The Bush administration has great difficulty in trying to remember all the diverging lies they have constructed over the years.
In today's NY Times there is an article about the Bushies trash talking about how Bush stayed on message "accountability is for woosy Democrats".
Mr. Bush's advisers said that the president had anticipated the line of inquiry at the news conference.
One adviser said the White House had examined polling and focus group studies in determining that it would be a mistake for Mr. Bush to appear to yield.
The advisers said there were pragmatic considerations in his response to the challenges to his policy. Most obviously, they said, Mr. Bush did not want to give an answer that Mr. Kerry might use against him in the campaign. In addition, they said, any suggestion of error might undercut Mr. Bush's standing with his most fervent supporters and thus complicate his efforts to challenge Mr. Kerry on this issue.
"It would really damage him tremendously with his base," said one Republican close to the White House.
So I guess Matt Dowd is earning his paycheck after all!