White House v. Woodward: Who's lying?

The Washington Post's Bob Woodward appeared on Meet the Press yesterday to talk about his book, State of Denial - take a listen above. I get a tremendous kick out of this entire video clip, specifically White House Press Secretary Tony Snow (of Fox News fame) trying to impugn the integrity of Bob Woodward. Who do you believe?

That's like choosing between used cat litter and Godiva chocolate. Please.

I don't want to say I told you so, but I'm saying I told you so. I blogged a few days ago about how the Mark Foley scandal had derailed the Republicans coming after Woodward for this book. Score! The Foley scandal is about a week old, and here comes the White House. I guess it happened a bit sooner than I thought it would, but hey people, we've got an election in less than a month! Do I think they are lying? Hmmm. Did the Cowboys get their asses kicked yesterday? The answer to both is an obvious yes.

As I've written, I'm listening to State of Denial on audio, and I'll be finished by the end of the week. I'll give you my thoughts on the book this weekend, but I'll give you an early one now.

Woodward has written a stunning indictment of this administration and the lies & half truths we get on a daily basis about the War on Terror and the War in Iraq. It's throughly documented and pretty breathtaking in its scope. It's little wonder that the White House is in a full-court press about the book - we'll see if they can run roughshod over Woodward like they did Richard Clarke and John Kerry. My guess is no, but one thing's for sure - they will sure as hell try. They've got an election to try to win, and they will not lose power and go quietly.