Courage and Consequence: My Life as a Conservative in the Fight

by Karl Rove

Karl Rove learned about the cost of his Republican affiliation at the age of nine -- when a JFK supporter across the street pushed him off his bicycle and beat him up for supporting Nixon. Far from deterring him, it only strengthened his convictions -- and led to life devoted to conservative politics: Rove ran the nationwide College Republicans before he had even earned a degree, and helped turn a Texas dominated by Democrats into a Republican bastion. He launched George W. Bush to national renown by unseating a popular Democratic governor, and then orchestrated a Republican White House win at a time when voters had little reason to throw out the incumbent party.

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Now, in Courage and Consequence: My Life as a Conservative in the Fight, Rove intimately relates the joys and pains of a life committed to the cause -- and sets the record straight on a controversial career.

Dubbed "Bush's Brain" and "The Architect" because of his success, Rove has been attacked his entire career -- accused of everything from campaign chicanery to being a war criminal. Here, he sets down the facts, frankly responds to his critics, and passionately articulates his political philosophy and the reasons behind choices he made during campaigns and in the White House. He also addresses controversies head on -- from his role in the campaign Bush waged against Senator John McCain in South Carolina to why the President did not mislead the nation on Iraq.

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In the course of setting the record straight, Rove names Democratic leaders who acted cynically or deviously behind closed doors, and even Republicans who lacked backbone at crucial moments.

Yes, Rove admits to mistakes, and talks frankly about the heartbreak of his early family years. But Courage and Consequence is ultimately about the joy of a life committed to the conservative cause, no matter the cost.

Rove takes you behind the scenes of one of the most headline-making presidencies of the modern age: As Senior Adviser to President George W. Bush, and then later his Deputy Chief of Staff, Karl Rove had incredible access to Bush and an unparalleled view of his presidency. In the process, he spells out what it takes to win elections and how to govern successfully once a candidate has won.

Only one short year ago, America was celebrating the dawn of a new era of hope and change. Barack Obama, a freshman Senator with a pitifully thin resume, had sailed into the Presidency mostly on the strength of not being George W. Bush. Americans, weary after seven years of war and blindsided by the biggest financial crisis since the Great Depression, opted to give the out-of-power party a chance.

But now, a year into the Obama Presidency, we're seeing disillusionment on a grand scale. People are scraping the Obama bumper stickers off their cars and asking themselves how they could possibly have fallen for the rhetoric. The rest of America is waking up to what conservatives knew all along. Barack Obama is not a new kind of politician. He's not about hope and change, bipartisanship and transparency. He's a hard-left ideologue who's never held a position of responsibility outside the government. He has no clue what to do about soaring unemployment; his every new policy initiative is another threat to the health of the small businesses that are the job-creating engine of our economy. And Obama's policies in war and foreign affairs have stopped short of disaster only because he's adopted so many of the Bush administration policies he vilified in his campaign.

Americans are increasingly ready to reevaluate the last Republican administration. But, even more important, Americans who care about limited government, national security, and national solvency are ready to take back the government of our nation from the irresponsible, spendthrift Democrats. Today, conservatives need to listen to "The Architect" of the two most recent Republican victories in Presidential politics.

• What really went down in the rough 2000 South Carolina primary against John McCain

• Calling Bush to tell him the Supreme Court had just declared him President

• What it was like to be in Air Force One on 9/11

• The behind-the-scenes hypocrisies of Tom Daschle, Harry Reid and Dick Gephardt

• How close Rove came to being indicted by Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald

• The truth about Rove's relationships with Dick Cheney, Colin Powell, and Laura and George W. Bush

• Rove's strange encounter at the White House with Illinois Senator Barack Obama

• Why George W. Bush did not mislead the country on Iraq and why Democrats lied about the issue

• Why Bush's domestic achievements are huge -- and still misunderstood

• The mistakes Rove made while he was in the White House

• The real story behind the leak of Valerie Plame Wilson's CIA identity

• The truth about the firing of US attorneys and Alberto Gonzales's resignation

• The facts about the prosecution of Alabama governor Don Siegelman for corruption

• What it takes to win elections -- from his first one in a high school gymnasium to two races for the White House -- but also what you need to do once you've won

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I bought this book because I was interested in the "mystery" of Karl Rove and what he was all about. I found out and more! It is a humbling tale of Karl Rove's personal life and political life. It is told with humor, frankness, and humility. I loved every page! I could not put it down. It also told about the wonderful President that I knew George W. Bush to be and not one who is considered by some to be a big spender and big government. All in all a must read!

Cara Luttrell-Jimenez