Karl Rove 'War Criminal': Bush Adviser Heckled At California Book Signing (VIDEO)

Former top Bush adviser Karl Rove was heckled and harassed at a book signing in Beverley Hills on Monday night and called a "war criminal" by protesters, according to multiple news reports.

Many of the nearly 100 people who attended a signing for Rove's new book "Courage and Consequences: My Life As a Conservative In The Fight," appeared to be there to denounce the former Bush official.

Protesters included Jodie Evans, the co-founder of the group Code Pink who approached Rove with handcuffs and tried to make a citizen's arrest.

According to video of the event, one heckler said that Rove "ruined the country," while another told him: "The only comfort I take is that you're going to rot in hell.

According to the local CBS news report, hecklers also called Cheney a "war criminal."

At one point Rove addressed the protesters:

"With all due respect, this goes to show the totalitarianism of the left, they don't believe in dialogue, they don't believe in courtesy, they don't believe in first amendment rights for anybody but themselves," Rove said.

No arrests were made, according to the Associated Press. Rove left the event without signing any books.

Watch the KCAL 9 news report:

Comments

[citizenbla]

11:22 PM on 04/05/2010

Genuine war criminal and liar in my view.

[Roy49]

11:41 AM on 04/21/2010

Genuine is correct! He was the mastermind for the administration. He crapped all over the American nation and no one will prosecute him or the Bush crime family. Instead, he's selling books about it. What a life!

[sandwalker]

06:26 PM on 04/05/2010

Ole Hamhead still trying to peddle his trashy lies !!!! Code Blue !!!! Code Blue !!!! but CodePink will do an very well too i see

[nyoped]

04:53 PM on 04/03/2010

Did Karl Rove refer to another person cynical and hypocritical? Did I hear him right?

[Lulu-2]

02:04 PM on 04/02/2010

Jail is the only option for him.

[malcolmnext]

12:33 AM on 04/02/2010

When was this shot? 1971?

[mark mcmann]

09:40 PM on 04/01/2010

I just came across this...let Zions Bank know that they are sponsoring a war criminal and war profiteer to speak at their conference!

https://www.zionsbank.com/biz/itb_conference.jsp

https://www.zionsbank.com/bio_index.jsp?leftNav=bios&topNav=

[senatortruth]

09:02 PM on 04/01/2010

The WORLD knows Rove is a WAR CRIMINAL and a TRAITTOR against the USA, not just "liberals".

Code Pink is only the first.

Eventually, the cuffs WILL be slapped upon the SQUEALING PIG.

[debby6669]

12:50 PM on 04/01/2010

This is not okay and liberals can't condone it, lest we find ourselves turning into a leftist version of the tea party. I go into more detail here:

http://bitchypundit.com/2010/04/01/code-pink-has-reached-code-red/

[corkery]

08:46 PM on 03/31/2010

He's worse than Sadaam. He and the rest of the Bush staff made up lies to go in and destabilize their country, hanged Sadaam and threw their country into endless turmoil, helped kill hundreds of thousands of Iraqis and had a lot of our solders killed. I think him and the rest of the Bush clan should get what they gave Sadaam.
Instead he's the Wingnuts spoke person and makes millions of dollars. How fitting.

[CountingCoup]

04:07 PM on 03/31/2010

Justified Karma... Too bad, so sad

[galilei]

04:03 PM on 03/31/2010

Great job spinning that, KCAL 9. Gold star for propaganda. Crossed palm leaves for accessory after the fact.
We know who's side you're on.

[ranthny]

11:48 AM on 03/31/2010

Say Hello to Karl. today at 6:00 pm signing.
Warick's
7812 Girard Avenue
La Jolla, CA 92037

[TeraWatt60]

01:52 PM on 03/31/2010

Is Ms.Rove waddling to Phoenix anytime soon I wonder?

[TeraWatt60]

11:09 AM on 03/31/2010

His ex-wife just released a video ....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-Ez4OaCROM she talking to Rush Limburger

[TeraWatt60]

05:48 PM on 03/31/2010

BTW the link above is not porn it is for 18+ but the content is not sexually explicit

[b1rd67]

08:48 AM on 03/31/2010

"With all due respect, this goes to show the totalitarianism of the left, they don't believe in dialogue, they don't believe in courtesy"

Karl, do you remember how the right lambasted Obama, for wanting to talk to Ahmadinejad because they claimed that it would only give him credibility?

Well... in some cases that tactic is the correct way to go, not usually with heads of state but when we're talking about someone who outed a CIA agent for political revenge against her husband, it's sound advice.

[toltec998]

03:59 PM on 03/31/2010

Sound advice for a long list of reasons. Rove is feeling the blow back of his own devisive and brinkmanship style of governing. I hope he gets this reaction where ever he goes as a small form of justice for his malicious ways.

[littlepeople]

08:46 AM on 03/31/2010

Why isn't this guy and the remaining members of their criminal enterprise in jail?