Rove - Gay?

Well, yes.. according to a new book. The story is all over the news now, one version here:

Except.. the outed figure is not Karl Rove, but rather his father Louis..

A new book by Austin-based journalist James Moore and senior Dallas Morning News political reporter Wayne Slater will report Tuesday that Karl Rove's step-father, Louis Rove, divorced his mother and lived the rest of his adult life as an openly gay man, RAW STORY has learned.

I liked this bit..

The Architect describes the relationship of Louis and his long time friend, Joseph Koons. "Joseph Koons had been living openly as a gay man throughout his adult life, but Louis Rove had only come out after he'd left his family in Salt Lake City and moved to Southern California," the authors write.

In the book, Koons recounts how he and the elder Rove began to cruise the scene in Palm Springs, looking to make friends with older gay men, eventually forming a social club they dubbed the "Old Farts Club."

"The men met every Friday, usually at the Rainbow Cactus Restaurant or the Martinie Burger, to eat, drink, and socialize," of the book says.

I've been to the Rainbow Cactus Club quite a few times. It's more of an upscale mature crowd hangout. It has an amusing nickname.. the Rainbow Casket Club..

Heck, I've probably met the elder Rove on one of the trips to Palm Springs. It wouldn't surprise me in the least if Unka Karl leaned that way himself..

Of course, it really wouldn't make a lick of difference to anything if not for the fact that Karl Rove used anti-gay hatred as a political tool. What a jerk.