Without truth ammo, smear them with 'friends' who are their shrinks

Good one from Crooks and Liars,

Last Sunday on Face The Nation, White House Counselor Dan Bartlett spoke to Bob Schieffer about former Bush campaign strategist Matthew Dowd. In typical Republic fashion, Bartlett goes after Dowd personally rather than speak to the the substance of Dowd's criticisms of George Bush. Bartlett refers to Dowd as a "close friend", then proceeds to talk about his personal issues to give the impression that the situation in Iraq and obstacles he's facing in his personal life have somehow clouded his judgment. This is the same despicable tactic we've seen Republicans use time and time again against former administration officials who dared to speak out against Bush.

With friends like these... So as the Whitehouse Whitewashes comes tumbling down, I have temporarily put aside my quoting Hawaiian music, to be reminded for a moment, and be thankful, of having been raised and influenced by the sage wisdoms of people like Joan Jett. The world would be safer if only more suits were braver (or Democrats had not the spines of jellyfish).

"An' I don't give a damn
'Bout my reputation
The world's in trouble
There's no communication
An' everyone can say
What they want to say
It never gets better anyway
So why should I care
'Bout a bad reputation anyway"

Joan Jett