BUSH'S BRAIN: HOW KARL ROVE MADE GEORGE W. BUSH PRESIDENTIAL

'''Bush's Brain: How Karl Rove Made George W. Bush Presidential''' is a book by James Moore and Wayne Slater that chronicles the political career of Karl Rove and the role he has played in the elections of George W. Bush, both when running for Governor of Texas and for President. It was published in 2003 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. ISBN 0-471-47140-2.
In 2004, a documentary film was directed and produced by Joseph Mealey and Michael Paradies Shoob with the shortened title, ''Bush's Brain''. In that film, a series of political insiders of both major parties suggest that Karl Rove, President George W. Bush's closest advisor, has almost single-handedly shaped United States executive branch policies, since the days when George W. Bush was running for Governor of Texas. The documentary film, available on DVD (DVD release date: February 15, 2005, run time: 80 minutes), contains a soundtrack featuring the music of singer-songwriter political activist, Michelle Shocked.
Moore and Slater have followed up that book, after the 2004 Presidential election, with ''Rove Exposed: How Bush's Brain Fooled America'' (2005) ISBN 0-471-78708-6.

Contents

Film Plot

Notes

External links

References

Film Plot

Filmed and narrated in the style of a detective story, the film investigates events and scandals that occurred during the elections of George W. Bush, both when running for Governor of Texas and when running for President in 2000. Scandal stories were "leaked" to the press to discredit other candidates running for office, such as then Texas Governor Ann Richards and, later, Republican Presidential candidate John McCain. Whether the opponents were Democrats or Republicans, both groups are covered in the film.
In one of the film's early scenes, the film contends that Karl Rove, as a Republican operative in a Texas gubernatorial race, contacted the FBI after finding a hidden microphone-transmitter in his office; however, after the microphone-transmitter was dismantled, the battery inside was judged to have had been in use for only 15 minutes, including the time span when Rove contacted security personnel, and the time used to dismantle the "hidden" device. The announcement of the alleged "bugging" of Rove's office altered the outcome of the election, and Rove's candidate Bill Clements won the election over the Democratic incumbent, Mark White.
Film reviewer Stephen Holden, writing in the ''New York Times'',
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commented that while "few if any of the movie's allegations of unethical behavior by Mr. Rove can be proved, the dirty tricks laid at his doorstep, mostly by association, add up to a pattern of contemptuous disregard for the truth..."

Notes

1.
Stephen Holden, "FILM REVIEW; Postulating a Dark Side to a Bush Operative's Work,"
''The New York Times'', August 27, 2004, web:
NY-Rev
(accessed 2006-09-13).

External links

★ Stephen Holden, "FILM REVIEW; Postulating a Dark Side to a Bush Operative's Work," ''The New York Times'', August 27, 2004, web: "Bush's Brain - Review - Movie" (accessed 2006-09-13).

References

★ James C. Moore and Wayne Slater, ''Bush's Brain: How Karl Rove Made George W. Bush Presidential'', book from John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2003, ISBN 0-471-47140-2.

★ James C. Moore and Wayne Slater, ''Rove Exposed: How Bush's Brain Fooled America'' (2005), ISBN 0-471-78708-6.

★ Joseph Mealey and Michael Paradies Shoob, "Bush's Brain'', film, 2004.

★ Joseph Mealey and Michael Paradies Shoob ''Bush's Brain'' (film DVD), Studio: Tla Entertainment Group, DVD release date: February 15, 2005, run time: 80 minutes, ASIN: B000B5XP2E.