Bush's Brain : A Review

The Talent Show: Bush's Brain : A Review:

URL to movies web site: http://www.bushsbrain.com

"Let's face it, Karl Rove is a political genius. He wouldn't have gotten as far as he has if he was sloppy enough to get caught. So while the film builds a persuasive case (at least to those of us who go into the film ready to accept its conclusions), there's nothing in this film that couldn't be refuted by a competent spin doctor. So if the film is primarily an attack on Karl Rove, it's a failure.


The more important story told in the film is the list of dirty tricks that seem to follow every campaign that Rove is associated with. From his early days in which he 'allegedly' planted a bug in his own office a few days before the election in order to make the Democrats look like crooks, to the 2000 election in which rumors that John McCain's adopted daughter from Bangladesh was the result of an affair he'd had with a black prostitute, clearly Rove campaigns have a dark side that follows them. Even if Rove isn't personally responsible for attacks like these, the fact that his campaigns are an environment in which dirty tricks are deemed acceptable is enough the convict the man for me."