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Bush's Brain (Karl Rove Cover Art)

Jacques Vroom (Actor), Michael Shoob (Director) Rated:
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Format: DVD
3.0 3.0 out of 5 stars 51 ratings
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Contributor Michael Shoob, Jacques Vroom
Language English
Runtime 1 hour and 20 minutes
Manufacturer Tartan/Umvd

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  • Amazon Customer
    4.0 out of 5 stars Lots of smoke, but no smoking gun
    Reviewed in the United States on October 4, 2004
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    This is an fascinating look at a major player. While it implies a lot without making actual accusations - much like the reputed m.o. of the film's subject - it's an interesting character study. It may not be fair or balanced, but that's not it's point. As an inside glimpse at the bloodsport of party politics, it's an intriguing whodunnit. Perhaps it's best attribute is that it arouses people's curiosity. Rove certainly isn't the only one to play this game, but he may be the reigning master. People may not learn anything watching this film, except how hungry they are to find out more. If it gets folks fired up to dig deeper & learn more, it seems to me that it's accomplished what it set out to do.
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  • Steve
    3.0 out of 5 stars Real Title: The Case Against Karl Rove
    Reviewed in the United States on March 27, 2006
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    As a fan of Karl Rove I loved this DVD as there was plenty of old video and other things I had not seen before. The old TV interviews were great! This was so obviously slanted by the two "authors" who have always been haters of Bush and Rove if you grew up reading their "work" or if you have heard them speak. So with that out in th open, the entire video has to be taken with a grain of salt.

    The best example of the blatant slant of this DVD was the man who's parents died and he felt the stress of Rove had done that to her. Come on! The military tilt was good and I'm glad Slater and Moore are such great patriots who care for our soldiers. For every brave soldier who has died there is a similar great story about their life. Let me know when Slater and Rove release the video of the families of the 3,000 innocent citizens who died on September 11, 2001. I'd also like to see a "work" from Slater and Moore about Daniel Pearl and the countless others who have been brutally beheaded by our friends overseas.

    I recommend the DVD to everyone. I will be saving my copy and I will watch it every now and then to learn something new that I might be able to employ as a young operative myself. My biggest problem with the DVD is that it wasn't longer. There could have been a lot more detail about the 1994 and 1998 elections.
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  • William Hare
    5.0 out of 5 stars Rove as "Genius" and Language Distortion
    Reviewed in the United States on March 11, 2007
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    In these days of spin control language distortions are such a popular pastime that it is becoming increasingly impossible to separate distortion from reality, which is what the spinmeisters of propaganda and discontent are seeking to achieve.

    The interesting documentary film "Bush's Brain" adapted from the book of the same name by veteran Texas political journalists James C. Moore and Wayne Slater is interestingly divided up between those who clearly see through Karl Rove, the film's subject, and those who do not wish to do so. Many in the latter category have become Rove enablers and sycophants of the most repellent variety.

    After watching this revealing film I thought it advisable to look up the word genius in the dictionary to learn its actual definition. According to the Random House and American Heritage editions genius is defined as a gift for creative and intellectual activity. The psychological definition is also mentioned involving individuals who score above 140 on a standard IQ test.

    Among the Rove admirers who equate his political activities with "genius" an early triumph was discussed extending back to Rove's early days in the College Republicans. When popular Illinois Democrat Alan Dixon, who would eventually serve his state in the U.S. Senate, was holding a rally at his headquarters while running for statewide office early in his career, Rove borrowed a page from the dirty tricks playbook of his political idol Richard Nixon.

    In an attempt to embarrass Dixon and other local Illinois Democrats, Rove emissaries visited a downtrodden section and passed out handbills to alcoholics and derelicts, inviting them to a party replete with free food and drink. A group of the most unfortunate citizens of the community subsequently descended on Dixon headquarters and ruined the candidate's best-laid plans.

    Did this Rove maneuver embody genius? There can be no reasonable doubt that an Einstein creating a theory of relativity or a Beethoven writing a Ninth Symphony embodies genius.

    Does it require genius to engage in what would by the gentlest definition constitute tasteless mischief? Is rounding up the most tragic and downtrodden of a citizenry and using them cruelly as pawns, motivating them to descend on a political meeting in the expectation of free food and drink, in any way reflective of creative genius?

    Other incidents abound in this revealing documentary about the checkered past of Rove. When he sought to destroy the momentum of Mark White in his race for governor of Texas against Rove's candidate, Rove called the media to report an incident of a bugging of his office. The only person with any motive to do so, according to Rove, was the White campaign. The bug only carried a short distance and needed periodic battery restoration. Savvy reporters like Glenn Smith were convinced that Rove, who had seemingly the only motivation to do so to alter the race's dynamics, had supervised the planting of the bug.

    Rove has succeeded because he has had big bucks behind him and too many with the insight to expose him have remained silent.
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  • M W Wolff
    1.0 out of 5 stars Oh, please!
    Reviewed in the United States on November 7, 2004
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    Straight-up hack job from some Michael Moore wannabes. Conspiracy theories abound! I invite anyone who watches this film or reads the book to spend a little time investigating the facts... An objective individual will find there's a great deal more fiction and fantasy than accurate reporting in this work.
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