The Hillary Boo Birds

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From The Hill’s Pundits Blog

The ‘Overemphasized’ Hillary Boo Birds, Part 3

Brent Budowsky

As originally portrayed, it never happened, which tells the tale of several things that have gone wrong with American political discourse, as well as the war in Iraq.

“Hillary Boo Birds,” Karen Hanretty’s Pundits Blog post from yesterday, made it appear there was a chorus of booing at the San Diego Democratic meeting. “Hillary Boo Birds 2″ appeared to be a partial and deserved retraction. Needless to say, the “story” was wrapped in prepackaged talking-point spin with terms such as “lefty bloggers” and “granola,” complete with the usual attack on labor unions.

Let’s go to the tape. The idea was “borrowed” from the Washington Times headline, and the Washington Times headline was “borrowed” from the long and widely distributed Republican talking points…

Budowsky is a contributing editor to Fighting Dems News Service and former aide to Sen. Lloyd Bentsen and Bill Alexander, former chief deputy whip of the House. He can be reached at [e-mail] and read on The Hill’s Pundits Blog.

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Carolyn Kay
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