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George Romney, you will recall, derailed his candidacy in the Vietnam era by declaring that he'd been "brainwashed" by generals and the White House on his visit there.

Who, people asked, wants a President who can be brainwashed?

And who, we may ask, wants a President who doesn't know Bush is a liar? (Jesse Barney, via Atrios).

PS: Jesse, Barney: the die was cast for the Iraw war long before the "product rollout" following Bush's summer vacation. Once we'd positioned the troops and supplies there, we were going in, and that started happening months before the marketing campaign. Another classic case of "Watch only what they do," since whatever they say can be utterly discounted.