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5 unusual facts about Karl Rove


Anthony Powell Society

Past winners have included British Lord Chancellor, Lord Irvine of Lairg, Republican electoral advisor Karl Rove, and former newspaper editor Sir Max Hastings.

Gail Sheehy

" Karl Rove and Dick Cheney, she suggested, organized much of the candidate's speeches and decisions.

Occupy Baltimore

On November 15, protesters interrupted a speech given by Karl Rove on the Johns Hopkins University campus.

Richard Baxter Gilliam

Gilliam is a major conservative donor in Virginia, giving $750,000 in 2012 to American Crossroads, a Super PAC established by Karl Rove and Ed Gillespie, and to pro-Mitt Romney Super PAC Restore Our Future.

True Bromance

This followed pressure from Karl Rove, who warned Discovery that the movie could damage their "good relations with government".


Alan J. Dixon

In the fall of 1970, Karl Rove, a future White House Deputy Chief of Staff in the George W. Bush Administration, used a false identity to enter the campaign office of Alan J. Dixon, who was running for Illinois State Treasurer, and stole 1000 sheets of paper with campaign letterhead.

Conservative Victory Project

The Conservative Victory Project is a political initiative launched in 2013 by Karl Rove, the prominent Republican political activist, and the super-PAC American Crossroads.

Deborah Solomon

Over the years, her column has featured interviews with many key Republicans, including Karl Rove, former attorneys general John Ashcroft and Alberto Gonzales, George Shultz, Labor Secretary Elaine Chao and Sandra Day O'Connor.

Gregg Underheim

Underheim tried to meet with Karl Rove in Texas, attempted (but failed) to meet with Howard Baker in Tennessee, and attempted (and failed) to become a speechwriter for the Republican National Committee in Washington D.C..

Scott Howell

Recruited by Lee Atwater to work for the RNC after his 1988 work for presidential candidate Bob Dole, Howell spent four years as a campaign operative before moving to Texas in 1992 to work for Karl Rove, then running a direct-mail firm.

Wright Patman

In 2011 Rick Perry condemned the monetary policies of Ben Bernanke in populist-like language, earning him criticism from some mainstream Republicans, including Karl Rove.


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