You always hear stories about the Republican attack machine as it tries to discredit various reports and sources, but do you ever hear about the Democratic attack machine on the news? Do you ever hear about a "vast left-wing conspiracy?" Because it sure seems that for asking a simple question, one reporter has been harassed by the "liberal fanatics."

In hundreds of e-mails and telephone calls to his office and home, and even on the street, Mr. McNickle's life was threatened. He was called a "Nazi" and a variety of obscene names, and had death wished upon him.

In a Boston Globe interview, singer Patti LaBelle advised Mrs. Kerry to "pimp slap" Mr. McNickle; liberal columnist Molly Ivins suggested he had inappropriately "touched" Mrs. Kerry; and former Baltimore Sun columnist Jack Germond told CNN that Mr. McNickle "was not a legitimate newspaperman."

Perhaps this is the "hell" that Mrs. Heinz was talking about under President Bush...

URL: 'Shove it' still reverberating - The Washington Times: Nation/Politics - August 03, 2004