"By the time George W. became President, Rove was the hub of
a Texan wheel connecting the family, the party, the Christian
Right and the energy industry. A single episode serves as
metaphor: during the Enron scandal last year, a shadow was
cast over Rove when it was revealed that he had sold $100,000
of Enron stock just before the firm went bankrupt.
More intriguing, however, was the fact that Rove had personally
arranged for the former leader of the Christian Coalition, Ralph
Reed, to take up a consultancy at Enron - Bush's biggest single
financial backer - worth between $10,000 and $20,000 a month."
Article: Two men driving Bush into war
Author: Ed Vulliamy
( Ed Vulliamy in New York profiles the religious figures
behind a 'Texanised presidency' who believe war will
mean America is respected in the Islamic world)
Date: Sunday February 23, 2003
Source: The Observer
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