- Rove fired from Bush Sr's '92 campaign over leak to Novak.
Karl Rove was fired from the 1992 re-election campaign of Bush Sr. for
allegedly leaking a negative story about Bush loyalist/fundraiser Robert
Mosbacher to Novak. Novak's piece described a meeting organized by then-Senator
Phil Gramm at which Mosbacher was relieved of his duties as state campaign
manager because "the president's re-election effort in Texas has been
a bust." Rove was fired after Mosbacher fingered him as Novak's source.
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- Rove was the "only one with a motive to leak":
Mosbacher says: "I said Rove is the only one with a motive to leak
this. We let him go." The motive in question? Mosbacher had given
Rove only a quarter of the $1 million spent on direct mail contracts for
the 92 campaign; Rove, who in 1988 had the entire direct mail contract,
therefore had an axe to grind with Mosbacher. Novak's column stated: "Also
attending the session was political consultant Karl Rove, who had been
shoved aside by Mosbacher."
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- Mosbacher still says Rove did it: Although Novak and
Rove continue to deny Rove was the source of the leak, Mosbacher recently
stated "I still believe he did it."
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- (Sources: "Karl and Bob: a leaky history,"
Houston Chronicle, Nov. 7, 2003, ; "Genius," Texas Monthly, March
2003, p. 82; "Why Are These Men Laughing," Esquire, January 2003)
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- http://www.bustbob.com/view.asp?ID=5
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- Rove Fired For Leak In '92
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- by vickyny
7-7-5
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- Just a quick entry as I haven't seen this covered. Rove
was fired from the Bush-Quayle campaign for leaking to Novak.
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- "Karl Rove was fired from the 1992 re-election campaign
of Bush Sr. for allegedly leaking a negative story about Bush loyalist/fundraiser
Robert Mosbacher to Novak. Novak's piece described a meeting organized
by then-Senator Phil Gramm at which Mosbacher was relieved of his duties
as state campaign manager because "the president's re-election effort
in Texas has been a bust." Rove was fired after Mosbacher fingered
him as Novak's source." Story here: http://bustbob.com/view.asp?ID=5
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- Rove and Novak still deny it but nevertheless, seems
All eyes on Turd Blossom Beltway insiders are consumed by one question:
Did Karl Rove do it?
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- http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/07/07/rove_plame/index_np.html
http://dailykos.com/story/2005/7/2/231117/1028
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