Who all has the Bush Administraion smeared besides Wilson/Plame? [View All]

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Salon interview of Joe Wilson:

You've suggested there's been an attempt by the administration and the Republican Party to smear you -- to paint you as a hardcore partisan out to undermine the administration. Is that an accurate characterization?

At first I thought what they did to me and my wife was clearly a signal to discourage others from coming forward -- if you come forward like Wilson has, this is what we'll do to you. Since then, there have been a number of press reports to suggest this was pure revenge on the part of the White House -- which is not what one hopes that the public officials who are supposed to be stewards of the nation's security would be engaging in.

Now with respect to Gillespie, I only met him once, when he came off a TV set after saying I was a Gore campaign contributor. And I asked him if he knew that I had also contributed to the Bush-Cheney campaign. And he acknowledged that yes, he did know, because of course it's public information. So I find his selective use of the facts to be disingenuous at best.

I am not a rabid partisan. I'm proud of the service to my country. I pledged 27 years ago when I first went overseas to defend the Constitution of the United States. I've done so throughout my career. I found these charges to be without foundation -- and frankly selectively pointing out that I've contributed to the Gore campaign without mentioning my Bush contribution to be duplicitous.

Why did you contribute to both campaigns?

Well, I take great pride in being an American, and I don't believe either party has a monopoly on wisdom. It did seem to me that when Mr. Bush was running as a compassionate conservative, he was going to be the better of the two candidates. I thought it was important that we have the two best candidates. I contributed to the Bush campaign before they went to South Carolina and engaged in their smear tactics against Mr. McCain and his wife and children. And ultimately, as I look back on , I made a mistake.


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Those smeared by the Bush administration (please add to):

1. Joe Wilson
2. Valerie Plame
3. John McCain
4. Max Cleland

Was Jim Jeffords smeared, or did the Bushies leave him alone after he broke from the GOP in disgust with the Bush Administration?