Bush's Brain coming to UNC

Karl Rove will speak at UNC on September 20th:

Karl Rove, the chief political advisor to Republican President George W. Bush, will speak at UNC-Chapel Hill on September 20th.

Rove, now a political analyst for Fox News, will give a talk at 5 p.m. at Memorial Hall, Rob Christensen reports. The speech is being sponsored by the UNC College Republicans as well as other conservative groups.

Note to the N&O: at least some of your readers might be interested in finding out who those "other conservative groups" are. You owe me 2 1/2 hours of my life back.

Rove is currently the fair-haired boy of the Young America's Foundation, which does, among other things:

Young America's Foundation is committed to ensuring that increasing numbers of young Americans understand and are inspired by the ideas of individual freedom, a strong national defense, free enterprise, and traditional values.

As the principal outreach organization of the Conservative Movement, the Foundation introduces thousands of American youth to these principles. We accomplish our mission by providing essential conferences, seminars, educational materials, internships, and speakers to young people across the country.

As of 2008, the Foundation had over $20 million jingling in its pockets, and I have a hunch there's quite a bit more this year. Not only do they provide speakers to tour universities across the country, they also provide propaganda with which to litter campuses:

Do the job the mainstream media will refuse to do! On the anniversary of Obama's inauguration, download, personalize, and distribute the Obama: Epic Fail Fliers to show your campus community the negative impact of his policies. Be sure to download all three fliers.

Club 100 students can receive 10 points for posting and distributing these fliers. Photos and/or video are required to receive points. If you are not a member, sign up now!

And they provide handy training materials just filled with advice from dedicated Merkins:

Young America's Foundation has two resources that will provide you with the ideas and information you need to make a difference at your school. The Conservative Guide to Campus Activism provides revolutionary ideas and information on how you can advance conservative ideas and challenge the leftist orthodoxy. This guide gives you information on how to start and build a campus organization, effectively promote your organization and club, avoid activist traps, and debate and defeat your opponents. The guide also includes exclusive advice from Ann Coulter, David Horowitz, Michelle Malkin, Bay Buchanan, Dinesh D'Souza, and many more!

I guess that's enough for now. I don't want to push your nausea level up too high on a holiday weekend. :)