STEPHEN F. HAYES’ story about the Saddam / Al Qaeda connection continues to be widely ignored. (And for those who keep sending me the link to the Pentagon’s non-denial denial on this, I mentioned it in my first post on the subject — where I also linked Josh Chafetz’s comments on why it doesn’t, in fact, undercut the Hayes story. Read this, too.)

Compare the non-attention that this story has received with the credulous reception of the Center for Public Integrity’s bogus study claiming cronyism in Iraq reconstruction contracts.

But, you see, it has been decided that “Bush lied” in suggesting a Saddam / Al Qaeda connection, and mere evidence can’t be allowed to get in the way of such a trope. Especially with less than a year until the election. Here’s more, if you’re interested.