The Boys who cried “Fake Memo!”
The Memogate scandal in which forged documents harmful to President Bush were presented as genuine on CBS’s 60 Minutes program might have given a little bit too much confidence to some on the right.
A memo circulated a few weeks ago contained alleged Republican talking points for the Terri Schiavo situation, including one bullet point that read “This is a great political issue.” Powerline, famed for breaking the Memogate scandal wide open, jumped all over this, claiming the document to be a fake.
Now, a staffer of Florida Senator Mel Martinez has claimed responsibility for the memo, and resigned. Oliver Willis will have a “Righty Retraction Countdown” post up any minute now.
What I want to know is this: why did anyone need a memo to show them that Republicans were milking this issue for all it was worth? “Fake, but accurate” has morphed into “true, and accurate” without surprising me in the least.
(via AlphaPatriot)
