Bush Adviser Lays Under Air Force One (Rove, WTF?)

[oldhat]

Um, whiskey tango foxtrot?

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/20041018/ap_on_fe_st/rove_antic




McGUIRE AIR FORCE BASE, N.J. - Karl Rove laid himself on the line Monday for his boss, the president of the United States.

That is, he laid himself under the wheels of Air Force One. Reason: Unclear, but it seems to have been an inside joke between Rove and President Bush (news - web sites).


Returning to the aircraft after Bush's foreign policy speech, the two men traded words. As Bush climbed the stairs, his top political adviser set his briefcase down in front of the tires and stretched out on the ground with his back to the wheels.


Rove stood back up moments later; a smiling Bush waved from the plane and they both got aboard.


"It was a humorous moment on the campaign trail," was all Bush campaign spokesman Scott Stanzel would say about Rove's antic.

Edit: Added link and came to the conclusion that Rove is indeed Jabba the Hutt.

[rawstory]

1. link?

that's a hilarious picture.

[sundancekid]

5. here's the link

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=176743

[Lord_StarFyre]

2. Karl Rove = Speed Bump

:)

[oldhat]

8. From Fark.com

[Guaranteed]

31. ROFL!!!!!!!

Oh man that's CLASSIC!!

[Catherine Vincent]

70. LOL!

[Webster Green]

3. They're all fucking crazy!

And there's nothing humorous about it!

[neomonkey]

4. Caption: Name which object has more hot air. n/t

[KansDem]

45. Yeah, one "big wheel" to another....(eom)

[onehandle]

6. They're losing it.

Their cool. Their minds. Their election.

[checks-n-balances]

7. THIS man plays a huge background role in our lives - ugh

Too bad the wheels weren't rolling.

[realcountrymusic]

9. New meaning to the phrase

"flyover country"

rcm

http://www.takinmycountryback.com

[Drifter]

37. Hey, I like the song (site) linked in your ...

sig line.

I'm not a big fan of country music, but I like some of the classics. My Dad likes both kinds of music (country and western), and I grew up watching Hee-Haw on saturday nights.

I do like "Takin' My Country Back". It is great to see that not all of the people in this industry are as pig-headed and backwards as some others.

Cheers
Drifter

[realcountrymusic]

48. Several long threads on this earlier

also see

http://www.musicrowdemocrats.com

and read the article by songwriter Bobby Braddock (D-I-V-O-R-C-E, He Stopped Loving Her Today, Golden Ring, etc.)

RCM


Best. Anti-Bush.Country. Song. Ever.
http://www.takinmycountryback.com

[donheld]

10. DAMN

Why didn't the move the plane. He could be like this:puffpiece:

[Chomskyite]

11. Rove probably wanted Bush to campaign there longer

But I think it's a big long-shot for Bush to take New Jersey.

I guess Bush doesn't always do everything Rove tells him.

[shockingelk]

12. These people are unfit to lead

It's astounding how incompetent these buffoons are.

[Fridays Child]

13. What did he lay? An egg? Some carpeting?

The AP might want to buy that writer a grammar book.

[antonialee839]

15. Too bad that wasn't

"one lousy pilot".

[Nihil]

26. They wanted a headline that would catch attention ...

... and "Karl Rove Lies in Yet Another Location" just doesn't do it ...

:-)

[Lisa]

71. yeah, we're so used to associating "Karl Rove" and "lie"

... that those words don't even register.


p.s. as entertaining as the thought of Karl laying an egg might be, just imagine what an insult it is to those of the poultry persuasion.

[July]

36. Thanks for that!

I didn't want to be the first to say AAARRRGGHHHH!!!!!!

[IChing]

14. That posture is not one of humor

I know body language and he's praying no joke

they had to take as a joke, and these guys don't joke

" Returning to the aircraft after Bush's foreign policy speech, the two men traded words" from the article.

meltdown, clean up on tarmack

[JolietDem]

16. That silly Karl

Surely that funny boy knows that joking about post September 11th airport security is hilarious...next he'll storm the cockpit and yell "October Surprise!" wearing a Kerry mask...

[Dover]

20. Mr. Image-maker allowing himself to be photographed can only be

because it was a joke. He probably had a bet with Bubba Bush and lost. "If blankety-blank blanks, I'll throw myself in front of Air Force One". Of course that doesn't mean the bet was based on something silly. Could have lost big time (how WAS Bush's foreign policy speech, anyway?)...and was attempting to make light of it.

[Zhade]

30. See post #28. I think you may be onto something.

Maybe b*sh is testing Rove's loyalty.

[luaneryder]

39. No, it's not.

In fact, I take it as indictative even further that KR will do anything for *, anything. I remember the passage I read in the KK book about how KKKarl still remembers the day he met *; he can still recall exactly what the idiot had on. Rove is consumed with *; totally consumed and it's not pretty.

[Dover]

17. Rove kill

I think you could probably find a few volunteers to scrape his carcass up off the road.

[SaintLouisBlues]

41. Then Shrub would finally have his Yellowcake

n/t

[kysrsoze]

47. Absolutely. Best pun of day. Too bad the plane wasn't moving.

[bunkerbuster1]

50. ummmm... Rove-kill....

Marge, can I have seconds? Pleeez?

[Bluebear]

18. This is their idea of humor? No wonder they suck to spend time with.

nt

[LynnTheDem]

19. This is "humorous" too...wonder if they laugh their arses off nightly?

October 1-16th, 2004:

16-Oct-2004 2 | US: 2 | UK: 0 | Other: 0
US Captain Christopher B. Johnson Baghdad (SW part) Non-hostile - helicopter crash
US Chief Warrant Officer William I. Brennan Baghdad (SW part) Non-hostile - helicopter crash
15-Oct-2004 5 | US: 5 | UK: 0 | Other: 0
US Specialist Alan J. Burgess Mosul (east central part) Hostile - hostile fire - car bomb
US Corporal William I. Salazar Qaim (near) Hostile - hostile fire - suicide car bomb
US Specialist Jonathan J. Santos Qaim (near) Hostile - hostile fire - suicide car bomb
US Sergeant Michael G. Owen Qaim (near) Hostile - hostile fire - suicide car bomb
US Lance Corporal Brian K. Schramm Babil Province Hostile - hostile fire
14-Oct-2004 5 | US: 5 | UK: 0 | Other: 0
US Specialist Bradley S. Beard Ramadi Hostile - hostile fire - RPG attack
US Staff Sergeant Omer T. Hawkins II Ramadi Hostile - hostile fire - RPG attack
US Private David L. Waters Baghdad (eastern part) Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack
US Specialist Josiah H. Vandertulip Baghdad (central part) Hostile - hostile fire
US Private 1st Class Mark A. Barbret Ramadi Hostile - hostile fire - RPG attack
13-Oct-2004 7 | US: 7 | UK: 0 | Other: 0
US Specialist Jaime Moreno Baghdad (eastern part) Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack
US Major Charles R. Soltes Jr. Mosul (NE part) Hostile - hostile fire - suicide car bomb
US Lieutenant Colonel Mark P. Phelan Mosul (NE part) Hostile - hostile fire - suicide car bomb
US Lance Corporal Victor A. Gonzalez Al Anbar Province Hostile - hostile fire
US Specialist Jeremy F. Regnier Baghdad (western part) Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack
US 2nd Lieutenant Paul M. Felsberg Al Anbar Province Hostile - hostile fire
US Specialist Ronald W. Baker Landstuhl Reg. Med. Ctr. Hostile - hostile fire - car bomb
12-Oct-2004 6 | US: 6 | UK: 0 | Other: 0
US Corporal Ian T. Zook Al Anbar Province Hostile - hostile fire
US Captain Dennis L. Pintor Baghdad (eastern part) Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack
US Specialist Michael S. Weger Baghdad (eastern part) Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack
US Private 1st Class Oscar A. Martinez Al Anbar Province Hostile - hostile fire
US Lance Corporal Daniel R. Wyatt Babil Province Hostile - hostile fire
US Specialist Christopher A. Merville Baghdad Hostile - hostile fire
11-Oct-2004 4 | US: 4 | UK: 0 | Other: 0
US Sergeant Pamela G. Osbourne Baghdad (southern part) Hostile - hostile fire - rocket attack
US Private 1st Class Anthony W. Monroe Baghdad (southern part) Hostile - hostile fire - rocket attack
US Staff Sergeant Michael Lee Burbank Mosul (SW part) Hostile - hostile fire - suicide car bomb
US Private 1st Class Aaron J. Rusin Baghdad Hostile - hostile fire - sniper
10-Oct-2004 2 | US: 2 | UK: 0 | Other: 0
US Private Carson J. Ramsey Baghdad (eastern part) Hostile - hostile fire - car bomb
US Private 1st Class James E. Prevete Habbaniyah Non-hostile - vehicle accident
09-Oct-2004 1 | US: 1 | UK: 0 | Other: 0
US Private 1st Class Andrew Halverson Al Anbar Province Hostile - hostile fire
08-Oct-2004 2 | US: 2 | UK: 0 | Other: 0
US Sergeant Andrew W. Brown Baghdad Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack
US Staff Sergeant Michael S. Voss Tuz (near) Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack
07-Oct-2004 1 | US: 1 | UK: 0 | Other: 0
US Specialist Morgen N. Jacobs Tikrit Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack
06-Oct-2004 2 | US: 2 | UK: 0 | Other: 0
US Private Jeungjin Na Kim Ramadi Hostile - hostile fire
US Specialist Jessica L. Cawvey Fallujah (near) Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack
05-Oct-2004 1 | US: 1 | UK: 0 | Other: 0
US Staff Sergeant Richard L. Morgan Jr. Latifiya Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack
03-Oct-2004 3 | US: 3 | UK: 0 | Other: 0
US Sergeant Christopher S. Potts Taji Hostile - hostile fire
US Sergeant Russell L. Collier Taji Hostile - hostile fire
US Staff Sergeant James L. Pettaway Jr. Brooke Army Med Center, TX Non-hostile - vehicle accident
01-Oct-2004 2 | US: 2 | UK: 0 | Other: 0
US Sergeant Jack Taft Hennessy Baghdad Hostile - hostile fire
US Sergeant Michael A. Uvanni Samarra Hostile - hostile fire - sniper
Total 43 | US: 43 | UK: 0 | Other: 0

[sofa king]

21. Looks like Karl lost a bet.

[smallprint]

49. lol -- nice

[regnaD kciN]

22. I wonder how many people, upon seeing that picture...

...immediately started up Microsoft Flight Simulator, put themselves in the 747 cockpit, and slowly brought up the engines and pulled forward...

:evilgrin:

NOTE: I am not acutally advocating squashing Karl Rove flat like a pancake.

[Dem2theMax]

24. Maple syrup anyone?

:evilgrin:

Oh, it was just sitting there waiting to be said. ;)

[truthisfreedom]

23. rove setting an example for the children. our president is so...

presidential, it hurts. his political advisor is a wheel chock... he giggles during debates at words like caucus... he laughs at inside jokes TO HIMSELF... they must all be on drugs. maybe rush helped them out?

[LunaSea]

25. I believe thats what you call a

Hot Airbrake....

[durablend]

29. LOL!!!!

:toast:

[GoBlue]

27. Petulant child? nt

[Zhade]

28. Loyalty test? Is b*sh getting more paranoid?

NT!

[gatlingforme]

34. lol

[MaineDem]

32. I find this terribly disturbing

I really do. This is beyond bizarre whatever the reason.

[Chelsea Patriot]

33. The Behavior of A Meth Freak

[Media_Lies_Daily]

35. Strange...TWILIGHT ZONE strange..

[wildeyed]

38. "It was a humorous moment on the campaign trail,"

Well actually it was a really weird and disturbing moment on the campaign trail.

Too much, I couldn't make stuff up this strange if I tried. Leave it to those wacky republicans.........

[underpants]

44. It does have a "shortbus" aspect too it huh?

Very strange

[wysiwyg]

40. Obviously part of a Satanic ritual

fnord

[robbedvoter]

42. Tey love you, they really, really love you, or I'll throw myself under the

plane"
And then he did - and W ate a whole spoonful of mush.
Awwwww!

[gatlingforme]

43. I think it would have been more funny if the jet actually took off - just

to further the personal joke those two morons share. along with a brain.

[tom_paine]

46. Was Goebbels this playful?

A Kinder and Gentler Goebbels?

[skip fox]

51. Some bet: "If we're not up double digits two weeks out, I'll . . ."

What do you think?

:toast:

[bobbyboucher]

52. Rove: "If I have to, I'll throw myself under the bus for you."

He's reassuring the Chimpass that if this Plame thing gets too hot, he'll take the bullet.

[progressivebydesign]

59. That was MY take, also!! n/t

[daleo]

53. This is very strange

Are they are cracking under the strain of an impending election loss? Or is it the possibility of prison that has Rove losing it?

Imagine if this happened on the Kerry campaign. The echo chamber would be having fits. Think of what they did to Gore and Dean for much smaller beer.

[Yunaleska]

60. There will be no prison for these people

Pardons all around after kerry wins on the 2nd.

I would not at all be surprised if there was a death threat conversation like this

Bush: I had better fu**ing this thing
Rove: I swear to god you will.
Bush: You wanna know what will happen if I don't? Get outside and get under the tire then fu**ing think.

[daleo]

62. I actually agree that jail is unlikely, at least over Iraq

Even if Kerry wins, the Iraq invasion (which many jurists consider nicely fits the definition of war crimes) will be given a pass. It would be extremely unusual for the leadership strata of a society to tie its hands that way, absent of loss of war or revolution. Even if Kerry was enthusiastic for the idea, he would soon be reminded of the limits of one man within a power structure. Think, the first JFK.

Rove may still get some heat for outing Plame, though.

[MadHound]

54. So that's where Ed Muskie's long lost Ibocaine went to!

Seriously disturbing scene there. If this indeed was a "humorous moment on the campaign trail" then these folks have a very sick sense of humor. In fact, it seems as though it is starting to border on the delusional paranoia one sees in meth freaks and those with a bipolar disorder.

And these are the leaders of the "free" world:scared:

[Virginian]

55. Rove pleads insanity in the Plame affair.

He is just working on his insanity defense for when he is indicted in the Plame investigation.

[0007]

56. Wouldn't be prudent to say what I'm thinking.

[llmart]

57. This is humorous?

Well, I guess it may be to Repugs. I see nothing funny about it. Our soldiers are dying every day and these two asswipes are playing games. They sicken me.

[TNOE]

58. Given the fact that he recently testified

for 2 1/2 hours on the Plame matter, me thinks this doesn't pass the sniff test. The look on his face looks like a man cracking - it is one of pain and anguish in my opinion. I highly doubt this was any joke, just their "explanation/spin" of what was probably a crisis moment. Just my opinion of course.

[qb]

61. Can we let the adults take charge now?

Kerry & Edwards!!!

[MsAnthropy]

63. Every king has to have a court jester

Meet Turdblossom, the comedian. What a bunch of demented loonies.

[jbond56]

64. sublimminul message

It is a signal for the sleeper cells Dick is always talking about.

[Zerex71]

65. Who wouldn't have paid the pilot to release the parking brake?

Any takers? Let's take up a collection.

Mike

[goclark]

66. Looks like KKK is

is begging the pilot to roll over him!
They are so bizarre!

I wonder if the pilot heard him beg?

[expatriate]

67. The more I look at this picture

the less it looks like Rove is yukking it up.

It's the same position people tend to assume when they're breaking down and crying - like the Iraqi people who have lost their homes/families and fall on their knees like this, sobbing.

I just don't think it was "antics", I think he wigged out.

[goclark]

68. I think you are right! He may be in meltdown

They are always telling lies.

He is probably having a Plame Meltdown!

[Aiptasia]

69. reminds me of tianamen square/tank guy....

Yeah, it doesn't look to me like it was some sort of an inside joke. Looks more like a meltdown to me, too. Maybe the pressure is finally starting to get to this administration. During the first debate, I thought Bush was a heartbeat away from throwing up his hands and finally admitting his mistakes at letting Cheny's comrades rush the country to war.

Maybe Carl Rove is equating the Bush/Wolfowitz doctrine and war in Iraq with the tianamen square massacre...

[belle]

72. We can but hope and speculate...