Just How Dumb Do They Think We Are?

''Wayne Slater of The Dallas Morning News, who has covered Rove long and well, puts it this way: ''Throughout his political career, bad things happen -- sometimes involving dirty tricks -- to his enemies or rivals.'' Is that because he's evil? '' He's amoral. He doesn't set up a plan to damage, defeat or destroy his enemies because he's evil. He does it because he's so unbelievably competitive and amoral.''