Karl Rove Gets Thrown Under the Stop Global Warming Bus (Laurie David, Sheryl Crow, Huff. Post)

[jpak]

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 (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?)

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[Wetzelbill]

1. This just in: The Stop Global Warming bus has wrecked

evidently after running over a giant ball of slime.

[patrice]

2. Keep an eye out for hijackers!

The Bush Church Machine is re-tooling as we speak around the issue of Global Climate Change and they will form up in a solid line behind, my guess, Sam Brownback.

[The Backlash Cometh]

3. What if we make the Bush Administration personally liable for "mistakes"

in areas where they deregulated, or intervened with government scientific studies?

We all know they're helping corporations get away with murder, but, now let's put it in terms that even the most lazy-brained Republican can understand. The choice is between making fat middle aged white men rich, or keeping the environment and products safe for the children of the future.

Which side are you on?

[tanyev]

4. Karl's skeered of Sheryl Crow. (I'm not surprised.)

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.