Karl Rove "interviewed" by the NY Times. Though not a fan of Mr. Rove by any stretch of the imagination, I share his obvious contempt for what passes as journalism on the part of Deborah Solomon. She seems content to ask the most trite, inane questions imaginable (a staple of the NYT Magazine).
Do you think the era of negative politics is over?No.
Do you see yourself as being associated with it in any way?
Look, in 1800 the sainted Thomas Jefferson arranged to hire a notorious slanderer named James Callender, who worked as a writer at a Republican newspaper in Richmond, Va. Read some of what he wrote about John Adams. This was a personal slander.
What did he say?
He said he lacked the spine of a man and the character of a woman. Negative politics have always been around.
Do you think you’re negative?
No.
