Making the Sh*t flow UP-hill

The Bush administration has become extraordinarily successful in keeping the sh*t rolling downhill. I suggest as a general tactic with any scandalous news story that we spend a little effort repeatedly asking the question: "How far up did this go?". This should be a talking point every day.

Here are some well known examples where they had plenty of time to concoct a story that the bad decisions came from lower than they probably really did.

Again: "How far up did this go?"

1. Valerie Plame's outing
   
2. Torture of prisoners world wide
   
3. Tom Delay's ethics violations
   
4. The deficit
   
5. The Failure to defend against Al Queda at critical times (NYC + Iraq for 2 examples).

Bush has been slime proof, because there is always a time lag between the bad news, and this question. During that time lag, they identify a scapegoat to take the fall, thus keeping dear leader squeaky clean. Can't we get this question on the tips of everyone's tongue? It's simple, and I think it brings down the whole house of cards.