Karl Rove really is creepy.

Last week Karl Rove tweeted a frowny face at me.

There are ten words I never thought I would write. It was not entirely undeserved as I had earlier tweeted that his use of emoticons was creepy and perhaps he did not need any further help in that department.

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His response? The frowny face emoticon.

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OK, so that is pretty funny. But it is also pretty creepy. Tens of thousands of people follow this guy on Twitter. 92,722 the last time I checked, but President Obama just formally greeted the Emperor of Japan so he may have just picked up another thousand or two. He is the Josh Lyman of the Republican Party so why does he give a rat’s fart if I take issue with his syntax?

I have several theories on this:
A) He wants to show he is just a “regular guy” that can joke with funny “folks” like me.
B) He really did take it personally because he is a neurotic freak that constantly checks and scrutinizes every tweet that mentions his name (which I can only imagine to be a considerable number)
C) His response was the simplest way to alert his people to my presence so they can do his dirty work for him – which they kinda’ did.

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Schadenfreude makes me wants to believe it is “B”, but most likely it’s “A”, or an option that I have not even considered. And, of course, whether or not responses such as these were anticipated by Mr. Rove, we’ll never know, but it all certainly proves one point: The internet is fun!

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But, c’mon, seriously? A grown man of certain note, highly respected in some circles, should not be using cute little winkies and smiley faces. I don’t care who he votes for. And the fact that their use is in the casual world of Twitter is no goddamn excuse either.

So on to my other point, which I also believe this small exchange proves: Twitter is not irrelevant. After all, the Former White House Deputy Chief of Staff and Senior Advisor to the President has just learned firsthand (not through the filter of some news outlet but directly from the source) that I think he’s a creepy jackass.

And isn’t that a beautiful thing?