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Tuesday, September 19, 2006 12:00 AM

Bush's brain found lacking

A slew of new books on Karl Rove make us question whether the president's deputy chief of staff is truly the Machiavellian genius so many in Washington claim.

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  • Tuesday, September 19, 2006 09:48 AM

    Hey Franksa

    "Soulless thug" is possibly the best description I've heard of Rove. Kudos! And I think the rest of your comments capture him well, too. Rove is less craft, more lowest-common-denominator than we all originally thought.

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