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Is Karl Rove the Anthrax Killer?
Huffington Post - New York,NY,USA
Rove was worried about the very same thing Bruce Ivins was allegedly worried about: the anthrax vaccine. And consider the targets of those anthrax attacks:  As Senate Majority Leader, Tom Daschle was the Democrat most strategically placed to block Rove’s political agenda.

Deconstructing Rove’s Latest
Atlantic Online - USA
Of this layer you asked “Is this pure spin from Karl Rove? I mean: could any sane observer see this as true:”. Audience = general. 2) Middle layer: Agree w/ your update, this is Rove’s way of signaling to the Christianists that McCain is one of them

This Week In John Conyers’ Pursuit of Karl Rove
The Washington Independent - Washington,DC,USA
isn’t taking a vacation from his enduring probe of Karl Rove’s role in the prosecution of former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman. Today Conyers wrote a letter requesting that the Republican National Committee hand over all documents related to Siegelman, including emails sent between the RNC and the White House.

Rove Baselessly Claims EIA Agrees That Oil Drilling ‘Would Bring …
Think Progress - Washington,DC,USA
By Ben at 3:00 pm Last night on Fox News, former top Bush adviser Karl Rove showed up on Hannity & Colmes to discuss the political topic du jour: gas prices and energy policy.

Karl Rove’s odd advice for John McCain
The Carpetbagger Report - USA
Back in April, in a WSJ column, Karl Rove urged John McCain to be less reserved about his personal life and background, and run more on his biography. It is clear,” Rove wrote, “that Mr. McCain is one of the most private individuals to run for president in history.”

White House memo exposes Rove knew of problems with anthrax vaccine
Raw Story - Cambridge,MA,USA
A 2001 memorandum from former White House Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove to then-Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz indicates that the White House knew of problems relating to the Gulf War Syndrome and the military’s controversial anthrax vaccine.

Old Wrinkly’s Roverian cancer
Asia Times Online - Kowloon,Hong Kong
This campaign is now all about the Gang of Rove - or the takeover of McCain’s operation by former George W Bush “turd blossom” Karl Rove and his minions. The McCain campaign is now being conducted by Steve Schmidt, who used to run the infamous 2004 Rove “war room” that swift-boated John Kerry to oblivion.

Justice For Sale
Jackson Free Press - Jackson,MS,USA
Republican attorney turned whistle-blower Dana Jill Simpson has alleged that Karl Rove, the former Bush adviser, played a major role in the prosecution of Don Siegelman in Alabama. Simpson is not alone in her allegations.

Chill, everybody. Paris Hilton’s no Willie Horton
Globe and Mail - Canada
And Karl Rove suspiciously foreshadowed a much darker version of the Hilton/Spears/Heston ads last June. “Even if you never met him, you know this guy,” he was quoted as saying, referring to Mr. Obama. “He’s the guy at the country club with the beautiful date, holding a martini and a cigarette, that stands against the wall and makes snide comments about everyone who passes by.”