“History, we don’t know. We’ll all be dead.”

It’s clear that the White House defense is to slime Joe Wilson some more. The Washington Post helpfully kicked off the new campaign just this morning.

Top administration officials are looking at federal indictments for crimes committed while sliming Joseph Wilson and they just keep at it. These people really do take that “stay the course” thing seriously, don’t they?

Maybe some of the borg ought to check out how Bush looks at their future if this “resolute” strategy doesn’t pan out:

They describe him as beset but unbowed, convinced that history will vindicate the major decisions of his presidency even if they damage him and his party in the 2006 and 2008 elections.

I guess you loyal GOP boys and girls are just going to have to take one for the team. He’ll be vindicated eventually. And he doesn’t have to run again, so what the hell. The rest of you can just piss up a rope.

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