Hah, no: cool story. I was in the back of the hall where he was delivering the keynote for the NC GOP convention. I was looking at the stage, figuring he was coming out from behind the curtain. Then I notice he's walked into the main door and was standing next to me. We turned to each other, just like you do when you are close to a stranger just to do the quick nod of the head. He recognized me.
I asked him if he wanted a copy of the book (which I had one) - he said something like "don't bother, I've already read it, and it's a poorly researched piece of trash." At this point, Robin Hayes was starting to introduce Rove, literally - and I retorted as he was walking up "no, your 400 million dollar ad campaign was the poorly researched piece of trash." He had no chance to reply, as the applause for his introduction was underway and he had to walk up to the dais. So I literally got in the last word…...
great story. I cannot stand the evil Rove. He is a very disturbed and destructive man.
I've observed the same distinction ever since November, 2000. Recall when Rove showed up on the networks election night brandishing computer printouts of Florida precincts that ostensibly "proved" the state shouldn't have been called for Gore?
While he proved to be correct -- and, perhaps, contributed to the subsequent withdrawal of the Gore call -- it was the action (and the weaponry) of a tactician, immersed in the exotic details of a campaign.
The net:net is that every campaign needs a Karl Rove. But he has no business running it, creating and directing the campaign's strategy.
Especially now, when he's incapable of seeing the 2014-16 strategic forest for all the tactical trees.