Keep in mind that Sheryl Crow proposes a one square of toilet paper-per-sitting quota to offset deforestation, so we know what she is full of. Read the version that Crow and David reported at the Huffington Post:
In his attempt to dismiss us, Mr. Rove turned to head toward his table, but as soon as he did so, Sheryl reached out to touch his arm. Karl swung around and spat, “Don’t touch me.” How hardened and removed from reality must a person be to refuse to be touched by Sheryl Crow? Unphased, Sheryl abruptly responded, “You can’t speak to us like that, you work for us.” Karl then quipped, “I don’t work for you, I work for the American people.” To which Sheryl promptly reminded him, “We are the American people.”
At that point Mr. Rove apparently decided he had had enough. Like a groundhog fearful of his own shadow, he scurried to his table in an attempt to hibernate for another year from his responsibility to address global warming. Drama aside, you would expect as an American citizen to be able to engage in a civil discussion with a public official. Instead, Mr. Rove was dismissive, condescending, and quite frankly a bully.
Bully? Who grabbed whom? And guess what ladies, the American people don’t get to get that close to any politician, let alone walk up to them at a dinner…
 Noel Sheppard offers these various media versions of the event:
As reported by Editor & Publisher Sunday
What was Rove’s take? Well, the Washington Post’s Howard Kurtz reported the following on CNN’s “Reliable Sources” Sunday:
But it was Rove who felt put upon by Crow, telling the Washington Post, “She came over to insult me, and she succeeded.”
Update: The Associated Press is now reporting
Here is the Washington Post piece on this issue:
Global warming was the talking point last night at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner when singer Sheryl Crow and “Inconvenient Truth” producer Laurie David walked over to Table 92 at the Hilton Washington to chat with Karl Rove — and the resulting exchange was suitably heated.
And, maybe most important from the Post piece (emphasis added):
News of the dust-up filtered quickly through the room. Some witnesses said David was very aggressive with Rove; a shaken Crow later said that Rove was “combative and unresponsive.”
How can you be combative and unresponsive? Isn’t the fact that he was alledged to by combative a response?
Is this what Michelle had in mind when she wrote: Lifestyles of the rich and eco-sanctimonious
Others Blogging:
Crow and David are both hypocrites. Crow has a diesel-powered tour bus (how ironic) and David has a Lear Jet.
Open letter to Laurie David:
You are miserable. Everyone knows you are just feeding off of your husband’s fame and you have no merit of your own. Judging from the way he channels you in Curb, he either consciously or sub-consciously thinks you are a disgusting sack of shit.
Crow has an overinflated value of herself. Like all liberal Crow thinks noting of invading another person’s personal space, but just try to get past her bodyguards to touch her.
Poor Rove. He must have really felt put upon. One thing these two liberal birds don’t seem to get is that you do not invade someone’s personal space and they are not the only people Mr. Rove works for. As for the one square of tp per person…huh? Well, sorry for her but I can afford to use two squares and two squares I will
My question is this, if in fact Crow’s point was that Rove works for her, and therefore he is obligated to speak to her….is the same true for her employees..me thinks there would be some trouble if she grabbed a roadie…
grabbing a persons arm during a “discussion” is the sign of agression.
Absolutely Peejz. During my working days at the University it was always drilled into us that you do not touch people. Period. As far as I’m concerned when that type of behavior is demonstrated it’s time to go.
Bon Bon, another thing that I was a tad irked about on this was the fact that they approached him (the agressors) and then reverted to the helpless woman mode…oh he was so mean to us..feel sorry for us because he was mean..this is after they open their blog entry with being Thelma and Louis…:lol:
Peejz and BonBon,
Crow is so used to the star treatment that she can’t handle being told no. I wonder if her star ego and Lance Armstrong’s star ego can’t fit in the same room being the cause for their earlier split.
But notice the problems Liberals have here being told no, that they are full of crap, and their inability to reason out their positions without resorting to their fairy tale utopian delusions as a fact.
Yeah all these wackos with their over inflated egos i mean CROW can afford to buy all those guitars made of wood and from sheets of paper with music printed on it then they can travel around in their own personal transportation i mean it reminds me of seeing those pictures of the eco-wackos sitting in the trees to prevent them from being cut down sitting on plywood and 2x4s in their platforms or plunking wooden guitars i mean just like these liberal left-wing celebrties to such a bunch of hypotcrits:mad:
How disgraceful that Rove would not stop everything and allow himself to be lectured to!!! Sheryl Crow is known to be an eminent scientist who does indeed have all the science that’s in proving not only that humans are causing Global Warming, but that we will all be dead soon if we don’t stop it!!!
Laurie David, as another of the huge scientific personalities behind the production of propamentary An Inconvenient Truth is perhaps second only to Messiah, Prophet, and Savior Al Gore himself in her importance and qualifications on this subject!!!
Hi PCD….generally I don’t listen to tabloids but one can’t help hearing things. I heard that Lance and Sheryl broke up because of Lance’s admiration for Bush. Remember the bike ride Lance and Bush took? It was soon after that those two split.
It seems with almost every issue celebrity’s have this I can do it but you can’t attitude. That pisses me off. They are no better than me. Richer maybe
but no better.
Peejz..you are correct. I hate that in a woman or anyone who differs than the stereotypical white boy. When any group does that it demoralizes the group as a whole. As I said, no one is better than anyone else.
Man is it nice to read so many posts i agree with
I Must leave AOL ASAP
I do wonder if Crowe buys carbon credits from Al “get rich quick scheme” Gore’s corporation to offset the carbon footprint created by her touring busses and multiple semi trucks it takes to take her shows from town to town?
Ted, surely you don’t think Liberals would be hypocrites, do you. AND, no, I’m not calling you Shirley.
based solely on previous track record who is telling the truth about this encounter the true story is not as discribed by the EVIL ONE..:lol:
14,
I think everyone in the white house and on the hill are all hypocrites, but that’s as far as I’ll take it. Past that, I only aspire to examine folks on an individual basis, regardless of their liberal or conservative idealogy. I know some liberals who aren’t hypocrites and I know some conservatives that are hypocrites.
I am just wondering if Crowe is being one too. Preaching from the soap box of global warming is hazardous. You know- glass house, stone and all…
No one called Crow or David evil…just ignorant
Re 15:
After some of the whoppers told in “An Inconveneient Truth”, I don’t think you have enough moral high ground to point a finger. I would not trust neither man as far as I can throw them, but I have to admit I’ve enjoyed watching Rove outsmart the dems over the past seven years and the Dems impotence to stop him.
Ms.Crow and Mrs. David are two of a kind. I hope they get married and live hapily ever after.
But most of all, I wish them luck with doctorates in envriomental sciences.
Maybe then, Crow will spare us from her boring simple minded, formulated, teenie music.
I’d do her though
guys, your eye got off the ball here.
Who gives a crap about Sheryl Crow?
The fact is our elected representatives were at an event to discuss global warming right??
They are supposed to come up with solutions, instead they are avoiding even discussing it because they dont believe it exists, and if it does exist… it doesnt matter to them because thats where their bread and butter comes from!
So a famous person who can get into the event which no one on this blog is likely to, gets shrugged off.
Rove doesnt work for the American people, he works for his benefactors.
If you really think about how the entire lot is selling the entire planet down the river, they are the lowest form of pond scum.
And sure Crow and the other celebrities arent gods gift to saving the planet, but at least they are trying to do something before its too late.
20- said shawn: “The fact is our elected representatives were at an event to discuss global warming right??”
What part of The White House Correspondents Dinner did you miss?
shawn, stop selfmedicating yourself. You are not in touch with reality, but then what environmentalist whackos are, starting with Algore?
Re 20 (shawn):
I don’t know if GW exists or not. At this point I don’t know and it is impossible to tell. The issue has been so politically injected by both sides and both sides have shown dishonesty in their position that we may never know one way or the other. As a result, I don’t really care.
“Rove doesnt work for the American people, he works for his benefactors.”
Sure- that’s a given at that level for every politician. Usually, the benefactor is thenselves.
Crow and David are typical rude, classless liberals.
Hillary was in town yesterday doing a hit and run stop at the Dubuque airport. What do all you think would have happened if I tried to tug on her sleeve and demand she do what I told her to like Crow tried to do to Rove?
:smileShe would have listened and responded appropriatly,something Rove and his boss are unfamiliar with.
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25- I would have sent you bail…
Re 26 (Ellen)
“She would have listened and responded appropriatly…”
I’m sorry- but this statememt is LAUGHABLE. Unless it serves her purposes, Clinton is no more willing to listen to any of the “common folks” than Rove or any of the other Bush/Cheney folks.
I am sick an tired of hollywood!!
In my view, “Hollywood” personalities have more money than brains. They attach themselves to any trendy simply casue because they love to hear their own voices, see their own names in lights, read about themsleves in print and hear about themsleves on TV news. And they will take every opportunity to denegrate Presidnt Bush. This year’s trendy casue is Global Warming. Who knows what it will be in 2009 year if the democrats are in the Whitehouse?
And what do they (“Hollywood” personalities) really know about war? They need to stick to their scripts. They are more believable on screen than in real life. The younger they are, the more foolish and idiodic they seem to be.
And what do they (â€Hollywood”personalities) really know about war?
Probably no more or less than your average citizen.
Cheryl Crow thinks she is a godess she is a moron. Who ever heard of using one square inch of toilet paper. She would not be using 1 sq inch of toilet paper. The whole earth crowd wants to put the people of the USA into the dark ages According to the crowe and the Al Gore crowd the average american citizen does not know what is good for them. So it is up to the Democrat elite to tell us. By the way it is okay for them to have private lear jets and gas guzzling SUVs and have personal body guards armed with guns but you average people can’t handle this. Get a life crowe grow up or go live in a corn field. America don’t won’t you
Where in the world did this toilet paper thing come from anyway? Now this is supposed to be one measure of how “Carbon neutral” a person is?
I always thought the use of TP was one of the things that separated Western cultures from others that used their hands or maybe didn’t wipe at all. Sheryl I guess you can go back to using the left hand.
Good Lord…these pople are becoming more unhinged all the time. I’m telling you, as I have been saying since the mid 1980s:
Liberalism is a form of mental illness.
26, ellen, you are just a tool. Between the Secret Service (She gets protection for life for geing a First Lady) and the Union Goons there, I would not have been allowed within 20 feet to ask a question, let alone touch her sleeve.
Rove is a dark evil force that personifies everything that is wrong with America and this government. I will gladly look forward to judgement day when the wrath of God unleashes his furies upon him and those that follow.
GW zealots are now blathering about “Carbon Neutrality”. Since Carbon release is a natural part of the respiration process when humans exhale, isn’t it a fact that the only way a human can be truly “Carbon Neutral” is to stop breathing?
I renew my call to the humans-cause-GW faithful to show true leadership in this matter!
#16 – TedInTheShed:
14,
I think everyone in the white house and on the hill are all hypocrites, but that’s as far as I’ll take it. Past that, I only aspire to examine folks on an individual basis, regardless of their liberal or conservative idealogy. I know some liberals who aren’t hypocrites and I know some conservatives that are hypocrites.
I am just wondering if Crowe is being one too. Preaching from the soap box of global warming is hazardous. You know- glass house, stone and all:
This may be your answer: http://www.thesmokinggun.com/backstagetour/scrow/scrow1.html
Excerpt: Additionally, when the global warming warrior hits the road, her touring entourage (and equipment) travels in three tractor trailers, four buses, and six cars. Now that’s a carbon footprint! (4 pages)
Jane 35 it seems like you are referring to a simplified, idealized definition of the term ‘Liberal’. The real, effective definition is much darker.
This may be your answer: http://www.thesmokinggun.com/backstagetour/scrow/scrow1.html
Excerpt: Additionally, when the global warming warrior hits the road, her touring entourage (and equipment) travels in three tractor trailers, four buses, and six cars. Now that’s a carbon footprint! (4 pages)
P. S. Look at the bottom of page 3 and the top of page 4 for her electronic requirements to see how much energy she uses up.
34, 35, Liberals in this country do not favor freedom, but work for enslavement of the people to the government. A government run by feel-good, do-nothing, elitists who do not care about the people. They just need to order arond the people while the Libs enjoy the best the people have to give them. Their children, their money, and their servitude.
When judgement day comes, it is people like you two who will be facing the Wrath of God for denying him and fighting against him.
Additionally, when the global warming warrior hits the road, her touring entourage (and equipment) travels in three tractor trailers, four buses, and six cars. Now that’s a carbon footprint!
But they care, you know! They are trying to do good! They are trying to save the planet, so by definition they are good, everything opposed is bad, and they can do no wrong! The extra Carbon they generate will be offset a million fold by the reduced Carbon footprints of those they educate and motivate into joining the action team!!!
And I am sure she will be purchasing Carbon offsets, perhaps even from Messiah Al Gore’s company? Then for sure she is wonderful and green and everything will be fine and the planet will be saved and it will be the Age of Aquarius!
Translation: Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain! Do what we say, not what we do you miserable, worthless groundlings! Do not think or question! Just obey! We are the all-knowing elite, who are privileged to always know what is best for you!
Crow and David just started their Global Warming tour. What better way to get publicity for their tour than to pick a fight with all the journalist attendance? They got exactly what they set out to get.