The Junk Drawer

This is an interesting news item I stumbled upon first via Dan Froomkin’s White House Briefing: Karl Rove’s step-father was gay. Author James Moore outs the elder Rove in his new book, The Architect: Karl Rove and the Master Plan for Absolute Power.

Although the title sounds sort of Kitty Kelly-ish, the excerpt published at the HuffPo has the ring of truth about it. What I particularly liked, in the context of a story about Rove’s gay family ties, was Moore quoting Karl’s passionate description of the first time he met George W. Bush.

Rove said once, “I can literally remember what he was wearing: an Air National Guard flight jacket, cowboy boots, complete with the - in Texas you see it a lot - one of the back pockets will have a circle worn in the pocket from where you carry your tin of snuff, your tin of tobacco. He was exuding more charisma than any one individual should be allowed to have.”

Homoerotic? Or is it just the admiration of a geek for the jock?