Your Moment of Zen

August 29, 2007 12:00 PM

Karl Rove desperately clings to dignity as a new White House conspiracy is covered in film. Score one for government transparency.
posted by designbot (21 comments total)

Ha! Cling wrap. Priceless! Ah ha ha ha ha . . . his actions have directly led to hundreds of thousands of deaths.
posted by ND¢ at 12:06 PM on August 29, 2007 [6 favorites]

Couldn't they just wrap his head in plastic wrap? Even a bag would do in a pinch...
posted by SassHat at 12:06 PM on August 29, 2007

-5 for bad jokes.

You must be punished.
posted by dersins at 12:08 PM on August 29, 2007

get it? punished! ha! i kill me!
posted by dersins at 12:08 PM on August 29, 2007

"On West Executive Avenue next to the White House at this moment, Karl Rove's Jaguar is covered with Saran Wrap and emblazoned with an 'I (heart) OBAMA' bumper sticker on the passenger-side windshield. It's the handiwork of loving colleagues who say they will miss his puckish humor in meetings. Rove is in New Orleans with the president. Karl's technical last day is Friday." ^*
posted by ericb at 12:09 PM on August 29, 2007

A funnier prank would have been if someone had choked him to death.
posted by interrobang at 12:11 PM on August 29, 2007 [1 favorite]

A funnier prank would have been if someone had choked him to death with a pretzel!
posted by ericb at 12:11 PM on August 29, 2007

I'm suprised no one reported it as a bomb.
posted by doctor_negative at 12:11 PM on August 29, 2007

You might not think this prank funny, but anyone with THE humor is laughing their asses off.
posted by DU at 12:13 PM on August 29, 2007 [2 favorites]

I'm suprised no one reported it as a bomb.

Dammit -- you're right. They should have put "Aqua Teen Hunger Force" blink-boards on the trunk instead of stuffed eagles!
posted by ericb at 12:14 PM on August 29, 2007

"Puckish?" Yuck. Not ready for 'cute' stories about that fun-loving guy Rove. Maybe after he's been in jail for a while.

But probably not then, either.
posted by Killick at 12:14 PM on August 29, 2007

Yeah if you know where this guy parks his car and your "prank" doesn't involve glassing and/or curb stomping then you fail.
posted by ND¢ at 12:21 PM on August 29, 2007

Weak. I'd have gone for the brick of C4 wired to the ignition.
posted by ninjew at 12:22 PM on August 29, 2007

This is Karl's 9/11.
posted by four panels at 12:22 PM on August 29, 2007

This typically is the sort of prank a bunch of guys play on one of their guy friends because they either know he's going to get them back just as good or because they know he's going to see the humor in it.

That being said, I can't help but hope this is actually the sort of prank you play on a despised boss when he is leaving the company because you don't think he'll be able to do anything about it without looking like a total ass.
posted by Joey Michaels at 12:29 PM on August 29, 2007

The REAL joke: Larry Craig is bound and gagged inside the car.
posted by briank at 12:33 PM on August 29, 2007 [1 favorite]

"Puckish?" Yuck.

To be fair, there is some resemblance.
posted by designbot at 12:34 PM on August 29, 2007

The NSA has just leaked the transcript of a call on which they eavesdropped about 10 minutes ago.

It's between Karl Rove (New Orleans, LA) and a White House (Washington DC) summer intern, Ben Dover:

Rove: Hey, Bennie-boy, Bennster, Beno, just caught coverage of my prized auto encased in plastic. If the pranksters up there know what's good for them they're goin' get that thing unwrapped, pronto, ASAP. Fuck, ya' know with the heat and humidity what damage can be done to the paint surface of a Jaquar? Yeah -- that's right dip-shit...Ruin it. On second thought high-tail your cute, lily-white ass out there and uncover it yourself.

Dover: Yes sir, yes sir. On it right away, sir. Just so ya' know, I had nothing to do with it.

Rove: Yeah -- ya' better not have. If ya' know what's good for ya' yer gonna' tell me -- pronto on my return -- who were the fuckers behind this. They think they can get away with this. Fuck no. They'll never work in DC again, ya' got that.

Dover: Sir, yes, sir.

Rove: Like that faggot Larry Craig, I'm gonna set them up for a grand fall. Disgrace the muthafuckers.

Dover: Sir...that's what you do best.

Rove: Oh, and one more thing. We can no longer meet in the West Wing's mens' room. Heh -- my last day is soon and I lose access. But, I hear the third stall in the first floor of Union Station is where one goes for 'good head.' Like ol' times, see ya' there next Wednesday at 2:30 p.m. And remember Ben Dover...I like it when you whisper breathlessly in my ear: "Red Rover, Red Rover, send Karl Rover on Over."

Dover: Sir, yes, sir. Oh, by the way ... will this get me another plum internship next summer?

Rove: That's right. And more than a plum one, if popping your cherry's involved. Just look where Guckert/Gannon is these days!

posted by ericb at 12:34 PM on August 29, 2007

I don't get the Obama thing. Is he really the arch-enemy of Bushian Republicans? I'd say "I LOVE LARRY CRAIG" would've been funnier.
posted by mattbucher at 12:37 PM on August 29, 2007

*waves hand under stall*

*taps foot ominously*
posted by mattbucher at 12:38 PM on August 29, 2007

Rove probably wrapped the car himself.
posted by jefbla at 12:40 PM on August 29, 2007