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\n“For those who wonder why I quoted two new and obscure bloggers as criticizing the speaker–along with David Frum, who kind of defended her–I often try to look for average bloggers in their pajamas.”<\/span><\/p>\n

With those rather unsettling words, Howard Kurtz attempts<\/a> to justify what appears to be a prodigious deception. Click the link above and immerse yourself in a sordid tale of intrigue, betrayal, pride and its companion, ruin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“For those who wonder why I quoted two new and obscure bloggers as criticizing the speaker–along with David Frum, who kind of defended her–I often try to look for average bloggers in their pajamas.” With those rather unsettling words, Howard Kurtz attempts to justify what appears to be a prodigious deception. 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