Danger! Phony Right-Wing Attack Ahead!

It's been a while since I linked to Adam Felber's site, but this post is a real prize. Since Scooter Libby's indictment (not to mention Abramoff, DeLay, Cunningham, Scanlon, etc.), the right-wing punditry has been going nuts trying to find some similar "Oh, yeah?" line of attack on Democrats.

Unsurprisingly, this includes-- but is not limited to-- innuendo. Complete fabrications are welcome as well, as long as keeps the easily-duped stroking their Dubyas.

Had you heard about "Reid-gate?" What? you don’t pay attention to poorly-run right-wing blog aggregators the way I do? Shame…

For those of you without the patience to follow those links, here’s the skinny. An excerpted interview on a Nevada TV station showed Senator Harry Reid mentioning that he’d heard Osama bin Laden might have been killed in the recent Pakistan earthquake. As it turned out, Reid heard that on NPR. But that’s not important right now.

The right side of the media went wild upon hearing this. From the Wall Street Journal’s Website to the tiny tots of the blogosphere, there were calls for Reid’s head, for possibly leaking classified information. The Journal Online’s John “I Used to Write for the Paper Version” Fund got it started with a subscription-only screed entitled “Senator Sieve.” Foxbot Michelle “My Headshot Will Bite You” Malkin ran with the story under the demure headline "HARRY REID: BLABBERMOUTH." The list goes on and on.

I haven't even gotten to the funny parts of the post. There's a reason the man's a professional. On the other hand, the scent of right-wing desperation on the crisp autumn air certainly improves my mood.

The punchline: None of the sites have run corrections of the original story. Standard procedure. Just let it dangle and see who bites....