You really thought that the Bush administration (I assume you mean the President and/or VP or at least with their knowlege) has the desire to spend valuable time playing these sorts of low political games when they are trying to wage war on an enemy hell-bent on destroying us?? All the while being attacked here at home by the Party of the Criminally Insane and their media shills?
I never once thought that was the case and fully expected it to turn out as it has. Except for actually naming Armitage (and there was certainly speculation of him being the leaker) Freepers and the conservative blogosphere debunked Wilson's lies and the PlameNameGame literally just a couple of weeks after the story broke.
Of course. They would be derelict in their duties if they didn't. They were trying to get and keep public support for their policies. Wilson's attack had to be answered. Since low political games are the only political games in town they have to play them.
Freepers and the conservative blogosphere debunked Wilson's lies and the PlameNameGame literally just a couple of weeks after the story broke.
I don't mistake conservative blogs for the word of God anymore than I do liberal blogs. I try to keep my own counsel, make my own decisions. In this case I was wrong...or so it seems.