Summary
Despite the growing number of books investigating Karl Rove, not much is known of the instincts and motivations which have inspired that career. He was a brilliant, ruthless and devastating campaign strategist. In a series of exhaustively researched exposés the journalists James Moore and Wayne Slater have chronicled the alleged dirty tricks and media manipulation that have elevated [Rove] and now threaten to undo him. In Bush's Brain: How Karl Rove Made George W.
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Playing a Public Enemy
Condoleezza Rice's teeth lie discarded beside her bottle of water. Colin Powell's wig needs adjustment. Across the table, Scott Glenn removes Donald Rumsfeld's steel-rimmed spectacles and continues his description of the seven months he spent in the Philippines shooting Apocalypse Now. Behind him a video monitor tees up background footage for the next take: weapons inspe...
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