And Rove is one of those practitioners of politics

Who is he trying to fool with this crap? Oh yeah, the voters.

"There are practitioners of politics who hold that voters are dumb, ill-informed and easily misled, that voters can be manipulated by a clever ad or smart money," Rove said.

But Rove, seen as the mastermind behind President George W. Bush's White House victories in 2000 and 2004, said, "It's wrong to underestimate the intelligence of the American voter." [emphasis mine]

Rove is the P.T. Barnum of political practioners.

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