The
Washington Post looks into the origins of "Sarah had Bristol's baby" rumor.
When Markos Moulitsas saw that one of the contributors to his liberal blog was accusing Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin of lying about her 4-month-old baby, he was a bit skeptical.
"I feel a little weird about the questions being asked," he says. "But I also feel a little weird about saying, 'Shut up, people.' It takes a lot for me to step in and squash what's on Daily Kos."
In less than 48 hours, the allegations by a Kos diarist known as ArcXIX ricocheted into the mainstream media...
He feels weird about saying "Shut up"? Bullshit, Moulitsas. You had no problem shutting up anyone who tried to combat the incessant smears against Bill and Hillary Clinton published in your Cheeto-hued cyber-rag. Remember the "darkened video" smear? The RFK smear? The "fairy tale" smear? The NAFTA smear, in which the Cheeto-heads falsely ascribed Obama's
real backdoor chicanery to Hillary Clinton?
Lots of people tried to knock sense into the Kossacks. And Moulitsas told 'em to
shut up.