Original sentence: REDIRECT Karl Rove
Edited sentence: A reference to methods employed to assure an election win at all costs.An application of the principle that the ends - the election win - justifies the means: attacks that distort truths or partial truths, creating scandal from loose affiliations, etc.However, there is no evidence that Rove was anymore acquainted with Machiavelli's works beyond what a standard University Liberal Education would include.Karl Rove.Karl Rove and his "rovian" methods make him, in many ways, a modern disciple, of Niccolò Machiavelli