Isn't This Kind of an Expensive Car for a Public Servant? ---pix->>>

[Stephanie]

How much does Rove make, anyway?




Top adviser to US President George W. Bush, Karl Rove, leaves his home in Washington, DC. Rove testified for a fourth time before a grand jury about the leaked identity of a CIA agent, which opponents call politically motivated(AFP/Getty Images/Mark Wilson)

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/051015/photos_pl_afp/051014204553_t0e01eim_photo2

[Bluebear]

1. A Jaguar for a Jagoff. nt

[Stephanie]

5. How much do they cost?

[Bluebear]

10. $45,000 +

http://www.edmunds.com/new/2006/jaguar/stype/100541988/prices.html

[Stephanie]

13. That's outrageous

Who the hell does he think he is? That's just offensive.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

30. Rove Is An Ass

But I have seen senators drive in and out of the Capitol in some pretty sweet cars...

[DemocratSinceBirth]

31. I Saw Mary Landrieu Get In A BMW 535 or 335

big deal...


a Rolls is pretentious...

[stevedeshazer]

2. Pillsbury Dough Boy meets Batmobile n/t

[formercia]

3. Just enjoying the spoils of war

and engaging in some trickle-down economics.

[ComerPerro]

8. What was it that FReepers hated about communism... Something about

How the leaders have all the goods, while the average public citizen has nothing... And how the leaders keep the public in check with lies and propaganda...

I believe that was their complaint, right?

Stalin never really practiced what he preached, let his people starve while he lived a life of luxury and enjoyed the finer things...

Yeah, I seem to remember some right wingers telling me that.

Good thing it doesn't happen here, right?

[ComerPerro]

4. No, no, no. You have it wrong. Everyone always makes this mistake

He isn't a Public Servant.

The Public serves HIM.

Jeeze...

:sarcasm:

[MADem]

6. No amount of expensive machinery can do what he wants that car to do

No matter how often he drives it, he is still bald, fat, old and an asshole.

[Elidor]

7. Rove made a bundle when he sold his direct-mail business

Prior to working in the White House.

[TallahasseeGrannie]

9. Isn't that they guy

who used to annoy you in high school making fart noises under his arms? Then asked you out for the prom and you had to be nice because your mother knew his mother from bridge club?

Thought so.

[Stephanie]

14. Yeah - my mother didn't make me be nice to him tho

[tularetom]

19. I'll bet he got a lot of wedgies

and got pantsed all the time. And now look - a chick magnet.

[TomInTib]

11. Realistcally speaking, it's not that much of a stretch

Asswipe makes around 160K and that is the least expensive Jag in the lineup.

Anyway, I'll bet he got one heck of a deal.

Most of those models I have seen were driven by middle aged women.

Country club Jag.

[tularetom]

29. Jag is a POS since Ford took them over

If I'm not mistaken he's driving the small Jag that's built on a Taurus chassis. He could have done a lot better for his $45k.

[Vanje]

12. Maybe it was a gift

[thereismore]

15. the 2nd pic: he's a groundhog! nt

[babylonsister]

16. Does anyone know if he owns stock in Halliburton?

I figure they all do...

[Marr]

17. B-deh, b-deh, b-deh, b-deh....

[flamin lib]

18. Don't pick on him too much over a car. I used to drive a Lincoln

Mark VIII. Bought it used, three years old with 30,000 miles for $18,000. Sweet ride--0-60 in six seconds, every conceivable luxury, 29 mpg highway and at 5000 pounds would keep up with a Trans Am. With 4 wheel independent suspension and anti lock disks at all four corners it would corner like a rat in a drain pipe (compared to comparable autos).

Besides, when did progressives become the car police? How do we justify telling someone what they should drive? I thought it was only the Republicans that wanted to stick their noses in everyone's personal life.

[CTD]

20. I'm not with you guys on this one

A $45K car isn't that big of a deal. Normal people own $45K cars. Hell, the typical behemouth SUV costs that much. And you see them everywhere.

Getting into this type of class warfare where we hate anyone who has a little bit of money is quite counterproductive. At $160K/yr, Rove isn't all that highly compensated. When the AVERAGE income in the Washington DC area is around $75K/yr and you know that that stat is weighted down by the unemployed and college kids and recent grads, etc, you have to understand that the $100-200K range is a typical professional salary. It's a far cry from those multi-million dollar a year CEO salaries.

In order to win elections and influence public policy, thse professionals are exactly the kind of people we should be targeting. They are generally well educated and intelligent. And many of them are socially liberal.

Affording a $45K car (or making $160K/yr) doesn't make one an enemy to us.

There are PLENTY of reasons to hate Karl Rove. This is not one of them.

[Stephanie]

22. I think it's obnoxious of him to drive a Jaguar

Regardless of the cost relative to other cars, it's just in-your-face arrogance. In my opinion.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

32. I Drive A G-35. Cost Around 31K

I wouldn't own a Jag....


They are inferior to any Japanese or German luxury car by any objective measure...

[high density]

38. It's not like he's riding around in a Maybach...

Sorry, the $50k S-Type isn't all that extravagant, in my opinion.

There are plenty of reasons to hate this guy, but the car he drives isn't one of them.

[tularetom]

26. That ain't why I hate him

I hate all soft doughy lookin repukes who pretend to be fucking he men when it comes to talking about war and killing but lack the balls to put their money where their mouth is. Rush limpballs is another one. Ken fuckin starr, bill bennett, that fat fuck goldberg kid thats on faux all the time. I have some real issues with these mamas boys. He can have any kind of fuckin car he wants he's still a soft fat candy ass.

[CTD]

27. Let's be clear - I hate him for many reasons

Mostly for the damage he has single-handedly done to the democratic process in this country. But he's worthy of hate for many other reasons as well.

Driving a $45K car is not on my list.

[Stephanie]

33. Well I don't know anything about cars or what they cost

I just think he's an ass, and that car is obnoxious. It tells me that he thinks he's hot shit when he's still just a putz.

[Divernan]

21. VIPS at his level normally have a military driver/govt. car,

so they can work while being driven around. I was extremely surprised to read the description of him driving himself in to the capitol from home. He certainly has more power than any Senator or Governor, and they have at least a "driver" (often with military training/background) . Tom Ridge, while governor of PA, had a chauffered Lincoln Continental and was accompanied everywhere by four state police officers, dressed in civilian clothes mimicking the secret service, down to shades and earphones. (They would follow him in a second, matching Lincoln continenetal.Of course, Ridge had delusions of becoming President one day.
So I would have thought Rove would always have a secret service guy also with him for protection- particularly given how paranoid the White House heavies are. Guess he doesn't dare risk some enlisted non-com or secret service man overhearing his criminal conspiracies/ fraudulent dealings.

[onecent]

23. bloated pig. n/t

[Orangepeel]

24. salary isn't important. all those years as a top republican consultant?

rove has to be loaded.

[LVdem]

25. That's not a very expensive car now-a-days...nt

[Catherine Vincent]

28. That closeup of Turdblossom wasn't necessary Stephanie!

:puke:

[ElsewheresDaughter]

34. no...he owns a consulting firm Black, Manafort and Stone ..stop being pety

he sucks and drives a fancy car....so what

[Stephanie]

35. Me? Pety?

Well I never!

[Catherine Vincent]

36. But you notice that wasn't the car that picked him up after his appearance

before the grand jury.

[Stephanie]

37. They're very thorough at image management - it's basically all they do.

Which is why I consider their images FAIR GAME.

[ElsewheresDaughter]

44. okay ...a do over.....

you are NOT pety and i love you

[Midlodemocrat]

39. And a bigger bunch of scum suckers never existed.

I know most of the them personally from #41's presidency, and they are the epitome of evil. Every. Single. One. Of. Them. Scum sucking pigs feeding off the public.

[Stephanie]

40. Don't you think the public, standing in line to file for bankruptcy -

before it's too late and the draconian new laws set in - don't you think the displaced in the Gulf Coast, who have to pay back their emergency relief funds - don't you think the unemployed due to tax breaks to the outsourcers - don't you think they all be interested to know that the weasel Rove drives around in a Jag? It's not the image they usually try to project for themselves.

[Midlodemocrat]

42. Yes. But one thing, Rove isn't the owner of Black, Manafort, Stone

and Kelly. He never even worked there, surprisingly, because he makes Lee Atwater look like Ghandi.

I despise Karl Rove and all he stands for, and am really not sure how he afforded that car on $160,000 living in DC. Graft I would guess.

[LibertyLou]

41. I saw a report recently about being paid LOTS of $$$$$....

Where was it? Something about 'consulting' work???

[LibertyLou]

43. 'Investments' and 'Consulting'...from dKospedia...

'Consulting business and work in politics in 1990-2000
In 1993, according to the New York Times, John Ashcroft's campaign paid Karl Rove & Co. over $300,000 to aid his (eventually successful) Senate race. In 1999, the George W. Bush campaign effort paid Karl Rove & Co. $2.5 million for July through December. According to Rove, "About 30 percent of that is postage."

After the presidential elections in November 2000, Karl Rove organized an emergency response of Republican politicians and supporters to go to Florida to assist the Bush campaign's position during the recount.

George W. Bush was inaugurated in January 2001. Rove accepted a position in the Bush administration as Senior Advisor to the President. The President's confidence in Rove is such that during a meeting with South Korean president Roh Moo-hyun on 14 May 2003, President George W. Bush brought only Rove and then-National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice.

Other Republican politicians who have sought Rove's advice include Arnold Schwarzenegger, who met with Rove on 10 April 2003, to discuss whether the actor should run for Governor of California in 2006.'

http://www.dkosopedia.com/index.php/Karl_Rove#Consulting_business_and_work_in_politics_in_1990-2000'

Hmmmm....appears to be that


Controversies
In March 2001, Rove met with executives from Intel, successfully advocating a merger between a Dutch company and an Intel company supplier. Rove owned $100,000 in Intel stock at the time. In June 2001, Rove met with two pharmaceutical industry lobbyists. At the time, Rove held almost $250,000 in drug industry stocks. On 30 June 2001, Rove divested his stocks in 23 companies, which included more than $100,000 in each Enron, Boeing, General Electric, and Pfizer. On 30 June 2001, the White House admitted that Rove was involved in administration energy policy meetings, while at the same time holding stock in energy companies including Enron.

June 23, 2005 marked another controversial statement from Rove, when he said that "Liberals saw the savagery of the 9/11 attacks and wanted to prepare indictments and offer therapy and understanding for our attackers." Conservatives, he said, "saw the savagery of 9/11 and the attacks and prepared for war." <4> The U.S. Senate voted unanimously on S.J. 23 - (98 yeas, 2 republicans not voting) to authorize the use of military force in retaliation for the September 11th terrorist attacks. <5> Rove's comment has caused Democrats to demand an apology or resignation, while the White House and other Republicans stand behind him. Families of September 11, a nonprofit organization founded in October 2001 by families of those who died in the September 11 terrorist attacks, issued a statement requesting Rove "resist his temptations and stop trying to reap political gain in the tragic misfortune of others."<6><7>