*[[Matthew Dowd]], a campaign consultant who directedreceived almost a thousand dollars from [[George W. Bush]]'s re-election bidcampaign fund in 2004, told ''The New York Times'' that his son was about to be deployed to Iraq, and partly for that reason he now opposed U.S. policy there and backs a withdrawal. Bush dismissed Dowd's opinion in an April press conference, calling him "obviously intensified" and "emotional."<ref>Editor and Publsher (April 3, 2007) [http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003566742 "Bush Notes Dowd's 'Emotional' Critique of War -- With His Son About to Join Fight."]</ref>
