Post by Steve Gardner on Mar 11, 2008 14:35:30 GMT
Quite apart from the sense of optimism about the youth of America this story give me, some of Rove's retorts to the flak he was receiving were spectacularly poor.
Take this, for example:
Thus Rove admits he has a few stupid statments to make. It reminded me of the famous Bush faux pas:
And then, when told that Keith Olbermann named him the "worst person ever", Rove replies:
Doesn't it strike you as odd that his immediate response was to conjure up the name of three of history's most notrious figures as a defence?
Source: CNN
Take this, for example:
You got a chance to ask your questions later and make your stupid statements, let me make mine
Thus Rove admits he has a few stupid statments to make. It reminded me of the famous Bush faux pas:
Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we.
And then, when told that Keith Olbermann named him the "worst person ever", Rove replies:
Ever? Yea, worse than Hitler, worse than Stalin, worse than Mao and worse than the person who introduced aluminum baseball bats.
Doesn't it strike you as odd that his immediate response was to conjure up the name of three of history's most notrious figures as a defence?
Source: CNN
(CNN) — Former top Bush aide Karl Rove didn't get the friendliest of receptions at the University of Iowa Sunday, CNN affiliate KCRG reports.
Rove, who was paid $40,000 to speak at the University, was confronted with an at-times hostile crowd of 1,000, and was interrupted on several occasions.
At one point during the speech, Rove reportedly lashed out at some of the students, saying, "You got a chance to ask your questions later and make your stupid statements, let me make mine."
Police also were forced to remove two people after they tried to perform a citizen’s arrest on Rove for what they said were his crimes while a member of the Bush Administration.
At one point, a person asked Rove if he has ever shed a tear over the war in Iraq.
"I shed a lot of tears and I have been inspired by many of the people who feel their son or daughter should not have to die in vain," he replied.
Toward the end of the speech a member of the crowd yelled, "Can we have our $40,000 back?"
Rove replied, “No, you can't.”
Radio Iowa also reports one audience member told Rove that MSNBC's Keith Olbermann named him the "worst person ever."
"Ever?" Rove joked. "Yea, worse than Hitler, worse than Stalin, worse than Mao and worse than the person who introduced aluminum baseball bats."
Cameras were only allowed to film the beginning of the speech.
