Shameless: Jim Hoft Falls For Fake Facebook Profile In Attempt To Link Loughner To Obama

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Shameless: Jim Hoft Falls For Fake Facebook Profile In Attempt To Link Loughner To Obama

January 10, 2011 12:26 pm ET by Ben Dimiero

In the wake of Saturday's tragic shooting in Arizona, Gateway Pundit and Breitbart blogger Jim Hoft has been on a one man mission to prove that the deranged shooter was a "typical leftist nut." This morning, Hoft posted what he seems to think is bulletproof evidence supporting this thesis, but, as is usually the case with him, it is merely evidence that someone as hackishly irresponsible as Hoft should have no role in our national political discourse.

Hoft headlines his latest post "Whoops! This Changes Things- Loughner's Hero Was Barack Obama," then proceeds to breathlessly exclaim that "Killer Jared Loughner idolized Barack Obama."

He sources this scoop to "The Examiner" "via Free Republic" and links to a blog post by Anthony Martin at Examiner.com. In the portion of his post excerpted by Hoft, Martin writes:

Even more curious are Loughner's 'heroes.' He mentions by name Venezuelan Communist Hugo Chavez, Latin American Communist mass-murderer Che Guevara, American Socialist revolutionary Saul Alinsky, and even Barack Obama.

The link takes you to the Free Republic message board, where a commenter by the name of "Scanian" writes:

From facebook for a Jared Laughner from Tuscon, Arizona, the man named as the shooter. People who inspire him include Barack Obama, Saul Alinsky, Fidel Castro, Che Guevara, Huo Chavez, Noam Chomsky, Mao Tse-tung, Joseph Stalin, and Yassir Arafat. He writes "Fight the Right! Obama and the Progressives will overcome the tyrrany of big business and the racist Tea Party.

BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY!

You'll notice a glaring problem with this assertion: namely, that the shooter's name was Jared LOughner, not "Laughner." (The spelling of his name was originally misreported by several media outlets.)

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[sabrina 1]

1. I'm beginning to see why mispelling bothered Loughner so much.

His name must have been mispelled his entire life, as it was in this instance. And for someone with the kind of problems he had, that would irritate him quite a bit.

Too bad Freepers have so much trouble spelling. This makes them look so foolish and desperate.

[demmiblue]

2. I was just about to post this. Glad I searched!

:kick: & :thumbsup:

[LTR]

3. I saw that profile on Saturday and knew it was an obvious fake!

It was one of at least a dozen that went up that day.

Hoft probably created it himself!

[pintobean]

4. Jim Hoft is the Mad Hatter's asshat

shit for brains freeper