# What do Rummy, Rice, Powell, etc. think of Karl Rove?

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**Created:** [November 2, 2004, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-rummy-rice-powell-etc-think-of-karl-rove/272536 "2004-11-02T14:00:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![KidCharlemagne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@KidCharlemagne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KidCharlemagne)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2004, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-rummy-rice-powell-etc-think-of-karl-rove/272536/1 "2004-11-02T14:00:17Z")

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I’m sure they don’t make public comments but there are always anecdotes.

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**Author:** ![Rashak\_Mani](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ea666f/32.png) [@Rashak\_Mani](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rashak_Mani)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2004, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-rummy-rice-powell-etc-think-of-karl-rove/272536/2 "2004-11-02T14:48:45Z")

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Question: Is Karl Rove about something political and morality or just about winning and staying in power ? I suspect he is the second. He doesn’t strike me as a “true beleiver”.

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**Author:** ![KidCharlemagne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@KidCharlemagne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KidCharlemagne)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2004, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-rummy-rice-powell-etc-think-of-karl-rove/272536/3 "2004-11-02T20:20:00Z")

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> [@Rashak Mani](#):
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> Question: Is Karl Rove about something political and morality or just about winning and staying in power ? I suspect he is the second. He doesn’t strike me as a “true beleiver”.

I was gonna ask the exact same question. I saw **Bush’s Brain** , an expose of Karl Rove, last night on Sundance. I tried to glean an answer and couldn’t. Two of his biggest critics seemed to think he did have a political vision but just abused the means to get there. They didn’t say this outright, but he wasn’t portrayed as much of a power-monger as he could of been. I’d be curious to hear from others.