Political Commentary

Some of the filthiest of political filth has been perpetrated by the nutroots. And these smears do NOTHING to help Obama:

The Internet rumors claimed that Sarah's baby, Trig, born four months ago with Down syndrome, wasn't really hers but her daughter's. They plucked some photos from the Internet, photos out of sequence, to make it appear as though Gov. Palin hadn't been pregnant, proving once again that on the Internet, the casualties are credibility and civility. Reading it, you could almost hear the saliva dripping from their teeth as they typed anonymously.

And this:

I don't know if Komodo dragons can type, but their mouths are so full of bacteria that if they bite your leg you'll likely die. This anonymous Komodo was probably in mommy's basement, perhaps with a bowl of Chex Mix and a Diet Coke nearby.

That's the charitable explanation. I really would like to know this person's identity to see if indeed it is some pimply kid in somebody's basement or whether the person was a paid operative. He or she spent a LOT of time on those posts, which were transparently bullshit on their face. The person reminded me a little bit of the notorious "Buckhead" on Free Republic who alleged the Killian memos were forgeries (NEVER proven, by the way).

In the end, it's all about sexism.

By the way, Clinton was as much a victim of it as Palin.

More Palin [Updated]

Instead of apologizing for allowing a hoax to be published on his site and for failing to track down who "ArcXIX" really is, Markos Moulitsas decides to change the subject and point to his bloggers doing the "vetting" of Sarah Palin (of course not Obama):

Moulitsas says he doesn't know who the anonymous ArcXIX is -- his contributors decide whether to identify themselves -- but that his site also disclosed that Palin was once a member of the Alaskan Independence Party, which has pushed for a vote on seceding from the United States. That was confirmed Monday by ABC News.

"Our people are doing the vetting. Even if some of it is hitting dead ends, other ones are striking direct hits," Moulitsas says. His role, he adds, "is to sit back and let the citizen journalists do their job, and I amplify the stuff that shakes out."

Not good enough, Markos. You need to publicly apologize for allowing the hoax to be published and track down the offender for TOS violations. If you won't do it, somebody else in the blogosphere with the capability should "out" this individual to see if the person has any connection with either presidential campaign or is just a troll.

Update: Markos finally got around to deleting the offending posts.

Another update: A couple of blog comments to note:

No Quarter

Cannonfire