[an amused spectator]

It actually enables one to consider the book Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them, by Al Franken, in a somewhat different light.

Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them was published in August of 2003, well after Cleland's correction to the historical record. So, basically, who's the lying liar now, Al?*

ROTFLOL! The Connecticut Peach gets a two-fer! She bags Al "Lying" Franken with a line drive to the epigalottis!

And if you think the Demoscum are going to cease lying about this episode, check The Nation from late on February 17, 2004. Matt "Bivits" Bivens continues the barrage with Little Miss Treason, failing to see that the peanut butter on the beer can is a trap before splashing into the five gallon bucket. Bivens repeats the impotent spluttering over The Peach's beer spike. I won't hold my breath waiting for him to retract his uninformed diatribe & rant.

*There is evidence that Franken was contacted in September 2003 regarding the misrepresentation of the Cleland incident in his book. I'll have to check and see if there was more than one print run of the book.

[an amused spectator]

Here's the DUmmies' turn at The Peach's five gallon antifreeze bucket from February 16, 2004:

That's odd, Esquire magazine reported in 1999 that he lost his limbs when a grenade accidentally went off as he jumped from a helicopter into a combat zone. And of course, Ann fails to mention that Cleland was awarded the Silver Star for an incident that happened a mere four days earlier.

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Can't you just smell the cordite, hear the arty blasts, and see the human waves of attacking Viet Cong as Cleland fights them off with his last clip?

[optimistically_conservative]

I think the jabs at the "Viet Cong" grenade types are great and well deserved.

Making them sputter over whether Cleland would have gotten a beer while there is amusing.

Making a a$$ out of Franken is always a job well done, it's just difficult to stay ahead of him - he does such a good job proving it himself.