Let The Distancing Continue -- Or, If One Lie Doesn't Work, Tell Another!

From The New York Daily News:

An angry President Bush rebuked chief political guru Karl Rove two years ago for his role in the Valerie Plame affair, sources told the Daily News. "He made his displeasure known to Karl," a presidential counselor told The News. "He made his life miserable about this."

As I was reading the above-quoted opening paragraph of the Daily News article, I started to wonder what happened to the White House's first attempt to distance Bush from Karl Rove. This happened 11 days ago, when the White House represented that Rove initially told Bush that he was not involved in the outing of Valerie Plame.

My feeling at the time was that this "Bush Didn't Know" angle was . . . now how did I put it -- a crock:

What a crock. The White House has obviously read the writing on the wall and is attempting to put some distance between Karl Rove and President Bush when it comes to this whole Plame TreasonGate Scandal. The administration is now trying to make it look like Bush was on top of things a couple years ago by taking the position that Bush asked Rove the right question and that (gasp!) Rove lied to our president!

So, what happened to the White House's "Karl Lied To Our President" defense? Well, the answer to that question came near the end of today's Daily News article:

A second well-placed source said some recently published reports implying Rove had deceived Bush about his involvement in the Wilson counterattack were incorrect and were leaked by White House aides trying to protect the President.

Sure, the White House was never all that great at lying, but this is getting ridiculous.

UPDATE: Kos has more about all the Bush lying here.