Source: The Raw Story
Drudge's retraction.
Well, Drudge pulled the Dean story from his site (although he failed to mention that he did so after receiving a letter from the DNC's lawyers) and put a retraction in its place.
DNC: FALSE: WE DID NOT PICK NAGIN OVER LANDRIEU
The Democratic National Committee strongly denies it placed political operatives in the city of New Orleans to work against the reelection efforts of incumbent Democrat Mayor Ray Nagin.
Well-placed DRUDGE REPORT sources claimed DNC Chairman Howard Dean made the decision himself to back mayoral candidate and sitting Lieutenant Governor Mitch Landrieu (D-LA).
The DNC says the report is "unequivocally and absolutely false."
DNC Communications director Karen Finney explained: "The DNC does not as a policy get involved in Democratic primaries... The only thing that the DNC did was a campaign helping ensure that displaced voters had an opportunity to vote."
The DRUDGE REPORT takes chairman Dean and his spokesman at their word.
While I doubt he really "takes them at their word," I suppose when faced with some sort of legal action, there was no alternative for him. Actually, I'm shocked he didn't fight this. As it's been pointed out in numerous places, all he would need to do is claim that he assumed his sources were correct, and none of this was his fault. You know, that whole "assume = ass + u + me" thing.
Oh well, he must be too busy eating crow right now.
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