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To: Sully- who wrote (55317)	2/28/2007 8:15:56 AM
From: Sully-	Respond to of 90947

New Low for the Angry Left? Posted by Dean Barnett TownHall Blog Sorry, Daily Kos – you’re now officially yesterday’s news. With today’s blogospheric reaction to the attempt on Dick Cheney’s life, the Huffington Post has officially and easily surpassed you as the one indispensable stop for readers wishing to sample the fury, bile and idiocy of the sub-moronic left. Before getting to the HuffPo, first let me offer some uncustomary love to the Kossacks. In the one “recommended diary” on their site regarding today’s events in Afghanistan, the Kossacks responded in a relatively dignified manner. “Relatively” is of course the operable term here, but had this happened three years ago the Kossacks would have probably registered their displeasure over the fact that Cheney was still alive. Not anymore. Oh sure, many of the Kossack comments snarked on the Vice President’s physical courage and offered other juvenile insults, but I saw only one comment that seemed to express frustration that the assassination attempt failed. This represents major progress for the site, and reflects well on Markos’ efforts to make the site respectable enough that mainstream politicians will continue to pursue the community’s affections. Markos has well learned the lessons of past embarrassments. The Daily Kos has officially cleaned up its act. At this rate, in another couple of years the Daily Kos will be as boring as MyDD. That’s a good thing for Markos, a bad thing for connoisseurs of left wing lunacy. Fortunately, we’ll always have the Huffington Post, or at least we will until Ariana runs out of money. Goldfarb the Also Indispensable of the Weekly Standard calls our attention to this HuffPo comment thread following a story about the assassination attempt. Here are a few samples: “Geoman 77” (if that’s his real name) opines, <<< “Cheney's spokeswoman said he was fine. Fk.” >>> “ResistanceIsFutile” gets right to the point:, << “St!” >> “Fantanfanny” shows some carefully calibrated outrage: <<< “So Cheney is personally responsible for the deaths of 14 innocent people...and then he waddles off to lunch!! What a piece of st!” >>> “Irual” shows his/her/its outrage by using a lot of exclamation points: <<< “To (sic) bad they missed!!!!!!!!!!!!” >>> “TBD” shows the kind of plucky optimism that made America great: <<< “Better luck next time!” >>> “Pakiman47” waxes wistful: <<< “What a different world we would be living in today if they had succeeded.” >>> “Ncjohn” hears history’s echo: <<< “In 1944 Claus von Stauffenberg's bomb unfortunately missed Hitler. I see the parallel and the inherent risk. This is to that what 9/11 was to the burning of the Reichstag. I am waiting for this effort to obliterate Cheney to be linked to Iran just like 9/11 was purposefully linked to Iraq by the ghouls who control our country.” >>> “Jazzman” sees the same parallel:** <<< “Isn't this the moral dilemma that Deitrich Bonheoffer found himself in when he chose to join a plot to assasinate (sic) Hitler. If we know that Cheney is plotting to light up the entire Middle East region by instigating an attack on Iran, if we know he is lying to do so, if we know that he is launching these wars to line the pockets of his corporate friends, and establish hegemony around the globe, if we know that he intends to hijack civil liberties and destroy constitutional government in this country, should we cheer if someone could stop him before hand?” >>> I was going to offer my own pithy summation of what this all means, but I could do no better than one of the Huffington Post’s lonely voices of reason, BJasinBeetlejuice, who courageously waded into the virtual cesspool to do battle with Angry Left: Some might think the comments on this thread represent a dark day for the Hufftards. I think the light is finally shining on the seething hatred that dominates the angry left. You're just demonstrating what I and a lot of conservative posters have been saying for a long time. It's BDS manifest. We should have a "race for the cure" and colored ribbons or wrist bands or something. Let us have some more, Hufftards! As the great man says, Indeed. Compliments? Complaints? Contact me at Soxblog@aol.com. hughhewitt.townhall.com dailykos.com weeklystandard.com huffingtonpost.com

To: Sully- who wrote (55317)	2/28/2007 8:17:35 AM
From: Sully-	Respond to of 90947

And remember, this is where Nancy Pelosi blogs when she wants to get her message out, and John Murtha, too. This is their base--people who would celebrate a successful attack on the life of the vice president. HuffPo Readers Show True Colors Posted by Michael Goldfarb WorldwideStandard.com After seeing the headline on Drudge, "Attacker Was Trying to Reach Cheney," for some reason my fist thought was to see how the Huffington Post would handle the story. He may be the vice president of the United States, but to the lefties at HuffPo, Cheney is every bit as evil as Mullah Omar, and twice as dangerous. Well, the comments don't disappoint, here's the very first one: <<< "Cheney's spokeswoman said he was fine" Fu@#. >>> If you head over to HuffPo you can read at least 100 more just like it, each lamenting the fact that the Taliban couldn't assassinate the vice president of the United States. And remember, this is where Nancy Pelosi blogs when she wants to get her message out, and John Murtha, too. This is their base--people who would celebrate a successful attack on the life of the vice president. weeklystandard.com apnews.myway.com huffingtonpost.com huffingtonpost.com huffingtonpost.com

To: Sully- who wrote (55317)	2/28/2007 8:22:25 AM
From: Sully-	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 90947

More HuffPo By Michael Goldfarb WorldwideStandard.com We posted this morning on the hundreds of Huffington Post comments railing against the failure of the Taliban to kill the American vice president. It seems that HuffPo caught on, closing down and cleaning out the comments, but not before they became a major embarrassment to the site. Dean Barnett has preserved a few choice comments over Townhall, and Mark Steyn has some interesting thoughts on the matter over at the Corner. The Democratic party's embrace of the Huffington Post, which routinely invites Democratic Congressmen, Pelosi and Murtha included, to blog on the site, makes this whole thing stink even more. Now that they've been forced to shut down the comments section on a story about at an attempted assassination on the vice president of the United States, Arianna ought to ask herself how she attracted a readership capable of spewing such vile, and violent anti-Americanism. And if the Democrats are smart, they'll stay away from the site altogether. weeklystandard.com weeklystandard.com hughhewitt.townhall.com corner.nationalreview.com

To: Sully- who wrote (55317)	2/28/2007 9:54:31 AM
From: mph	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 90947

What did you do in the Great War of Liberation, daddy? I went to Starbucks and left a comment on Arianna’s blog. ROFL!!! But you can add I paid a carbon neutral company to put fluourescent lightbulbs in the restrooms at the Disney Concert Hall... and then I ordered my latte.

To: Sully- who wrote (55317)	2/28/2007 10:28:08 AM
From: Sully-	Respond to of 90947

The Democratic Underground Post Of The Day: Wow! The Bushies Missed (Cheney)! John Hawkins Right Wing News When I heard a suicide bomber had attacked a US base in Afghanistan while Dick Cheney was there (he's ok, although an American soldier and contractor, among others, were killed), the first place I went to was the Democratic Underground to look around for libs who wished Cheney was killed or were spinning conspiracy theories about the incident. Sadly, they did not disappoint. From a thread called, "Breaking MSNBC: Blast outside Afghan base; Cheney unhurt," at the Democratic Underground Forums: <<< orleans: he probably sht his pants over this. then he probably had ANOTHER heart attack. (sure, the blast didn't hurt him but did the heart attack kill him?) just wondering. (am i being too horrible with this?) hey dick: first the plane had mechanical trouble & now bombs are going off up your ss. you ever get the feeling god thinks you're an sshole? * RamboLiberal: Yeah Dick - no fun when the pheasants can shoot back huh? ** Raine: "Yeah someone certainly seems to be out to get him...God must be pssed at him." *** tenaciousradical: I wish he was just a little more pssed off... * saracat: Wow.The Bushies missed! They really want to replace Dick in the worst way! Too bad for them.Darth Vader is still VP! Seriously, why is a VP with a heart condition traveling to a war zone? Anybody? ** bklyncowgirl: Yeah, wasn't there some incident with his plane last week also? If Deadeye gets wacked blame Iran? First Deadeye Dick's plane has mechanical trouble now the Taliban almost blow the old bstard sky high. He must be getting a little nervous. This is starting to sound like a Mafia movie except instead of "The Godfather" we have "The Gang that Couldn't Shoot Straight". Maybe Shrub's purging of the CIA got rid of all the guys who were pros at political assassinations? Would the Vice President getting wasted be a good enough causus belli for war with Iran? *** TheWatcher: Cheney Unhurt; World Disappointed. >>> rightwingnews.com today.reuters.com democraticunderground.com