Karl Rove's book: What would make you buy it?
FROM CNN's Jack Cafferty:
No big surprise here: Karl Rove has signed a $1.5 million book deal with publishing giant Simon and Schuster.
He promises the usual behind-the-scenes look and vows to not only name names. He told Fox News he'll go a step further and give examples of how Washington insiders were unaccepting of President Bush. A lot of them simply felt Bush was not qualified to lead the country. Rove also says that while Bush was quick to call on his subordinates to take responsibility for their actions, "The Decider" was a little slow to ever take responsibility for his own. According to Rove, Bush's failures were always somebody else's fault.
He says he will identify those who questioned whether or not George Bush could be a legitimate President.
In an interview Rove said much of the resistance to the Bush Administration was directed toward the Texans Bush brought with him to Washington because they weren't Beltway insiders.
Here’s my question to you: What would Karl Rove have to say to get you to buy his book?
Interested to know which ones made it on air?
Pete from Florida writes:
Jack, I think you're just trashing Karl Rove's book in an attempt to "size down" the competition against your book. Good move.
Jim from North Carolina writes:
Karl Rove is one the most intelligent men that the public has ever seen. He would not have to say much for me to buy his book. His book would be a most interesting read. On the other hand, it would take a balanced person with unbiased opinions to understand it.
Daniel writes:
There is NOTHING under the sun, no scenario or condition imaginable, that could get me to buy, steal, or even bother to read anything by Karl Rove. It is time for all Americans, ESPECIALLY patriotic Republicans, to finally and forever say "goodbye" to the divisive, evil and dirty politics of people like Karl Rove, Lee Atwater, Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, and Steve Schmidt. We can all start by refusing to:
a) watch them on television,
b) listen to them on radio, and
c) purchase or support anything they have to offer.
Ken from North Carolina writes:
Jack, if he threatened to run off with my wife, I would run out and buy two books. One to take her, and one to keep her.
Kathleen from Boston, Massachusetts writes:
Karl Rove would have to tell me he was involved in a homosexual encounter with Vladimir Putin and Saddam Hussein. Then I might consider it.
Monty writes:
I am interested in learning of the people who were unwilling to give George Bush and his team credit for anything positive. Jack, my guess is that you will be named as one of those people. I will not be buying your book. I'm sure you won't read my comment.
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Jakc, Karl Rove would have to admit that he was complicit in all the errors and illegal activities of the Bush Administration, ask to be taken off to jail in handcuffs for the rest of his life, and promise to pay all money raised for the sale of his book back to the families of soldiers killed in Iraq for me to want to purchase his tripe.
Jack,
Only if I were desperate and had to use the pages for toilet paper.
I'd buy Karl Rove's book once he admitted any one of his many lies.
Hence, I'll never have to buy his book.
I wouldn't waste my time if I were given the book as a present, I don't know anyone mean enough to actually give such a thing as a present.
If he went to jail. Glen, Ky.
Jack
I would only purchase this novel for fire starter and bath tisssues. I hear tt's a big seller at flea markets ,yard sales and Federal Prison systems...
Nothing, no, not, never. He has nothing to say that interests me.
That it's a $1,000 tax credit. I couldn't care less about his book.
He'd have to crawl back into that hole he crawled out of, and take Sean Hannity and Ann Coulter with him – all of them never to be seen or heard from again.
That's what would make me read it. It would also have to be a freebee – nothing would make me buy it.
Karl Rove would have to swear on a bible while connected to a Lie Detector, that he, along with George Bush and Dick Cheney all conspired to deceive the congress and the American people regarding WMD’s, Valerie Plame, economic fundamentals, evesdropping, and torture, for starters.
Jack, I don't by books written by a jerk whose sole claim to fame was getting the worst president in history selected, I mean elected, TWICE.
I would not spend a penny to buy a book written by Karl Rove!!!
There's a $1000 check inside.
Absolutely nothing, Jack. One could soak it in candle wax and use it for a fire starter.......
Absolutely nothing. He should be in prison, not making millions off the sale of garbage.
It would have to be a Morton's Fork kind of decision. For example, Karl Rove could say, "You must either buy my book or go hunting with Dick Cheney."
If there was a shortage of toilet paper!!
Nothing.
If I was, say, researching how to steal elections, manipulate the masses, or write a college research paper about dysfunctional government and the excesses of power, it would probably be a great reference manual.
He could pay me to take it, but not to read it.
Absolutely nothing. I prefer non-fiction to fiction.
Impossible. There is nothing he could say that would make me put money down to buy his book. That's not to say I wouldn't be interested in learning about what he has said, maybe.
Nothing could get me to buy the book. I might steal it, however, in commemoration of how these men came to power!
The only thing that could cause me to buy anything of Roves: would be, a gun to my head or to save a member of my family from a horrible fate.
Lots of confession, with enough evidence to have him arrested.
Nothing short of giving up Bush, Cheney, Rumsfield, Rice, etc. and himself without immunity for treason.
Nothing, would not even read it if it were free.
He couldnt say anything; it would take a gun pointed at my head to buy his book!
Jack, Karl Rove could say anything and I would not believe him. His pompous bluster has worn thin on me and as far as his book; I don’t need a paperweight or a doorstop so I don’t have much use for that item either. I just hate to see that many trees getting chopped down for his perspective of eight inept years—I lived through them and I would rather just forget they ever happened.
I would like to hear him say he was sorry for his part in selling the war in Iraq to the American people and that he begs forgiveness for the deaths of 4,000 of our troops and the 30,000 wounded. But I would still never buy his book. He shouldn't profit from his crimes.
Ed Reed
Port Aransas, TX
Gee. I can't think of anything that would induce me to contribute to that vicious dough-boy's financial gain.
Rome, GA
There is nothing that would make me buy a book written by Carl Rowe. I already know enough about his dirty politics to make my stomach churn at just the mention of his name. Buying a book or even given a book from Carl Rowe to lean any more would only make me throw up.
That would have to be, "Guilty on all counts, Your Honor."
Can I get it in a boxed set with OJ's 'If I did it'?
Never Jack.
But I will reconsider if all the proceeds go to the families of the soldiers who died in Iraq....
By the way does Mars has an official address?? Because that is where I would ask Amazon to send the freaking book.
Jorie
NY
A gun to my head.
It is my sincere hope that no one will buy this book. This man has already profited from his treason enough. Putting more money in his pocket to hear "his version" of what happened is senseless.
If you have disagreed with the last 8 years of this country it is imperative that you do not buy this book.
Nothing. Why would I want to spend a dime to hear him justify actions that greatly influenced the decisions which resulted in the host of messes this country is in.
Jack, he'd have to tell me who really killed Jack Kennedy, what was that Philadelphia experiment about, and a complete description of the Roswell incident.
That MIGHT do it.
Greg
Oak Park, IL
He would have to say to me, "the check is in the mail".
I would gladly by Rove's book if he offered to sponsor 1 Iraqi orphan per book sale. This guy has been instrumental in misleading the public and crafting the neo-cons' war policies. He deserves jail, not a book deal.
There is nothing Karl Rove could say to get me to buy his book. He and his toadies have lied and spun so much that I wouldn't believe anything he said or put in print; so why bother?
I wouldn't waste my time or energy on this book. It is a waste of our valuable trees!!! I wouldn;t believe a word he writes.
What would make me buy a Karl Rove book ?? - Maybe a $100.00 bill (or two) taped to the flyleaf -
RB – Knoxville TN
He would have to say, "I'm guilty of helping create the big mess that the Bush administration has made, please put me in prison."
Jack, Rove would have to say, “It’s free.”
I won't buy it because he won't tell the Truth about Bush and his lackeys!
He'd have to say, "I did everything you think I did and more. I'm guilty. Now, put me in prison for life and give the book procedes to Hillary Clintons campaighn debt fund".
Here's 100 bucks. But that doesn't mean I'm going to read it. I can always use firewood.
There is nothing to get me to buy Rove's book. I would not give him one red cent.
Jack – I would buy Karl Rove's book for 1 dollar. It's value!
Absolutely NOTHING ! He's hyping it to get more money. Put him in jail and give book proceeds to charity for homeless VETS. His boy is the one that wanted that Damn War.
Jack,
I would buy it if the profits went to the prosecution of Rove, Cheney and
Bush to piut them behind bars where they belong.
Jack, the only way I would spend one cent on a book written by Karl Rove is his willingness to admit the illegal and dishonorable conduct perpetrated against the American people and our Constitution by him and all the other sycophants surrounding George W. Bush. Otherwise, I wouldn't give it a free glance. It wouldn't even be brought into my home for toilet paper.
What would he have to say?
"....and it's great for toilet paper too!"
Why would anyone spend money on Rove spin?
We are living through the bush/cheney worst administration in US history, let Rove keep spewing the lies on Fox for the fools that watch it.
I would buy the book for a gift . My friend has a fireplace, and he says the pages will light fires what with all those names named, etc. Flash in the pan fires I think is what he really said.
if he gave me one id throw it back like they do homerun ball s from the visiting team....
"Don't make me shoot!"
I'd buy it if I thought it contained an iota of truth, if he confessed his sins and admitted how corrupt the Bush administration was under his supervision. I can't imagine what else he'd have to say that I'd be
interested in.
Only if he claims publicly that he is the anti-christ!!!
NO!!! this people are the reason the country and economy are doing so bad and I'm not gonna put more money in thier pockets.
NO!!!!these people are the reason why the country and economy are doing so back and I'm not gonna put more money in thier pockets.
Personally, I prefer nonfiction.
Admit that he, Bush, and Cheney committed treason.
When donkeys fly is when I'll read Rove's book.
Jack;
The only way I would buy his book is if it included the details of Ohio
voter fraud in 2004 that sold another election for Bush. Also; I would pay cash and wear a disguise when and if, I bought his book.
ES
If he would commit himself into solitary confinement and promise never to appear in public again I would buy his book (and burn it).
I would buy the book if I thought it was truthful. Unfortunately a truthful Rove is an oxymoron.
Bob
Louisville, Ky
Wouldn;t read it if it was free
Karl Rove couldn’t say anything, pay me anything, nor force me at gunpoint to read any bias slanted lies he writes. I want a GOOD book of fiction to read.
The only way I would buy his book is if it contained a bunch of whistle-blowing and a giant confession. Other than that, forget it.
I would not read that book if it was the last one on earth. Karl Rove is a criminal and should have been sent to federal prison a long time ago but somehow has been able to skirt the law.....We can all thank his friend George W. Bush for keeping him out of jail.
"I'm giving all purchasers a 200% instant rebate at the cash register." That might do the trick.
Mike – Pueblo, CO
That the proceeds would go toward providing him a one-way ticket to and appropriate lodging at the Guantanamo Detention Facility.
Karl Rove, an fanatic Republican, will find Bush fans to buy his book including Fox News and Rush and Hannity. Good luck to Karl making money out of his association with Bush.
Not with a gun to my head, Jack. If I want to hear nonsense, I will make it up myself.
Maybe if there was a 100 bucks inside, then I might buy it. As for the book , it may replace my sears catalog.
I bet he will make millions, Not 1 dollar from me. But there is still a lot of people that loves ( karl,bush &cheney)
I have read two "unauthorized" biographies of Rove, and if even ten percent of what they say about him is true, there is no way he could possibly tell the truth about anything without spending the rest of his life in jail. Nothing he ever says on any subject should ever be taken at face value. His book will be worthless.
I would buy it if 500% of the proceeds are divided among Progressive Liberal organizations. CodePink should get a hefty share. The ACLU should get a portion. Some should go to defray any remaining debit Obama might have for his campaign expenses. And I would suggest putting a large recycling bin next to the cash register.
... a 3for $1 sale in a bin in the aisle of any of the major bookstores.
That's the best joke I've heard in some time Jack.
I'd read it from the library. No reason to buy a venting book.
As they say out west ... "I'd rather eat barbed wire".
I had to help pay his salary. That's all he'll ever get from me.
That depends, is he finally going to admit that he and Dick Cheney are at complete fault for global warming
A confession about our elected/appointed officials march into war with Iraq.
That would have to be, "Guilty on all counts, Your Honor."
He wouldn't have to say anything. My dog needs a new chew toy.
-Brianna S.
If forced to choose buying it or eating excrement, I'd have to think hard about what the right thing to do would be.
I'm not a fiction reader, so I guess there is nothing of value for me in what he would have to say.
Rove is a good writer, even if he's slimy and a liar. I wouldn't buy the book for love or money, but I'd consider checking it out of the library for some cheap entertainment.
If he promises to use the proceed to buy himself a one way ticket to Panama.
Peter
Dallas – TX
If he reveals every single criminal act that the Bush Administration has ever performed and agrees to a life sentence in jail, then I might consider it.
If it was dedicated to me–from his jail cell.
I would not read or accept Rove's book if it were made of pure gold and given to me as a gift. That man should be in prison and not on national TV pimping his vile book.
I would not read Rove's book for all the tea in China, but I'm looking forward to some of the books that will be written after this unspeakable administration is out of office!
Maybe if Rove threatened to Water-board me.
Waterboarding, for a start.
Why would anyone want to buy something written by that crook? I would rather read a first grade primer.
If the title of the book is "How I got Bonzo elected to the White House twice"
I would never purchase his book. I would read a copy from the library only if he would shut his big yap forever!
Jack, I have no desire to be exposed to more lies and the spin of a person who does not know anything but evil. He doesn't have enough money to pay me to read it. My soul is not for sale.
Bill
Two simple words Jack,
The truth.