Cross-posted on GWBlogspot
There were really two highlights to the event. First, four students took Alex's advice and brought in a HUGE sign reading "WAR CRIMINAL" (seriously, how did you guys sneak that in?). The sheeple there responded by yelling "TASE 'EM!".
Next, someone actually asked Karl Rove why people think he's a "fundamentally bad human being." To which, Rove replied:
"First of all, the tail and the horns are retractable...Look: I'm a myth! I mean, I'm like Grendel of Beowulf; I'm not often seen but people talk about me a lot. I don't know."
Video and more after the jump.
Thanks to Think Progress for the video.
Some things went unreported, however:
- I'm fairly sure someone yelled "Fuck you Karl Rove!", but everyone around me was laughing so I couldn't hear the response, but Mr. Rove said something witty because his "followers" laughed at his retort (can anyone confirm this?).
- He outright said that Bush didn't mislead Americans about the war.
- He said that since Billary and Ted Kennedy said at some point Saddam was dangerous, it's a lie for Obama to say the war was a bad idea.
- The first half was about how bad Clinton vs. Obama is for Democrats and that they'll lose in November because of it.
- He tried to call out Barack on not being a professor at U. of Chicago, which is dumb, because the school published this press release stating he, in fact, was. People there bought it.
- The party I was at lost interest during the Q&A section so I didn't hear this first hand, but later a friend told me a student asked Rove if he still thought John McCain had an illegitimate black child in South Carolina to which Rove said "That wasn't me." (here's a Boston Globe article that reports otherwise).
- I realized that only at GW would students spend a Friday night caring about Karl Rove in any way, shape, or form.