Last night a handful of us conservative bloggers were spinning trying to confirm or deny an Arianna Huffinton story that said that Vice President Cheney was rushed to a Vail, Colorado hospital for heart problems.

Apparently, that story was poppycock. But, that's not stopping those darn liberals from saying that the White House isn't telling the truth and wishing death on the Vice President.

Despite the only facts in the case that Arianna Huffington could muster are highly speculative and also despite the fact that the VP was on a scheduled visit there these liberals still think the White House is lying.

This is a significant problem in liberalism today; throw out logic and only listen to stories that can be so easily dispelled that you have to attack others to maintain the fraction of an ounce of credibility the story had.

Fact of the matter is I think Arianna Huffington blew it on one of her first attempts to cover or create news. This could be a trend in the future for her (the next memogate starts at The Huffington Post?) and I wouldn't be surprised if she kept to her word despite the obvious fallacies in her story.

One thing is for sure, don't expect an actual apology.

UPDATE 1332 MDT: The Huffmeister has removed the comments from her site. That's really good and bad. It's good because it shows a higher moral ground than what I was expecting. It's bad because those peaceful liberals won't be able to spit their venom there anymore.

Have no fear. I have the entire page saved to my hard drive the last comment that I captured is timestamped at 1355.

UPDATE by Rusty: Yeah, it's kinda late, but Jeff Quinton wanted me to let y'all that he's following this too.

Posted by: Chris Short at 11:10 AM | Comments (9) | Add Comment
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1 I don't take the HP seriously whatsoever. Since day one they have been thieves, ie, hotlinking to others pictures. They should just call themselves the DU Lite.

Posted by: William Teach at June 25, 2005 12:44 PM (IRsCk)

2 The reason Memogate was a thing is because it was CBS News. If it had been the Rocky Mountain Bugler or something, it would have been a much smaller story. At this point, Adrianna can print that she thinks the White House was built on an Indian burial ground and that the First Lady is possessed by a malevolent spirit if she wants to. Nobody would care. Hell, given her readership, I'm not even sure anybody would notice.

Posted by: Jeff Harrell at June 25, 2005 02:06 PM (KZlQC)

3 LOL. I wonder if someone was here at The Jawa Report before commenting at THP. A guy named Mike called her blog "DU Lite."

Posted by: William Teach at June 25, 2005 03:53 PM (HxpPK)

4 Of course, by deleting comments that show leftards for what they really are, they allow themselved plausible deniability in '06 when every little detail will be dragged under the campaign trail microscope. If they were sincerely objective, like Rusty is, then they would let all comments stand, because isn't deletion censorship?

Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at June 25, 2005 04:10 PM (0yYS2)

5 think these people are the kind who watched every single episode of The X-Files and beleived it all????

Posted by: THANOS35 at June 25, 2005 08:00 PM (kDAye)

6 No bet Thanos, no bet. They LIVE the X-Files, black helicopters and all.

Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at June 25, 2005 10:24 PM (0yYS2)

7 These are the type of people a liken to the French Revolution: Demand justice, equality, democracy, etc, etc... Then, when you're in power, you start lopping the heads off of everyone who opposes you. Hypocrites.

Posted by: Zuke at June 26, 2005 03:05 AM (wcj6N)

8 "Then, when you're in power, you start lopping the heads off of everyone who opposes you." They not only murder those who oppose them, but also those who possess something they want. Most revolutions have a singular economic effect in that they tend to concentrate wealth in the hands of a very few individuals. This feature as much as any other illustrates plainly why the socio-fascist leftards must not be allowed to gain further power. Mark my word, we will be fighting them in the streets within five years at this pace. Buy guns, buy ammo, and be prepared to fight.

Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at June 26, 2005 04:49 PM (0yYS2)

9 ppiigfat ppoiuyrtkus fuk u

Posted by: BUSH LIES - SOLDIERS DIE at June 26, 2005 08:54 PM (FV4oJ)

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