Rove to Sheryl Crow: "Don't touch me"

This political gossip story has been flying around under the radar for the last two weeks, so I thought it would be nice to at least post about it.

At the White House Correspondents Dinner a few weeks ago, global warming activists Sheryl Crow and Laurie David were introduced to Karl Rove.  To put it bluntly, the conversation did not go well.  There are several accounts of what happened.

So let's start with what Crow and David wrote in the Huffington Post about their not-so-pleasant exchange with the White House Adviser:

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

We reminded the senior White House advisor that the US leads the worldin global warming pollution and we are doing the least about it. Angerflaring, Mr. Rove immediately regurgitated the official Administrationposition on global warming which is that the US spends more onresearching 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 atantrum, Mr. Rove launched into a series of illogical argumentsregarding China not doing enough thus neither should we. (Since when dowe follow China's lead?)

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. Karlswung around and spat, "Don't touch me." How hardened and removed fromreality must a person be to refuse to be touched by Sheryl Crow?Unfazed, 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 forthe American people." To which Sheryl promptly reminded him, "We arethe American people."

Of course, that was their account of what happened.  Robert Kennedy Jr, who saw the altercation, said when Rove got upset he "literally started spitting at them."  Kennedy continued:

“in a very civil and gentle and friendly and charming way, and he wasas rude and arrogant as a person could be, and turned his back on themand walked away,” Kennedy said. “It was a very strange thing to watch,and a sad thing to think the government is being run by, you know,somebody like that.”

Editor & Publisher, an online journal that covers the newspaper industry, said Rove was approached later in the night about the altercation:

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

Okay, now I had my fun!  Back to real issues.

Comments

[George]

...wouldnt want to hang around a little and debate arguably the most important issue facing humanity...

[granny]

I think his retort: "If I can get to my meal" just about covers the whole thing.

Clearly one of his major life focuses; and "Meal" is something they feed pigs

(who really, honestly, don't deserve the association...you could revise that old joke about the drunk: pig lying in the gutter, Rove steps in, and the pig gets up and walks away)