Posted on 04/23/2007 12:35:41 PM PDT by GATOR NAVY
I just got an eyewitness account of the Karl Rove-Laurie David-Sheryl Crow encounter at the White House Correspondents Dinner Saturday night, and it suggests that David and Crow were a bit more confrontational than they portrayed themselves in their own account of the incident, published in the Huffington Post. In their story, David and Crow write, "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."
The eyewitness says the person who introduced David to Rove was the New York Times' Maureen Dowd. I want you to meet Laurie David, Dowd said to Rove. (These are all approximate recollections, so no quotation marks.) Dowd said David would like to say hello.
According to David and Crow, the encounter began with a polite request. "We asked Mr. Rove if he would consider taking a fresh look at the science of global warming," they write. "Much to our dismay, he immediately got combative. And it went downhill from there."
The eyewitness remembers it a bit differently. Immediately after Dowd's introduction, the witness says, David began lecturing Rove about global warming. This administration has done nothing on the issue, she told Rove. We face a crisis. The time to act is now. This administration has done nothing…
At that point, Rove broke in to say, Well, actually we have done something. Rove mentioned global climate research, at which point David broke in herself to say, You just don't understand. All these questions have been answered. That's worthless. That's useless.
In their account, David and Crow write, "We reminded the senior White House advisor that the U.S. 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."
The eyewitness says Rove asked David if she had read the IPCC report, referring to the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which, while confirming a human role in climate change, substantially undermines some of the most catastrophic charges made in Al Gore's "An Inconvenient Truth," which David produced. David said she had read the report. "We felt compelled to remind him that the research is done and the results [the IPCC report] are in," David and Crow write. "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?)"
In the eyewitness' version, again, David and Crow are a bit more aggressive than their own story suggests. The eyewitness says David told Rove, You need to bring in new people to tell you the truth. Rove mentioned Dr. John Marburger, the White House science advisor. At that point, according to the eyewitness, Crow began poking Rove's chest with her finger, demanding to know what corporations were underwriting Marburger's work. Rove said Marburger had been in academia most of his career.
With Crow jabbing him in the chest, Rove turned to take his seat. Then, the witness says, Crow grabbed his arm. A few more words were exchanged, and it was over. At the Huffington Post, David and Crow described the ending this way: "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? 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 for the American people.' To which Sheryl promptly reminded him, 'We are the American people.'"
In light of the eyewitness' account, another way of saying it might be, How hardened and removed from reality must a person be to refuse to be jabbed in the chest by Sheryl Crow?
“The girl has issues! “
The girl has tissues!
OK, that explains that embarassing incident with Sheryl on the water fountain...
We didn't lower our standards. A group of ugly b!tches that couldn't find any men because they were b!tches formed a club. And like most men we don't want anything to do with b!tches. Now they a feral and running wild. I blame this whole thing on Rove. Second I saw Maureen Dowg coming towards my table, would have been the time I scream "GUN! GUN! GUN!" and let Secret Service beat the crap out of them!
Later Rove could have come up with an apology like "Oops! My bad!"
The technical term is "Biggins".
At that point men are powerless.
So they said on Fox & Friends this a.m. that Rove was sitting at the New York Times table. What’s up with that? Did Maureen set Rove up for this encounter with the global warming girls on a mission to make some news?
Please don’t post that skank-whore picture of that skanky whore. I can’t take it any longer. I feel dirty just looking at that scuzz-ball!
LLS
What can you expect from an adulteress like Crow, the woman who broke up Lance Armstrong’s marriage? She’s a servant of the devil.
Raff Out Roud
Which one is the fake breast?
and we'll miss them.
Good humor - I love it
Apparently Lance didn’t have enough stamina for Stinky Crow.
Pray for W and Our Troops
If I was the first Mrs. Lance Armstrong, I would drive directly to his house and slap him so hard his grandchildren would feel it. Imagine being dumped for a twit like Sheryl Crow.
Best post on this thread!!!!
“The girl has issues! “>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Yes, with tissues! LOL
Ironically, the show Curb Your Enthusiasm always shows Larry David as most fastidious in his habits - including his bathroom routines (like refusing to use any bathroom but his own). Now, I realize this is a fictional sit com, but I don’t doubt there is an element of strong truth to Larry’s bizarre and frivalous television behavior.
The Davids also spend their summers on Martha’s Vineyard. Enough said.
“The girl has issues! “
“The girl has tissues!”
The girl is a single tissue voter!
>> “We asked Mr. Rove if he would consider taking a fresh look at the science of global warming,” <<
This sounds just like Eddie Haskell explaining to Mrs. Cleaver that he was just having a friendly discussion with young Theodore.
Doc, the broad is 40+ years old and has never understood the term "foundation garments."
As The Fug Girls say, "Fry up that bacon and get the maple syrup. Here come the flapjacks."
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