i think you can make the generalization that this boils down to a philosophical matter of free agency vs. compulsion. conservatives generally favor policies preserving our agency to choose how we want to live our lives: free markets, dereguation, free speech, gun ownership, etc.. democrats are socialists & they aim to compel people to do their will (which they view as enlightened): regulations, environmental restrictions, transnationalism (to circumvent the constitution), punitive taxation levels to redistribute wealth etc..
it’s not completely black & white but i think we can make that generalization. i also believe that socialists will lie, change the frame of reference etc. because they believe the ends justify the means & they’re ideologues. facts don’t change their viewpoint.
btw: that was 500 TONS of yellowcake that was shipped to canada from iraq. wilson/plame are still celebrities on the left though. facts don’t matter.