The Politcization of Crime

The problem isn't the public perception, you nimrods, the problem is that you lied to the American public to start a war of choice. Also, I would question the validity of a defense saying "the democrats did it, too" when you were the main source for their statements.

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Top White House officials say they're developing a "campaign-style" strategy in response to increasing Democratic allegations that the Bush administration twisted intelligence to make its case for war. ....

The officials say they plan to repeatedly make the point -- as they did during the 2004 campaign -- that pre-war intelligence was faulty, it was not manipulated and everyone was working off the same intelligence. ....

One senior official said Cheney would not participate in the White House response, despite that Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nevada, has accused the vice president of being a key offender in manipulating intelligence.

If you have the facts, argue the facts. If you don't have the facts, argue the law. If you don't have the law, go after their heartstrings. (Pardon the paraphrase, I haven't run across this in a while. If there's a lawyer out there, correct me.)

Also notice the increasing attempts to go after Joe Wilson. This, of course, is not being coordinated by Bush personnel, like the Swift boat campaign, but merely a conviently timed public outpouring.