Karl Rove Accosted By Ex-GOP Chief Of Staff "You Guys Wouldn't Be In WH Without Feeney"

[Hissyspit]

From Mark Crispin Miller:

ROVE: I have a file on Tom Feeney

http://www.politico.com/blogs/anneschroeder/0409/Karl_Rove_accosted_by_ex_GOP_Chief_of_Staff.html?showall

April 09, 2009
Categories: Antics

Karl Rove accosted by ex-GOP chief of staff
Former Bush adviser Karl Rove was verbally accosted Thursday evening by an ex-chief of staff to former Rep. Tom Feeney (R-Fla.).

Rove was quietly having dinner at the tony restaurant Charlie Palmer Steak on Capitol Hill when he was aggressively approached by Jason Roe, the former Feeney staffer. Roe, now of Federal Strategy Group, was "loud and boisterous" toward Rove. He was apparently (still) upset over the following comments Rove made on Fox News, the day after the election, in which Feeney — along with many other Republicans — went down in flames.

From FNC:

Rove: "It was a big night, no doubt about it, but look, the people who got defeated last night were people who had not done their homework and hadn't gotten ready for a tough race.

"You know, like this guy Feeney in Florida."

Colmes: "Tom Feeney, yes."

Rove: "Tom Feeney, who — who had a bunch of ethical issues raised and then voted against the rescue package. You know, voting against the rescue package was supposed to be a sure thing to get you elected in some quarters."

- snip -

UPDATE: According to people familiar with the back and forth, we hear this was the conversation between Roe and Rove:

Roe walked over to the table, "I'm Jason Roe."

Rove: "Oh, the famous Jason Roe."

Roe: "I don't know that I'm famous, but I'm Tom Feeney's former chief of staff, and I'm offended by your comments on Fox about Tom. You guys wouldn't be in the White House without Tom. And you made these really degrading comments about him that offended a lot of people."

(Sidenote: Tom Feeney was the speaker of the Florida House of Representatives during the whole Bush/Gore 2000 recount.)

Rove: "Well, I have a file on the things Tom Feeney said about George Bush."

Roe: "That says more about you than me that you kept a file on Tom Feeney. This guy was so restrained in his desire to criticize the president — even against this staff's advice."

Rove: "I have a file."

Roe: "I'm right here. Tell me to my face what's in that file."

Rove: "I'll send you the file."

Roe: "Well, I hope the file is the beginning of the conversation and not the end. I would love to disabuse you of whatever you think of Tom Feeney's loyalty from this file."

Rove: "If you keep talking over me, this conversation's going to end right now."

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QUICK SUMMARY: The Clint Curtis / Tom Feeney / Yang Enterprises, Inc. Vote-Rigging Scandal

BRAD BLOG SPECIAL COVERAGE:

A summary of the key points in the story so far…
Based on the Reporting of Brad Friedman
(For a list of key articles in this series, see http://www.BradBlog.com/ClintCurtis.htm)
Last Updated: 08/29/2006 02:43 PM
...OVERVIEW...
On December 6th, 2004, in an explosive exclusive, The BRAD BLOG (www.bradblog.com) published a sworn affidavit by Florida software programmer Clint Curtis. In his affidavit and videotaped sworn testimony presented before members of the U.S. House Judiciary committee, Curtis claims to have been asked by U.S. Congressman Tom Feeney (R-FL) to design a "vote-rigging software prototype". This request took place in October 2000 during a meeting at Yang Enterprises, Inc. (YEI), a computer consulting firm in Oviedo, Florida.

Curtis, a life-long Republican up until then, had been a programmer at YEI, which had several top-secret clearance contracts with the state, NASA and other government agencies. Curtis' understanding at the time was that the prototype he was being asked to create (built to the very precise specifications of Feeney) was to address Feeney’s concerns that the Democrats might attempt to electronically rig the election and Feeney wanted to know what to look out for in that event. After informing YEI CEO Mrs. Li-Woan Yang that he would not be able to hide the vote-flipping routines in the software source-code as Feeney had requested, Curtis testified that Mrs. Yang informed him that the program was needed to "rig the vote in South Florida ".

At the time of the alleged meeting, Feeney was the incoming Speaker of the Florida House, and also a registered lobbyist and the general corporate counsel for YEI. Previously, he had been the running mate of Jeb Bush during his 1994 unsuccessful first bid for Florida Governor. In November 2000, Feeney gained national notoriety after declaring open defiance of the Florida Supreme Court by vowing to choose Presidential electors for George W. Bush regardless of whether a court-ordered recount showed that Gore won Florida . He eventually ascended to the U.S. Congress and today sits on the House Judiciary Committee. Although he was outspent two to one by his Democratic opponent in 2002, Feeney beat him handily at the polls and then ran unopposed for the same seat in 2004.

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[robinlynne]

1. damn straight.

[chollybocker]

2. More importantly, did Rove leave his waitron a 20% tip?

;)

[baldguy]

4. And was a glop of phlegm under the mashed potatoes?

[Hello_Kitty]

7. KKKarl should never eat in any restaurant in DC.

He ain't very well-liked there.

[baldguy]

3. Federal Marshals are the ones who should be accosting him.

[malaise]

5. I'm betting Rove has a file on every single Rushican

It's getting ugly. Come one Rushicans eat each other in public.

[MadMaddie]

6. Rove still thinks he is on top

his arrogance has no bounds and his arrogance will be his downfall.....I will be patient it's coming.....

[Kahuna]

10. He thinks gonzo is still at the justice department. He'd better recognize..nt

[MadMaddie]

13. mmmm....hmmmmm.....that's what I am sayin...

[bridgit]

8. Rove has a chance to become the fractured charater in The Fall of The Roman Empire...

He has his "files"...whatever dude! America is still smarter than she was before she knew who Karl Rove was. Rove's clients still did not prevail even with Rove's precious "files". Rove's clients lost because Rove was out of cards after playing the same cards over & over while misreading America's longer term goals and how to get there...

Karl Rove is imo a failed project

[Atman]

9. I won a Gold "Pollie" for helping to defeat that clown

I wonder if Karl has a file on me, too?

[jedr]

11. tell Mr. Roe not to fly on any small private aircraft....just sayin'...n/t

[Stellabella]

12. Man, Rove needs a comeuppance. And fast.

Somebody, please, deflate that little fleabag.