UH-OH, FIRE UP THE OBAMA OUTRAGE:

A Blogger, a Baby, a Cry of Concern (Howard Kurtz, 9/02/08, Washington Post)

When Markos Moulitsas saw that one of the contributors to his liberal blog was accusing Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin of lying about her 4-month-old baby, he was a bit skeptical.

"I feel a little weird about the questions being asked," he says. "But I also feel a little weird about saying, 'Shut up, people.' It takes a lot for me to step in and squash what's on Daily Kos."

In less than 48 hours, the allegations by a Kos diarist known as ArcXIX ricocheted into the mainstream media, when John McCain's designated running mate announced Monday that her 17-year-old daughter is pregnant and plans to have the baby and marry the father.

The McCain campaign felt compelled to release the information, say two staffers who declined to be identified discussing internal strategy, after receiving inquiries from national reporters about the Kos posting and questions from Alaska reporters about local scuttlebutt that Bristol Palin was pregnant.

Campaign officials, expressing outrage at the questions, nonetheless concluded that Bristol's condition could no longer be kept secret after some British tabloids jumped on the allegations, such as London's Daily Mail reporting that Palin was "facing a dirty tricks campaign suggesting she was really the grandmother of her youngest son."

As we're well aware, Mr. Kurtz is a liar spreading Rightwing propaganda, because Mr. Obama told us yesterday that he was offended by the suggestion that liberal blogs are involved in this and there is no evidence that they are. We await the Post's retraction....

Posted by Orrin Judd at September 2, 2008 7:23 AM