Roy Edroso already noted this in his weekly wrap-up of the wingnutosphere. However, I see trained shill Matt Lewis still hasn't let it go as a talking point, so I figured I'd document a few examples of the latest moment of fail from the perpetually outraged. All emphasis original.
If the Chicago Sun-Times's Michael Sneed Is Right . . .
"President-elect Barack Obama's chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel, is reportedly on 21 different taped conversations by the feds — dealing with his boss' vacant Senate seat."
Patterico weasels:
Chicago Sun-Times columnist Michael Sneed passes on a rumor that Rahm Emanuel shows up in 21 separate taped conversations with Governor Rod Blagojevich talking about Obama’s Senate replacement.
Gateway Pundit states it as fact:
Feds Taped Rahmbo Holding 21 Conversations On Senate Seat
According to Michael Sneed of the Chicago Sun-Times, Rahm Emanuel was not recorded in one, two, three, four or five conversations captured by the feds; he participated in TWENTY-ONE conversations recorded by Fitzgerald’s team.
Allow me to write the number again: 21.
And so (s)he does. Five more times after that, all in bold. But who's counting?
The Jawa Report throws in a gratuitous "at least" and then tries for sarcasm via excessive capitalization:
Rahm also has reportedly had at least 21 conversations with Hot Rod about the Senate seat, and they're on tape.
Yeah - they had NO IDEA what was going on. The-babe-in the-woods-routine.
So, brave reporters, your question now becomes- WHAT DID OBAMA KNOW AND WHEN DID HE KNOW IT? HOW ABOUT RAHM? Get to work, my little media darlings. Why don't you airdrop a few hundred reporters into Chicago to get to the bottom of this like you did in Wasilla? Whatsa matter? Afraid of exhibiting the audacity of
hopeasking a few tough follow-up questions after Obama tries to cut you off?
Anybody seen or heard from Rahm Lately? Let’s just say the 21 doesn’t mean he was playing Blackjack. RBO:
No wonder Rahm’s got lockjaw. He’s on 21 taped conversations!
Clownhall's Matt Lewis (remember him? He's the one that got me started), speaking on TV earlier today, after insisting that Hawaii was "out of the country:"
But, look, I find the most interesting thing about this is the Chicago Tribune reported last week there were, like, twenty-one phone conversations between Rahm Emanuel and Blago.
Ah, well. Only off by 20. ABC's George Stephanopoulos:
Sources tell me that the Obama team's review of contacts with Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich will show that Rahm Emanuel had only one phone conversation with Blagojevich.
The contact, described as a "pro-forma" courtesy call, came as Emanuel was named Chief of Staff for Obama. Most of the discussion concerned Emanuel's Congressional seat (which had previously been held by Blagojevich), with only a "passing reference" to the Senate vacancy, according to these sources. No deal for the Senate vacancy was discussed.
So why did the wingnuts all have the same number? Because they all linked to the same source.
Who was this source? Gossip columnist Michael Sneed.
Who? Glad you asked: "Blago's favorite patsy."
So much for the much trumpted citizen journamalism of the Right.
Maybe it's time to go back to the birth certificate?
Good news! Philip J. Berg's application, after being rejected by two Supreme Court justices, has been "refiled and resubmitted," and this time to Antonin Scalia! Go Nino!
[Added] Jed has a video montage of the magic number being intoned on TV by most of the usual suspects.
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