"Conservatives love to believe anything, no matter how thin, if it will somehow validate their political beliefs."

I think this is more denial than anything else. Standing behind their leader w/o question.

Poll: Bush backers unswayed on WMD

October 22, 2004

WASHINGTON – Nearly 75 percent of President Bush's supporters continue to believe that Iraq either had weapons of mass destruction or a major program to develop them, contrary to official findings, a survey taken this month found.

And three out of four Bush backers believe Saddam Hussein provided substantial support to al-Qaeda or was involved in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, while 56 percent said the Sept. 11 Commission found such ties.