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I love Karl Rove. He elected Bush.

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Dick Morris
Age: 76
Born: 1947
Born: November 28
Author
Entrepreneur
Journalist
New York City
New York
Richard S. Morris
Richard Samuel Morris
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Karl
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Bush

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