silence is golden

josh marshall:

"There's one point that's important to remember about the White House's pushback to cover up its collective dishonesty about Iraq... The decisive issue is most often whether the scandalee or the nominee has some committed base of
support, even if it only amounts to a distinct minority.
Virtually all of the arguments the White House is now advancing are transparently ridiculous on their face to anyone who has closely followed this evolving debate over the last three years.

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But that doesn't matter. The White House doesn't need to win any debates. What they need is for their core supporters to have something to say. Anything. And to be able to say it loudly.
The one thing that would be fatal for the White House from its defenders would be silence."