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MD4BUSH is a Maryland DemocRAT and probably an O'Malley operative. I'll bet that O'Malley knew about this thing long before it ever happened. Probably cooked the MD4BUSH stunt up at a meeting with his political staff, of which the Washington Post Maryland reporter is an ex-officio member.

[Vigilanteman]

The latest chapter in the MD4Bush story unfolded last week when freerepublic.com officials confirmed that one of the e-mail addresses used to register and maintain the account came from the Maryland Democratic Party.

In other words, this is the equivalent of Bill Clinton having one of his admirers spread a rumor that Billy has trouble keeping his pecker where it belongs, then running to his media buddies to have them accuse the vast right-wing conspiracy of dirty tricks.