Now that it’s becoming increasingly clear that Joe Wilson lied and distorted the facts in order to preen in front of the cameras and attack the Bush campaign, shouldn’t John Kerry disavow the guy? After all, Wilson was more than a mere Kerry supporter, Wilson was a designated campaign surrogate and foreign policy advisor. If you troll through Nexis you’ll find numerous articles about Wilson’s role as a de facto campaign spokesman. An NPR story from last February singled out Wilson as a particularly effective spokesman for the Kerry campaign:

In ways that John Kerry never could, on the trail Wilson serves as the embodiment of a man both personally and professionally wronged by the Bush administration. Through Wilson, the Kerry campaign can advance issues and attack figures on the right without Kerry himself becoming personally involved.

I searched the Kerry website for any mention of Wilson and couldn’t find any. Though there was much celebration at the official Kerry blog when Wilson announced his endorsement. And if you Google his site, you can find piles of cached pages where the Kerry campaign boasted, promoted and otherwise celebrated its association with Wilson, including here on their <a href=”http://64.233.161.104/search?q=cache:E2JQ1A4LI0QJ:www.johnkerry.com/endorsements/++”Joe+Wilson”+site:http://www.johnkerry.com&hl=en&ie=UTF-8

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