# Karl Rove Working for McCain **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 9, 2008, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karl-rove-working-for-mccain/440722 "2008-03-09T14:52:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2008, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karl-rove-working-for-mccain/440722/1 "2008-03-09T14:52:20Z")
[Carol Anne][He’s baaaaaack!](http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0308/8911.html)[/CA] > [@](#): > > John McCain is getting much more than President Bush’s endorsement and fundraising help for his campaign. He’s getting Bush’s staff. > > It’s no secret that Steve Schmidt, Bush’s attack dog in the 2004 election, and Mark McKinnon, the president’s media strategist, are performing similar functions for McCain now. > > But other big-name Bushies are lining up to boost McCain, too. > > Ken Mehlman, who ran Bush’s 2004 campaign, is now serving as an unpaid, outside adviser to the Arizona Republican. Karl Rove, the president’s top political hand since his Texas days, recently gave money to McCain and soon after had a private conversation with the senator. A top McCain adviser said both Mehlman and Rove are now informally advising the campaign. Rove refused to detail his conversation with McCain. Oh boy, and folks think things are ugly _now._ ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2008, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karl-rove-working-for-mccain/440722/2 "2008-03-09T15:00:45Z")
Are you really surprised? ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2008, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karl-rove-working-for-mccain/440722/3 "2008-03-09T15:02:12Z")
Uh oh, I see a “Did you know that Barack Obama has a black child?” push poll in the future… ---
**Author:** ![Two\_and\_a\_Half\_Inches\_of\_Fun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea666f/32.png) [@Two\_and\_a\_Half\_Inches\_of\_Fun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_and_a_Half_Inches_of_Fun)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2008, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karl-rove-working-for-mccain/440722/4 "2008-03-09T15:17:41Z")
Can I now assume that Karl Rove will be fired from Fox News? Or will they claim it is fair and balanced to have an adviser of a candidate as contributor? ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2008, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karl-rove-working-for-mccain/440722/5 "2008-03-09T16:20:47Z")
[QUOTE=Two and a Half Inches of Fun] Can I now assume that Karl Rove will be fired from Fox News? … [/QUOTE] Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha! ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2008, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karl-rove-working-for-mccain/440722/6 "2008-03-09T16:23:53Z")
[QUOTE=Two and a Half Inches of Fun] Can I now assume that Karl Rove will be fired from Fox News? Or will they claim it is fair and balanced to have an adviser of a candidate as contributor? [/QUOTE] You so crazy… ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2008, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karl-rove-working-for-mccain/440722/7 "2008-03-09T16:33:19Z")
It just confirms the notion that McCain might just as well be called **Bush III**. ---
**Author:** ![Napier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce73a5/32.png) [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2008, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karl-rove-working-for-mccain/440722/8 "2008-03-09T18:26:02Z")
Now that I have recovered from reading Revtim’s post… Wow. Who’d have thought we’d see Rove working alongside Hillary? ---
**Author:** ![phouka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c5a1d2/32.png) [@phouka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phouka)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2008, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karl-rove-working-for-mccain/440722/9 "2008-03-09T20:45:06Z")
Great. Just great. It’s not like I was going to vote for him, since I don’t agree idealogically with him, but he seemed like a fairly decent guy, if a little over-anxious to get the office. But if he’s willing to bring Karl Rove on board, then he’s nothing more than a pandering shill of a whore, far more interested in getting into office than actually serving the American people. Aren’t people sick of this bullshit yet? ---
**Author:** ![Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2008, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karl-rove-working-for-mccain/440722/10 "2008-03-09T21:11:11Z")
[QUOTE=Chefguy] It just confirms the notion that McCain might just as well be called **Bush III**. [/QUOTE] John W. McCain! ---
**Author:** ![Napier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce73a5/32.png) [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2008, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karl-rove-working-for-mccain/440722/11 "2008-03-10T13:49:12Z")
\>John W. McCain! Umm… I wouldn’t start making fun of middle names just yet… ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2008, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karl-rove-working-for-mccain/440722/12 "2008-03-10T14:22:59Z")
Just as a point of clarification, if having a private conversation with and donating money to a political candidate is “working for” that candidate, then you would agree that it was fair to start a thread entitled [Tony Rezko Working for Obama](http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/03/05/politics/politico/main3911097.shtml)? Regards, Shodan