Right wing whining works - DHS retracts report on white supremacists and anti-abortion extremists

[ck4829]

If there is anything more pathetic than the entirely phony "controversy" over the recent Department of Homeland Security report, it is the fact that it has now been pulled because of the Right's ridiculous tantrum:

"A contentious "Rightwing Extremism" report that warned of military veterans as possible recruits for terrorist attacks against the U.S. was not authorized, has been withdrawn and is being rewritten, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano told Capitol Hill lawmakers."

The report itself was pretty much useless, but it wasn't inaccurate - and it certainly wasn't controversial or contentious until the Religious Right started screaming that it was an attack on Christ once they realized it presented a good fundraising opportunity.

But now the Right and their allies on the Hill have managed to get Napolitano to apologize and retract the report because of their contrived fit of manufactured outrage.

http://rightwingwatch.org/content/dhs-pulls-extremism-report-after-right-wing-freak-out

Unbelievable!

[bluestateguy]

1. As I have said over and over again, never apologize in politics

even when you are actually wrong. Never apologize. It is a sign of vulnerability that will only be further exploited by your enemies.