Karl Rove: Off The Record And off His Rocker

Every year in Aspen, CO, businessman Teddy Forstmann hold what they call his "Off The Record" conference. This year the featured speaker was none other than George Bush's brain, otherwise known as Karl Rove. Arianna Huffington's site has just published some typical Rovian quotes. Since the article is short I've simply pasted the entire thing below. Now, remember, this is the man that, at this moment at least, is in charge of the Katrina recovery.

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AP/Francis Specker

Karl Rove, President Bush's top political advisor and deputy White House chief of staff, spoke at businessman Teddy Forstmann's annual off the record gathering in Aspen, Colorado this weekend. Here is what Rove had to say that the press wasn't allowed to report on.

On Katrina: "The only mistake we made with Katrina was not overriding the local government..."

On The Anti-War Movement: "Cindy Sheehan is a clown. There is no real anti-war movement. No serious politician, with anything to do with anything, would show his face at an anti-war rally..."

On Bush's Low Poll Numbers: "We have not been good at explaining the success in Iraq. Polls go up and down and don't mean anything..."

On Iraq: "There has been a big difference in the region. Iraq will transform the Middle East..."

On Judy Miller And Plamegate: "Judy Miller is in jail for reasons I don't really understand..."

On Joe Wilson: "Joe Wilson and I attend the same church but Joe goes to the wacky mass..."

In attendance at the conference, among others were: Harvey Weinstein, Brad Grey, Michael Eisner, Les Moonves, Tom Freston, Tom Friedman, Bob Novak, Barry Diller, Martha Stewart, Margaret Carlson, Alan Greenspan, Andrea Mitchell, Norman Pearlstein and Walter Isaacson.