Pay-to-Play: Karl Rove Taking Lead on George W. Bush Presidential Library

By Chris Nolan, Majikthise. Posted July 22, 2008.

Rove is spearheading the $500 million "partisan institute and think tank."

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Bush crony Stephen Payne was caught on tape offering access to Dick Cheney and Condoleeza Rice in exchange for donations to the George W. Bush Presidential Library.

True to the president's legacy, the Bush Library will be a $500 million partisan institute housed by Southern Methodist University and administered with tax dollars, but accountable only to the library foundation.

The library is to be the Mother of All Think Tanks. It will reward the truly loyal Bushies with cushy jobs burnishing the legacy of George W. Bush.

Readers will not be shocked to learn that the project is being spearheaded by none other than Karl Rove.

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The George W. Bush Presidential Library? [Report this comment] Posted by: GuitarBill on Jul 22, 2008 3:03 PM Current rating: 5 [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] Let me guess, the library will stock two books--coloring books, that is. [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] » RE: The George W. Bush Presidential Library? Posted by: Dboy I'm going to make a donation! [Report this comment] Posted by: Crazy H on Jul 22, 2008 4:11 PM Current rating: Not yet rated [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] Two cases of "My Pet Goat." [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] Let's lure Rove with a big check... [Report this comment] Posted by: Tim Brown on Jul 22, 2008 4:42 PM Current rating: 5 [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] ...and be waiting for him with a contempt citation and a pair of handcuffs. [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] Rove [Report this comment] Posted by: Dboy on Jul 22, 2008 7:28 PM Current rating: 5 [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] Interesting development that Rove is involved in this! Last I heard this "Library" was up for review by the Methodist Church. SMU had basically green-lighted this project but then the Divinity School at SMU lodged loud protests. They argued that the likely-criminal acts of the Bush administration might lower the image of the Methodist Church...and they're right of course. The Methodist Church is/was(?) supposed to meet on this topic sometime over the summer but I have not heard news on the outcome. I think it's very important for this "Library" to never be built. War criminals do not deserve libraries, and to create a library for Bush is an attempt to legitimize the oil-stealing, CIA-employee-outing, child-torturing, Iraqi-girl-raping, and blacksite-waterboarding administration that put the US in 1 trillion dollars in debt for an unnecessary war. They say the purpose of this "library" will be to study the legacy of the Bush administration-- that really should be studied at The Hague, not at SMU. dboy [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] AlwaysAskWHY - Library Torture Chamber of Horrors? [Report this comment] Posted by: AlwaysAskWhy on Jul 24, 2008 2:36 PM Current rating: Not yet rated [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] I can only imagine what MUST be included in the SMU Bush Presidential Library: * Bush's (Goehring)"Mushroom Cloud" Propaganda Campaign - Hitler would be proud! * Bush's Torture Chamber: Photos and Memos * How to Out a Covert CIA Agent and Not be Prosecuted for Treason * Mass-Murder-for-Profit: How To Do It and How Not to be Impeached or Prosecuted * Changing Science * The Carlyle Group and How We Started a Profitable and Never Ending War(s) * The Looting of a Nation - Well, Several Nations * Sex in the White House - Torture and S&M * We're NOT Angry Closet Gays! We're Not! * Brinksmanship: Selling of the U.S. Anyone got any other suggestions? I'm sure a fine religious university like Southern Methodist Univ will do themselves proud, but shame the rest of the congregation! A former Methodist [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] build his library to resemble a Giant Toilet! [Report this comment] Posted by: Bearzerker on Jul 26, 2008 3:15 PM Current rating: Not yet rated [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] ... then Turd Blossom will truly be at home! but ensure theirs Bars and stars for these criminals! nuff said JDFU [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5]

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