It's one story that would seem to be of interest to the New York Times political blog "The Caucus" -- the nutty rants of the left-wing Huffington Post community and others, after Tuesday's news that a suicide bomber had blown himself up outside a military base in Afghanistan where Vice President Dick Cheney was staying.
Many Huffpost commenters posted regrets that the bomber had not managed to assassinate Cheney (the offensive comments have since been removed from the site, but Michelle Malkin reprints some and has a link to the full slimy set).
It's not as if the Times has been slow to blame conservative blogs -- even commenters on conservative blogs, as was the case at the Huffington Post -- for such alleged sins as CIA stoogery, anti-Semitism, and attacking the morality of local Democratic politicians. But the Times has apparently yet to address the it's-too-bad-Cheney-didn't-get-killed story, either in its news pages or its political blog.
We wait to see whether "The Caucus" covers the wishful thinking about a Cheney assassination by the left-wing Internet community.
In the meantime, here's the top of a Tuesday afternoon posting from blogger Sarah Wheaton in which she claimed of a Hillary policy speech:
"In only 20 minutes or so, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton hit an impressive array of high notes. She was speaking, mainly, to convey her capacity for big, serious ideas contained in her new clean energy bill (more on that later)." Yeah!
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It's hard to take those death
February 28, 2007 - 14:20 ET by balboaIt's hard to take those death wishes seriously.
Right
February 28, 2007 - 14:25 ET by iveseenitallRiiight! Just laugh them off. ( unless their against Algore or some other media darling ). Liberal hypocrisy knows no bounds.
NEVER,NEVER trust a liberal
I'll laugh them off because
February 28, 2007 - 14:32 ET by balboaI'll laugh them off because the "death threats" are made by messageboard kooks.
kooks
February 28, 2007 - 14:38 ET by iveseenitallKooks act on the threats.
NEVER,NEVER trust a liberal
they're
February 28, 2007 - 14:41 ET by iveseenitallthey're (sp)--sorry on first post
NEVER,NEVER trust a liberal
Bal, this is one of those thr
February 28, 2007 - 14:45 ET by Roger the ShrubberBal, this is one of those threads where being a water-carrier for the Left becomes very tedious for readers like me. Save your contrarianisms for topics that are actually defendable. You are coming off sounding like a whiny apologist here, and I know you are better than that.
I know, but it just seems l
February 28, 2007 - 14:49 ET by balboaI know, but it just seems like a waste of energy to get worked up about what some nutballs on the Huff messageboard are saying.
So is it all right to call
February 28, 2007 - 15:01 ET by Mean Gene Dr. LoveSo is it all right to call up or send letters to the White House saying the same things? What's the difference?
Do you think Cheney is laughing them off?
Gun Safety Tip #8: No matter how responsible he seems, never give your gun to a monkey. (www.imao.us)
I don't think Cheney is tak
February 28, 2007 - 15:07 ET by balboaI don't think Cheney is taking them very seriously.
It's not OK to send letters directly threatening the VP.
I don't think you take much o
February 28, 2007 - 15:16 ET by gfrrmanI don't think you take much of anything seriously...
O.K....say a person is arre
February 28, 2007 - 15:17 ET by Mean Gene Dr. LoveO.K....say a person is arrested on drug charges, and while searching his house the authorities come across a community diary (blog, or whatever) with several entries saying things of the nature the 'Huff-tards' have been writing. This person just went from a minor drug charge to a very serious conspiracy charge to kill the vice-president.
The big deal is that these people may not actually act on their feelings, but say someone did take out an attack Cheney and killed him, these people would be over-joyed...I would be willing to bet there would then be posts singing things like "ding-dong, the witch is dead" and glorifying the act and the perpetrator.
It is sick and it is wrong...no matter what the political persuasion.
Gun Safety Tip #8: No matter how responsible he seems, never give your gun to a monkey. (www.imao.us)
Death Threats
February 28, 2007 - 17:51 ET by ontherightI bet the Secret Service is taking it seriously, just like they did when they served the Clintonistas...even though the Clintons despised and mocked them.
Who else was watching last
February 28, 2007 - 15:13 ET by DyneWho else was watching last Saturday's America's Most Wanted when John Walsh showed some of the death threats he'd received? He said that, even though they were fake, receiving one can be terrifying. People who make jokes about it really have no idea how seriously a recipient of a threat will take said threat and may certainly become more than willing to defend himself.
If I were to receive a death threat, I wouldn't hesitate to employ a means of self-defense either by martial arts or firearms. If someone jumps out of an alley, brandishing a knife, be it real or rubber, I'm not going to take the time to find out which is which. The sad thing is a lot of people have been shot by cops because they thought they'd be funny and pull a toy gun on 'em, and officers aren't trained to ask questions, they're trained to pull the trigger if a weapon is drawn on them.
"I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is to try to please everyone." - Bill Cosby
The point you ignore is that
February 28, 2007 - 15:10 ET by gfrrmanThe point you ignore is that if this were "right-wing-nutballs" the MSM would be beating this to death 24/7, lead news stories... It would defintely be called "hate speech" then!!
Yep Reagan and JFK probably d
February 28, 2007 - 17:10 ET by Dan The Man 2Yep Reagan and JFK probably did not take them too seriously.
Nuke em til they glow then shoot em in the dark. -- save my gun, shoot a liberal.
islamofascists say EXACTLY th
February 28, 2007 - 14:49 ET by upcountrywaterislamofascists say EXACTLY the same thing, evil has no origional thought.
Good is simple- evil is compl
February 28, 2007 - 17:15 ET by CarpareusGood is simple- evil is complicated.
Compare the response to thi
February 28, 2007 - 15:00 ET by Tom1969caCompare the response to this to the hysterics following Ann Coulter's comment that "it's too bad McVeigh didn't blow up the NYT building..."
Left-wingers wish for death of vice president = good
Right-wingers wish for death of MSM = bad
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Grammar Tip of the Day:
The phrase "I support the troops" should never be followed by the word "but".
But consider the source: on
February 28, 2007 - 15:11 ET by balboaBut consider the source: one is about acerbic comments from anonymous messageboard nuts, the other was from a "respected" pundit, a public figure. They're not the same thing.
How about those on the left
February 28, 2007 - 15:18 ET by Tim the EnchanterHow about those on the left try a little respect and civil discourse? The people who hold these offices, like it or not, were elected according to the laws of this great nation. Think what you want about the individual (are any of us truly worthy of anything?), but respect the office they hold. Remember Polonius's advice: "Give every man thine ear, but few thy voice." Or my mother's sagacious advice: "If you can't say something nice about someone, don't say anything." (Of course, I just hypocritically disregarded this on another thread, but at leat it wasn't a death threat or wish!)
gee, bal
February 28, 2007 - 15:38 ET by tumbler_2007It's very true; Cool Ann is really a respected pundit.
She was saying something correct, we all know the New York Times deserves that rhetoic; she had the guts to voice it for us all.
Kind of a double standard,
February 28, 2007 - 17:49 ET by balboaKind of a double standard, isn't it?
Double Standard
February 28, 2007 - 17:59 ET by ontherightIs that like the Algore double standard? Everyone else MUST decrease their carbon footprint, but he is exempt...?
If the Al Gore story is tru
February 28, 2007 - 18:06 ET by balboaIf the Al Gore story is true, then yes.
I don't wish death on anyon
February 28, 2007 - 17:20 ET by rainlillieI don't wish death on anyone, especially someone like
Cheney, because people would make a martyr out of him. I'd rather see him spend
the rest of his days in prison for having a hand in outing a CIA agent. Maybe he
and Libby can be cellmates.
"Ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy
justice can have."
She's baaaaack!!!
February 28, 2007 - 17:23 ET by Tim the EnchanterShe's baaaaack!!!
Do you wish the same for th
February 28, 2007 - 17:25 ET by Tim the EnchanterDo you wish the same for those kind folks who used to publish CounterSpy? Let's see you get out of this one!
Or how about the staff of the
February 28, 2007 - 17:38 ET by BDOr how about the staff of the NYT who REGULARLY reveals secret programs and operations? Should THEY be in jail Rainlillie?
The DUmmie speaketh... &qu
February 28, 2007 - 17:27 ET by MightyMouthThe DUmmie speaketh...
"There are two types of people in this country; those who provide freedom and those who enjoy it." MM says...
Well then when he does out a
February 28, 2007 - 17:30 ET by gfrrmanWell then when he does out a CIA agent I'll join in that. Until then Valerie Plame will be remembered as just another desk jockey working at the CIA. No one has been charged with "outing" a CIA agent.
rainlillie,For the 4,597th ti
February 28, 2007 - 17:31 ET by Dave Rrainlillie,
For the 4,597th time, Valerie Plame was not a covert agent, so even if Cheney had divulged her name, which he didn't, it would not have mattered.
You are profoundly ignorant. Possibly even stupid.
I hate newspapermen.....I regard them as spies.....If I killed them all there would be news from Hell before breakfast. -Gen. William T. Sherman
Dave I have to point out you
February 28, 2007 - 17:37 ET by Dan The Man 2Dave I have to point out your grammer error. Did you not mean to say she is profoundly stupid and possibly ignorant.
Nuke em til they glow then shoot em in the dark. -- save my gun, shoot a liberal.
Dan,LOL, it was those two yea
March 1, 2007 - 07:33 ET by Dave RDan,
LOL, it was those two years I spent in a government school. :-O
I hate newspapermen.....I regard them as spies.....If I killed them all there would be news from Hell before breakfast. -Gen. William T. Sherman
"Ignorance, allied with
February 28, 2007 - 17:32 ET by Mean Gene Dr. Love"Ignorance, allied with stupidity, is the most stale enemy conservatives can have."
Gun Safety Tip #8: No matter how responsible he seems, never give your gun to a monkey. (www.imao.us)
Conservatives on rainlillie
February 28, 2007 - 17:35 ET by Mean Gene Dr. LoveConservatives on rainlillie...like sharks to chum...
So delicious!
Gun Safety Tip #8: No matter how responsible he seems, never give your gun to a monkey. (www.imao.us)
Outing CIA agent...
February 28, 2007 - 18:03 ET by ontherightDidn't you get the memo? It was Armitage who "outed" the "double ultra secret" identity of Valerie Plame Smart....
Hilarious! Positively hilar
February 28, 2007 - 18:24 ET by NL207Hilarious! Positively hilarious!
Richard Armitage openly admits he's the Novak source in this scene. Robert Novak tacitly confirms it was Armitage after the admission, and babbling fools like this rattle on about some Cheney conspiracy to 'out' a CIA agent who (a) was no longer under cover and (b) whose identity had been compromised many years before by the Cuban Intelligence Service.
Worse yet, dishonest political witch hunters like Patrick Fitzgerald put someone like Scooter Libby on trial for a dubious process crime in connection with his incompetent investigation and then never prosecute the actual leaker after he is exposed. This is akin to prosecuting the Ryder Truck Rental company instead of Timothy McVeigh for the OKC bombing.
If it was such a crime, you would think the actual offender might be prosecuted, would you not? This is proof positive the actual prosecutorial motive is political.
rainlillie - gee - need a hug? How's it feel to get out of the
February 28, 2007 - 18:46 ET by acaiguanarainlillie - gee - need a hug? How's it feel to get out of the padded cell?
I told you those meds were a lot better now.
I sincerely hope you hold it together long enough to make two posts, one of them slightly rational.
ACA
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Quoted from: 'Acaiguana Notes from the Bomb Shelter' (soon to be a movie at theaters near you)
I think the only thing more f
February 28, 2007 - 21:20 ET by Roger the ShrubberI think the only thing more funny than Rainlillie's "triumphant" return to Newsbusters (fresh from her recent work release) is that nobody ever goes to her blog and leaves messages.
Awww, that must be why she's here. She's lonely.... Poor Lillie-poo has no fwiends.
It would be frightening to se
February 28, 2007 - 19:22 ET by HumanEventsIt would be frightening to see what the comments of these left wing blogs would have been had Dick Cheney been killed.
When Bill Clinton had heart surgery I only heard people on the right wishing only the best for him and praying for him, myself included.
Amazing how low some on the left have sunk to. It's sick out there and getting sicker.
Hello........Pinch and his
February 28, 2007 - 20:47 ET by owlpelletsHello........Pinch and his crew are the ones posting this drivel on huff and du...his du handle is "rump ranger 3"
I always wanted to get into politics, but I was never light enough to
make the team.