Karl Rove to former Congressman Chief of Staff: I have a file
Well, well, it seems that Team Obama isn’t the only one keeping score:
Former Bush adviser Karl Rove was verbally accosted Thursday evening by an ex-chief of staff to former Rep. Tom Feeney (R-Fla.)…
Roe: “I don’t know that I’m famous but I’m Tom Feeney’s former chief of staff and I’m offended by your comments on Fox about Tom. You guys wouldn’t be in the White House without Tom. And you made these really degrading comments about him that offended a lot of people.”
(Sidenote: Tom Feeney was the Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives during the whole Bush/Gore 2000 recount.) Rove: “Well, I have a file on the things Tom Feeney said about George Bush.”
Roe: “That says more about you than me that you kept a file on Tom Feeney. This guy was so restrained in his desire to criticize the President–even against this staff’s advice.” Rove: “I have a file.”
Roe: “I’m right here, tell me to my face what’s in that file.”
Rove: “I’ll send you the file.”
Rove’s file, seemingly Roe’s boss criticized Bush a bit too often, caused him to lash out at Feeney after Republicans lost the elections for the White House and Congress last year, saying: “It was a big night, no doubt about it, but look, the people who got defeated last night were people who had not done their homework and hadn’t gotten ready for a tough race.
“You know, like this guy Feeney in Florida.”
In other words, Rove’s memory is working just fine, and he’s a man who can hold a grudge for years.
Still. Stay classy Karl.
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