove at D.C. Dinner: Strupp's Report

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WASHINGTON President George Bush’s choice not to make jokes, and comedian Rich Little’s somewhat poor attempt to make them, resulted in an unusual White House Correspondent’s Association Dinner Saturday as celebrities and politicians mixed, mingled and dined.

One highlight: singer Sheryl Crow, on a cross-country global warming awareness trip, got into it with Karl Rove. Jawing like a baseball manager and an umpire arguing a call, Crow and Rove were disagreeing over global warming, with Crow’s pal, Laurie David, offering support.

Approached afterward about the exchange, Rove said he was enjoying it all, “if I can get to my meal.”

http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003574776

[The Count]

1. So glad global warming is diner theater entertainment for Turd Blossom!

I feel so much safer now!

[hobbit709]

2. Amazing, this version of events

is totally different than the one at http://www.huffingtonpost.com/laurie-david-and-sheryl-crow/karl-rove-gets-thrown-und_b_46501.html

[Oilwellian]

5. Here's a lovely part

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."

At that point Mr. Rove apparently decided he had had enough. Like a groundhog fearful of his own shadow, he scurried to his table in an attempt to hibernate for another year from his responsibility to address global warming. 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.

[Lint Head]

3. I hope someone had their cellphone video recorder on.

Maybe the episode will end up on Youtube.:dem:

[kath]

4. From the article: "the New York Times... which often battles the White House" -

yeah, RIGHT. Maybe if they'd done their job and "battled the White House" a little more we wouldn't be in this illegal, immoral war based on lies. And maybe if they'd done their job in 2000 and covered Chimpyshit's Texas record he wouldn't have been able to get within stealing distance of the White House.


(Also from the article - "her daughter, Emerson" - a girl named Emerson?! - ACK. When will this stupid trend of using surnames for girls' names end?)