brain damage. what it does is makes it really difficult for the rest of us to ask those legitimate questions about her health without being lumped in with karl rove and that other line of questioning. >> do you agree with that, maybe what he did backfired? >> i think so. it backfired for all the reasons that se states. let me demonstrate for you, it's a bad political strategy an interesting media story. let me demonstrate. right? what karl said was crazy. people with syphilis say country sea things because it rots your brain -- >> i see where you're going, paul. >> i would never said karl rove has late-stage stds that rot his brain and the headline will be where the show is over, rove syphilis. that's crazy. that's the example of how he tries to put the stuff in the