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  • Rove's Revenge (Dowd alert)

    11/06/2004 2:15:57 PM PST · by Pokey78 · 182 replies · 5,277+ views
    The New York Times ^ | 11/07/04 | Maureen Dowd
    WASHINGTON — Just how much did Karl Rove hate not being one of the cool guys in high school in the 60's? Enough to hatch schemes to marshal the forces of darkness to take over the country? Oh, yeah. A supporter of Nixon against Kennedy at 9, the teenage Karl was, in his description, "a big nerd," a small guy with a pocket protector, briefcase, and glasses almost as big as his head. Even as a high school debater in Salt Lake City, "Rove didn't just want to win; he wanted the opponents destroyed," write James Moore and Wayne Slater...