Rove hates to be touched
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/laurie-david-and-sheryl-crow/karl-rove-gets-thrown-und_b_46501.html
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 reminded 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 (http://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 advisers 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."
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.
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 reminded 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 (http://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 advisers 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."
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.
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And I try to make this kind and clear
Just a chance that maybe we'll find better days
Cuz I don't need boxes wrapped in strings
And desire and love and empty things
Just a chance that maybe we'll find better days
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I give him a pass for once.
the other person is Laurie David..Larry David's wife
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the other foot in the gutter
sweet smell that they adore
I think I'd rather smother
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why is it BS?
ed doesn't like being hounded by fans everywhere he walks. it's why pearl jam stopped making videos. karl rove knows many people are displeased with his green policies (or lack thereof) and he knows why. does anyone think larry fucking david giving him shit at a public event is going to change his mind? talk about fucking ego. let the man enjoy the dinner. he's spoken to far more intelligent and meaningful people than larry goddamn david and sheryl fucking crow and they didn't convince him. so don't pout like a child when he's annoyed that you're being a fucking dick to him at what is supposed to be a more relaxed public dinner. what was he supposed to do? "oh you're right sheryl! i had NO idea i was off on this! i mean, al gore and a hundred scientists told me but they didn't seem too credible. thank GOD you were here with your cowboy boots and shitty acoustic music to change my mind!"
it wasnt "larry fucking david" but his wife "laurie fucking david" that was at the dinner... and surley you have the right to confront people that are working for you in any capacity... especially those in politics that have great powers over your life. CURB RULES!!!
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sure you do. but there is a time and a place. you don't go to your boss or your employee on their night off and hassle them about their work stuff. you talk to them on the job. if you do, don't be shocked if he's not happy about it.
from the article above it seems the two were more than polite...
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it didn't seem that way at all to me. it seemed like they come onto him like pretentious hollywood twats to lecture him about what he's doing wrong. say what you will about rove (i personally think he is evil incarnate), he's a damned intelligent man and he knows all the shit they were preaching to him about. it sounds like they put him on the spot during a casual dinner and started grilling him about doing things their way. if you bumped into ed at a bar would you start asking him about the number of times he fucks up words and why he doesn't get a teleprompter? i loathe karl rove and his policies, but i don't blame him one bit for being annoyed. yeah, he maybe over-reacted, but they were fucking rude and i don't feel sorry for them.
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I think that's a huge problem right there. It's a job "for the people"
fire this boob...he fails miserably...
and reveling in it's loyalty. It's made by forming coalitions
over specific principles, goals, and policies.
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are you serious?
it's the annual press corps white house dinner ... he's not sitting at a restaurant with his kids getting accosted ...
i'm sure his secretary will make himself available to stopglobalwarming.org real soon ...
since when is sheryl crow the press?
Where do I say that? Since the press doesn't call these people out, somebody/anybody should.
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im sure he won't. this was a photo op thing, not a policy discussion. he probly was hoping to get loaded and pretend people actually liked him for a few hours and was annoyed to be reminded of the fact that he's a douchebag. in any case, does anyone really think sheryl crow and laurie david were going to change his mind with their little speech?
and it worked out oh so well here didnt it? it's on larry david's blog... yahoo. now the world can know the truth about the admin not caring about the environment. thank god we have sheryl crow to bring such hidden news to our attention!
It's a war, baby, and our troops have got to be relentless. Come back to the war!
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Somebody has a case of the Mondays.
Freedom is Slavery
Ignorance is Strength
you have to make the most of your opportunities, mr rove rarely hears from the people.
well ... that's a reflection of him not them ...
this article is one-sided obviously but i'm not about to feel bad for a politician who can't tolerate being approached especially at a function like that ...
that internship at fox news is waiting for you
Straight up bro...a war for the world not against it.
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over specific principles, goals, and policies.
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fox is too partisan for me. i dont play your cheerleading games. i call jackasses as i see them. and this was a jackass move, so im hardly going to feel sympathy for sheryl crow becos karl rove treated her like the bitch she was acting.