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startingnow Donating Member (97 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-22-05 04:56 PM
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Why Did Bush Sr. Fire Rove?
For leaking to Rove? Did I hear that correctly? Listening to Randi.
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globalvillage Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-22-05 04:57 PM
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1. Leaking to Novak
I know what you meant :-)
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proud2BlibKansan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-22-05 04:58 PM
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2. He leaked to Novak
And it was over 20 years ago, which proves KKKarl was a slime even back then.
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applegrove Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-22-05 05:00 PM
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3. Oh I thought it had to do with Willie Horton stuff during the campaign.
Perhaps I was wrong.
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CottonBear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-22-05 05:08 PM
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4. He leaked nasty info about another Republican! Slimeball. n/t
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SalmonChantedEvening Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-22-05 05:18 PM
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5. Here's the story
"In 1992, Rove was fired from George H. W. Bush's 1992 presidential re-election campaign for allegedly leaking information to journalist Robert Novak. State campaign manager Robert Mosbacher had allotted Rove only one-quarter of the campaign's $1 million direct mail contract, after Rove had the entire contract in 1988. As Novak wrote, "Also attending the session was political consultant Karl Rove, who had been shoved aside by Mosbacher". Novak's column described the firing of Mosbacher by former Senator Phil Gramm.

Novak and Rove deny that Rove was the leaker. Mosbacher maintains that "Rove is the only one with a motive to leak this. We let him go. I still believe he did it."

(Sources: "Karl and Bob: a leaky history," Houston Chronicle, Nov. 7, 2003, ; "Genius," Texas Monthly, March 2003, p. 82; "Why Are These Men Laughing," Esquire, January 2003)"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Rove

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orpupilofnature57 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-22-05 05:37 PM
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6. BushCo Legacy!!
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catnhatnh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-22-05 05:43 PM
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7. Because HIS IQ was over 60 N/T
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