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| Courage and Consequence: My Life as a Conservative in the Fight |
| Author: Karl Rove Hardback: 608 pages List Price: $17.50 Availability: In Stock at Amazon Barnes & Noble |
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| Synopsis: From the moment he set foot on it, Karl Rove has rocked America's political stage. He ran the national College Republicans at twenty-two, and turned a Texas dominated by Democrats into a bastion for Republicans. He launched George W. Bush to national renown by unseating a popular Democratic governor, and then orchestrated a GOP White House win at a time when voters had little reason to throw out the incumbent party. For engineering victory after unlikely victory, Rove became known as "the Architect." Because of his success, Rove has been attacked his entire career, accused of everything from campaign chicanery to ideological divisiveness. In this frank memoir, Rove responds to critics, passionately articulates his political philosophy, and defends the choices he made on the campaign trail and in the White House. In the course of putting the record straight, Rove takes on Democratic leaders like Harry Reid and Tom Daschle who acted cynically or deviously behind closed doors, and even Republicans who lacked backbone at crucial moments. Among other topics Rove addresses, he sets the record straight on:
Courage and Consequence is also the first intimate account from the highest level at the White House of one of the most headline- making presidencies of the modern age. Rove takes readers behind the scenes of
Rove is candid about his mistakes in the West Wing and in his campaigns, and talks frankly about the heartbreak of his early family years. He spells out what it takes to win elections and how to govern successfully once a candidate has won. But Courage and Consequence is ultimately about the joy of a life committed to the conservative cause, a life spent in political combat and service to country, no matter the cost. |
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| 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. *****__Eric (Tokyo, Japan) When I first heard George W. Bush campaigning in 2000, I was very impressed with his quality of being real while outlining his dreams and goals, should he be successful in his quest for the presidency. No one could imagine the challenges that Bush would face as President. And, he was much more successful than most people are willing to concede. The financial melt-down that overtook this country at the end of his tenure was the work of people like Barnie Frank and Chris Dodd and generations of "progressive" forces in this country pushing an Un-American, redistributive notion that wealth is something to be confiscated and then spread around and shared, rather than be created. While Rove and a few others have presented the truth of the George W. Bush White House here and there over the years, it is in "Courage and Consequence" that we are presented with a clear, honest, well documented chronicle of the years of public service by Bush and his trusted, remarkable advisor Rove. At the same time, no story could better illustrate the ideal of the great American dream than the life-story of Karl Rove. Here, he presents that story in a most readable fashion while describing his astonishing grasp of the miracle of life and the opportunities that it offers us when we seize it with passion and a devoted belief in the sanctity and goodness of most human beings. That Patrick Fitzgerald should spent years trying to destroy this thoroughly honest, highly motivated man only serves to remind us of the evil that does exist and is served by people like Fitzgerald. No matter your politics - if you don't find this book inspiring, you are probably a hopeless cynic unable to shake the tenacious nihilism and deadly progressivism that has been eating away at this country's foundations for a hundred years. *****__Thomas R. Crotty |
About The Author
Karl Rove served as Senior Advisor to
President George W. Bush from
2000-2007 and Deputy Chief of Staff
from 2004-2007. He now writes a
weekly op-ed for The Wall Street
Journal and is a Newsweek columnist
and contributor to Fox News.
At the White House Rove oversaw the
Offices of Strategic Initiatives, Political
Affairs, Public Liaison, and
Intergovernmental Affairs and was
Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy,
coordinating the White House
policy-making process.
Before he became known as "The
Architect" of President Bush's 2000 and
2004 campaigns, Rove was president of
Karl Rove + Company, an Austin-based
public affairs firm that worked for
Republican candidates, non-partisan
causes, and non-profit groups. His clients
included over 75 Republican U.S. Senate,
Congressional, and gubernatorial
candidates in 24 states, as well as the
Moderate Party of Sweden.
A Colorado native, he attended the
University of Utah, the University of
Maryland-College Park, George Mason
University, and the University of Texas
at Austin.
Rove has taught graduate students at
UT Austin's Lyndon B. Johnson School of
Public Affairs and undergraduates in a
joint appointment from the Journalism
and Government departments at the
university. He was also a faculty
member at the Salzburg Seminar.
He was previously a member of the
Board of International Broadcasting,
which oversaw the operations of Radio
Free Europe and Radio Liberty, and
served on the White House Fellows
regional selection panel. He was also a
member of the Boards of Regents at
Texas Women's Union and East Texas
State University.
Rove now serves on the Board of
Trustees for the Texas Parks and Wildlife
Foundation and the Texas State History
Museum Foundation. He is also a
member of the McDonald Observatory
Board of Visitors and the Texas
Philosophical Society
Karl Rove served as Senior Advisor to
President George W. Bush from
2000-2007 and Deputy Chief of Staff
from 2004-2007. He now writes a
weekly op-ed for The Wall Street
Journal and is a Newsweek columnist
and contributor to Fox News.
At the White House Rove oversaw the
Offices of Strategic Initiatives, Political
Affairs, Public Liaison, and
Intergovernmental Affairs and was
Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy,
coordinating the White House
policy-making process.
Before he became known as "The
Architect" of President Bush's 2000 and
2004 campaigns, Rove was president of
Karl Rove + Company, an Austin-based
public affairs firm that worked for
Republican candidates, non-partisan
causes, and non-profit groups. His clients
included over 75 Republican U.S. Senate,
Congressional, and gubernatorial
candidates in 24 states, as well as the
Moderate Party of Sweden.
A Colorado native, he attended the
University of Utah, the University of
Maryland-College Park, George Mason
University, and the University of Texas
at Austin.
Rove has taught graduate students at
UT Austin's Lyndon B. Johnson School of
Public Affairs and undergraduates in a
joint appointment from the Journalism
and Government departments at the
university. He was also a faculty
member at the Salzburg Seminar.
He was previously a member of the
Board of International Broadcasting,
which oversaw the operations of Radio
Free Europe and Radio Liberty, and
served on the White House Fellows
regional selection panel. He was also a
member of the Boards of Regents at
Texas Women's Union and East Texas
State University.
Rove now serves on the Board of
Trustees for the Texas Parks and Wildlife
Foundation and the Texas State History
Museum Foundation. He is also a
member of the McDonald Observatory
Board of Visitors and the Texas
Philosophical Society
