Karl Rove Goes to College - Bowling Green, OH
March 12, 2006 by Conservative Culture
Filed under General, Ohio
It was an opportunity to see Karl Rove in person. There were 660 for the Lincoln-Hayes Dinner to hear Karl Rove as the main speaker. Only if there was a way to have blogged it live.
One of the stars to show up was Sam Hornish Jr. (2 time Indycar champion) was a guest of Congressman Paul Gilmore. Along with him were the some of the main players running for offices in Ohio. Bob Bennett, Ohio GOP chairman, was also there sitting between Blackwell and Montgomery.
There were several articles on this event. The Cleveland “not so” Plain Dealer skewed the take on Rove’s speech. (Others articles here and here.)
He had some obligatory comments to make but the content of the big 3 was not off the cuff. He was intentional on speaking about the 3 main topics which will dominate the election coming up and including 2008. Something of interest to Ohio Supreme Court Candidate Bob Cupp (he will make a great Justice on the Court) who made some comments prior to Rove. In fact I learned that Rove was responsible for the Honorable Cupp meeting his wife to be. Quite a human interest story and something I had not heard before.
The message was clear, even tempered and a dash of good natured humor made it a good speech to listen to after prior to the dinner. Later Paul Gilmore spoke as did Senator DeWine.
If you have a chance to hear Karl Rove in person I would encourage you to take the time and go.
Ben Keeler on Tue, 14th Mar 2006 12:15 am
That would be awesome to see Rove speak. Thanks for the story.