I realized that I have a lot in common with the walking boil known as Karl Rove.

Both of us were born and raised in the mountain west.

Both of us were raised in Republican households.

And both Karl Rove and I attended the University of Utah, and both of us left the school before graduation.

Unlike Karl, I continued my education at a top liberal arts school that encouraged me to be a free thinker and expand my horizons beyond my own self interest. Karl went on to chair the College Republicans, where he started his long journey into a career of dirty tricks, lies, deception and cowardice.

Hmmm – on second thought, Karl and I don’t have much in common at all, at least not these days.