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Hygiene is important. Just ask Karl Rove.
Speaking at a free-to-all event put on by the University of Texas College Republicans Tuesday night for another stop in his ongoing book tour, the former Bush political adviser faced down a divided crowd and repeated interruptions from an ever-present protest constituency that at times attracted just as much attention as the speaker himself.
--In one memorable moment at the speech's end, Rove even opened up the floor to a question from those he called "malcontents," giving cause for one sign-bearing woman to inquire, "Have you washed you hands today, sir?"
--A row of protesters lined the back of Rove's audience, which appeared to have filled all available seats and then some. He promoted his book heavily throughout the speech and smirked while grinding red meat off the numerous interruptions.
Rove flowed effortlessly from shouting "sit down and shut up!" at Dykes to accusing Democrats of hating soldiers and trying to take away their votes, the whole time never skipping a beat and always plugging his book.
--At the end of the speech, which lasted approximately 70 minutes, Rove motioned toward the protesters and said, "Okay, one of the malcontents gets to ask a question; one malcontent, one question."
He pointed at a man in a brown jacket, who stood up in the middle of the audience and began waiving a book over his head, saying something not nearly loud enough, with the only audible phrases being, "I sent you an e-mail on this," "a pedophile ring run out of the GOP in the 1980s" and "if you don't believe that, you're insane."
"Yeah, you are. You are insane." Rove said with a snort. A nervous laugh rippled over the crowd.
"Alright, how 'bout a non-lunatic lunatic question?" Another round of chuckles from the Republicans.
One girl holding a sign that read, "Prosecute the real criminal" advanced slowly down the center aisle, message hoisted atop her head.
"You there," Rove said, pointing to her.
"Have you washed you hands today, sir?" she belted out. "Have you?"--more < http://rawstory.com/rs/2010/0420/karl-rove-meets-the-malcontents/>
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