Karl Rove is an innocuous looking little fat man. But he has the mentality of Machiavelli and the ethics of a killer shark. When I see how the advocates of the Right, right here on Mudcat, invariably attempt to counter something they don't like by immediately bringing in irrelevancies, such as who displayed what banner at which convention, or the special favorite, attempting to focus the argument on the supposed sex life of someone who made a statement they would rather the public not hear, it becomes obvious that the spirit of Karl Rove bestrides the land like a Colossus.

These are that tactics of those whose goal is tyranny.