Bust loose the Mission Accomplished banner... because we have officially bummed out Karl Rove.
Full story, from Lancaster PA below.
Bust loose the Mission Accomplished banner... because we have officially bummed out Karl Rove.
Hi everybody, so as you may or may not know, I (Conan Neutron) am the curator of Karl Rove: Courage and Consequence a rock compilation by a similar name to a certain memoir. This entire project was conceived as a bumout to Bush's Brain, well...
This is an on the ground report from a brave supporter of Karl Rove: Courage and Consequence the Unabridged audio, crashing a book signing in Lancaster, PA.
All of this text and the photos are his and used with permission.
What a day. Showed up at 12.
About 15 people protesting Rove outside in the rain being pushed away by security that made me happy they were there. Waited in line surrounded by people having the most disgusting conversations 'barack obama isn't a citizen', 'glenn beck', 'liberals are idiots'
your humble cameraman/my best friend/roommate
terrible people excited to meet Karl
me in line
representin'
me again in line
I got up to Rove and I think he was excited I was there because I wasn't at all like the rest of the crowd handed him the book and pulled out the album (which multiple employees tried to take away from me while I was online) 'can i take your bag'?
So he signs the book and I hand him the album he chuckles at first and goes back to finishing signing the book then he takes the album again and i'm thinking 'holy shit, he's gonna sign it'
but then he turns it over...
the moment
I see him scanning the back he is reading it and he mouths the word "biggest asshole" and looks down and reads outloud 'work of satire'
(the lead off song on side B)
his smile is gone and he says 'i'm going to give this back to you' and him and someone else ushers me away without taking a picture.
a present for Conan.
(Conan's note: AWESOME!)
I know these pics aren't the best however!
Borders had 2 or 3 professional photographers there snapping snapping away and after if you had a bracelet (which I did) you sign this thing so you can get those photos online i don't know when that will happen but more photos will be coming and of better quality!
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Absolutely amazing!
Our crazy little grassroots rock comp has achieved a lot so far, but I am not overselling it to say that Christian's account of a booksigning in Lancaster, PA has definitely been one of the most amazing things this has wrought so far. The goal was to throw a bum out at the man who should be hanged for treason instead of doing book tours. This has, in a documented way, now achieved that.
A salute to you sir!
And to you, dear reader... if you dislike Karl Rove as much as we do, please send this around. Anybody have Don Siegelman and Valerie Plame's e-mail?
Karl Rove: Courage and Consequence: Unabridged Audio.
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update: Thank you so much for the overwhelming response, please continue to recommend this diary and comment, although the progress of this record/project can be charter through dailykos, we still have never hit the front page, wouldn't it be amazing if we did now?
Also: one clarification... I am Conan, I put together this project and put out the record with generous donations of $20 or so for pre-orders. I have Captained the ship and done all the media as it is my strange little culture jamming child. The true hero of this story is Christian, most of the text is his and the pictures as he was the one able to actually get up close and personal with Mr. Rove.
update: If anybody wants to share in Christian's brave exploits, I promise to PERSONALLY rush you a copy of the LP to go to a book signing and repeat this process. No additional shipping! Wouldn't it be amazing if he had to cancel dates because of this?
his upcoming dates:
3.17.10 San Antonio, TX
3.18.10 The Woodlands, TX
3.19.10 Chicago, IL
3.21.10 Fort Wayne, IN
3.21.10 Noblesville, IN
3.22.10 Metairie, LA
3.22.10 Covington, LA
3.24.10 Fort Myers, FL
3.25.10 The Villages, FL
3.26.10 Tempe, AZ
3.29.10 Thousand Oaks, CA
3.29.10 Beverly Hills, CA
3.31.10 La Jolla, CA