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Rove Sparks Up at Bush Concert



A little Friday gift to end the week, as video of President Bush singing at last weekend's Gridiron dinner finally makes it to YouTube. While you can't make see much of the pres in the shaky vid, his off-key serenade can be heard loud and clear. That, and enthusiastic chuckles and chortles as the dinner guests find Bushie's song absolutely hee-lar-i-ous. The other night, Hardball-er Chris Matthews got pissy about the laughter, saying there was "nothing funny" about the song, which spoofed "The Green Green Grass of Home" and referenced the Scooter Libby scandal.

But, wait. Look closely. Is that Rove holding up a lighter at the end?! That, if nothing else, is funny.

The full lyrics to the song, per the New York Times after the jump.

I spend my days clearing brush

I clear my head of all the fuss

Oh, like the fuss you made over Harriet and Brownie

Down the lane, I look out

Here comes Scooter

Finally free of the prosecutor

It's good to touch the brown, brown grass of home.

I awake and look around me

At the oval walls that surround me

And I realize I was only dreaming

There's Condi and Dick, my old compadre

Talking to me about some oil-rich Saudi

But soon, I'll touch the brown, brown grass of home

Yes you're all gonna miss me

The way you used to quiz me

But soon I'll touch the brown, brown grass of home

[inaudible] Dick Cheney strolling with documents he's been withholding

It's good to touch the brown, brown grass of home

Yes you're all gonna miss me

The way you used to diss me

But soon I'll touch the brown, brown grass of home.

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