How dishonesty reigns

I don't know if its possible to really choose a far right candidate for worst of anything. But only because there are so many possible candidates. Malkin? Limbaugh? Coulter? Savage Weiner? O'Reilly? Novakula? And those are just a few of the blowhards, how can Karl Rove not be on this list, or innumerable members of the Bush clan and its enablers?

But there is little doubt that Atrios is right and Malkin has earned a special honor in attacking, along with fellow perenial candidate Drudge, the patriotism and other characteristics of Cindy Sheehan. And the source of their allegations, the small newspaper that they dug up an edited interview from in the first in line to Ms. Sheehan's defense.

Here's the reporter on the original interview with Sheehan:

At the time, the Sheehans debated whether to be brutally honest with the president. They had serious concerns about the war. But in the end, they told our reporter, they decided to be respectful. President Bush even kissed Cindy Sheehan on the cheek.

Cindy Sheehan said of her first encounter with the president, "I now know he's sincere about wanting freedom for the Iraqis. I know he's sorry and feels some pain for our loss. And I know he's a man of faith."

But that article, published June 24, 2004, was called into question on Monday following a story in the Drudge Report.

Under the headline, "Protesting soldier mom changed story on Bush," only portions of our story were printed. Left out were the Sheehans' reservations about the war.

The online report claimed Cindy Sheehan "dramatically changed her account about what happened when she met the commander in chief last summer!"

We don't think there has been a dramatic turnaround. Clearly, Cindy Sheehan's outrage was festering even then.

Cindy Sheehan when she had her original meeting with Bush something that never occurs to the likes of Malkin or Drudge, polite and reserved and acted with dignity.

The newspaper itself takes it to them:

"That was the gift the president gave us, the gift of happiness, of being together," she said in the story.

Drudge included that quote in his Monday morning report, but didn't explain that it referred to sharing time with her family, not the president.

There will be no correction from either of those sources naturally. One cannot criticize Dear Leader, especially some mother with a dead kid -- oh the temerity of some Americans thinking they can require an answer out of the man who sent their children to be sacrificed.

Matt Druge is 38, eligible to serve.

Michelle Malkin is 34, eligible to serve.