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Mike Jones | 10.04.06 - 11:01 pm | #

I think you meant Foley for the headline too =p
Mike Jones | 10.04.06 - 11:02 pm | #

Well if they are both Democrats they should certainly resign.
Jay Severin Has a Small Pen1s | Homepage | 10.04.06 - 11:04 pm | #

Mike,
Read the second entry in the google screenshot.
"Monday that House Speaker Dennis Hastert (D-Illinois) resign after..."

I think John's headline is correct.

This HAS to be deliberate. Whoever is behind this positively believes that their own voter base are idiots.

Buncha scumbags.
Targa | 10.04.06 - 11:05 pm | #

AH yes...my bad ;P
Mike Jones | 10.04.06 - 11:05 pm | #

It will only be a matter of time before the Iraq war will be a war started by Democrats.
Mike Jones | 10.04.06 - 11:07 pm | #

These are disgusting examples of years of conditioning by the Republican party on the American press. Somebody did something wrong = Democrat.
open government | 10.04.06 - 11:08 pm | #

Well, the story it links to now shows Foley as an (R). The story was sourced from AP.
WC | 10.04.06 - 11:09 pm | #

I frankly think everyone in Congress should be a Democrat. Is that wrong? November, ma hunnies.
Blue Gal | Homepage | 10.04.06 - 11:09 pm | #

I am sure they are trying to confuse the voters. Bastards.
druidbros | 10.04.06 - 11:10 pm | #

I hope google stock tumbles for that. These "accidents" are getting way to NovemberFriendly.
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Anonymous | 10.04.06 - 11:11 pm | #

fox news too: http://www.boingboing.net/2006/ 1...dentifies_.html
mikelite | Homepage | 10.04.06 - 11:13 pm | #

WTF? This is obviousness on par with Monty Python's dead parrot sketch (no it isn't). Unreal.
gbear | 10.04.06 - 11:14 pm | #

While the past week may not have been kind to the Republican Party, the events of the last several days need not spell doom for the GOP.

Here are new ads for the GOP we'd like to see...
AvengingAngel | Homepage | 10.04.06 - 11:14 pm | #

I don't know why, but these purposeful "mistakes" are really frightening to me!! They seem very creepy. Even with all the other crap going on.
Angela | 10.04.06 - 11:14 pm | #

FOX and O'Reilly did the same thing. On his show a graphic and heading itentifying FOley as D-FL flashed 3 times throughout his broadcast. A staunch republican show like the O'Reilly factor certainly knows who's a dem and who's a republican. It's one of their talking points, since all other ones aren't sticking. Just disown him and pretent he's one of the other guys. I think this finally shows some desperation on their part.
Raci F | 10.04.06 - 11:14 pm | #

Oh mercy.
Its not enough that they wont take responsibility for their actions in the first place,they have to pull this shit.
I hope all of you repug trolls are paying attention to this.Some party you got there..
pinkobait | 10.04.06 - 11:15 pm | #

Let's not forget the king of hypocrites -- Mr. Family Values himself, Bill "Falafel" O'Reilly!

These people are bullies. And now we see what happens when bullies get worried -- they turn on each other and start bawling like babies!
Clavis | 10.04.06 - 11:17 pm | #

"Well, the story it links to now shows Foley as an (R). The story was sourced from AP."
-they put this garbage out there then issue a retraction.Oh, "sorry".
pinkobait | 10.04.06 - 11:17 pm | #

First Foxnews and now the AP? What is scary is that their "mistake?" will be believed by the simple neocon idiots of the south and midwest.

I live in the South and some of my idiot conservative co-workers believe Foley is a Dem. plant in the Republican party.

The irrational are getting scary!
VomitheKoolAid | 10.04.06 - 11:18 pm | #

You would have to be a complete nincompoop to believe the media is liberal.

But calling it one, sure has worked though hasn't it. It is like our way of life is collapsing and Bush and Republican crooks are at the helm driving it, driving it, driving it.
Anonymous | 10.04.06 - 11:18 pm | #

Well if they want to paint us with that, they probably think it must be really bad eh? Funny.

I hope they burn in whatever hell they believe in.
TalkieToaster | 10.04.06 - 11:20 pm | #

It will only be a matter of time before the Iraq war will be a war started by Democrats.
Mike Jones | 10.04.06 - 11:07 pm | #

You mean, like this?

"Democrats are responsible for the war in Iraq (a.k.a. the central front in the war on terror) because Clinton failed to capture or kill Osama bin Laden and Bush had to do something about the threat."

Not too hard to imagine, really.
WC | 10.04.06 - 11:20 pm | #

i thought the big argument against conspiracies is that someone would come out and tell.

so? where are they? 3 major news sources in one day mislabeling these guys? I'm not hearing anyone saying anything about this... all those people working at these news sources....

why not consider conspiracies on a grander scale then?
being ruled is fun! | 10.04.06 - 11:21 pm | #

Jesus Christ. AP is as stupid as Fox News. Not only can they not remember what party Mark Foley (and now Dennis Hastert) belongs to, but Brit Hume can't do basic subtraction either. C&L readers can try in their own homes -- unlike Mythbusters, this isn't dangerous: Subtract 1973 (the year Monica Lewinsky was born) from 1995 (the year she went down on The Clenis). Most competent non-goddamn-idiots get the answer 22. But Brit Hume kept getting 19. I think that's the answer Rush Limbaugh got as well. Maybe someone switched his Hillbilly Heroin out and put Fucking Stupid pills in his secret bottle.
Slippytoad | 10.04.06 - 11:21 pm | #

ya'll wanna know why i keep calling denny hastert "cookie crumbs"?

it's 'cause that sick muthafucka will take a cookie out of the jar while no one's looking, and eat every last crumb, even the one's done fallen on the floor.

denny, please resign. they got nice weightlifting machines in the slammer down joliet way, maybe there's hope for you yet.
bullfrog | Homepage | 10.04.06 - 11:22 pm | #

Guys, I just checked Google again, the "problem" is corrected now, Mark Foley's name appears as (R) Florida. Some sleazy operative did this on purpose as a psychological warfare but because general rejection some bastard backed off.
Wanger | 10.04.06 - 11:22 pm | #

Let's tally up the AP and FoxNews findings! Dems may have already taken back the House!

Check with them for the Senate and the White House as well!

This is great! These signals from Fox and the AP are just screaming "kick out the leaders and restore order and accountability!"
Mike Outback | 10.04.06 - 11:23 pm | #

Jon Stewart just finished making fun of this. WTF? Seriously.
all hail the hypno toad | 10.04.06 - 11:24 pm | #

If it happens once, it could be an accident. When it keeps happening over and over, it's intentional. There is definatly a pattern emerging here.
Snowball | Homepage | 10.04.06 - 11:24 pm | #

I'm not sure why but I keep thinking of 1984. I just can't figure out why it keeps occuring to me.

/Sarcasm off
AF Comm Guy | 10.04.06 - 11:24 pm | #

Slippytoad | 10.04.06 - 11:21 pm |

"Jesus Christ. AP is as stupid as Fox News."

Nothing "stupid" about it. Deliberate "same old" from the right (Republicans and media).
AConfederacyofDunces | 10.04.06 - 11:26 pm | #

Time to Googlebomb the truth....
cookie jill | Homepage | 10.04.06 - 11:27 pm | #

How long til Rumsfeld is a Democrat.
Bozzytiger | 10.04.06 - 11:28 pm | #

Next thing you know, they'll start calling Lieberman a Democrat!
Clavis | 10.04.06 - 11:30 pm | #

George W. Bush (D-Loserville)
Terrible | 10.04.06 - 11:30 pm | #

Soon they'll be listing Bush as a Democrat.
Snowball | Homepage | 10.04.06 - 11:31 pm | #

3 major news sources in one day mislabeling these guys?

being ruled is fun! | 10.04.06 - 11:21 pm | #

1. Fox
2. AP

Who was the third??

But Brit Hume kept getting 19. I think that's the answer Rush Limbaugh got as well.

Slippytoad | 10.04.06 - 11:21 pm | #

So did Hannity last night. And get this: I was reading some posts on a thread at TalkLeft last night and some rightwinger brought up Monica and said she was "almost as young" as the boy that Foley went after.

Freaking hilarious.
WC | 10.04.06 - 11:32 pm | #

Terrible | 10.04.06 - 11:30 pm |

Darn, beat me to it.
Snowball | Homepage | 10.04.06 - 11:32 pm | #

How long til Rumsfeld is a Democrat.
Bozzytiger | 10.04.06 - 11:28 pm | #

36 hours, tops. They are on a roll.
WC | 10.04.06 - 11:34 pm | #

Wishful thinking onthe Grand Old Perverts part??
S.D. | 10.04.06 - 11:34 pm | #

It's what you call astro-turfing.
Tequila | 10.04.06 - 11:36 pm | #

So, when Bush and Cheney are convicted as war criminals, I guess we can look forward to the media saying they were Democrats.
Hudson | Homepage | 10.04.06 - 11:39 pm | #

Disown your failures, steal others successes.

Pretend democracy crawling meekly behind greedy land sharks with an agenda for the world. No workable plans just an agenda and a prayer and the media in their pocket..
gryphon | 10.04.06 - 11:39 pm | #

Enough of the Foley stuff. Time for the Democrats to get back on track with the 'culture of corruption'. Foley is a distraction.
http://www.pbs.org/moyers/moyers...itol/ index.html

'Culture of corruption' is a much bigger and relevant story, and more within our control. Democrats need to learn how to play this game.
Sid | 10.04.06 - 11:40 pm | #

WC asked:
1. Fox
2. AP
Who was the third??

well, someone much earlier had posted a link over to dailykos. I can't seem to find it now... it was a different source doing the same thing. I could have been AP. I'm not sure.
being ruled is fun! | 10.04.06 - 11:44 pm | #

Yes, Hastert and Foley were doing a CRAPPY job at being a democrat.
johnnyr | 10.04.06 - 11:48 pm | #

Bush is a Democrat too. Read below for details.

Assimilated Press
Read Bush Switches to Democratic Party
Virt | Homepage | 10.04.06 - 11:49 pm | #

It's not going to make a difference anyway. The only ones who will fall for it already vote for republicans no matter what, so the only thing this accomplishes is to further lower the credibility of any news source that posts it. They're making themselves look stupid.
gbear | 10.04.06 - 11:50 pm | #

yes - it was an AP byline!

BOTH AP & FAUX label Foley as a Dem?

Coincidence? I think not!!!!!

Keith O. - will you cover this tomorrow?
old crone | 10.04.06 - 11:50 pm | #

WTF?!!!! That's all I can say...
blahsay | 10.04.06 - 11:51 pm | #

WTF? This is obviousness on par with Monty Python's dead parrot sketch (no it isn't). Unreal.
gbear | 10.04.06 - 11:14 pm |

1. Most people don't pay all that much attention. It's "Dead Parrot Obvious" to bloggers and political junkies, but go take a scientific poll of citizens - or hell, of voters - to see which party they think controls the House. I'd wager money that the small number of voters who really don't know, or who think those evil Democrats do, is large enough to sway an election. "Misprints" create confusion. Get people asking which party these people really belong to, and, well, you've got them asking and wondering.

2. The issue switches from what the Republicans did/are doing to what the media is doing. If we can't trust them to get a simple fact like this correct, how can we trust them to really get the story's details correct? Gee, maybe the Republicans aren't so bad after all. We don't really know, do we? (For the nuance-impaired, that's a hypothetical fool having that stream of unconsciousness, not me.)

Good news? It's a sign of the Grand Oil Party's sheer desperation.

Will it work? I'm still wondering just how the Democrats are going to screw this up.
Karen | Homepage | 10.04.06 - 11:51 pm | #

This is either the biggest newspaper screw up since Dewey v Truman or this is some crap-your-pants-throw-on-a-tinfoil-hat-grab-the- shot-gun-and-head-for-the-celler scary shit.
CD | 10.04.06 - 11:52 pm | #

WC asked:
1. Fox
2. AP
Who was the third??

The third article (Hastert) was Reuters.

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editor | 10.04.06 - 11:54 pm | #

well, at least the neocons will still get the "severely retarded, practically brain-dead and in a wheelchair" vote.

go republicans!!
bullfrog | Homepage | 10.05.06 - 12:03 am | #

do i hear a landslide off in the distance?
bullfrog | Homepage | 10.05.06 - 12:04 am | #

do i hear a landslide off in the distance?
bullfrog | Homepage | 10.05.06 - 12:04 am | #
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According to Sacrborough County, yes, you do
Baba | Homepage | 10.05.06 - 12:07 am | #

Incidentally, this highlights another concern recently raised by Media Matters' Paul Waldman on Joe Scarborough's show. Covering whether FUX News is actually biased toward the right, Scarborough pressed Waldman on whether it actually mattered, since FUX's ratings were dismal compared to those of the big three free commercial network's nightly newscasts. Waldman explained that when FUX deliberately fux something up or covers a sensational, but unimportant story, the germ then spreads to other networks, until everyone is talking about it.

I think this is a perfect example. FUX News labels Foley a Democrat. Some tired and overworked, but otherwise honorable, copy editor at a wire service thinks he erred in putting an R next to the former Congressman's name, so he switches it and sends it over the wire, by when it's too late to do anything about it.

Then some other tired copy editor, in a less-than-stellar moment, has a moment of faux logic, and thinks, well, if Foley is D, and he's in the same party as Hastert, Hastert must be a D. It goes out over another wire.

I have no inside knowledge, so I don't know how these "mistakes" were actually made, but Waldman's comments got me thinking through some possible scenarios.

Wanna see the Scarborough clip? Click here for WMV, and here for Quicktime. Be forewarned, however, Michael Smerconish is on the panel, and his comments about why FUX is the "great equalizer" will make your blood boil. (Of course, the clip within the clip of Carville and Begala on O'Really? is pretty funny.)
Karen | Homepage | 10.05.06 - 12:10 am | #

An older one: (Maybe they'll use this to rehabilitate him. lol)

http://news.yahoo.com/photos/ss/ ...06kellyclarkson

And one more on the story on the right (it's a .pdf link):

http://www.nalc.org/news/bulleti...foley%20d-fl% 22
gooderservice | 10.05.06 - 12:16 am | #

Maybe this is their preplanned October suurprise.

1. Leak info on troublemakers.

2. Label them as democrats.

3. Confuse the media, and therefore the voters.

That kills two birds with one stone. They get rid of some bad apples,and make it look like they were democrats to begin with. If you can't dazzle them with brilliance...
Miss Cellania | Homepage | 10.05.06 - 12:20 am | #

I wouldn't take this too seriously. If you do a regular Google search (NOT Google News) for "Hastert (D", you'll find numerous old news articles labeling Hastert as a Dem. I don't know why this is, probably sloppy reporting.
tigsnort | 10.05.06 - 12:21 am | #

I would like to post a heart felt THANK YOU to who ever it was who collected the evidence and turned it over to someone who would tell us about. God bless you and your family, forever. You are a true patriot.
PATCHANDTUC | 10.05.06 - 12:23 am | #

Foley spoke about the size of a page's feet during one of his end-of-the-year speeches.

http://politicalvideos.blogspot....-foot- size.html
cadejo4 | Homepage | 10.05.06 - 12:23 am | #

Good Catch C&L.

The DNC should take the AP to court for libel. Some sleazy AP reporters need to be fired.
patience | 10.05.06 - 12:28 am | #

Goddamn Liberal Media! When will Fox and AP learn to get their captions straight?
GonzoD | 10.05.06 - 12:28 am | #

For the last 6 years I haven't seen anyone get someones party affiliation wrong. To see it now, more than once in 24 hours makes it very obvious that it's intentional.
JustSaying | 10.05.06 - 12:28 am | #

I take it very seriously, tigsnort. It's too convenient for them to not be able to differentiate between parties when it very suddenly suits them.If it's not deliberate, then it's stupidity or sloppiness on the part of news-gatherers and fact-checkers. And it needs to be highlighted in bright, garish colors that the people reporting the state of the world to us not only can't figure out if the party in power of the House for THE LAST TWELVE YEARS starts with a D or an R, nor can they apparently accurately subtract 1973 from 1995 and achieve the result of 22, instead somehow preferring 19. If they can't figure those things out, how can we trust them to get other important facts straight? Who started the war with Iraq? Who attacked the U.S. in 2001? What party ran the country as our debt went through the roof? What did our President say during his State of the Union Address in 2003?
Slippytoad | 10.05.06 - 12:30 am | #

Gravatar I wouldn't take this too seriously. If you do a regular Google search (NOT Google News) for "Hastert (D", you'll find numerous old news articles labeling Hastert as a Dem. I don't know why this is, probably sloppy reporting.
tigsnort

Sloppy or intentional, I don't want either of them as a Dem.

Let go hang out with Leiberman, not us.
Barry from Alaska | Homepage | 10.05.06 - 12:30 am | #

This is far too coincidental to be an accident. It's a deliberate disinformation campaign, part of the effort to confuse the public about the fact that Foley is a REPUBLICAN.

That's right, America, all the perps in this lurid pedophile sex-scandal are REPUBLICANS.
jimbo92107 | 10.05.06 - 12:30 am | #

Hey did Bill Oreilly issue a correction for labeling Foley a Democrat? Itll be shameful if no Democrat stands up to these propagandists publicly, that would indeed be spineless.
Bozzytiger | 10.05.06 - 12:38 am | #

Just for fun I did a news search on just Hastert and didn't find this headline. The headline from the Mercury News I saw, not a bad newspaper by the way, said this "Hastert blames Democrats for widening scandal surrounding Foley". Yes, the old headline you cite here was dumb, but you have to be seriously brain dead not to know Harstert is a Republican. The folks that really matter in regards to the real future of Hastert of the good people of Illinois. And they already know he's a Republican.
Ecotopian | 10.05.06 - 12:38 am | #

Just for fun I did a news search on just Hastert and didn't find this headline.
- Ecotopian

you can find it here:
http://news.google.com/news? ie=U...ess_com+hastert
editor | 10.05.06 - 12:42 am | #

yes - it was an AP byline!

BOTH AP & FAUX label Foley as a Dem?

Coincidence? I think not!!!!!

Keith O. - will you cover this tomorrow?

I think the louder everyone laughs about it the more likely it is to be corrected in the minds of the generally accepting public. Ridicule works wonders.
Miro | 10.05.06 - 12:49 am | #

This story went out over the AP wire which means it was printed in papers all across the US.

http://news.google.com/nwshp?hl=...=UTF-8& filter=0

It's really hard to believe this was a mistake. Same mistake Faux made too.

Big Brother is watching you | Homepage | 10.05.06 - 12:50 am | #

Goggle is run by Rep. Yahoo is run by Dem. who will you use? Do you have Yahoo?
IN THE COLD | 10.05.06 - 12:50 am | #

um... unless you meant this one (it's actually about Dobson):

Conservative leader urges Christians to vote their values
http://news.google.com/news?ie=U...e&sa=N& start=20
editor | 10.05.06 - 12:52 am | #

Email Goggle so that they can make corrections at

alerts-feedback@google.com
IN THE COLD | 10.05.06 - 12:55 am | #

Google didn't make any errors. The AP ran the story with Foley and Hastert as Dems.
http://news.google.com/nwshp?hl=...=UTF-8& filter=0

It seems all of the online versions have now been corrected, but online viewership is nothing compared to all of the printed versions that ran in newspapers all across the country this morning.

Big Brother is watching you | Homepage | 10.05.06 - 12:58 am | #

Foley: Republican or Democrat?
http://www.tpmmuckraker.com/arch...ives/ 001692.php
Big Brother is watching you | Homepage | 10.05.06 - 1:00 am | #

This is Rove's October surprise... George Bush is a Democrat!
Rasputin | 10.05.06 - 1:00 am | #

This is Rove's October surprise... George Bush is a Democrat!
Rasputin | 10.05.06 - 1:00 am | #

NO the Oct. surprise is that Bush resigns, Chaney takes over, Rove becomes vice president and invades Iran.......
IN THE COLD | 10.05.06 - 1:02 am | #

What more can happen?
A Xenu pedophile!

Foley and Scientology: disgraced congressman linked to CoS?
Here's a snip from a post on citynoise.org:

There's this, from CNN.com:

"An attorney for Foley, a Florida Republican, confirmed Monday that the former congressman is in an alcoholism treatment center. The fax was apparently sent from Clearwater, Florida, but Roth would not say if that's where Foley is being treated."

So, apparently Foley has gone to a detox center in Clearwater, Fl. What's in Clearwater? Scientologists! So, I followed my intuition and did a little Googling, thinking perhaps Foley is drying out with the Sea Org there. This is what I uncovered:
http://www.boingboing.net/2006/ 1...scientolog.html

lol * ∞ = rotfl

Yeap, for more OUTRAGE...

Google:
bohemian grove
http://www.google.com/search? hl=...G=Google+Search
franklin coverup
http://www.google.com/search? hl=...G=Google+Search

THIS is why they want to destroy the internet.
WAKE UP!!!

USS Liberty?
Slaytanic | Homepage | 10.05.06 - 1:04 am | #

Hilarious!

Speaking of clearing up confusion, semi retired pro wrestler and Rennaisance man Mick Foley has issed the following statement. And we quote. "America, I'm not a pedophile. I'm a pro wrestler. You're thinking of Mark Foley. Please stop sending me nasty emails. I don't even have AIM. Thank you for understanding. Sincerely, Mick Foley...aka Mankind...aka Cactus Jack...aka Dude Love. Don't read into the Dude Love thing, It's just a nickname. I swear."
DG | 10.05.06 - 1:04 am | #

Good Old Associated Press ...
[Dobson] touched on the uproar over former U.S. Rep. Mark Foley, D-Florida, who resigned Friday in a scandal over electronic messages he sent to former teenage male congressional pages.
The party affiliation that dare not speak its name.
Late Update: As of about 12:18 PM, the version of the AP story I linked to at the San Jose Mercury News has been corrected. But it must have been what the AP sent out over the wire. So I'm sure there are million more examples of it still out there.

http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com...ives/ 010172.php

Big Brother is watching you | Homepage | 10.05.06 - 1:04 am | #

The desperation is quite obvious. The GOP is calling in every favor they have from the Liberal Media. Makes sense to do this as many Americans don't pay too much attention to who is what party in areas outside their own. Rove is good.

In The Cold - I read that Google was Dem, where did you get the Repug label for them? I know they started lobbying the GOP about Net Neutrality but that makes sense since the GOP doesn't respond to logic or facts but digs cash. Well, and apparently teenage boys have an affect as well but I doubt Google would offer that...

-d
dusty | 10.05.06 - 1:06 am | #

Only in America do we use the word 'politics' to describe the process so well: 'Poli' in Greek meaning 'many' and 'tics' meaning 'bloodsucking creatures'
bascombe | Homepage | 10.05.06 - 1:08 am | #

Sorry wingnuts: the whistleblower was a Republican.
-- Josh Marshall

Big Brother is watching you | Homepage | 10.05.06 - 1:09 am | #

When it rains it pours:

ThinkProgress has a nice scoop on House Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-IL).
http://www.tpmmuckraker.com/arch...ives/ 001711.php

Big Brother is watching you | Homepage | 10.05.06 - 1:12 am | #

I think we should start a petition to encourage people to boycott Google.
johnbrosnan | 10.05.06 - 1:13 am | #

Damn that liberal media!
Laszlo Panaflex | 10.05.06 - 1:25 am | #

My post isn't showing up?
mongoose | 10.05.06 - 1:37 am | #

It's everywhere.

Mark Foley with Kelly Clarkson...marked as a Democrat...

http://news.yahoo.com/photos/ss/ ...r2456039092.jpg
buddhaplex | 10.05.06 - 1:37 am | #

There is also an Ann Coulter screed now about Foley as a "closet democrat", but, well..
http://news.google.com/news/url?...& cid=1110051085

I should have taken bets on how long it would be before *that* showed up..

I think People still do all the input at the AP. Some of those people are stupid. Hopefully, the one responsible for
this screw up will get chewed for commiting an an Act of Stupid that could have been prevented by visiting http://thomas.loc.gov/.

As for Google:
1. it crashed my browser. *Nothing* crashes my browser unless it tries to put some weird tracking cookie on.
2. After their agreement with the Chinese government, I don't trust them.
3. I therefore use Vivisimo.com
mongoose | 10.05.06 - 1:38 am | #

this is absolutely no mistake on the part of AP, GOOGLE AND FOX. Come on, they have writers and proof readers.

Maybe one error but three sources! NO WAY
aquarius2 | Homepage | 10.05.06 - 1:38 am | #

mongoose,

Ms. Coulter has some nerve accusing others of being a "closet" anything.
Gregory | 10.05.06 - 1:40 am | #

Just remembered, something is nagging at me about Google and the Republicans. I seem to think lobbyists on behalf of Google giving money to the Republicans for something. Geez, I can't remember exactly what it was BUT I switched to yahoo search (after making sure it was not powered by google)
aquarius2 | Homepage | 10.05.06 - 1:41 am | #

Sad truth is that the 'D' and 'R' are often misplaced. Do a Google search for "Nancy Pelosi (R-CA)"

That said, I still never put it past the fake news channel to try the subliminal slime trick. Usually they're a little more obvious - perhaps they now have to trick their audience in more subtle ways. Call it progress...
Justin | 10.05.06 - 2:03 am | #

If this keeps up, we'll have the majority BEFORE the election!
nutmeg | 10.05.06 - 2:03 am | #

There is no way that Fox "accidentally" identified Foley as a Democrat. No way.
nutmeg | 10.05.06 - 2:15 am | #

I'd like the collective open source resources to find a name or group of names, human individuals, to be held accountable for the Mark Foley Dem bullshit.

We are suckers if we don't as that was not an accident.
Tug | 10.05.06 - 2:20 am | #

Never underestimate the power of retardation.
redratio1 | 10.05.06 - 2:21 am | #

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actual | Homepage | 10.05.06 - 2:26 am | #

There was a Tom Foley who was speaker of the house in 1995. He was a Democrat. This could be incompetence at the producer level or an effort to confuse the situation. Remember, it's possible to fool some of the people all the time.
Joker | 10.05.06 - 2:33 am | #

If these ridiculous repugs can intertwine/lie about 9/11, Hussein and Al Qaeda it won't be a big step for them.

If these ridiculous repugs can intertwine/lie about outing a covert operative it won't be a big step for them.

If these ridiculous repugs can intertwine/lie about WMD, spreading democracy and making people free by killing them, then its not a big step for them to leap.

ON AND ON AND ON

These repugs will stoop the lowest.

He ain't my president!
tHeGaMeOfLiFe | 10.05.06 - 2:34 am | #

Yous guys and gals, don't be too hard on Google. They do alot for us. For instance, go the google and put in "failure" and click on I'm Feeling Lucky.
Stanley Rosenthal | Homepage | 10.05.06 - 2:36 am | #

Whats with the inclusion of google in this? Google is a SEARCH ENGINE. it does not CREATE CONTENT, it indexes the content that others create.

Senator Stevens? Is that you?
jobloe | 10.05.06 - 2:42 am | #

In the interest of fairness, even if Hastert really IS a Democrat, he should resign from the House.

Let it not be said that any of us show favoritism towards politicians of any party who either are pedophiles or are protecting them.
jimbo92107 | 10.05.06 - 2:49 am | #

► It's like they are screwing with us... it's getting kinda weird at this point.
► Cowicide | Homepage | 10.05.06 - 2:51 am | #

you know what though?
if a nipple can get a fine, the deliberate alteration of the truth for political manipulation should warrant a fine also.
i thing the amount is $255,000.00 per incident?
Trevor | 10.05.06 - 2:58 am | #

I have a question for the folks who are harping on Google for this.

How does Google News work? I mean, Google doesn't write the articles. And somehow I doubt they even proofread them either. It's not even their copyrighted stuff to edit. Isn't Google News just a program full of complicated algorithms that spits out top stories in various categories and contains links to related articles from news sources around the world?

I honestly don't know. It's hardly my area of expertise, so I could be totally off base here. But it seems to me that Google itself isn't culpable for these "mistakes."
Karen | Homepage | 10.05.06 - 2:58 am | #

What I wanna know is, when did the Democrats know about this mislabeling of Republicans and why did they sit on it until now?

Who wants to bet the above doesn't come out of a Republican's mouth tomorrow?
LostInTarnation | Homepage | 10.05.06 - 2:32 am |

Hee hee! I was thinking it might be something like, "How come the Democrats are so eager to claim a deviant as one of their own. We kicked him out, and now they seem to want him."
Karen | Homepage | 10.05.06 - 3:00 am | #

wow. no shame, eh?
Captain America | 10.05.06 - 3:09 am | #

Karen, they have editors that read the stuff. If it isn't credited to someone else, Google News is responsible for the content.
nutmeg | 10.05.06 - 3:11 am | #

nutmeg | 10.05.06 - 3:11 am | #

Read at the bottom of their news page. It says that stories are chosen by a computer (algorythm).
Stanley Rosenthal | Homepage | 10.05.06 - 3:15 am | #

Wait... I just looked again. You guys are right. It's the long island paper that did it.

My bad.
nutmeg | 10.05.06 - 3:16 am | #

You know, the MSM has been doing this for a long time: They keep reporting Joe Lieberman and a Democrat from CT. They did it again today.
Liberty Lover | 10.05.06 - 3:17 am | #

I guess Lieberman still is a Democrat until the end of his term.

Though I don't know how you get away with seerving in one party and running in another...

Lieberman, party of one
nutmeg | 10.05.06 - 3:21 am | #

Liberty Lover | 10.05.06 - 3:17 am | #

(Is joke.)
Liberty Lover | 10.05.06 - 3:24 am | #

if a nipple can get a fine, the deliberate alteration of the truth for political manipulation should warrant a fine also.
i thing the amount is $255,000.00 per incident?
Trevor | 10.05.06 - 2:58 am | #

An African-American Woman, Superstar, beautiful, young, tightass, brother of MJ...

All other nipples are welcome to make an appearance.
tHeGaMeOfLiFe | 10.05.06 - 3:29 am | #

All other nipples are welcome to make an appearance.
tHeGaMeOfLiFe | 10.05.06 - 3:29 am | #

--------

What about a boob?

I think Hastert qualifies...

Hey, ever notice how Hastert almost rhymes with bastard?
nutmeg | 10.05.06 - 3:30 am | #

nutmeg | 10.05.06 - 3:30 am |,

What about a boob?
I think Hastert qualifies...

Nicely done.

Hey, ever notice how Hastert almost rhymes with bastard?

Why, actually, yes! I like that someone else noticed too.
Karen | Homepage | 10.05.06 - 3:35 am | #

There are tons of careless idiots out there who, even in the midst of an epic scandal affrecting REPUBLICANS, are so stupid and careless that even on their "progressive" political blogs they mislabel Hastert as "D-IL". When I first saw it on O'Reilly I thought it was intentional. But seeing these other errors I realize that its just the work of random idiots on both sides of the issue. Maybe it was a mistake on the O'Bullshit Factor as well. I expect that from him, but what excuse do these other people have?

Take a look:
http://watchingwashington.blogsp...tion- stuff.html
Monday, October 02, 2006
Yanking the Kid Protection Stuff
Think Progress reports that House Speaker Dennis Hastert (D-IL) has yanked three links from his website...

http:// blogometer.nationaljourna...t_was_yo.html#1
HASTERT: A One-Man Bermuda Triangle
The Washington Times 10/3 call for House Speaker Dennis Hastert's (D-IL) is getting wide play on the left and right.
Anonymous | 10.05.06 - 3:37 am | #

I just did a Google News search right now for: "Mark Foley D-Florida"
(with quotation marks)

Still I got the two exact articles listed in the screenshot taken by C&L.

I do have to say that at least in the articles themselves within the party affiliation is correct.
archerofloaf | 10.05.06 - 3:38 am | #

From a 2002 CNN transcript:

"REP. DENNIS HASTERT (D-IL), HOUSE SPEAKER: It's something that there was a demand for it, and the RNC, obviously, thought it was important do, and they did it, and probably, they will think twice the next time they do it."

Stupid is as stupid does.
Just Google "Hastert (D-IL)" and you'll see plenty more.
Anonymous | 10.05.06 - 3:43 am | #

"We're history's actors . . . and you, all of you, will be left to just study what we do."

Compare with "Anything less than putting snipers on the roofs of Washington D.C. would be an underreaction by the liberals."

GROVER NORQUIST, traitor.
Paul in LA | 10.05.06 - 3:51 am | #

Foley's a Democrat, Hastert is a Democrat, but also Hastert, as Speaker, is the natural target for Reagan Republican anger at the Rapepublicans.

So, October Surprise #1, Rapepublicans burn their own guy, the gay, IN EFFIGY, and then BLAME THE DEMOCRATS remove the Speaker ("It's all partisan up here."), and then

BASH THE GAYS UNTIL ELECTION DAY, or else until the next October Surprise.

It's cold, it's ruthless, but it kills two birds at the same time, and at the same time is an exercise in Doublespeak.

They use the vote-fraud to steal the House ANYHOW, blame the Dems and the Gays (=), call them alcoholics (cue "Ted Kennedy" jokes any day now from Limbaugh), bash the Catholic Church,

And Blame the Whole Damn Thing on liberalism that doesn't burn Dem fags like Foley at the stake, or alternately, the End Times, brought on by turning from God, by not burning Dem fags at the stake.

And, then, meanwhile, the MASSIVE Iraq warcrimes, the massive Lebanon warcrimes, the impending war with Iran and Syria, and the deteriorating conditions in Afghanistan are off the front pages.

It's brilliant, evil, complex, and simple.

Follow it up with October Surprise #2, aka Bin Laden's Body, and Mission Accomplished.
Paul in LA | 10.05.06 - 4:01 am | #

"History will be the judge." The decider just needs everybody at the ministry of propoganda to write it.
winston smith | 10.05.06 - 4:07 am | #

I don't know why, but these purposeful "mistakes" are really frightening to me!! They seem very creepy. Even with all the other crap going on.

Angela | 10.04.06 - 11:14 pm
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You said it, Angela
hello | 10.05.06 - 4:27 am | #

I don't know if someone else has mentioned this....But THIS IS WIKIALITY AT IT'S FINEST
zo | 10.05.06 - 4:37 am | #

tomorrow's headline will be W bush is a democrat,
nieddu | 10.05.06 - 4:48 am | #

It's all a Clinton dirty trick. Years ago, he got pedophiles and Catholic bishops masquerading as wrestling coaches to run as Republicans so that ABC could out them in October, 2006.

Fortunately Faux News is too smart for him.
straight shooter | 10.05.06 - 6:48 am | #

The assumption is that "D-FL" means "Democrat from Florida." This is not correct. "D-FL" stands for "Deviant-Fast Lane."
Robert Lockwood Mills | Homepage | 10.05.06 - 7:13 am | #

Oh, good grief. Out of all these defections, why those clowns? I'm still waiting for the day when someone finally gets it right and writes "Lieberman (R-CT)."
jurassicpork | Homepage | 10.05.06 - 7:51 am | #

who the F*** over at AP is responsible?
does anyone know?
drunsic | 10.05.06 - 8:27 am | #

This has nothing at all to do with Google. Google indexes websites and returns those results.

Both the San Jose Mercury News and Long Island Press had articles containing the improper party identification.

Google doesn't write shit. They simply grab and spew. The responsibility lies with the writers of the articles Google links TO.
Canook | 10.05.06 - 8:59 am | #

This doesn't happen by accident.
A. J. Arno | 10.05.06 - 9:02 am | #

Don't worry..we ALL know who Denny IS here at Dennis Hastert Corners! (R-IL)

I just hope there are enough *moral voters* here in the 14th Dist. to whack him upside his slab-of-pork-brained head this Nov. 7th!
Karen | Homepage | 10.05.06 - 9:05 am | #

I have a solution: All members of congress shall have the letter that represents their party branded onto their forehead. This would prevent false id of the party affilation, (at least when a head shot is being shown) and would make it very painfull for polititicians to change partys on a whim (like losing the CT primary)
burningbush | 10.05.06 - 9:11 am | #

Fox news did the same thing, not once but 3 times. Let's flash subliminal shit to the mass morons. and you know they'll believe it...
Mainah | 10.05.06 - 9:18 am | #

So this is the new ploy, lable their own bad kids as belonging to the neighbors. What a fine act of responsibility.
The Repiglicans are so slimey it is truly disgusting.

If the Dems did this the story would never die, I mean they still bring up Clinton as their main defense.

Vote these pigs out of office.
GET OUT THE VOTE Democrats, Progressives and Moderates
Shiva_H_Vishnu | Homepage | 10.05.06 - 9:21 am | #

For all those wondering: "just how the Democrats are going to screw this up"

They screwed up by letting Foley be in the democratic party! Fox news reports, you decide.
Seele | Homepage | 10.05.06 - 9:27 am | #