Posted on 11/25/2004 7:43:59 AM PST by an amused spectator
At the dedication of the Clinton library last week in Little Rock, Karl Rove and President Bush received separate tours of the dramatic building, a glistening silver, suspended boxcar filled with light and with a panoramic view of the Arkansas river. Flung across the river stands an old railroad bridge - and to Clinton watchers, bridges represent "the bridge to the 21st century", the former president's re-election slogan in 1996...[snip]
...Then, when the presidents were announced, Bush tried to push his way past Clinton at the library door to be first in line, against the already accepted protocol for the event, as though the walk to the platform was a contest for alpha male...[snip]
...According to two eyewitnesses, Rove had shown keen interest in everything he saw, and asked questions, including about costs, obviously thinking about a future George W Bush library and legacy. "You're not such a scary guy," joked his guide. "Yes, I am," Rove replied. Walking away, he muttered deliberately and loudly: "I change constitutions, I put churches in schools ..." Thus he identified himself as more than the ruthless campaign tactician; he was also the invisible hand of power, pervasive and expansive, designing to alter the fundamental American compact...[snip]
(Excerpt) Read more at guardian.co.uk ...
I think to truly understand the mindset, you would have to be a "victim" of the notheastern mindset.
I grew up in the northeast, and if you came from a home setting that did not teach you the basic fundmantals--it is very easy to fall prey to all the sick, twisted teachings of the state.
I grew up believing--the military was bad and everyone in it was brainwashed, abortion was a right and something to be practiced without any regard, most religious people where scary, how lucky I was to be so much more enlightened than the rest of the rednecks that inhabited the country...I could go on and on.
But, you catch my drift? Leaving the NE, living outside of the country, my rebelous nature and the internet all aided me and opened my eyes.
Important to point out, I never considered myself liberal, I was always considered conservative and yet, I believed all or most of those things to one degree or another.
Can't blame anyone for getting out of there. Who needs the "crabs"?
"It looks like a mobile home on stilts!"
Instead of "Hail to the Chief", did they play "Dueling Banjos"?
Could it be that George Bush didn't like Bill Clinton very much, or didn't like the fact protocol forced him to be there?
I like the way Bush was portrayed in this article, and that is why Red America voted for him!
Almost as fun as a fly on the wall in Michael Moore's house.
If this anecdote is true, Karl Rove is obviously a quick-witted bloke. It's too bad Clinton Kool-Aid drinker Sid Blumenthal and the rest of the Democrats had their sense of humor surgically removed at birth.
Which is which?
Guess it doesn't really matter since you identify both with burning @$$hole$.
I think the lamestream media shot its wad in the 2004 election.
The actuarial tables and a Democrat media in ruins dooms the Hillary! bid in 2008, but she doesn't know it yet.
Don't confuse The Squid with the facts. ;-)
a "victim" of the notheastern mindset.
military was bad
everyone in it was brainwashed,
abortion was a right
most religious people where scary,
I agree. After moving to the MW I found that the "Bible Belt" wasn't nearly as nutty as the place I came from.
Ya just gotta shake your head...
He already did. Doncha remember the CUBAN cigar?
And if Bush had stuck around, Sid would be whining about how he wasn't really welcome there and was only trying to steal Clinton's spotlight.
Walking away, he muttered deliberately and loudly: "I change constitutions, I put churches in schools ..."
I'd bet my house that's a lie.>>
I would take the bet. These people are so stupid, and take themselves so seriously, they don't even recognize when they are being mocked. Rove would have to add the phrase "and we roast babies in the White House basement and eat them" for these nimrods to realize they are the butt of a joke.
"the dramatic building, a glistening silver, suspended boxcar filled with light and with a panoramic view of the Arkansas river. Flung across the river stands an old railroad bridge - and to Clinton watchers, bridges represent "the bridge to the 21st century",
A grand entrance, but it's still bridge to nowhere!
Your mouth drops open when you read this piece. I was still trying to find coherence when the piece ended...
Should we be talking about our betters this way? ;-)
Of course. Rove was just having a bit of fun with the 'rats.
...and Sid is struck w/$hrillary.
Sid peddles his tripe overseas...yawn
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