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BEVERLY HILLS -- Former White House Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove left a book signing in Beverly Hills early Monday night because of disruptions by opponents of U.S. involvement in the Iraq War.
Jodie Evans, a co-founder of Code Pink, tried to make a citizen's arrest of Rove, and advanced toward him with a pair of handcuffs at the Saban Theatre.
"Look what you did -- you outed a CIA officer,'' Evans said, referring to Valerie Plame. "You lied to take us to war. You ruined a country.''
Evans was pushed away, then another protestor accused Rove being a war criminal.
"The only comfort I take is that ... you're going to rot in hell,'' she said.
Rove told the audience, "With all due respect, this goes to show the
totalitarianism of the left. They don't believe in dialogue. They don't believe in courtesy. They don't believe in First Amendment rights for anybody but themselves.''
totalitarianism of the left. They don't believe in dialogue. They don't believe in courtesy. They don't believe in First Amendment rights for anybody but themselves.''
Rove earlier drew applause from the crowd estimated at about 100 by KCAL-TV Channel 9 when he was accused of participating in a campaign of purposely lying to and misleading the American public about whether Iraq had weapons of mass destruction, leading the nation into the Iraq War.
"If you want to keep interrupting me, you can get the heck out of here,'' Rove said, going on to call the Downing Street memos "a complete fabrication'' and the man making the charges "a lunatic.''
Rove said the charge that the George W. Bush administration lied about
weapons of mass destruction "is a pernicious political attack launched by
weapons of mass destruction "is a pernicious political attack launched by