text: He turned me off right away in 2000 with his dirty tactics on John McCain.  I had been a registered Republican at the time and was going to vote McCain in the Illinois primaries.  But after those dirty tricks, I  switched my affiliation to Democrat, and haven't seen any reason to look back.\n\nRove is a slimeball. How a man who professes to be a Christian can employ such a vile person is beyond me.