Michelle Malkin: The Schiavo Memo: GOP Coverups?

[Robbien]

Sen. Mel Martinez told the Washington Times he did not see the Schiavo memo until ABC News and the Post publicized it. But Sen. Tom Harkin told the Post that when Martinez handed him the memo, " said these were talking points -- something that we're working on here."

How could Sen. Martinez describe the contents of the memo if he had not seen it? And who is "we?"

Then there's Brian Darling, Martinez's legal counsel (until last night, when he resigned). According to the Post, Darling is taking the blame for authoring the Schiavo memo.

Readers of this site will recall that nearly two weeks ago Josh Claybourn of In the Agora received a false tip from four people, two of whom claimed to work for Sen. Martinez. (The other two claimed to work for Sen. Rick Santorum.) Claybourn's sources falsely stated that the Schiavo memo was authored and circulated by a young "renegade" aide working for Sen. Harry Reid. Two of Claybourn's sources stated that they saw the Reid aide passing out the memo.

A few days before Claybourn's story broke, the Prowler reported similar allegations, citing "Senate Republican leadership aides to both Sen. Rick Santorum and Sen. Mitch McConnell, as well as the Senate Republican Policy Committee."

Did Darling give a fake tip to Claybourn to try to divert attention from himself? If so, who were his co-conspirators? Who exactly spoke to the Prowler and from whom did the Prowler's sources get their information?

To date, Claybourn has not responded to my suggestion that he divulge the phone numbers of his sources. Will he continue to play nicey-nice with his sources now that they have been shown to be manipulative, lying smear merchants?

The story's not over. Sen. Martinez and his former legal counsel may still have plenty of 'splainin' to do.

http://michellemalkin.com/archives/002017.htm

[NewJeffCT]

1. this is Michelle Malkin?

calling for a Republican to do some 'splainin? Is this the Bizarro world?

And, isn't telling an American of Hispanic descent like Martinez that he has some 'splainin' to do a bit derogatory? Or, is it just me?

[democracyindanger]

3. That's what I thought, too. But Maglalang is a bigot, so no surprise there

[NewJeffCT]

5. true

Interment of Japanese in WW2 was good, if I recall her thinking.

At least she's good to look at.

[checks-n-balances]

4. Wow, I never thought of that angle of it

Maybe because I was busy trying to pick myself up off the floor from experiencing sudden shock.

Could it be that someday these rightwingers will discover the dishonesty present amongst themselves???

[Zuni]

6. no. I think that is overeacting to splainin'

It is a joke about Ricky Ricardo, but I would say that to be offended by it you have to be so ultra hyper sensitive that pretty much anything would offend you.

[fertilizeonarbusto]

7. This Hispanic is not offended

Though I'm sure Martinez and the right-wing echo machine will claim they are mortally offended and suffering from the vapors. That locution has entered the language for good-and I like it, but I loved that show.
One thing: what was Malkin smoking before she wrote this? :smoke:

[Robbien]

9. Her insiders in the GOP lied to her face on the memos not being GOP memos

She's pissed off.

[Zuni]

2. Wow. She said what everyone on Freerepublic has avoided

that Martinez's office produced it and then tried to cover it up.

[sonicx]

8. how does she have so much time to troll message boards?

isn't she a whored out TV pundit and a columnist?

[stanwyck]

13. where do you think

the Malkins and the Coulters get their columns? They sure don't do research or background. They troll the boards and cherrypick from smarter, more eloquent people and then pawn off the post material as their own.
And they make a myriad of mistakes...for which they never take responsibility.
Neither understands that "as you think, so shall you be".
They've sold their souls. And the consequences are ugly.

[Demit]

10. I think all the pundits who went full-steam ahead on the Dem plant theory

like good soldiers are feeling punked. They're the ones left looking stupid. They've got to save their dignity somehow

[fob]

12. "Save their, *gulp* dignity"? Is that possible? I'd think they'd have

better odds of restoring their virginity.

[kevinmc]

11. She has to cover her own ass.....

at reporting fake news.