text: has the party of lincoln become the party of rove? do you think this man turns off more voters in the long run than votes he wins in the short term.  he has me. he turned me off right away in 2000 with his dirty tactics on john mccain.  i had been a registered republican at the time and was going to vote mccain in the illinois primaries.  but after those dirty tricks, i  switched my affiliation to democrat, and haven't seen any reason to look back.  rove is a slimeball. how a man who professes to be a christian can employ such a vile person is beyond me.