By now you know that the Cheney/Rumsfeld vacation home story, well, wasn't. The right wing got hold of a New York Times travel piece about Maryland's Eastern Shore and claimed it was an NYT plot to help the terrorists find Rummy and Cheney. Not so fast - it turned out Rumsfeld gave the NYT permission to photograph his house. The Secret Service, who should know, said the article posed no danger to Rummy or the Veep.
So this means the wingnuts are falling all over themselves to issue corrections, right? Last night, Hunter at dKos took a spin around the blogosphere to see whether righty bloggers had published corrections or called off their fatwa against the NYT editors and their kids. They hadn't. Today, Agitprop takes a fresh look to see what a few of the usual suspects are blogging on and whether that correction might be forthcoming:
American Thinker - no correction, and don't you just hate the fucking French and the Dixie Chicks?
FrontPageMag (D.Ho) - no correction - in fact I still think I'm right - obviously Rumsfeld is so intimidated by the NYT that he said the picture was fine with him.
Michelle Malkin - no correction, and I refuse to publish the addresses of liberals ... except when I do.
NewsMax - no correction, and hey - maybe we can put the NYT out of business!
NRO - Jonah Goldberg - no correction worthy of the name, and why does Google hate America?
Powerline - no correction - and let's call the NYT editors traitors again! That's always fun!
Redstate - NO NO NO we won't issue a correction ::stamping feet:: and isn't Hunter stupid? And ... oooh look! A shiny object!
Oh well ... maybe tomorrow. Happy Independence Day!
tags: american thinker rocco dipippo dick cheney michelle malkin rumsfeld war on terror terrorism new york times powerline
What delusional freaks.
Posted by: HelenWheels | July 04, 2006 at 10:41 AM
The stupidity of these wingnut blogs' frothing-at-the-mouth authors never fails to astound and amuse.
Happy 4th, Blogenfreude! Have fun and don't do anything I wouldn't do.
Cheers to all.
*boom* *whooooosh* *boom* *crackle, crackle, whooooosh* *BOOM!*
Posted by: litbrit | July 04, 2006 at 10:55 AM
HW - you should read the Malkin link - perfect example of being hoist on one's own petard ... it's classic.
Posted by: blogenfreude | July 04, 2006 at 10:56 AM
I took the stupid poll at NewsMax and passed on the offer to get Coulter's book for $4.99. I don't think I could sleep at night with that piece of trash here.
Posted by: konagod | July 04, 2006 at 01:14 PM
I feel so much better knowing where Angelo "Rocco" DiPippo lives.
I feel better knowing that treasonous, vitriolic reichwingers are being hoist on their own petard.
Not a lot better, but better.
Posted by: No Blood for Hubris | July 04, 2006 at 01:19 PM
The agita was manufactured, of course. What bothers me is how long it took before anyone at the White House (and this includes the Secret Service) offered up the truth. It’s almost as if they wanted the photographer and his family threatened and killed - which is, of course the real intention. But Bush and his baby terrorists should be very careful of the mad dogs they turn loose upon supposed enemies. Animals like that are notoriously hard to control. If they don't watch out - they will be the ones getting bit.
Posted by: The Fat Lady Sings | July 04, 2006 at 05:06 PM
Freude,
As a run up to next Monday's "massive" *koffkoff* demonstration outside the New York Times HQ, the FReepers got a gathering of their horde in front of the DC bureau of the Times.
Matt Stoller posted photos...wow. I'm so impressed! I bet you could maybe fill a Hyundai Sonata with that horde and have a small FReeper or two left over!
Posted by: actor212 | July 04, 2006 at 05:34 PM
What about the rabid chick at "Atlas Is Not Taking Her Meds"?
Posted by: The CultureGhost | July 04, 2006 at 07:22 PM
Ever since I watched "History's Worst Jobs" on the History Channel, I can't hear the phrase "hoisted on their own petard" without thinking of the Black Adder Elizabethan series. It's a strange train of thought to ride.
Also - I think I might take a vow not to read Malkin ever again, unless I hear that she's talking about *me*. I think my brain might like the vacation.
Posted by: OTTami | July 05, 2006 at 05:42 AM
I completely agree with TFLS: the administration will not be happy until the photographer & his family are rounded up and killed. But better a team of idiot vigilantes do the damage so that the White House residents can go "tsk tsk" and fish in their lake.
Posted by: DivaJood | July 05, 2006 at 06:11 AM
Was it wrong of me to mail-order Mr. Bush birthday pretzels?
Who doesn't love a good pretzel?
Posted by: Tata | July 05, 2006 at 11:45 AM
Jeez it was hard to slog thru the malkin marsh just to get to the good nuggets. What a bizarre nutjob she is. I wonder if she's on the same shit as Atlas?
Posted by: HelenWheels | July 05, 2006 at 12:19 PM
If France wins the World Cup will the wingers' heads explode?
Posted by: Comandante Agi | July 05, 2006 at 03:15 PM
Steve Audio has an email exchange with David Horowitz about it. Amusing reading about those zany wingnuts.
Posted by: Libby | July 05, 2006 at 08:14 PM