Of course Bush has to distance himself from this and stay above the fray. At the same time, he can do virtually nothing to stop them (wink, wink, nudge, nudge).
A wink is as good as a nudge to a blind bat.
I don't believe Bush has any connection to this at all. There is a lot more evidence tying Saddam to al Qaeda than there is tying Bush to the Swift Boat Veterans.
"Of course Bush has to distance himself from this and stay above the fray. At the same time, he can do virtually nothing to stop them (wink, wink, nudge, nudge)."
Ain't it beautiful! You get Bush to stay stop and the surrogates to keep it going! Karl Rove is a genious.