Fox Nation joins Levin in smearing Leahy as "drunk on Senate Floor"
The Fox Nation joined conservative radio host Mark Levin in smearing Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) as being "drunk" when he delivered a January 28 speech on the Senate floor. Fox Nation's suggestion follows right-wing attacks, which were made "without evidence," that Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT) was drunk when he delivered a Senate speech in early January.
Levin: "Happy hour on the Senate floor ... he sounds drunk to me"
During the January 29 edition of ABC Radio Networks' The Mark Levin Show, Levin played portions of "moron" Leahy's January 28 remarks about the Supreme Court's decision in Citizens United v. FEC and said:
LEVIN: Is he slurring his speech? I have to ask the question; I'm not accusing him of anything, I'm saying, listen carefully -- is he slurring his speech?
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Is this guy sober on the Senate floor? What's going on with -- we had this, this Baucus on there, slobbering through his speech. Rewind it. Let's take it from the beginning. I won't interrupt, 40 seconds, happy hour on the Senate floor.
While Leahy spoke, Levin played sound effects of drinks pouring followed by an automobile crashing. Levin added: "Wake up the guys at Hot Air and Free Republic and these other places and let them know we have an audio for them. ... I think we have a senator with wobbly legs. I think we have a senator with beer breath -- I could be wrong. I'll leave it to you to decide. Honestly, he sounds drunk to me, doesn't he? But don't worry. He wants to run the country with the other drunks. Blaaahh."
Fox Nation: "Is Leahy Drunk on Senate Floor?"
From The Fox Nation, accessed on February 1:
Fox Nation later changed its headline to, "Conservative Radio Host Levin: Is Leahy Drunk on Senate Floor?"
Fox News and conservatives baselessly accused Baucus of being "hammered" on Senate floor
In early January, Glenn Beck repeatedly attacked Democratic senators for their purported alcohol abuse, citing little or no evidence. Beck echoed the right wing's discredited, baseless claim -- promoted by Internet gossip Matt Drudge -- that Baucus had been "hammered" on the Senate floor, and claimed that Sen. Chris Dodd (D-CT) had decided not to run for re-election because "there are a few bars [he hasn't] hit in Connecticut." In a statement issued to Politico, Baucus' office flatly denied the "unfounded, untrue" allegation, while The Washington Independent's David Weigel stated of "the completely baseless, Drudge-driven 'Max Baucus was drunk' smear": "Baucus talks like this all the time. ... Baucus mumbles occasionally. OK, a lot. Accusing him of being drunk on the job, without evidence, is shameful, and I'm flabbergasted at the number of journalists who are doing it."
Some would say he was.
And this seems like a smear on Leahy too. And this video was from 9:45 AM Eastern time - are they really saying that he's either already drunk before 10 AM, or that he's still so drunk he's slurring a few words from the night before?
Leahy talks about "logic and reality" being ignored by the recent US Supreme Court ruling on campaign finance, and it seems like "logic and reality" are being ignored by the people trying to smear Leahy too.
I shall assume Levin get's happy pills from his buddy Rush and that makes him act like he does.
The pot calling the kettle black?
Me Tarzan, you Jane.
Mea culpa.
Further, note that I DON'T use quotation marks when I refer to you as a semi-literate.
Now, think about the difference..
hey larry go back to whatever it is your doing leave the debates to us grown ups