The Truffle

John McCain's efforts to introduce a third Bush administration have just hit a snag . It turns out that hobnobbing with liberal blogger Arianna Huffington and the cast of NBC’s "The West Wing" on the left coast can be a risky proposition for a Republican with White House ambitions. In Jersey City Friday morning, John McCain emphatically denied a report by Huffington on her blog that he confessed, during a Beverly Hills dinner party in 2001, that he had not voted for George W. Bush after his bitter defeat in 2000. But "West Wing" cast members -- who said in published reports they supported a Democratic ticket -- back up Huffington’s story. I have only one thing to add to this: MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAA!!!!!

Here's what happens: Some anonymous Huffington Post commentators post that they wish Darth Cheney had been offed in that nasty little bombing the other day. HuffPo deletes the comments. The wingnutosphere still flies into a frenzy of rage, trotting out those old "left-is-unhinged" talking points--even HuffPo's actions seem to suggst that the left really ain't that unhinged. (When LGF or Freeperland starts deleting similar crap, then I'll take their hissy fit seriously.) Until then, Arianna herself puts the wingnutosphere squarely in its place. Responses like this make me forget any mixed feelings I have about the woman. THIS is how you talk to a wingnut (if you must): Before I get into how ludicrous this claim is, let me be absolutely clear: No one at HuffPost is defending these comments -- they are unacceptable and were treated as such by being removed. They were not made by me, by our editors, or by our bloggers. They were made by anonymous visitors t...