NY Times-Gate (a.k.a. Jayson Blair, the sequel)

Here we go backlash, here we go.....here we go backlash, here we go.....

Good morning gents. Today is a good day. As you may know, yesterday produced that latest liberal hyperventilation about an (supposed) American military setback. The IAEA (The "nuclear watchdog" U.N. organization headed by an Arab), the NY Times and the Democratic Party joined hands and declared that 380 tons of munitions had been looted from a site the US was supposed to secure. Here is some of the reaction:

Senator John Kerry seized on the missing cache as "one of the great blunders of Iraq" and said President Bush's "incredible incompetence" had put American troops at risk.

"It's an outrageous mistake, and one I'm afraid we will pay for for a long period of time," Dr. Madeline Albright said on CNN.

**ABCNEWS Mentioned The Iraq Explosives Depot At Least 4 Times
**CBSNEWS Mentioned The Iraq Explosives Depot At Least 7 Times
**MSNBC Mentioned The Iraq Explosives Depot At Least 37 Times
**CNN Mentioned The Iraq Explosives Depot At Least 50 Times

BUT WAIT!! It couldn't be, could it, that this entire story was a fabrication? That these weapons were looted before we even arrived? That the IAEA knew about this for 18 months but instead chose to release it 8 days before the presidential election? Nahh....it's the New York Times.

Here's the real story:

NBC News reported that on April 10, 2003, its crew was embedded with the
U.S. Army's 101st Airborne Division when troops arrived at the Al Qaqaa storage
facility south of Baghdad. While the troops found large stockpiles of
conventional explosives, they did not find HMX or RDX, the types of powerful
explosives that reportedly went missing, according to NBC.

Once again, this administration outsmarted the libs. This is exactly why we embedded journalists with the troops mother fuckers!!

Besides the fact that yet another story the kerry camp pounced on was a complete fabrication (and yet another msm source has been completely tarnished), what exactly was this forgery - er story - supposed to prove? That saddam did indeed have very bad weapons? That it's possible that large caches of weapons that we knew about before the war can disappear? That Saddam did indeed store weapons that are used to detonate nuclear weapons? Seriously - I want to know the calculus. I mean, what was kerry expecting from his use of this latest forgery? To bring the iraqi war (which bush leads on in every poll) to the forefront?

I mean, I know this latest exuberation from a (supposed) american military setback indicates that the libs are indeed waiting to pounce on bad news. But of course, they nonetheless "support the troops", right? Just like abu ghraib indicated "widespread" abuse and criminal "policies." The libs thought it wasn't possible that those were isolated incidents, just like they think it's not possible that these weapons disappeared before we had a chance to secure them (like the other 240,000 tons we've either destroyed or secured thus far - 1000 times the amount in question).

I love how people that "support the troops" never seem give them the benefit of the doubt (when the president has an (R) next to his name anyway). What should we expect from a guy who started his political career by testifying that american soldiers in vietnam systematically cut off ears, raped, pillaged the country side in a manner reminiscent of Genghas Khan? but he supports the troops? Is there any question why the military supports Bush by more than a 3 to 1 margin?

"Hey - all you baby killers and incompetents, follow me in this great distraction that is the wrong war in the wrong place at the wrong time? Trust me - I support you - you raping, murdering criminals. Follow me and you won't make any more catastrophic mistakes. "

Oh well, come Nov. 3rd, there'll still be some claims of voter intimidation or such that the libs can trot out to undermine public confidence in our system of democracy. Maybe that'll work when the electorate rejects this nonsense .... I mean, when bush 'steals' the election.
Btw, if there really is an october surprise, do you think anyone will still buy it?