Code Pink Crashes Rove's Tour
Monday, I went to a speaking engagement for Karl Rove’s latest book, Courage and Consequence. After seeing what he had to go through it is no wonder he named his book so appropriately.
Monday, I went to a speaking engagement/book signing, in Beverly Hills, California, for Karl Rove’s latest book, Courage and Consequence. Seeing what he had to go through it is no wonder he named his book so appropriately. A group of leftists from Code Pink and AE 911Truth.Org hijacked the event.
The event started off with Rove, the Senior Advisor and Deputy Chief of Staff to President George W. Bush, telling anecdotes about his career. He took questions and answers on a wide range of issues, commenting on the downfall of the McCain campaign, the Iraq WMD fiasco, and what the Republican Party should concentrate on to win in November. After about 30 minutes the protestors started their outrageous behavior.
They were rude, uncaring, and threatening. They shouted at Rove that he was a war criminal, baby killer, and liar. Jodie Evans, the co-founder of the anti-war group Code Pink, told him “You took us to war. You should be arrested. I am here to make a citizen’s arrest,” and with that proceeded to the stage in an attempt to handcuff him. As if this chaotic scene was not bad enough, another protestor shouted at him that he was going “to rot in hell.” Eventually, Karl Rove had enough and left without signing any books. As some Rove supporters angrily approached the protestors they were called the “F word”, “the A word” and some other cuss words.
Where were the rights of those attending for freedom of assembly, to hear Rove exercise his freedom of speech? This was a private event where people paid not to hear what the protestors had to say, but to hear what Rove had to say. The goal of these leftist protestors then and now is certainly not to engage in dialogue, but to disrupt events and ruin it for those who dare to disagree with them.
My feelings are best summarized by Karl Rove who stated this right before he left, “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 1st Amendment rights for anybody but themselves.”