Describing Karl Rove

Yesterday I received my semi-regular email from the RNC, and this section caught my eye:

Be on hand at the annual volunteer deployment kick-off event in Washington, as the honorable Karl Rove and Republican National Committee Chairman Ken Mehlman energize the party's volunteer core for the November elections.

The honorable Karl Rove?

Maybe "honorable" was meant to be used a title, as in "The Honorable Karl Rove." But the word in question isn't capitalized as it should be when used that way, and besides, according to the rules of etiquette, Rove isn't an "Honorable".

So it must be that the RNC is using the word as an adjective, albeit in a rather cumbersome way, just to assure us that Rove is indeed an honorable person. Given Rove's predilection for political dirty tricks, such as outing a covert CIA agent and falsely accusing a political opponent of child molestation, they might be worried that some people might get the wrong idea about him. I'm glad they set the record straight.