Washington, Dec. 31 : In what without a doubt is the most astounding op-ed piece of the year, Karl Rove reveals that his friend and former boss, George W. Bush, has read probably hundreds of books over the course of his presidency.

In his column for the Wall Street Journal, Rove says that Bush read 95 books in 2006 alone. In 2007, he read 51 books and as of last week, he had read 40 in 2008.

According to the Washington Post, one of them was Albert Camus'' "The Stranger," with its unforgettable opening lines: "Mother died today. Or perhaps it was yesterday, I don''t know."

New York, Dec. 7 : U. S. President George W Bush would not have ordered the invasion of Iraq had intelligence shown that Dictator Saddam Hussein did not possess weapons of mass destruction, claims Karl Rove, his former chief adviser and close confidant.

According to The Sunday Telegraph, Rove made the claim as the president''s inner circle launched an unofficial "Bush legacy project".

Washington, Sept. 15 : Karl Rove, the man credited with getting President Bush elected twice, has warned both Democrats and Republicans that they are making a mistake by using advertising to attack their respective candidates.

Political strategist Karl Rove said Obama may not have consciously wanted to attribute Palin with porcine traits when he used the “lipstick on a pig” analogy to describe the McCain campaign’s policies, but it sure looked like “a deliberate slap” at the Alaska governor.

Washington  - Karl Rove, a top former White House aide, was held in contempt Wednesday by a congressional committee for failing to appear before legislators earlier this month.

The Judiciary Committee of the House of Representatives voted 20- 14 along party lines for the measure after Rove did not attend a committee hearing July 10. The contempt charge would still have to be approved by the House.

Mr Rove has left us no option," said House representative John Conyers, who chairs the committee.