According to the Economist, confusing someone with Karl Rove is a firing offense not just in the U.S. but in Australia:
SINCE it lost power to the conservative coalition government led by John Howard ten years ago, Australia's opposition Labor Party had changed leaders four times. Kim Beazley, in his second stint, was preparing to lead Labor into a general election due in late 2007. But a series of recent gaffes gave his colleagues the jitters. First, he ignored pressure to include in his shadow cabinet Peter Garrett, a popular former rock singer with a knack for talking clearly about global warming. Then he publicly confused Rove McManus, an Australian television talk-show host, with Karl Rove, an adviser to George Bush. On December 4th, Labor members of parliament changed leaders a fifth time, dumping Mr Beazley in favour of Kevin Rudd, the party's foreign-affairs spokesman.Let's hope none of our newly elected officials confuse House of Delegates Speaker Mike Busch with the one who lives in the big white building at 1600 Penn. Ave. That would probably put you on the fast track to a seat behind a pillar in the House Chamber and relegation to the House Facilities Committee.
