“Karl Rove”?
There are better ways to persuade a FR audience. Just saying.
Actually, check out Free Republic threads from about 2000-2006 and see what Freepers felt about Karl Rove.
This isn’t to say he hasn’t fallen into disfavor, but I believe FR is the source of “Rove you glorious bastard”.
He was idolized here for years.
So was George W. Bush. We could go down the list. I could find a whole series of Huckabee, Santorum, Gingrich, and even Romney supporters that would boggle your mind today. Don’t marry The Lady Politics. You’ll be divorced over infidelity within a few years.