this one belongs in a "News of the Weird" section although it does appear to be 100% factual and there has been documentation regarding Karl Rove's father leading an openly gay life in Palm Springs, California and his obsession with piercing his gentials.
http://www.bmezine.com/news/guest/20070818.htmlThere are even some photos in the article. The story has been popping up in alternative news sources following "the architect" Rove's resignation.
http://www.boingboing.net/2007/08/18/essay_im_the_proud_o.htmlTalk about skeletons in the Republican closet. I wonder how mainstream America who Rove maniuplated into voting Republican over the gay-marriage isssue in 2004 would feel about their boy wonder if they knew the deep dark closeted truth.