Rove defends Bush: "This is one of the best-read people I’ve ever met. This is a Harvard MBA"

[sabra]

http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2007/8/15/142256.shtml?s=br

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Rove told radio host Rush Limbaugh that he is often "amused” by references to Bush as "brain dead” or "frat boy.”

In his Wednesday interview he told Rush: "This is one of the best-read people I’ve ever met. This is a Harvard MBA. A Yale undergraduate whose major was history and whose passion is history.”

Those "elite, effete snobs” who criticize him — the "people on the Upper East Side who are putting their nose in the air about him — can’t hold a candle to him.”

He also told Rush that that after a 34-year relationship, he’s never "ceased to be amazed” by Bush.

[EFerrari]

1. LOL!

:rofl:

I'll trade you three Shakespeares for one Milton and a Steinbeck!

:rofl:

[Brigid]

13. I'll bet you . . .

that if you mentioned those three names to * , all you'd get back is a blank stare! :rofl:

[hedgehog]

27. Totally off topic, but I think you and I may be the last two Americans

who know how to spell that name properly! It's my theory that it fell into disuse among Irish-Americans because "Brigid" was the generic name for Irish immigrant maids!

[Brigid]

37. What they didn't know is . . .

"Brigid" is Irish for "strength." :evilgrin:

[FloridaJudy]

57. Don't be ridiculous

I'm sure Georgie is well aware that "Steinbeck" is a pricey imported beer.

[cloudbase]

67. Bush would have thought your

were talking about a stein of Becks. He's all for it.

[TomInTib]

20. Do they have pictures?

I know a guy named Milton, too. He is a writer and lives up on the hill.

Last name of Moskowitz.

But his books give me headaches.

[EFerrari]

23. The rhetoric is so over the top, soon we'll be hearing he invented

the cathode ray tube and the condom.

lol

[TomInTib]

25. I actually laughed out loud when I read what you wrote.

And I haven't been doing too much of that of late.

Thanks, B.

T

[LSparkle]

46. Makes Gore's "invention" of the internet seem tame in comparison

At least Gore DID have something to do with making the 'net available to us civilians.

[Poiuyt]

83. That's right, he read three Shakespeares - Hamlet, Romeo, and Juliet

[Virginia Dare]

I must say, he hides it very well..

:eyes: Karl just couldn't resist one last lie fest before he went, could he?

[lutefisk]

21. Maybe Bush is just "psychotically humble"

He just can't stand to show anybody up, so he behaves as if he were a completely stupid, self-centered, anti-social, mean-spirited asshole? Just a theory.:shrug:

[HughBeaumont]

2. Really? A "passion", Pigshit?

Funny that would be the case, since by his actions, Bewsh's knowledge of it seems too miniscule to fill even a thimble.

[CottonBear]

3. Bwahahahaha! They're all completely delusional!

Give me a goddamned break, KKKarl, Bush is a moran. :grr:

[hashibabba]

4. Unfortunately, I never cease to be amazed by Bush, either.

:sarcasm:

[Waya]

5. Hmmm.....so......

....'My Pet Goat' now qualifies as Harvard Level.......I knew we had lowered the standards, but geeeez.....

If his passion is History one would think he would know enough about it not to repeat it......

[wordpix]

6. bwahahaha, amazing what putting $hundred$ of thousand$ into education will get you

A Yale undergrad degree and Harvard MBA! If I'd had the money, I could have gotten one, myself.

[aquart]

54. Always wanted the guy who wrote his papers to come forward.

But Bush probably had him killed.

[Virginia Dare]

73. They have him changed in a dungeon somewhere...

Bush's brain indeed...:freak:

[Brigid]

7. That's funny.

He never ceases to amaze me, either -- with his stupidity. :eyes:

[PCIntern]

8. After a 6+ year relationship,

I never cease to be amazed either.

[jobycom]

9. In case you thought Rove had really resigned as Bush's puppeteer. nt

[cui bono]

10. So Rove resigned to become a stand up comic? eom

[EFerrari]

18. I hope he enjoys been a Casino greeter. n/t

[LSparkle]

49. He's traded in being a puppeteer to flying a remote-control plane

He's still calling the shots -- he's just doing it from farther away now.

[AndyA]

11. When you set your standards low, it's easy to be amazed by the simplest things.

Rove must have his standards so low if they drop more they'll be in China.

[malaise]

12. But, but, but

wasn't he a C student at Yale?

[Chipper Chat]

14. The quote is wrong.

It should read "This is one of the best-inbed people"

[Initech]

15. If he's on Limbaugh he's preaching to the choir.

Oxycontinboy's show is a safe haven for Rove... anywhere else and he'd be slaughtered.

[Mz Pip]

16. Best read

as in reads the backs of every single cereal box he's had since he's been in office. He's got the Frosted Flakes boxes down. He'll start on the Wheaties next week.

Mz Pip
:dem:

[BOSSHOG]

17. I'm a retired veteran, an old fart who grows tomatoes and drives an old truck

And I'm an effete snob? Oh karl, you and limbaugh have so much in common and my resume could do more then hold a candle to the criminal you have coddled, mine is based on honesty and integrity and hard work and honest to goodness real live liberal patriotism.

Lets see newsmax reporting on rove yakking on the limbaugh show. Its nothing but massive inch and half hard ons at free republic.

[Kolesar]

41. Like Spiro Agnew never died--recycling that pejorative

"effete"

My favorite candidate Sherrod Brown smashed the republicans in the mouth during his Senate campaign pointed out how his gop opponent was tied to the oil and drug companies. I think the public is "on" to who the powerful are and what party is their tool.

[BOSSHOG]

42. And the liberal press, nattering nabobs of negativism

Its funny what felons say about their critics.

[Phillycat]

63. And implying that we're out of touch because we're smart...

What IS that??

[Virginia Dare]

74. He called the American people a "mob"..

because they're onto the house of cards that the "architect" built.

[kineneb]

76. hear, hear! I live in a double-wide and have a pet chicken

I also am a thesis shy of having an MA in Music History. I garden, design and sew period costumes and musical instruments, spin my own yarn, etc. etc.

And... I probably own and have read more books than Georgie ever will. :rofl:

(Note:the wheels are off the double-wide and it is on a real foundation.)

[coalition_unwilling]

19. If Bush's passion is/was history, I'd recommend he start reading

various histories of the Vietnam War and the Battle of Stalingrad.

[spanone]

22. that's right, he read the shakesperes

[txaslftist]

24. And he's a top, to boot.

[swimboy]

62. Why, that sounds very interesting

what does that mean and what can you tell us about it? Because I know you're not calling him queer, right?

[NMMNG]

64. I'm sure he's not

That would be homophobic and unfit for DU.

[txaslftist]

70. I'm just saying Rove admires Bush so much because he's a bottom ...

...and Bush is a top.

If you read Rove's description of Bush the first time they met, it fairly oozes with only marginally suppressed eroticism. Add to that the fact that Bush calls him "turdblossom" ... I mean, how do you come by a nickname like that and what does it mean? He has a flowery-ass? His shit smells good?

It's very odd, anal humor, and ... well, I don't have to draw you a picture.

Add to this Kitty Kelly's assertions that Bush went to a religious "deprogramming" school to cure his homosexuality.

I think Rove is in love with Bush.

[swimboy]

71. Well, I was wrong

You're calling all of them queer.

I'm queer. I didn't know they had talked publicly about each other's redolent rectums. If it's a matter of public record, I guess they really are gay and nobody minds.

They are evil world leaders, however. That's why I don't care for them.

[txaslftist]

81. Well, you're out, at least here, and that's one thing.

Having a "beard" and a pack of lies and living a double life is another.

When you examine the relationship of Karl Rove and George Bush, it's hard not to conclude that, at least on Karl's part, there is an attraction that goes beyond "just friends".

[Donnachaidh]

26. Bought and PAID for MBA

I don't care what anyone says. Ol' Mushmouth would have problems working a mechanical pencil. That MBA cost his family a pretty penny. :puke:

[lpbk2713]

28. This Harvard MBA is not as bright as Rover might want us to believe ....

Link: http://www.metacafe.com/watch/203422/who_is_the_president_of_bush_doesnt_know/


AWOL Monkey-Boy gets called on his line of bullshit .....

[Ilsa]

29. Then why is he such a fuckup?

How can anyone supposedly so well-read be such a disaster in everything he does?

[C_U_L8R]

30. Harvard needs to take their MBA back

Bush is bad for business

[hedgehog]

31. Give Karl a break, * IS the best read person he knows. .

It's just that he hangs out with Republicans and Neo-Cons!

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[peacetalksforall]

33. Maybe he can put it to rap and join with Norquist and some other

friends while they're still out. Norquist could do an extra chorus praising Reagan.

[TwilightGardener]

34. What a way to devalue a formerly prestigious degree. Calling all Harvard MBA's: time

to pull out that sheepskin and wipe your asses with it.

[dflprincess]

35. Note that Rove qualified the statement by saying Il Dunce is

one of the best read people HE (Rove) has ever met. Given the crowd Karl hangs with, this could be true.

And I just have to know, after saying this "people on the Upper East Side who are putting their nose in the air about him — can’t hold a candle to him.” did anyone else expect Turdblossom to start singing "I love him, I love him, I love and where he goes I'll follow, I'll follow, I'll follow."?

[shain from kane]

36. Rove must have a small circle of friends, if Bush* is said to be the "best-read".

In his small circle of neoconservative friends, Bush* is the least Red.

[LSparkle]

51. Rover dropped out of college, remember ...

[shain from kane]

66. Scarecrow: I haven't got a brain... only straw.

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Dorothy: How can you talk if you haven't got a brain?
Scarecrow: I don't know... But some people without brains do an awful lot of talking... don't they?
Dorothy: Yes, I guess you're right.




Well, Bush* did get his diplomas. But that isosceles triangle thing still fools him.




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Wizard of Oz: Why, anybody can have a brain. That's a very mediocre commodity. Every pusillanimous creature that crawls on the Earth or slinks through slimy seas has a brain. Back where I come from, we have universities, seats of great learning, where men go to become great thinkers. And when they come out, they think deep thoughts and with no more brains than you have. But they have one thing you haven't got: a diploma.

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Scarecrow: The sum of the square roots of any two sides of an isosceles triangle is equal to the square root of the remaining side. Oh joy! Rapture! I got a brain! How can I ever thank you enough?
Wizard of Oz: You can't.

[simmonsj811]

38. wil this guy still have a security clearance

:scared:

[formerrepuke]

39. Not simply enough to refer to "snobs" as 'elite'...but also 'effete' for good measure...

that says a lot about Rove's (highly successful) gay-baiting tactics (recall the Rovian push-polling in Texas about Ann Richards office being full of lesbians).

[Johonny]

40. whose passion is history

well repeating it anyways.

[TwilightGardener]

44. LOL! Just the stupid parts.

[TwilightGardener]

43. Rove can't keep his narrative threads straight--those who condemn

him and Chimpy are effete snobs, but Bush is pure Middle America, full of Common Sense...with a Yale degree and a Harvard MBA...(and a Daddy who was Preznit)...Upper East Siders, condemning a guy from Connecticut with a family Kennebunkport compound...yeah, I'm lost too.

[LSparkle]

45. "This is a Harvard MBA ... " who had SOMEONE ELSE go to class for him

Besides, I know MANY people who have advanced degrees (God knows how) and they're still not the sharpest knives in the drawer. There are those who have a knack for going to class, taking copious notes, cramming and excelling at exams ... that doesn't necessarily make them WISE ... or even intelligent.

[Z_I_Peevey]

47. When I clicked on this thread,

I expected to see nothing but

HA HA HA HA HA HA

in every subject line.

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[marions ghost]

48. "people on the Upper East Side..."

BWWAAHAHAHA

:rofl: so THIS is where effete Dubya trashing snobs come from.... :rofl:

OK B/Hillary Clinton have an office way up there...but somehow I sense that Repug supporters are well represented on the Upper East Side.

Keep talking Turdblossom. Keep putting lipstick on that pig.

[SarahB]

50. "people on the upper east side"

Dimwit comes from mucho old money. Oh, I forgot. He's a "regular guy". :eyes:

[LSparkle]

55. Shows how much KKKarl knows about NYC -- upper WEST side

is where all the lib'ruls are. Upper East is where the Repugs hang out ...

[Javaman]

52. I'm sure harvard is loving that publicity LOL nt

[Solly Mack]

53. so Rove feels inferior to Bush(and not just Bush it seems)...LMAO

I hope his personal demons eat him alive

[LSparkle]

56. I have only two words for you: Lee Atwater

Comeuppance is on its way.

[aquart]

61. I hope he gets an ugly, unexplained rash

That itches so much he claws his skin off.

But that's just me.

[Solly Mack]

65. and falls into a vat of turpentine?

raw skin and turpentine...

I like the way you think

[aquart]

77. Ooh. Turpentine. I never thought of that.

Thanks.

[Duer 157099]

58. This certainly explains how Karl could be described as "Bush's Brain"

Only explanation I could come up with.

[sinkingfeeling]

59. Yeah, a Harvard MBA that has no clue what 'instruments of debt' are or how

the economy actually works.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7393649/

“A lot of people in America think there is a trust — that we take your money in payroll taxes and then we hold it for you and then when you retire, we give it back to you,” Bush said in a speech at the University of West Virginia at Parkersburg.

“But that’s not the way it works,” Bush said. “There is no trust ‘fund’ — just IOUs that I saw firsthand,” Bush said.

[Hekate]

60. "...and has more charisma than any one man has a right to." Ooo, is he still in love, or what?

Turdblossom old boy, you do know what idolotry is, don't you?

Good gods, he talks about the Boy Emperor like he's the Second Coming of Christ.

Or maybe it's just the second coming, considering how much lifelong passion Rove has invested in his idol.

(And no, that's not supposed to be a gay slur, just a slur on Rove's confused soul.)

Hekate

[Virginia Dare]

75. He's still slopping the same bucket of shit around..

that he has for twenty years. I guess it's a habit he can't break, too bad nobody's buying it anymore..:nopity:

[Lisa]

68. wow! I didn't know Karl wrote for "The Onion" in his spare time! (see link)

The tone from this interview sounds an awful lot like this piece from a few years back ...

http://www.theonion.com/content/node/31077

"WASHINGTON, DC—President Bush delighted an intimate gathering of White House dinner guests Monday, regaling the coterie of dignitaries, artists, and friends with a spirited, off-the-cuff discussion of the Roman poet Virgil's lesser-known works.
"Ah, W. was in top form tonight," Spanish foreign minister Josep Pique Camps said. "We were all held captive by his erudition and charm. First, a brief history of the opium trade, then a bit of Brahms on the piano, then a rousing discussion of Virgil. That boy is a wonder, isn't he?""




And for the science folks out there ...

http://www.theonion.com/content/node/38718

"BATAVIA, IL–President Bush met with members of the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory research team Monday to discuss a mathematical error he recently discovered in the famed laboratory's "Improved Determination Of Tau Lepton Paths From Inclusive Semileptonic B-Meson Decays" report. "I'm somewhat out of my depth here," said Bush, a longtime Fermilab follower who describes himself as "something of an armchair physicist." "But it seems to me that, when reducing the perturbative uncertainty in the determination of Vub from semileptonic Beta decays, one must calculate the rate of Beta events with a standard dilepton invariant mass at a subleading order in the hybrid expansion. The Fermilab folks' error, as I see it, was omitting that easily overlooked mathematical transformation and, therefore, acquiring incorrectly re-summed logarithmic corrections for the b-quark mass. Obviously, such a miscalculation will result in a precision of less than 25 percent in predicting the resulting path of the tau lepton once the value for any given decaying tau neutrino is determined."

The Bush correction makes it possible for scientists to further study the tau lepton, a subatomic particle formed by the collision of a tau neutrino and an atomic nucleus."

[HuffleClaw]

69. even some of the freepers must have laughed at that one

hilarious

[ecstatic]

72. A legacy admission/degree

Gosh, Rove has got to be kidding. I could see trying that BS if Bush was from "humble beginnings." Oh well, maybe Bush's idiotic base will be impressed.

[ComerPerro]

78. so he is a Harvard MBA, is well read and extremely intelligent and sophisticated,

is one of the richest people in the country...

But is an average, common, Middle American?


Hes a well read, wealthy Harvard MBA, but hes just a normal guy?


So he's only an elitist when it is a virtue to be one?

[Rex]

79. 'This is one of the best-read people I’ve ever met'

And Rove is one of the worst spoken persons I've ever read about.

[Ghost in the Machine]

80. In this case, MBA = Monkey Brained Asshole

and yes KKKarl, we already *know* that...

[Lars39]

87. lol

Good fill-in for the acronym. :D

[Ghost in the Machine]

88. thanks!

:hi:

[Anwen]

82. LOL!!!

Thanks... I really needed a laugh this morning. :D

[BlooInBloo]

84. And with that remark, Harvard re-thinks its legacy policies.

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

85. "One of the best read people I've met" said the college dropout.

[Canuckistanian]

86. Harvard should sue

Yale, too.

What a terrible insult to their branding.