The Pelosi plane smear, cont'd
March 12, 2009 10:01 am ET by Eric Boehlert
Credit ABC's Jonathan Karl and Luis Martinez for taking the time to actually look into the details surrounding Judicial Watch's comical claims this week about Nancy Pelosi's air travel; claims the Noise Machine mindlessly repeated.
The ABC duo concludes [emphasis added]:
The treasure trove of documents obtained by Judicial Watch from the Department of Defense regarding Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi's use of military aircraft doesn't seem to prove the organization's allegation that Pelosi has made "unprecedented demands" for the flights. In fact, it appears that Pelosi uses military aircraft less often than her predecessor, former Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert.
ABC found that virtually none of the Judicial Watch claims stand up to the slightest bit of scrutiny. Oh, don't act surprised.
UPDATE: Newsbusters plays dumb, ignoring the fact that the Bush White House and Pentagon demanded, after 9/11, that the Speaker of the House fly on military planes. The only way the pointless Judicial Watch story works is if you pretend it was all Pelosi's idea, which Newsbusters eagerly does:
The mainstream media has completely ignored Pelosi's diva-like demand for a $38 million (in 1998 dollars) luxury aircraft in which to fly home.
There's nothing in that sentence that's factual.
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Eric - The hate-filled wing (Malkin, Coulter, Rushbo) of the conservatives make up so much vile against Pelosi, you should start a separate page just dedicated to the crap they make up about her.
How much longer until Judicial Watch has ZERO credibility with even ABC? I mean, OMG, ABC actually debunked THEM????
Eric, they are not playing dumb. They are unequivocally and certifiably dumb, obtuse, moronic, desperate, and failing.