>>4127604 What if Sully had a microphone in his collar? Wonder what that would do to the Bush reputation?
sul·ly
/ˈsəlē/
verb literary•ironic
verb: sully; 3rd person present: sullies; past tense: sullied; past participle: sullied; gerund or present participle: sullying
damage the purity or integrity of; defile.
"they were outraged that anyone should sully their good name"
synonyms: taint, defile, soil, tarnish, stain, blemish, pollute, spoil, mar; More
literary besmirch, befoul
"he never sullied his lips with foul language"