Who Calls This "Unity"?

[NashVegas]

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MISTER DRUDGE SI, NEWSMAX NO: Bill Kristol made a major misstatement in yesterday’s column about Obama. Just like that, Josh Marshal swung into action, snarkily saying that Kristol “forg that fact-checking is important, even in a hit piece.” In this subsequent post, even the superlative Greg Sargent had some fun, rolling his eyes at the idea that Kristol’s misstatement was “based on reporting by NewsMax, of all things.” (By the way, what ever happened to Horse’s Mouth? We could guess—but we hate such vile conduct.)

For ourselves, we got a bit snarky too—when we read these posts. After all, it was just a few weeks ago that many liberal “lovable losers” were happily citing Matt Drudge as a way to trash Hillary Clinton. Just to establish the historical record, we’ve been meaning to post this exchange from the Charlie Rose show, which we mentioned in real time. Let’s see if we have the current rules straight. Citing NewsMax is abhorrent. Citing Mister Drudge is OK:

ROSE (3/3/08): What did you think when they released the photo to Drudge of Obama in tribal clothing?

DASCHLE: What it said to me was that they still haven’t learned, you know. We thought that after the South Carolina experience, where race was raised, that they had been burned adequately. That led them to believe that this isn’t going to work, and that we shouldn’t be exploiting that kind of tactic again. But nonetheless, it happened. It was a desperate move on the part of some—somebody in the campaign. Hillary of course denies it.

ROSE: Are you convinced that it came from the Clinton campaign to Drudge?

DASCHLE: I’m not convinced of it. Drudge said that it had. Hillary has denied it. Barack has accepted her denial. I’m satisfied with that myself. But if it did come from the Clinton campaign—and again, as I said, that is what Mr. Drudge has insisted—I think it’s a desperate move.

Here at THE HOWLER, we’ve always liked Daschle. But in that exchange, you see a major Democrat utterly disgracing himself. To state the obvious, Daschle had no earthly idea if that photo “came from the Clinton campaign.” (By the way, that isn’t what “Mister Drudge” had said.) But he was perfectly happy to say that it had (before later admitting his ignorance). All based on what “Mister Drudge has insisted,” of course.

Has insisted! Simply astounding.

At any rate, please remember the rules—at least the rules that obtain this week. It’s outrageous to take your facts from NewsMax. From Mister Drudge? Please! A-OK!

[MADem]

1. K/R!!!!

Amazing how partisanship will allow otherwise reasonable people to suspend critical thought because of the craven desire to advance their own cause!

It does speak to integrity...or lack thereof.