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Rove Canned in Church: Book

Posted Jun 10, 08 1:44 PM CDT in Politics 

(Newser) – After riding to prominence on prophesies of a permanent Republican majority, Karl Rove ultimately learned of his White House excommunication in church, a new book reveals. President Bush gave his longtime adviser his pink slip in the pews, telling Rove last summer, “there’s too much heat on you. It’s time for you to go.”

The Examiner suggests that Bush’s choice of a venue to let Rove go—Rove's own church—might even be connected to the bad temper former Time reporter Paul Alexander documents in Machiavelli's Shadow. Said GOP strategist Ed Rollins by way of eulogy, “Karl Rove will be a name that'll be used for a long, long time as an example of how not to do it.”

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Graphic shows Karl Rove's history with the Bush family.   (AP Photo)
Outgoing White House Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove waves as he leaves the White House in Washington, Friday, Aug. 31, 2007, on his last day.   (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)
President Bush and outgoing White House Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove, right, walk to Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base.   (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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