especially harkening back to mr. paladino. does anyone buy this idea or who is buying the idea that rove is on the wrong end of a nixionian enemies list? you mentioned the nixonian thing. but karl rove was also behind the whisper campaign to call ann richards a lesbian. he was behind a smear campaign to suggest that john mccain had a black child in 2000 in south carolina. he was, of course, behind the outing of valerie plame s secret identity at the cia. he was also behind the outing t or the firing of attorneys at the justice department because they wouldn t pursue his partisan agenda. this is the guy who s now telling us that he s upset that the president has an enemies list. it s nonsense and people should, of course, take witit with a gr of salt. what president obama s doing is documenting about some of the facts about what karl rove is up to. he s operating a shadow fund that doesn t, i don t think, comply with the law, and he s using this shadow operation to