Novak Floats New Dowd Smear: Bush’s Former Chief Campaign Strategist Is Just A Partisan Democrat

[babylonsister]

http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/04/novak-dowd-smear/

Novak Floats New Dowd Smear: Bush’s Former Chief Campaign Strategist Is Just A Partisan Democrat

When former Bush strategist Matthew Dowd first publicly criticized President Bush, conservatives questioned whether “emotions” over his son’s deployment to Iraq were having an “impact” on his judgement. This talking point, which was repeated by President Bush during his press conference yesterday, has been sharply criticized as “insulting to the hundreds of thousands of Americans whose sons, daughters, sisters, brothers and spouses have served or will serve in Iraq.”

So conservative pundit Robert Novak has stepped in to offer a new strategy for smearing Dowd.

In his political report today, Novak tests the waters for a new attack on Dowd’s credibility, claiming that he is acting with partisan motivations:

Dowd views Bush as trapped within a bubble formed by his closest advisors, and blind to the public’s demand for withdrawal from Iraq. Some Republicans, however, question this sudden reversal, particularly since Dowd is a former Democrat and he expressed interest in working for Sen. Barack Obama’s (D.-Ill.) presidential campaign.

So desperate to undermine Dowd’s criticism of Bush’s Iraq strategy, the right wing is incredulously claiming that the man who dedicated six years of his life to getting President Bush “to the Oval Office and keeping him there” is really just a partisan Democrat.

[Supersedeas]

1. it was only a matter of time.

[brooklynite]

2. Yes, this is clearly BILL CLINTON's fault...

He no doubt connived with Dowd to "break" with the Democratic Party and insinuate himself with Bush KNOWING that W would eventually get into a foreign policy crisis at which point Dowd could break with him and further weaken his presidency...

[blm]

3. Clinton's old friend and adman, Mark McKinnon, is still with the dictatortot, though.

Hmmmmm.....

[necso]

4. Shamelessness; a distaste for the truth;

a fondness for posturing; the ability to tell third-rate lies and pound transparent propaganda while keeping a straight face; kneepads; total unscrupulousness; toadyism; a complete lack of concern about appearing inconsistent, hypocritical, foolish, moronic, out-of-touch, and insane: neocon-shill job-requirements.

[blm]

5. They are ready to smear this man as unbalanced because they fear that ELECTION FRAUD could be about

to spill, now that Waxman has directed Bush 2004 campaign to preserve all emails.

[babylonsister]

6. I PRAY you're right, blm! nt