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Sheryl Crow needs a lesson in good manners
WASHINGTON - Karl Rove's debate with singer Sheryl Crow and producer Laurie David about global warming heated the atmosphere at a black-tie Washington dinner.
On the eve of Earth Day, Crow and "Inconvenient Truth" producer David walked over to the presidential adviser's table at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner Saturday night at the Washington Hilton.
Their differences on global warming quickly bubbled over, the Washington Post reported Sunday.
"I am floored by what I just experienced with Karl Rove," David said later. "I went over to him and said, I urge you to take a new look at global warming. He went zero to 100 with me. ... I've never had anyone be so rude."
Rove said: "She came over to insult me and she succeeded."
As the debate intensified, Crow tried to calm things down but was drawn into the debate with Rove instead.
"You work for me," she told Rove, according to the Post column "The Reliable Source."
"No," was his response. "I work for the American people."
Heather Lylis, a spokeswoman for Crow and David's global warming tour, said Sunday that Crow's response for Rove was: "Yes, and I'm an American citizen."
The AP wryly slugged this story "Rove, Crow debate global warming."
The more accurate slug line would have been "Singer & movie producer assault Rove at social gathering."
The way to start a productive discussion in a social setting is to say, "Mr. Rove, I'd like to talk with you about [whatever]. I will be available to meet with you on [give the date] at [name a place]. Would [this time] be good for you or would you prefer [another time that day]?"
To take the approach that David took, abetted by Crow, is guaranteed to raise the hackles of the person being approached, and the two women knew that. This was not meant to open a discussion, but to be a grandstand play calculated to make Rove look bad. He should have had the two twits removed from the event, if not arrested. Had this been two ordinary Americans, rather than two of Hollyweird's self-anointed, you can make book that an arrest would have occurred.
And since Sheryl Crow has just publicly announced that she is sacrificing her, um, personal hygiene on the altar of environmental sensitivity, who would want to stand next to her, in any event?
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Nicely written. Doesn't all of Hollywierd need a lesson, however, in good
manners, self indulged freaks that they are? 'Twits' is exactly right.