Bush's deputy chief of staff brilliantly effective at destroying Democrats

[Christa]

WASHINGTON - Senior presidential adviser Karl Rove, one of Washington's most powerful and polarizing figures, is revered by supporters as the brilliant architect of President Bush's electoral victories and reviled by opponents as a ruthless political operative.

Far more than his official title suggests, deputy White House chief of staff Rove has played a powerful behind-the-scenes role, with a hand in everything from politics to foreign policy to personnel decisions.

Credited with keeping Bush relentlessly on message and defining the candidate with a focused set of issues, Rove, 54, can be brusque, single-minded and at times mischievous.

"Level an opponent, leave no evidence" is how The Dallas Morning News summed up Rove's strategy as Texas' top political operative.

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[...of J.Temperance]

1. Which is WHY the mediawhores LOVE Rove SO much

God I HATE these people :grr:

[Bonhomme Richard]

2. Easy to do when you have absolutely Zero ethics. n/t

[unblock]

3. of course, rove would be nothing without a compliant rw media

imagine if all his leaks began with a vastly more journalisticly responsible, "according to a political opponent with a clear and obvious incentive to lie and who refused to authorize themselves to be named, ...."

[Dudley_DUright]

4. Rove mischievous???

More like maniacal, malevolent, and machiavellian. :mad:

[unhappycamper]

5. Christa:

Please be aware that DU copyright rules require that excerpts of copyrighted material be limited to four paragraphs and must include a link to the original source.

Thanks,

unhappycamper
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