For those who see Rove as a puppet master pulling strings, Rove made it clear that he knew who the boss was, and it was not him. The President has nicknamed him “Boy Genius,” and “Turd Blossom.” In fact, when Rove would enter the room, President Bush would say to another subordinate, “That idea is so f-ing bad that it must be something Rove came up with.” Sometimes President Bush would say to Rove or one of his other staffers, when they would ramble in business meetings, “Y’all think this is worth wasting the President’s time over?”
Just a teaser...go read the rest.
His second piece is just as fascinating which is his interview with Bruce Herschensohn.
Bruce Herschensohn is a Professor at Pepperdine University.
Bruce Herschensohn has been a television and radio political commentator for the last two decades. After service in the U.S. Air Force he began his own motion picture company, and then was appointed Director of Motion Pictures and Television for the United States Information Agency. During his tenure the U.S.I.A. received more awards for film and television productions than all other departments and agencies of the U.S. government combined, including the Oscar from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
In 1969, he was selected as one of the Ten Outstanding Young Men in the Federal Government. He received the second-highest civilian award, the Distinguished Service Medal, and then became Deputy Special Assistant to President Nixon. He has traveled to over ninety countries, Herschensohn taught "The U.S. Image Abroad" at the University of Maryland, occupied the Nixon Chair at Whittier College teaching "U.S. Foreign and Domestic Policies" and was chairman of the board of Pepperdine University. He was appointed a member of the Reagan Transition Team.
Go read the interview at The Tygrrrr Express.
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