It's official, Karl Rove is a genius. At first, I didn't understand the decision to hold the Republican National Convention in New York City, but now, it makes sense. They hold the convention in September. A bunch of bongo playing, hippied-out morons show up with puppets of George Bush dressed up as Adolph Hitler and start protesting. They're dancing around and painting their faces red with the "blood" of dead soldiers, etc. It's all very baroque and spectacular. Then, Karl Rove says to the swing voter, "You see? These are the people who oppose George Bush. Do you want to be associated with these extremists?" Enough of the swing voters get weirded out and vote Republican. The RNC protesters will be so dense as to not understand that they are doing exactly what Karl Rove wants them to do. Show up and act absolutely insane. Get really stupid. Compare Bush to Hitler and dress up in silly costumes. Let's see how many average Americans will identify with this display. As far as I am concerned, this election is lost unless the Convention protest takes a more subdued approach.