Rove Faces Protesters at American University

In the spirit and tradition of AU (was the film PCU loosely based on this school...maybe) protesters voiced their beliefs on campus. Students where not happy with White House advisor Karl Rove's appearance on the campus of American University this past Tuesday night.

Rove went to the campus to speak to the American University College Republicans. The group's web site billed the Republican strategist's appearance as a discussion of electoral politics and the importance of college Republicans in winning elections...hmmm...now why would anyone get upset about that?

American University has traditionally been fairly democratic and has a long history of protests and supporting the ideas of all students. I know that when I went there that was one of the reasons I loved it so much.

According to a university spokesperson, as Rove tried to leave a building on campus he was confronted by more than a dozen protesters. Some reportedly started throwing things at Rove and his car. Others tried to block his vehicle...but before that 150+ students had a sit in on campus that day.

American University security guards moved in and carried the protesters away, so Rove could leave. Campus police describe the protest as peaceful and there were no arrests.

For more on this take a look at this video posted by ABC:

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