I think you have it backwards, Rat:
“To announce that there must be no criticism of the president, or that we are to stand by the president, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.” Theodore Roosevelt, 1918
Cousin ... no right is absolute. Not even the First Amendment, especially when it’s being cynically used by an outfit like the Slimes that works so hard to undermine legitimate national security interests. Presidents Lincoln, Wilson and Roosevelt didn’t tolerate this sort of treachery. Bush shouldn’t either.