Karl Rove Certainly Is An Authority on Nasty and Vicious

So we defer to his expertise, as detailed by Wonkette:

Karl Rove on blogs:

"There is so much ugliness and viciousness and fundamental untruths that the blogosphere transmits. It also is a vehicle for ugly rumors, for scurrilous personal attacks, an avenue for the creation of urban legends which are deeply corrosive of the political system and of people’s faith in it."

Well, gee, I guess the fat, 7-chinned lady has now sung.