"With apologies to the Cheney friend who received the pellet facial, the incident was funny." Brent Bozell the Third

The apologists, true believers and sycophants on the right have reached a point where a thundering defense of the Bush Administration has become automatic and involuntary. Truth is immaterial; facts are bothersome distractions, and basic decency is easily sacrificed.

To these people there's no problem if something untoward occurs. If, say, you're caught lying about weapons of mass destruction, or your top aid gets indicted for lying to a grand jury, or the Vice President shoots another person, or you bungle the response to a disaster that wipes a city from the map, no problem. You simply blame (in descending order of importance and frequency):

1. The press
2. The far left
3. Bill Clinton
4. The ACLU
5. Europe

Preceding any of these scapegoats with "Bush hating" also helps the cause.