Pretty intriguing title, yes? I thought so when I saw the same title at Powerline. "Oh, boy," I thought. "We’re going to finally learn where the WMDs went!" But the Powerline post wasn’t answering. Instead, it linked to an interview at Frontpagemag.com with one of the former UNSCOM inspectors. The interview was also provocatively entitled "Where The WMDs Went". "Oh, … Read More
Google Proof
As silly and stupid as Michelle Malkin can be, the guest bloggers on her blog take great pains to top her obtuseness. Take Bryan Preston and his post titled "Did Bush Lie? Google It!" He urges (many many many times) for readers to google the phrase "Clinton Iraq 1998". And, for good measure, he throws in a helpful graphic for … Read More
Reading Comprehension Problems
The boys at Powerline are supposed to be smart, being lawyers or what not, but it is simply amazing how poorly they are at understanding very simple things. Take this article, which purports to summarize a Washington Post story about the Civil Rights Division of the Justice Department. Powerliner Paul writes: The sub-title ("Veterans exit division as traditional cases decline") … Read More
InstaJerk
The number-one trafficked blogger, Glenn Reynolds, actually takes a stand, but it’s from a dusty playbook: BUSH SLAMS HISTORICAL REVISIONISTS ON THE WAR: About time. The White House needs to go on the offensive here in a big way — and Bush needs to be very plain that this is all about Democratic politicans pandering to the antiwar base… First … Read More
“Unhinged” Begins At Home
I’ve been having fun with Michelle Malkin lately re: her recent attempts to protray all liberals as "unhinged". But this beats all: Suddenly, [he] turned to me, yelling "Don’t take my picture…" I wondered why he was yelling, but lowered my camera. There were other, equally important people whose pictures I had yet to take. Suddenly, he lunged out at … Read More
Michelle Hurt By Hurtful Thongs
Michelle Malkin has her knickers in a twist about Plamegate-related material which you can purchase at CafePress.com (an online service which makes custom-made merchandise based on whatever design you give them). Yes, I agree that thongs bearing the image of Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald are a little odd. But Michelle — being, you know, Michelle — predictably uses such items … Read More
Punditry Gone Amok
This is an incredible piece of wishful thinking, spin, and rationalization from conservative blogger Tom McGuire at Just One Minute. McGuire starts his story by quoting from the "always interesting, sometimes accurate" (McGuire’s words) WorldNetDaily. You know you are in for a treat when the basis for a wingnut post starts out with WorldNetDaily (heck, even McGuire acknowledges that the … Read More
Ornicus 2; Malkin 0
On the heels of a great post fisking Michelle Malkin’s diatribe of a book "Unhinged: Exposing Liberals Gone Wild, David Neiwert returns to the topic to point out "journalist" Malkin, well, lies.
An Amazing Paragraph
The whole post is lunacy, but the first paragraph alone is full of astonishing lies and wishful thinking. This is what John Hindrocket says at Powerline: The Democrats appear to be putting all their eggs in the pre-war intelligence basket, but why? Certainly not because they actually believe it’s a legitimate issue. We believe it is a legitimate issue. End. … Read More
But Clinton Said So…
The silliest talking point coming out of the right these days is actually a rather old one. It’s the point that "everyone thought there were WMD". To bolster this talking point, winger inevitably offer up statements by President Clinton. I’m not sure this what wingnuts think this appeal to Clinton is supposed to do. Do they think liberals all worship … Read More
Humbled
What I tried to do here ("Michelle Malkin – Queen of Bullshit"), Ornicus did 100 times better here. A sample: It isn’t Democrats who sprayed racist, pro-Bush graffiti on Democratic campaign HQ in Sacramento, or stole computers from Democrats in Ohio, or set campaign signs afire in Louisiana, or spread blood and innards around the front door of Bush critics. … Read More
Stupid Wingers Roundup
Shorter Jason: The fact that Jimmy Carter was fooled in 2003 by the Bush Administration’s overstating of WMD intelligence means that the Bush Administration didn’t mislead anybody. Shorter K-Lo at the Corner: The fact that Jay Rockefeller was fooled in 2002 by Bush Administration’s overstating of WMD intelligence means that the Bush Administration didn’t mislead anybody. Shorter Leon H: I … Read More
A Racism Primer For Wingnuts
Conservative blogs today are all out-of-joint because certain people have attacked Lt. Gov. Michael Steele, a black Republican. The Washington Times is stirring the brew, with articles saying things like this: Delegate Salima Siler Marriott, a black Baltimore Democrat, said Mr. Steele invites comparisons to a slave who loves his cruel master or a cookie that is black on the … Read More
Ignoring Whig
My jaw dropped when I read this crap from Glenn Reynolds at MSNBC: Perhaps Reid should look at this Senate Intelligence Committee report on Iraqi WMD, which found that errors in intelligence on Iraqi weapons of mass destruction didn’t stem from White House pressure, but from groupthink and systematic failure within the Intelligence Community: The Committee found significant short-comings in … Read More
Michelle Malkin – Queen Of Bullshit
Wow. Just when you think she can’t out-do her slimy self, Michelle lowers the bar. As a promotion for her new book about "unhinged" Democrats, Michelle posts mug shot photos — 26 of them by my count — of people you never heard of, but who supposedly are Democrats. They include people like Samuel Meseck. Who is Samuel Meseck, you … Read More