Why? We can label them ourselves, cant we? We are not stupid, and don't need to be hypnotized by rhetoric to feel better. We are Conservatives, not babies. Bush is not our father. He should do nothing more than ignore his accusers, and not even give them the benefit of his attention. He has a job to do.
Part of his job is to frame the debate in this country. It is an integral part of the modern presidency.
He doesn't even have to do it himself. He could demand more of the rest of the Republican Party to defend his policies. If they don't have the spine to stand up and be counted, he should twist their arms-play political hardball with them until they grow spines.
The brave men and women in Iraq deserve to be more vigorously supported than they are, and it make me sick.