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Karl Rove

If you really want to diminish a candidate, depict him as the foil of his handler. This is as old in American politics as politics itself.

Karl Rove

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Karl Rove means that showing a candidate as just a tool controlled by someone else can make the candidate seem weak or unimportant. This tactic has been used throughout American political history to undermine opponents.

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