Cenk Uygur writes how the latest strategy of the right-wing bloggers and media regarding Foleygate is to blame the victims.
"Matt Drudge started the new blame game earlier this week when he flat out attacked the young boys as 'beasts' and said they were 'egging on' the 'poor congressman'."
"Rush Limbaugh, undeterred by the proof offered by ABC News or by any semblance of a conscience, soon picked up on this strategy and started hypothesizing that the kids were the ones who started all this. That they were pulling some sort of prank like he used to when he was kid. Remember, Limbaugh also said Abu Ghraib was nothing more than a prank. What kind of sick pranks did Limbaugh play as a kid?"
"Finally, as if all of this was not enough, right-wing bloggers stepped in to make things significantly worse. A blogger named Wild Bill found one of the victims -- and outed him. I guess the kid had it coming. He shouldn't have egged on that sexual predator. Not to be outdone, some of the top right wing bloggers joined in on the frenzy and they also posted the identity of one of the victims."
Uygur has source links for all of these. What's wrong with these people? Will their followers finally realize they're out of their minds? Sadly probably not.
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