Lies of the Left, continued....

The "Bush lied" mantra is wearing really, really thin these days. From the standpoint of his critics, though, it doesn't matter much. The anti-Bush lies and misrepresentations have done their job and have passed into the common wisdom regarding this administration. John Leo, building on Christopher Hitchens' work, notes that it was Wilson and the New York Times, and not Bush who lied in the Niger uranium affair.

In a surprising editorial, The Washington Post deviated from the conventional anti-Bush media position on two counts. It said President Bush was right to declassify parts of a National Intelligence Estimate to make clear why he thought Saddam Hussein was seeking nuclear weapons. And the editorial said ex-ambassador Joseph Wilson was wrong to think he had debunked Bush on the nuclear charge because Wilson's statements after visiting Niger actually "supported the conclusion that Iraq had sought uranium."

In the orthodox narrative line, Wilson is the truth-teller and the Bush is the liar. But Wilson was not speaking truthfully....

Read the whole thing here.

From a political stance this is far too little, too late. The damage to Bush's credibility has already been done. But it is important, anyway, to set the record straight.

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The NY Sun reports:

Contrary to published reports, a State Department memorandum at the center of the investigation into the leak of the name of a CIA operative, Valerie Plame, appears to offer no particular indication that Ms. Plame's role at the agency was classified or covert.

Read it here.

Again, the truth of the matter isn't what is important, the speculation and innuendo that has been widely broadcast for months has served to undermine the credibility of the Bush administration. Now his critics will simply say "never mind" and move on to the next false allegation.