GOP Smear Sheet

GOP's supposed fact-finding memo about Joe Wilson (Valerie Plame's husband) and the "inaccuracies and misstatements" in his report. Joe Wilson is the author of the NY Times' op-ed that debunked Bush's wrong statement about connections between Saddam and nuclear weapons procurement in Niger. Of course the GOP memo is filled with misleading analysis and chopped up quotations that any astute person can see.

From the Washington Post detailing the strategy to defend Rove:

"The emerging GOP strategy -- devised by Mehlman and other Rove loyalists outside of the White House -- is to try to undermine those Democrats calling for Rove's ouster, play down Rove's role and wait for President Bush's forthcoming Supreme Court selection to drown out the controversy, according to several high-level Republicans."

The response to Rove's involvement in the Plame leak: cover up, defame, spin, attack something proven true. Throw enough crap against the wall and some of it will stick.

Debunking the memo:
TalkingPointsMemo