May 04 2008

Political Blogging Is A Cruel Mistress

Published by Rich Horton at 4:59 pm under Blogosphere

Case in point today from the Daily Kos:

With a handful of exceptions, many members of the press refuse to hold McCain to the standards against which the Democratic candidates are being measured.  Accordingly, McCain has galloped by stumbles that may have doomed any other candidate: confusing Shiite (Iran) and Sunni (al Qaeda), not knowing whether contraceptives prevent the spread of HIV ("you've stumped me"), etc.  

The usual leftosphere meme…but I first read this in my Bloglines reader which saved the original version of this story for posterity.

How's that irony working out for ya?

5 Responses to “Political Blogging Is A Cruel Mistress”

  1. # Quilly Mammothon 04 May 2008 at 7:08 pm

    The benefits of the internet is that when you make a mistake you can correct it…and that someone usually has a copy of the original.

  2. # old_dawgon 05 May 2008 at 6:40 am

    I suspect that the MSM is just holding all of their ammo for the general election. Then the gloves will come off.

  3. # cliftoon 05 May 2008 at 11:03 am

    The screenshot appears to say “confusing shiite and shia”, or is my acuity crooked? That sounds more like the Kos standard of accuracy.

  4. # Uncensored » OOPS!on 05 May 2008 at 2:40 pm

    […] See the yellow highlights. They were criticizing John McCain for not knowing the difference between Shias and Sunnis (He did but was unduly deferential to Joe Lieberman). But, in criticizing McCain, Kos showed above that THEY certainly did not know which was which. They actually thought that Al Qaeda was Shia! Full story at Blue Crab […]

  5. # Rich Hortonon 05 May 2008 at 2:49 pm

    You got it clifto…thus the irony.