When Political Civility is a Greater Good than a Protester's Objective
According to the Washington Post, busloads of activists "stormed the small yard of President Bush's chief political strategist, Karl Rove, yesterday afternoon, pounding on his windows, shoving signs at others and challenging Rove to talk to them about a bill that deals with educational opportunities for immigrants....The crowd then grew more aggressive, fanning around the three accessible sides of Rove's house, tracking him through the many windows, waving signs that read "Say Yes to DREAM" and pounding on the glass." They were advocating passage of a law making it easier for states to permit immigrants who have lived in the US illegally for at least five years to attend state colleges and universities at in-state tuition rates. Ironically, I doubt that even Rove himself could have devised a more effective political strategy for undermining their cause, than they one they elected to employ.