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Karl Rove: Bush's Books
crooksandliars.com - 12/30/2008
Karl Rove: Bush's Books
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Karl Rove is sending me emails now. I'm so happy..... But this article represents how far Rove and Bush have fallen. Rove is writing an article in the WSJ trying to tell America that Bush actually likes to read books. How humiliating this column must have been for him to write: With only ...

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online.wsj.com - 12/26/2008
Karl Rove Says George W. Bush Is a Book Lover
— online.wsj.com — About Karl Rove Karl Rove served as Senior Advisor to President George W. Bush from 2000 2007 and Deputy Chief of Staff from 2004 2007. At the White House he oversaw the Offices of Strategic Initiatives, Political Affairs, Public Liaison, and ... (more) Karl Rove Says George W. Bush Is a Book Lover

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corner.nationalreview.com - 1/6/2009
Panetta to CIA
— corner.nationalreview.com — In the very early days of the Bush administration, Karl Rove asked a Washington policy wonk what personnel changes he'd recommend to newly arrived George W. The wonk said "there is one matter of life and death: he must replace Tenet at CIA and put in ... (more) Panetta to CIA

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Balloon Juice — ... Why does anybody care how many books Karl Rove says that George Bush read? Rove lies about everything. Bush cannot speak extemporaneously about the Bible, supposedly his favorite book. Laugh at it and move on. ...

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lefarkins.blogspot.com 12/28/2008 — As to the absurd notion that George W. Bush has read several hundred books since 2005, I can't offer much beyond what Steven Benen and Matt Stoler have already provided. In the very least, this is an elaborate put-on by Rove; to be slightly less ...
Richard Cohen Shocked to Discover Bush Is An Avid Reader — JammieWearingFool
Discovering George W. Bush has read, by Karl Rove's account, 186 books over the past three years just doesn't fit the narrow template that Bush is a blithering idiot. It humbles all those intellectual titans on the left, such as Richard Cohen, that the president is more well-read than most ...
Richard Cohen reacts to that Karl Rove column about how President Bush read a lot of books while he was President. — Althouse
And by "Richard Cohen," I do not mean my ex-husband Richard Cohen. I mean that WaPo columnist to whom people have often asked me if I am/was married. The never-slept-with-Althouse Cohen writes: One of [the books Bush read] was Albert Camus' "The Stranger," with its unforgettable opening lines: ...
Karl Rove On Bush's Books — Politics Daily
Karl Rove : With only five days left, my lead is insurmountable. The competition can't catch up. And for the third year in a row, I'll triumph. In second place will be the president of the United States. Our contest is not about sports or politics. It's about books. ... At year's end, I ...
Bush's Books — Taegan Goddard's Political Wire
In one of the more unbelievable anecdotes to come out about President Bush as he winds down his presidency, Karl Rove says his former boss has read 95 books in the last three years. However, Rove claims victory in their book reading competition, having read 110. Writes Rove: "The president ...
Bush Is a Book Lover (according to Rove over 1 book per week over last 3 years) — Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News
Source: [b]WSJ[/b] With only five days left, my lead is insurmountable. The competition can't catch up. And for the third year in a row, I'll triumph. In second place will be the president of the United States. Our contest is not about sports or politics. It's about books. It all started ...
Rove defeats Bush (in reading race) — Michael Calderone's Blog
Karl Rove wrote today in the Wall Street Journal about a contest he's had with President Bush each of the past three years: Who can read the most books? Rove first topped Bush in 2006, beating him 110 to 95 books. According to Rove, here's what peaked the President's interest in 2006: ...