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 ...
Whatever he says somebody said needs confirmed by a credible source.
I think GWB has better things to do with his time than to pander to these morons. They were lucky he and his Dad showed up at this ridiculous affair and said such nice things about the Schlickmiester. They were the only class act of the whole show.
It was sarcasm!!!!
I don't think a person can mutter loudly. Muttering means talking under ones breath. You can't do it loudly. And this jerk claims hes a writer?
Its no wonder the Brits hate us.
Sid could be gay....aren't MOST of the writers at Salon.com Gay? I can't name one that isn't....remember the "door licker"??
'Big carrot, no stick' is how I will forever describe it.
As he did in several Euroweenie countries, for which we are still paying a steep price.
Damn, I thought the libary was a 2 story doublewide that had the first floor washed out by a drainage ditch flash flood.......
<< .... Sid sounds like a schoolgirl with a crush on Billy.
.... and Sid is struck w/$hrillary. >>
Viscious is Stepalotinit's squeeze.
When he's not packing Brock's.
Hmmm.... It's curious that even a paper with the low "standards" of the Guardian would give a forum to a documented liar and wife-beater like Blumenthal.
Sorry, I was not clear. It was Bill who made the statement.
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