Today, I realized the answer: Karl Rove is Dr. Mabuse.
Karl Rove
Dr. Mabuse Mabuse was the antihero of several films made by Fritz Lang, in the 1920s, '30s, and '60s (and thereafter by other directors).
Here's a description (from here):
Driven by his insatiable lust for power and destruction...
Rove: Check!
he sets out to amass an illicit fortune...
Rove: Check!
take over Berlin, and destroy society en route to total world domination.
Rove: Well, I don't know about Berlin, but otherwise: Check!
Dr. Mabuse has all of the requisite traits for this ambitious career path: a brilliant, relentless criminal mind...
Rove: Check!
superhuman powers of mind-reading, hypnotism, and will-bending...
Rove: I assume so. I mean, it would explain a lot. So, check!
the savoir faire to operate smoothly amongst the social elite...
Rove: Savoir faire? Ok, this one doesn't fit.
the remorseless heart of a cold-blooded multiple murderer...
Rove: Check!
and balls of ice-cold steel.
Rove: Double check!
Rounding out his résumé, he is also a master of disguise...Rove: Check!
To prove this point, here is Rove dressed up like his hero, The Brain:
an accomplished speculator able to manipulate the economy...
Rove: Check!
and a man who–-like all would-be world dominators worth their salt–-will stop at nothing to achieve his nefarious ends.
Rove: Check!
Oh, Karl. If only you had a little more savoir faire, you coulda been a movie star... in Germany... in the 1930s.
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He's using the 'sleeping-brain' maneuver. It's an old right-wing trick to ignore reality.
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