courage? consequences? respect?

Posted on Tuesday 29 December 2009


Karl Rove granted divorce in Texas
Politico
By MIKE ALLEN
12/29/09

Karl Rove, former senior adviser to President George W. Bush, has been granted a divorce in Texas after 24 years of marriage, family spokeswoman Dana Perino said. “Karl Rove and his wife, Darby, were granted a divorce last week," said Perino. "The couple came to the decision mutually and amicably, and they maintain a close relationship and a strong friendship. There will be no further comment, and the family requests that its privacy be respected.” The Roves were married in January 1986.

A family friend told POLITICO: “After 24 years of marriage, many of which were spent under incredible stress and strain during the White House years, the Roves came to a mutual decision that they would end the marriage. They did spend Christmas together with their son, and they plan to spend time together in the future. They maintain a strong friendship, and they both feel that that friendship is a source of comfort and inspiration for their friends and family.”

Rove’s 608-page memoir, “Courage and Consequence: My Life as a Conservative in the Fight,” is due out from Simon & Schuster’s Threshold Editions on March 9.
I don’t suspect him of using steroids, that’s one thing for sure. And I thought he and Karen Johnson, his Texas Lobbyist girlfriend, split up some time ago. So, it’s going to be another Karl Rove mystery – until it isn’t. About his book title – I don’t think Courage fits very well [he picks on girls, like Valerie Plame, and old men, like John McCain]. And Consequences? Don’t we just wish!?! And the family requests that its privacy be respected – nothing about Karl Rove deserves to be respected except his right to a fair trial.
Henneberger Piece Foreshadows Trouble in Rove’s Marriage
FishbowlDC

By Betsy Rothstein
Dec 29, 2009

1108154029_345e0ad973_o.jpgPolitics Daily prints an excerpt of a "rare" interview that editor-in-chief Melinda Henneberger had with Darby Rove (soon to be ex-wife of Bush Advisor Karl Rove) in 2000 when she wrote for The New York Times.

In this foreboding quote from Darby Rove, Henneberger reveals possible trouble in the couple’s marriage: "He’s learned to lay back a little bit when he and Andrew play chess," she told me, "but even in croquet he’d be hitting my ball so far I was crying on vacation."

Read more about the Roves here.
Like I said, he picks on girls. I’ll give him this – he stayed until his son was off at college, suggesting a modicum of decency and responsibility in one or both of them…

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