- Born
- Birth nameKarl Christian Rove
- Nickname
- The man with the plan
- Height6′ 0¾″ (1.85 m)
- Karl Rove was born on December 25, 1950 in Denver, Colorado, USA. He has been married to Karen Alexandra Johnson since June 2012. He was previously married to Darby Hickson and Valerie Wainright.
- SpousesKaren Alexandra Johnson(June 2012 - present)Darby Hickson(January 25, 1986 - December 2009) (divorced, 1 child)Valerie Wainright(July 10, 1976 - January 14, 1980) (divorced)
- Generally considered to be President George W. Bush's most trusted political advisor and strategist.
- When meeting Norwegian officials he likes to state that "I am the highest ranking Norwegian in the White House," on account of his ancestory; his great-grandfather Olaf I. Rove emigrated from Norway and his White House office is decorated with pictures of his ancestor. In light of this, Norway's foreign minister decided to dig up documents in the Norwegian National Archive, written by Rove's great-grandfather and in May 2004 Karl Rove was given an original hand-written letter from 1905, where Olaf I. Rove asks the Norwegian government to become the Norwegian Vice-Consul in Milwaukee, where he lived with his family (he was appointed to the post and later received the Royal Order of St. Olav for his distinguished work).
- Wall Street Journal columnist.
- Fox News contributor.
- In the fall of 1969, he entered the University of Utah, on a $1,000 scholarship, as a political science major and joined the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity.
- I'm not a human being. I'm a myth.
- [on first hearing reports of the 9/11 attack]: We were standing outside the elementary school. My phone rang. It was my assistant Susan Ralston, saying that a plane had hit the World Trade Center-it wasn't clear whether it was private, commercial, prop, or jet. That's all she had. The boss (George W. Bush) was about two feet away. He was shaking hands. I told him the same thing. He arched his eyebrows like, 'Get more.'
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