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Courage and Consequence: My Life as a Conservative in the Fight |  | Author: Karl Rove
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
Category: Book
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Format: Abridged, Audiobook
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Dimensions (in): 5.9 x 5.7 x 1.1
ISBN: 1442334061
Dewey Decimal Number: 973.929092
EAN: 9781442334069
ASIN: 1442334061
Publication Date: March 9, 2010
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Karl Rove, the architect of George W. Bush's presidency, recounts his controversial journey through Republican politics and into the White House.
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 Surprisingly great read March 10, 2010
Eric (Tokyo, Japan)
313 out of 421 found this review helpful
I must admit, I fell hook, line and sinker for the media's version of Karl Rove as an evil man. Reading the book, he comes across as an intelligent, thoughtful and heartfelt person. I've been watching some of his media interviews this week as he launches his book, and he truly is a good man. I have to take another look at him and the Bush administration. I don't think I gave them a fair shake. I'm a Democrat and my party has really abandoned me over the last several months. Rove has me looking in another direction now. I highly recommend Courage and Consequence to anyone looking for the truth about Washington.
I had a hard time putting the book down! March 20, 2010
Barbara E. Ulbrandt (atlanta)
29 out of 37 found this review helpful
A great read, very compelling. I would recommend it to anyone who has an interest in politics or current events.
This obviously analytically driven man has the ability to translate with his own words the fascinating workings of his gift and his love for analyzing politics and political campaigns. His book provides a glimpse of a softer, kinder and very intelligent man doing what he loves and does well. Although very little detail is given about his family you get a sense of how costly it must have been for them living through those years and how much pain it caused him.
The myths circling this man makes you ask yourself again and again what has happened to journalism in this country.
The book was a page turner for me, enjoyed it thoroughly and was sorry when it ended.
Enjoy!
Karl Rove better person than his critics March 9, 2010
A Forest Fan (USA)
316 out of 437 found this review helpful
Karl Rove was henpecked on the Today Show by Matt Lauer about whether his father was homosexual or not. I cannot imagine Matt Lauer asking any Democrat such an invasive question. This is because Democrats like Matt Lauer worship the Democratic Party. They fawn, they bow, they slaver over how much love and compassion pours out of the Democratic party. Yet for some reason, Karl Rove does not share their adoration for the DNC! For that perceived sin, every full-time Democrat (part-time journalists) will rake him over the coals.
Rove's book will be poorly received as it will not be a derogatory tell-all about the perceived evils of the Bush Administration. There were a number of Bush administration officials who were showered with praise and accolades for trashing their boss. Funny how it only seems to be tell-all books by Republicans that are praised in the news media. If someone writes a book trashing Ted Kennedy or Hillary Clinton, Matt Lauer and the rest of the sycophants on television and print have little to say about it.
Karl Rove has a lot of interesting things to say in his book, it is great reading for anyone wishing to see what modern politics is all about. For Matt Lauer and the rest of the full-time Democrats working at NBC News, ABC News, CBS News, MSNBC News, CNN News, the New York Times, The Washington Post, the LA Times, Newsweek and Time magazine, they will find nothing but disappointment in this tome. Maybe they should be disappointed in themselves for being any less political operatives than Mr. Rove. He is honest in his bias, while Matt Lauer and the rest are not.
Something For Everyone April 1, 2010
David Markgraf (Oostburg, WI United States)
33 out of 44 found this review helpful
There is something for everyone in Courage and Consequence. If you are someone who heard/read all the Bush bashing by the media and eventually joined in...you should read this book.
If you are someone who supported the Bush administration in spite of the Bush bashing...you should read this book.
If you are a Democrat, you should read this book to learn of the back stabbing that takes place by those you have placed into positions of power.
If you are part of the media, you should read this book and become ashamed enough to alter your tactics and clean up your profession.
In previewing this review it was noted that it will be listed as being reviewed by David Markgraf but it is really a review by his wife, Judy.
Mr. Rove speaks the truth (finally) March 9, 2010
J 2 the B (Philadelphia, PA United States)
253 out of 351 found this review helpful
Well, the time to hear the other side is finally here. Karl Rove gets to tell his side of the story. After spending 10 years hearing the liberal media implicate him in every possible conspiracy theory possible, Rove sets the record straight.
This book will not get good mainstream reviews, the members of the liberal media are not fans of Mr. Rove. But his accounts of the Bush years and his revelations about who did what will fascinating.
Chief of Staff Smackdown: Rahm Emanuel vs. Karl Rove?? I'll take Rove in a heartbeat.
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