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03/29/2004 Archived Entry: "This is pretty damn cool."
This is pretty damn cool.
Here's hoping Unka Karl was plenty rattled.
Several hundred people stormed the small yard of President Bush's chief political strategist, Karl Rove, yesterday afternoon, pounding on his windows, shoving signs at others and challenging Rove to talk to them about a bill that deals with educational opportunities for immigrants.Protesters poured out of one school bus after another, piercing an otherwise quiet, peaceful Sunday in Rove's Palisades neighborhood in Northwest, chanting, "Karl, Karl, come on out! See what the DREAM Act is all about!"
Rove obliged their first request and opened his door long enough to say, "Get off my property."
"Seems like he doesn't want to invite us in for tea," Emira Palacios quipped to the crowd.
Others chanted, "Karl Rove ain't got no soul."
Thanks to Xan for the link.
Replies: 17 people speak up
Geez! Unka must have been freaked. But he DID help create more poor people, and more poor people of color. I guess he just figured they'd be too busy flipping burgers and weeding his garden to speak up.
Oh, to have been a fly on the wall of that garage....
Posted by Vicki @ 03/29/2004 06:58 AM NY
Wow. Couldn't have happened to a nicer guy.
Posted by JBean @ 03/29/2004 10:40 AM NY
Why didn't you also include the part about making Rove's children and at least one neighbor child cry? Is this what we can expect from now on?
Terrifying children in their homes. Great way to influence their parents.
You people don't see this as an action of hate?
Posted by Murphy @ 03/29/2004 11:13 AM NY
On further review.....
Certainly you meant that getting Rove's attention is cool, and not the criminal trespass and frightening of children, right?
Posted by Murphy @ 03/29/2004 03:48 PM NY
Seems to me I remember reTHUGlicans assembling in front of then Vice-President Al Gore's house while the election was being stolen in 2000 chanting much worse dribble at the Gore family. Typical GOP double standard here. What a bunch of hypoctites. !!!
Posted by Paul @ 03/29/2004 05:22 PM NY
First. I am not aligned with the GOP. Dems, either.
A huge difference is the place of residence. The Vice President's residence is a public place. The government does not own Rove's house. It is a neighborhood where many people were subjected to this through no fault of their own.
I don't have a problem with the battle, per se, but I do with the chosen battlefield.
Posted by Murphy @ 03/29/2004 05:32 PM NY
The Vice President's house a public place.(?) Well shit howdy. Lets all go down to the VP's. Cheney throws a heart stopping Bar B-Q. Spend the night. What the Hell !! It's just a public place. Party at Cheney's....pass it on
Posted by Paul @ 03/29/2004 08:05 PM NY
My apologies for being semantically inaccurate. It is a federally owned (ergo owned by the public) place, though not generally accessible such as an ordinary neighborhood. The people, while not necessarily bright, did not break any laws with their public demonstration when the Gores were in residence. Had they done so, I'm sure the Secret Service would have quickly ended the violation.
No need to be so childish.
Posted by Murphy @ 03/29/2004 08:35 PM NY
Maybe you think it's cool, but when somebody resorts to harrassment and insults, it's usually a sign that they've lost the argument.
Posted by rogersj52003@yahoo.com @ 03/29/2004 08:51 PM NY
A spade is a spade.
Posted by Murphy @ 03/29/2004 08:58 PM NY
On further review....
Rogersj:
Perhaps you're right. I apologize for any offense given. From the article in question...
"Others chanted, "Karl Rove ain't got no soul."
The crowd then grew more aggressive, fanning around the three accessible sides of Rove's house, tracking him through the many windows, waving signs that read "Say Yes to DREAM" and pounding on the glass."
Sounds like namecalling and harassment to me.
Posted by Murphy @ 03/29/2004 09:04 PM NY
"Sounds like namecalling and harassment to me."
And we all know that non-liberals would NEVER, EVER do that!
Posted by mykull @ 03/29/2004 10:54 PM NY
" A spade is a spade ""
All you've got is a shovel.
Posted by Paul @ 03/29/2004 11:05 PM NY
Murphy, stop me if you've heard this one before, but...
You have to be careful when keeping an open mind. Sometimes birds like to build their nests in there. Especially when the mind is so wide open, one isn't USING it.
Capiche?
Posted by Daddy-O @ 03/30/2004 03:06 AM NY
Hey, c'mon. This is a mob surrounding the guy's house. That's not right, not even against a jerk like Rove. Of course it was wrong of the Republicans to do it to Gore--but all that happens when Democrats do it right back is that they lose any claim to being the only party that's acting like grown-ups.
Personally, I think this sort of thing is short-sighted. Does anyone really think the protesters did anything to make Rove rethink his position? More likely that now he's pissed and has hardened his opinion. Did harrassing this guy at his house win the sympathies of anyone who wouldn't have enthusiastically voted against Bush anyway? What's the point of doing something like this, other than to give FOX News a good story about how crazy, decency-hating liberals are being mean to poor, innocent Republicans?
Posted by frer @ 03/30/2004 03:36 AM NY
There is the old adage " what you give is what you get."
Poetically speaking - Way to go Daddy-O.
Posted by Demeur @ 03/30/2004 05:17 AM NY
Grazzi, Demeur.
Posted by Daddy-O @ 03/31/2004 03:48 AM NY
