"When Turd Blossom Met the Teachers of the Year"

[donsu]

http://counterpunch.com/murren05192007.html


When Turd Blossom Met the Teachers of the Year
The Dog Ate Karl Rove's Homework


Late last month, Teachers of the Year representing the states of the union gathered in the nation's capital to be recognized for their outstanding achievement. While waiting for the arrival of President Bush into the Rose Garden off of the West Wing of the White House to receive their award, a door swung open, sending the Secret Service into a flurry of activity, questioning who had opened the door.

"The dog ate my homework," blurted out from a door opening to the garden where the teachers were waiting.

Who would sling such a remark at Americans' whose lives are dedicated to service? The answer: Karl Rove, the maestro of political strategy for the Bush Administration. What's more, he even had the audacity to follow his disrespectful comment with a snicker of laughter as he slid from the doorway and went about his daily goings-on. Perhaps even more unsettling was that he offered no other acknowledgement, uttered no other words to the teachers.

Frat boy humor? Hee-hee-ha-ha.

It just isn't funny.

How is it that a man in such a position is able to say such things without rebuke? Why would Mr. Rove find humor in saying this classic excuse for not doing your homework while teachers, guests of the President of the United States of America, are patiently waiting for the President to bestow upon them an honor they earned? Or, perhaps the better question is: How? How does Karl Rove decide that that is what he is going to say when he opens the door to a garden where some of the best teachers of the country are standing?

He could have opened the door and said: "Congratulations!" Simple. Easy. Recognize the group's presence.

He could have said: "Thank you for the service you provide our country every day." Nice. Heartfelt.

Or, "Welcome to the White House." Friendly.

But, no, Karl Rove decided that the best thing to say to Americans' who have dedicated their life's work to educating the children of the country he gets to live freely in by saying, "The dog ate my homework."
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the writer thinks an apology is called for and so do I.

[waiting for hope]

1. Get this over with -

Nancy, put IMPEACHMENT back on the table....get them out of here, they are all an embarrassment to this country. When high level executives think that they can do and say anything without repercussion, it's TIME.

[proud2BlibKansan]

2. Last year, a teacher refused to go to this

I think he was from Rhode Island? He wrote a beautiful letter explaining why he just couldn't come and meet the president.

[Botany]

3. The man need his ass kicked.

Above the rule of law and made wealthy by hurting others he is
one more in this Junta that took over after the coup of 2000 and
as such, Rove doesn't worry about, "doing the right thing."

That pasty little tube of goo needs to run into somebody who can
teach him a lesson.

Isn't Rove a college drop out too?

[rodeodance]

4. I want to personally walk him to a big bog!

[tularetom]

5. No offense but to me this is one of the least offensive things

rove has ever done. Yes it was stupid and asinine, but don't you think a group of outstanding teachers is capable of recognizing it as such and accepting it for what is is, verbal flatulence from a jackass. I would hope this group didn't have such a stick up their collective asses that they would be offended by such a juvenile outburst. If anything it probably confirmed their suspicions of how the white house operates.

[acmavm]

7. I agree. As someone up thread said, this is a 'man' that has made a

fortune off harming all of us and destroying our political system.
This kind of shit should be expected of him, not cause surprise.

[wordpix]

6. typical of the frat boys running the WH

So what else is news? :puke:

[MissWaverly]

8. his behavior is a symptom of a rudderless ship

There is no other place in America that lives and breathes protocol more than the White House, to be making rude comments to
a group that has been invited there to be honored by the president for their service is a prime example of how far this White
House is from expected norms. At the place where I work, we are constantly reminded to be courteous and go the extra mile
for those who use our services. How many other visitors including foreign diplomats are dumped on by rude and boorish pranks
and remarks by this White House.