Karl Rove Writes Book of Lies

His new book has no qualms about distorting history
By John Johnson,  Newser Staff
Posted Mar 6, 2010 10:38 AM CST
Karl Rove Writes Book of Lies
George W. Bush and Karl Rove in a 2005 file photo.   (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds, File)

Dana Milbank has finished reading Karl Rove's book, and it nearly made him "choke on a pretzel." He marvels at Rove's unapologetic rewrite of history on everything from the Iraq war, to torture, to Katrina, to the deficit. In fact, the near-perfect recall falters only on the Valerie Plame scandal. How odd. Rove has had two-plus years to reflect, and "his lessons learned are those of a job applicant who claims that his greatest weakness is being too conscientious," writes Milbank at the Washington Post.

"He doesn't regret the Iraq war; he regrets that he did not attack the war's critics more fiercely. He doesn't regret the administration's bungling of the Katrina response; he regrets the lack of Republican leadership in Louisiana." If Rove is telling the truth, Milbank, a former White House beat reporter, would like to offer this correction: "Every article about George W. Bush ever written by Dana Milbank was wrong. The Post regrets the error." (More Karl Rove stories.)

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