[plain talk]

Bingo. You said what I was thinking. One can always find imperfections everywhere you look. What needs to happen is for conservatives to turn the tables on these liberals and blame them for our intelligence short-comings. And this requires looking back at the last couple of decades. Bush should concede nothing on this Iraq matter.

[HenryLeeII]

If we had a free press this would be possible. But, since we don't, any attempt at an impartial look at political tampering with the intelligence-gathering process would be labeled as "mean-spirited right-wing partisanship." Plus, this is an issue that can't be reduced to a three-word phrase or two-second soundbite, so the average American would either yawn while flipping to another station or swallow the lefty press interpretation uncritically.

[cake_crumb]

"Bush should concede nothing on this Iraq matter"

Agreed. There is nothing to concede. Let's hope the administration has learned a lesson from the 16 words he didn't say crap.