MediaChannel reminds us of the early moments of the love that dare speak its name:

But Rove developed an increasingly close relationship with the president’s son George—a relationship that began on a spring day in 1973, when the elder Bush asked Rove to pick up his son at Washington’s Union Station to give the visiting Harvard Business School student the keys to the family car. By Rove’s own description, young Karl Rove was awed at first sight.

“He was exuding more charisma than any one individual should be allowed to have,” Rove told a writer for the New Yorker magazine in 2003.

Statements like this prompt curiosity about just how many interesting people Rove could have met at that point, to find Bush so soaked in charm. Would he say the same today? Perhaps he needs to see more movies?

Uproar Has Roots in Rove’s Vast Reach [MediaChannel]