Karl Rove attacked tonight

[LiberalHeart]

No link up yet, but this is what Drudge has on his page right now:

COLLEGE PROTESTORS HURL OBJECTS AT KARL ROVE... WRC, the NBC affiliate in Washington D.C. reports that George Bush's key White House advisor went to speak to College Republicans at American University tonight, but when he was done, more than a dozen students began throwing things at him and his car. The students then got on the ground and laid down in front of his car. Students report security officials then picked them up and carried them away so Rove could leave. Nobody was arrested... Developing...

[mmonk]

1. Interesting.

Wish I could have seen it (don't want him to get hurt but would like to see people show some venom back at him).

[LiberalHeart]

4. I'm surprised nobody was arrested.

Maybe the idea is to make it all go quietly away.

[The Doctor.]

26. Interesting...

Or maybe this wasn't done by actual 'Liberals'.

As many are aware, and as someone said in another thread, Rove has used the 'victim' tactic before.

[slampoet]

48. I find the no arrest to to be suspicious too.

I had a friend of a classmate who flipped off George Bush SR. in the eighties.


The secret service questioned him for a full 18 hours.

[ClayZ]

29. imagine

[sabra]

2. let me guess - Michael Ware flew in from Baghdad to lead the protest?

[anitar1]

16. I saw Ware tonight and sounded like he was attacking the Dem

Congress people. He was rather sarcastic. I have only seen him a couple of times. Is he a Booshie ?

[ChairmanAgnostic]

44. he sounded like he and I were doing shots beforehand

or at least, he sounded like a couple of friends of mine after a few.

[darkstar]

3. MCKarl has that whole East Coast/West Coast thing blowing up again !!!

Word.

[Richard Steele]

8. Dayum! Nicely cross-referenced, darkstar! What can I say to that, except:

"Here's your pie!"

[darkstar]

15. Thanks. All 3 of us should sit down and enjoy a slice

:hi:

[pepperbear]

28. The Notorious P.I.G. n/t

[Cabcere]

55. Ahahahahaha!

:spray: :rofl: :thumbsup: Well done.

[OneGrassRoot]

45. Nice! LOLOL

:spray:

[Lex]

5. Rove committed treason, so he should just be glad he isn't

swinging.

At least some people (like these protestors) have the guts to express what most Americans now know--these guys in charge of our country are CRIMINALS and we aren't happy about it.

[Richard Steele]

32. A wonderfully encouraging modifier for the end of any less-than-heartening sentence is: "YET"

Just sayin'.


(edited to add the final "y" to "wonderfully", cuz "wonderfull"
just ain't a word no more.)

[Erika]

6. You think Karl & W has gotten the message yet?

They've ruined this country and are hated for it.

[earthside]

7. Getting fed up.

I tell you ... people in this country are really getting fed up with the war and with these bums in the White House.

Impeachment is something that the people of America are way ahead of the curve on -- the Dems in Congress need to figure this out fast.

[judaspriestess]

9. no one got arrested? wow I'm surprised no one was

water boarded on the spot

[Richard Steele]

18. I gotta say, the lack of arrests has my tinfoil twitching.

Considering how often this misAdministration has had
people arrested for nothing more than having a different
opinion, and the fact that Rove seems to have a real
penchant for crudely-executed false-flag operations...

I gotta wonder if these were really "angry students"
committing these CRIMES....or Rovian Operatives staging
an "outburst" designed to make the opposition look bad.

That -IS- one of their newest talking points, you know-
that those who oppose B*sh's failed policies are "overly
emotional" and "not thinking clearly". They just started
trying that angle out...yesterday.

Hmmmm.......:tinfoilhat:

[Purveyor]

10. Link to NBC4 report...

http://www.nbc4.com/news/11516096/detail.html?dl=headlineclick

[Lint Head]

11. I wish I could have been there to throw something too!

Damn! :dem:

[CrazyOrangeCat]

39. No joke.

I'd love to egg his smart-ass mug.

[Dr.Phool]

12. Here's a link to WRC-NBC

http://www.nbc4.com/news/11516096/detail.html?dl=headlineclick


WASHINGTON -- White House Advisor Karl Rove was the target of a protest on the American University campus Tuesday night, NBC 4 reported.

Rove was on the campus to talk to the College Republicans, but when he got outside more than a dozen students began throwing things at him and at his car, an American University spokesperson said.

The students then got on the ground and laid down in front of his car as a protest.

The students said security officials picked them up and carried them away so Rove could leave.

Police said they have dealt with a lot of protests on campus and this one was handled peacefully.

No one was arrested.

Copyright 2007 by nbc4.com. All rights reserved. This material may not be publish

[originalpckelly]

13. I'm going to assume someone from this side infiltrated that meeting...

but it's damn interesting if the College Republicans picked on the evil one. (Of course, I highly doubt they'd stop the ass-kissing to do something like that.)

[BuyingThyme]

14. It was Michael Ware! He threw his microphone!

It knocked Karl's head right off!

[ComerPerro]

17. lets see some proof, aside from testimony from college repigs

[The Count]

19. Your title reads like it was Karl doing the attacking. man bites dog - better story!

I was relieved!

[Lasher]

20. I'll bet they spat on him!

People like him and Lord Vader shouldn't be allowed to run around stinking up the country like this. Might as well let OJ sell his these two are gonna cash in on the speaking circuit.

[MnFats]

21. 'throwing things?" What kind of things"

cream pies?
marshmallows?
snowballs?


or

stones?
bricks?
iron bars?



what was thrown would add a lot of context here....

[LiberalHeart]

24. No details available yet.

Maybe the reporter meant to say "Karl Rove caused student to hurl...."

[bleever]

22. "Karl Rove, dressed as the Reichstag, fended off liberal flamethrowers

tonight, preventing what might have escalated into a culture war with his instinctive sense of fair play."


Whew! Close call!

[Bukowski Fan]

23. I went to American University

I can tell you two things we can be sure of right off the bat.

1. The College Republicans made up the part about students throwing things.
2. The protests were led by a group of seasoned activists who knew to keep things non-violent and defer to law enforcement

I have had MANY run ins with the College Republicans at AU and they are a particulary awful breed of Repug. I staged a peace vigil before we invaded Afghanistan there and they picked a fight with me and some of my friends, figuring we wouldn't fight back. Unfortunately for them, I'm not a pacifist, I'm just against wars fought for corporations, and they were dealt with severely (I'm from Jersey City, not some affluent suburban bubble). Then they went crying to, you guessed it, NBC, saying that we beat them up for supporting America and we were all traitors and so on and so forth. Truly scum.

I'm very glad to see my liberal bretheren carrying on our tradition of protest at AU and am sad to see that the local NBC affiliate is still publishing the CR bullshit without fact-checking.

[The Count]

25. Thanks for shedding light on a highly suspicious wording. Like "Michael Ware

heckled" looks phony on its face.

[Olney Blue]

42. Thanks for the insight.

American University students know the score, and this is a good example.

[slampoet]

49. Isn't American University the top CIA recruiting shcool in the USA?

I had a cousin leave because she was getting harassed about joining the CIA. (she had a specialty that was in HIGH demand)

[mb7588a]

56. Also, the NBC affiliate is precisely one block from campus.

I went there as well. SPA '05.

Love me my AU. *sniffle*

I was invovled in many of the Iraq war protests in 2003.

For anyone interested, it is a highly international school. One of its goals is to become the world's premier international education institution. It will get there in very few years.

It's also a splendid school for experiential learning. I was able to take a semester off to work for the presidential campaign in 2004, and i did two capitol hill internships. All of it was for credit. There's no better school to go to if you want to get real hands on learning in national/international politics.

It has retained its top 50 overall ranking for several years, but several programs (government, internaitonal relations) are top 5.

These kids are not just hoodlums, they are highly educated, highly political, REAL PEOPLE. These are people who get it, not peole who are out to cause trouble for the sake of it. They understand and respect our system of government.

[Tom Joad]

27. Nazi's don't get respect when they are losing a war.

[Hissyspit]

30. k&r

[Lasher]

31. Boy, that musta been a real bad speech

From WaPo:

Heckling protesters briefly delayed the car carrying top White House aide Karl Rove last night as he left the American University campus, where he had just given a speech. No arrests or injuries were reported after Rove's invitation-only talk.

<snip>

Kim Bruce, a spokeswoman for the Secret Service, said that after Rove spoke, "several individuals who had gathered outside the speech area threw unknown objects at the vehicle."

In addition, she said, "some individuals ran in front of the vehicle" but "did not impede" Rove's departure.

Goodman said students went to the Ward Circle building where Rove spoke to make a "citizen's arrest" of the presidential adviser. He said the students claimed they had compiled evidence indicating that Rove had violated what they say is a presidential records act stipulating that all presidential e-mail be recorded on White House servers.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/03/AR2007040302257.html

[Omphaloskepsis]

33. Damn, 50 Cent can take 9 bullets.. MC Rove goes down with Cool Whip pies.

wimp...

[LibertyorDeath]

34. Is that ville piece of shit pig fucker still alive

He is a fucking plague on America.

Someone arrest the treasonous fucker already

[2008]

35. No love for Karl Rove here, but how stupid would you have to be...

...to throw things at a man and his car, then lie down in front of it? An evil guy like Rove, no less. I can believe they threw things OR blocked his car with their bodies, but not both.

[blogslut]

36. "Attacked"? Pfffftt!

KKKarl will be wearing a neck brace and sporting a cane tomorrow or he'll do his best to spin it that way.

[soothsayer]

37. that giant noggin must have been an irresistible target for those kids

lol! not condoning such things, mind you, but too funny!

[Roland99]

38. This thread in LBN refers to an NBC and a WaPo article that differ in accounts

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=2793264&mesg_id=2793264

[LiberalHeart]

53. Just looked at that ... why did Rove had Secret Service with him???

[Roland99]

59. Good question. Are Presidential advisors always given Secret Service protection?

[NYC Liberal]

60. I believe the President can order protection for anyone they choose.

I *think.*

[tom_paine]

40. Good. It is only fitting that Gaulleiter Rove should be reviled by Loyal Americans

For Rove is the ULTIMATE Loyal Bushie, and as such is the moral equivalent of the Loyal Nazi, while being the absolute antithesis of the Loyal American.

[B Calm]

41. bout time Drudge reports the news!

[Ganja Ninja]

43. "Developing ...." ?

It's all over. The cops carried the protesters out of the way and no one was arrested. Crooks & Liars has a non-Drudge link.

[Leopolds Ghost]

46. Shock & Awe. n/t

[dogday]

47. Those Student Republicans can be get

very upset... Can't say I don't think Rove deserved this, but by his own party has got to sting more...

[soothsayer]

50. lol! they kicked his car and wanted to make a citizen's arrest for

using email on other than WH servers!

snip

WASHINGTON - White House aide Karl Rove came face to face with angry protesters after speaking to the Young Republican Club at American University Tuesday night, with about 20 students lying down in front of his car.

Student Josh Goodman told The Washington Post other students kicked Rove's car, "and tried to stop it as best they could."

Goodman, an AU junior, said he and others wanted to make a "citizens arrest" of the presidential adviser.

According to the newspaper, Goodman says the students claimed they had compiled evidence indicating that Rove had violated what they say is a presidential records act stipulating that all presidential e-mail be recorded on White House servers.

snip

more here: http://www.wtop.com/?nid=596&sid=1106356

OH, and you can leave a comment at that site!!

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

51. Randi Rhodes just talked about this! Those kids rock!!!!! eom

[samsingh]

52. is any traitor more deserving?

[gatorboy]

54. How's that line go?

"People shouldn't be afraid of their government, government should be afraid of their people."


Nuff' said.

[mb7588a]

57. It's about fucking time someone got pissed off

and pissed off enough to reallly show it.

I won't believe for a second that any one of these students threw or kicked anything. NOT ONE SECOND. I went to AU. It's just not their style.

Nobody was arrested, and people get arrested on that campus for much less on a nearly daily basis. NOTHING WAS TROWN OR KICKED.

[Colobo]

58. Let's put energies on making sure our candidates get elected

Kicking Rove's car won't solve shit. Peaceful protests are more effective.