[fightinJAG]

The irony is that one of the things that greatly strengthened the ability of the LSM to make their lie stick was Dubya’s general and falling unpopularity — which was based primarily on conservatives deserting him over various issues.

His popularity would never have tanked as much as it did if he had only lost Independents and wayward Rats. It was conservative disapproval that took him into the poll cellar and left him with little political capital.

Same with Blair and the Left abandoning him. The thing about Blair, though, was that his base disagreed with him on the war from the get-go. They just disagreed with him more as time went on.

[RatRipper]

The irony is that one of the things that greatly strengthened the ability of the LSM to make their lie stick was Dubya’s general and falling unpopularity — which was based primarily on conservatives deserting him over various issues.

I agree. He ticked me off on prescription drugs and illegal immigration, but I never waivered on WMDs in Iraq. I remember the satellite convoy pictures, reports of movng them to the Bekaa Valley and evidence left on the scene in storage facilities. It was pretty clear to me all along what the MSM was doing.