The only reason I can think of for Rove to do this is he made a pass at her and she laughed at him.
No, see post 24
That's my theory as well. Nothing else makes sense. When a man does something as bizarre, mean, and inexplicable as this, to a woman, you can bet your bottom dollar it's personal. If the romantic conquest fails, go for some other sort of conquest. To some guys, all body slams count; fail at the sexual, go for the existential body slam. As I said on election night, it couldn't be more obvious.