The AP reports today (via Yahoo News):

After fiercely defending his Iraq policy across Asia, President Bush abruptly toned down his attack on war critics Sunday and said there was nothing unpatriotic about opposing his strategy.

"People should feel comfortable about expressing their opinions about Iraq," Bush said, three days after agreeing with Vice President Dick Cheney that the critics were "reprehensible."

But this is nonsense. In his Veterans Day speech, President Bush said explicitly that he was not condemning opposition to his strategy or mere criticism of his administration:

"While it's perfectly legitimate to criticize my decision or the conduct of the war, it is deeply irresponsible to rewrite the history of how that war began," the president said.

Vice President Cheney also directed his comments to those who are making false allegations, not merely offering criticisms:

And the suggestion that’s been made by some U. S. senators that the President of the United States or any member of this Administration purposely misled the American people on pre-war intelligence is one of the most dishonest and reprehensible charges ever aired in this city...

The Democrats' water-carriers in the MSM will not stop peddling this dishonest line that the Bush administration is attempting to quash dissent, but they will be confronted whenever they do so. The truth is too important to allow their lies to go unchecked.

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Also linked at OTB.

Update: Monday morning, 11/21, the WaPo writes the same bogus story. It's almost looks like plagiarism.