Rove and celebrities get feisty on global warming

WASHINGTON —  Karl Rove’s debate with singer Sheryl Crow and producer Laurie David about global warming heated the atmosphere at a black-tie Washington dinner.

On the eve of Earth Day, Crow and “Inconvenient Truth” producer David walked over to the presidential advisor’s table at the White House Correspondents’ Assn. dinner Saturday night at the Washington Hilton.

Their differences on global warming quickly bubbled over, the Washington Post reported Sunday.

“I am floored by what I just experienced with Karl Rove,” David said later. “I went over to him and said, ‘I urge you to take a new look at global warming.’ He went zero to 100 with me.... I’ve never had anyone be so rude.”

Rove said: “She came over to insult me, and she succeeded.”

As the debate intensified, Crow tried to calm things down but was drawn into the debate with Rove instead.

“You work for me,” she told Rove, according to the Post column “The Reliable Source.”

“No,” he replied. “I work for the American people.”

Heather Lylis, a spokeswoman for Crow and David’s global warming tour, said Sunday that Crow’s response for Rove was: “Yes, and I’m an American citizen.”