re: I wasn't reframing it.
"I'm just constantly amazed at how pragmatic politicians can be after they've lost. It's too bad they aren't that way all the time instead of trying to split the nation down the middle and then steal the whole pie. Rove is and always will be an asshole. Perhaps instead of saying he had softened, I should have said "his attitude" had softened. Maybe it has something to do with his new job at Fox, that he can't afford to be rabid. Most Fox neo-cons are only half rabid."
I think Tom nailed it.
All you talk about is your emotional reaction.
An emotional reaction generated by the media.