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Karl Rove, Closet Comedian?


Who knew the gang at the White House was such a bunch of cut ups? Turns out that in between waging a disastrous war in Iraq and subverting the constitution at home, Karl Rove and company love nothing better than pulling frat house pranks on one another.

The practical joke of the week, the covering of Karl Rove's prize Jag with plastic wrap and an "I Love Obama" sign was the brainchild of Bush economic advisor Al Hubbard -- a hilarious payback for the countless times Rove had pulled the side-splitting stunt of moving Hubbard's car during the middle of the day so that when he'd leave the office after work he'd think it had been stolen. Tony Snow must be really, really broke to leave such a yuk-fest behind.

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09:49 AM on 09/02/2007
Tony Soprano had a great sense of humor also.
Go figure.
06:31 AM on 09/02/2007
Karl Rove. Jeff Gannon.
02:26 AM on 09/02/2007
I've played a practical joke or two in my time. This really isn't that big a deal.
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Tom95134
11:16 PM on 09/01/2007
Obviously, those clowns in the White House think that the Iraq adventure is just another frat house prank and intend to leave the mess for the Democrats to clean up

Just wait until everybody gets a close look at the bill for all the damages that Bush Co caused.
09:29 PM on 09/01/2007
Let's steal Bush's 3x5" cards. Betcha'
his lips keep moving but nothing will
come out.
08:52 PM on 09/01/2007
Uh, with this gang, you should be careful whenever using the word "closet", given how many of them - Rove included - are likely still in the closet.
05:25 PM on 09/01/2007
Mass murderers gotta have fun
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godlessclif
05:21 PM on 09/01/2007
True Believers. Pure Darwin. Following orders and not questioning them is what kept the stupider people alive for millions of years.
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lovethesinner
Pass the Dream Act, ¡Ahora! (por favor)
05:18 PM on 09/01/2007
A lot of people might think Arriana's just being glib, bringing this up, but I think she has caught something that paints a better view to the cause of our current and future woes:

None of these bastards ever bothered to grow-up!

In future analyses, the blame for the end of the world "as we know it" will be placed on a few incredibly spoiled, and immature (as Bill Moyers likes to say,) "serial manipulators" from Texas. Bush and Rove will ring like Hitler and Goebbles in our collective regret.

In the end, it isn't that they are stupid, or incompetent.

They're just jerks.

(and I mean that in the original sense of the word: "someone who plays with him/herself.")

Thanks, Arriana. It is all in the details.
05:13 PM on 09/01/2007
There was no genius is Karl Rove. His low threshold for morals allowed him to implement strategies that other administrations were afraid to use. He was on a quest to prove he was cool. Getting power made him cool. He did not have to take anyone's crap any more. He was top dog. He pretends to be light-hearted and fun-loving but Al Hubbard may want to up his life insurance. How there can be any joking in a time of war shows this is no real war. The war is joke except to those who are actually getting shot at and IED'd. Bush is a corporate cad. Like Chris Rock said "if I did my job that bad, I would be fired." They were all so wrong about everything. Let's get a handle on these voting machines and fix Rovian "genius."
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gtt
This is not your father's republican party.
05:09 PM on 09/01/2007
Here in Texas Karl pulled one of those little practical jokes during a campaingn years ago. He planted a bug in his client's office, called law enforcement for a sweep and then blamed the discovered bug on the democratic opponent. Great practical jokes... It's time that he be held responsible for his most recent not so funny acts...investigate and prosecute Rove !
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researcher
04:27 PM on 09/01/2007
as rome burns well you know the rest of the story.

if these folks do not qualify as sociopaths then who does. the scary part is those voters that still believe in them.

america may have more sociopaths then we realize.
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04:10 PM on 09/01/2007
Ah, the old frat boy pranks come back just like it was yesterday! Between this prank and Bush looking around his office for WMD's and laughingly saying, "Nope! None over here!", I'm rolling over with laughter.
04:10 PM on 09/01/2007
Karl Rove Closet....end of sentence
08:53 PM on 09/01/2007
My thoughts exactly, since we know he is...
03:55 PM on 09/01/2007
In addition to going shopping to help our nation, it must also be our duty to be jolly and play practical jokes. This is almost as much of a sacrifice as the troops are making.