Barbara Boxer's bogus Bolton broadside

Washington Examiner editorialized What do Nostradamus, "Star Trek" and the Book of Revelation have to do with the Bush administration's nominee for ambassador to the United Nations?

In an attempt to deep-six John Bolton's nomination, Democrats placed stories in The Boston Globe, USA Today and CNN citing a women who claimed Bolton threatened her - the very same woman who published an article on newsmax.com using those sources to predict world peace was at hand.

Those articles also failed to mention the fact that Lynne Finney, the women who claims she was abused by Bolton, has problems with her memory. She believes that she long suppressed and later recovered memories that she was molested by her father - a process which the American Medical Association and the American Psychological Association regard as dubious and an unreliable source of testimony.

And that's not all that makes Finney's testimony suspect. She turns out to be a former Democratic political appointee, too. President Jimmy Carter twice appointed her to positions in the federal government and later gave her an award at a White House ceremony.

And how do we know all this about a woman who has "created many realities for herself," you might ask? Do we have super-secret sources and nasty opposition researchers working for us? Nope, we read her self-promoting Web site. That's something the USA Today, Boston Globe and CNN reporters could have done for themselves before they launched Sen. Barbara Boxer's loopy charges into the public domain. (Hint: Type her name in Google and hit the button that says "I'm feeling lucky.")

Of course, why would the oh-so-unbiased press ever be bothered to actually check out someone who makes sensational allegations against a Republican. We certainly can't let basic skepticism get in the way of the nakedly partisan lust for Bolton's scalp. After all, all the guy's done is spend a decade in public service at the departments of State and Justice.

Betsy Newmark blogged Lucianne.comis always worth a check-in to see what stories have hit during the night. Today they link to an editorial in the DC Examiner about the weirdo woman that Barbara Boxer is using for the basis of her newest charges against John Bolton.

John J. Miller blogged The Washington Examiner has an editorial today that punches back at Bolton's critics and appears to break some news: "What do Nostradamus, 'Star Trek' and the Book of Revelation have to do with the Bush administration's nominee for ambassador to the United Nations? In an attempt to deep-six John Bolton's nomination, Democrats placed stories in The Boston Globe, USA Today and CNN citing a women who claimed Bolton threatened her - the very same woman who published an article on newsmax.com using those sources to predict world peace was at hand. Those articles also failed to mention the fact that Lynne Finney, the women who claims she was abused by Bolton, has problems with her memory..."

The objective of the MSM is to support the Democratic party, and to attack Bush. What does truth have to do with it?