A person relaxing for a moment and having fun and still it is perceived as a con, a gambit, sad, a shame, minstrel show, spin, feigning humility. There is a unhealthy dose of paranoia and anger in these comments.

Sometimes a dance is only a dance and a laugh just a laugh.

P Miller, Seattle, Washington

"Especially since Mr. Rove's actions seem to qualify him for jail time."

Verdict first, trial afterward (may be deemed optional). The Democrats become headhunters....

Don , London, UK

Mike in London may have hit on something.
Don't have much fun over there do you, Mike?

Stephen, Challis,

I don't know how much a guy has to do before he's evicted from office. The list of offences of this administration, with the puppeteer Karl Rove at the center, is far beyond ridiculous. So this dance is like an exclamation point on his untouchable nature; he dances up there mocking our inabilitty to raise even the slightest of objections. It's not about republican or democrat or conservative or liberal, it's about the lack of power that we citizems actually have in this country, and the way that we are the ones being hypnotized by dancing clowns.

dan, brooklyn, ny, usa

This is one reason why race relations are so bad in this country. Mother of God .

Brendan, Boston,

You stupid people.

Mike, London, UK

Nobody is 100% bad. At least he got some exercise.

fburns bn, Aventura, Forida USA

Joanne: Just shows how easy it is for rulthless power carzed people to con the public if you respond so easily to such a primitive gambit.

Neil Murphy, cromer,

"Earned a standing ovation from the annual broadcast journalists’ awards dinner" - does tell you something about the broadcast journalists... Sad. Especially since Mr. Rove's actions seem to qualify him for jail time.

Tom, Santa Fe, NM

This took my mind off the disastrous war in Iraq. And the political firings of federal prosecutors. Thanks, Karl (and the media!).

Richard, Atlanta, GA

No, it kills liberals to see policy wonks wield tremendous power, create pr for horrible initiatives such as oh, the Iraq War... play the race card in campaigns... drive his basically moderate boss over to the hard right... get Bill Clements elected governor of Texas... I could go on and on...Rove's a bad guy. That's what kills liberals, and for that matter moderate Republicans who thought they were electing a certain kind of Bush in 2000...

Bob, Austin, Texas

WOW!!! He can dance and rap!!! That totally makes me forget that he is a corrupt, power monger. Oh . . . wait . . . no it didn't. Shame on anyone who pays any attention to his "posing".

Chris, Scottdale,

Only Republicans would think Carl Rove in a minstrel show was amusing.

dave mcgrath, boston, ma

Say what you like, Astroturfers, he's still got to be investigated.

Rob, Chicago, USA/IL

It's all show and spin. "Look what a regular guy I am!"
Is it not the ultimate in arrogance for the power elite
to pose as one of the ordinary people, and feign
humility?

pablo, Oak Ridge, TN

"It kills liberals to see a conservative power player like Rove openly enjoying himself,"
What nonsense. What kills all thinking people is to see the immense damage Rove policies caused to the USA and the world. That he still dances is just a sign he doesn't realize /care about that.

Bill, Bristol, UK

Anyone who can make fun of himself, and obviously enjoy himself while doing so, has to be an okay guy in my book. This was an eye opener for me, and, I'm sure, many others. Loved it!

Joanne, Neenah, WI

It kills liberals to see a conservative power player like Karl Rove enjoying himself, since they think all Republicans are evil and should be off in a corner somewhere lamenting all the bad stuff they've done to the world.

Bruce, New York, USA/New York

It kills liberals to see a conservative power player like Rove openly enjoying himself, since they think that all conservatives are evil and should be off in a corner lamenting all the bad stuff they've done to the world.

Bruce, New York, USA/New York

When an administration is as unpopular and hated to the extent that the Bush administration has become the humor intended in the annual press dinner really becomes more of a slap in the face to the American public than anything else.

That the press gave Rove's display a standing ovation shows the incestuous relationship between our government and press. All elitists, the administration and press alike are out of touch with exactly why Americans dislike Bush, Congress, and politics in general. Although the press reports on this daily, Americans are fed up with politics as usual, yet also with the fact the major news outlets fail in their job to fully report on just how corrupt our government has become.

To see the press laugh with one of the architects of this administration's policies is shameful, and it shows that our press has become so divorced from reality that it can no longer see the administration for the beast that it has become. All fun and games, like always.

Kelly, Encinitas, CA