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?"
- Valerie Plame's outing
- Torture of prisoners world wide
- Tom Delay's ethics violations
- The deficit
- 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.