When the Taliban attempted to murder Vice President Cheney in February 2007, the hateful comments by raging leftists on HuffPost's threads became national news. In summary, many of them expressed their remorse that the Taliban had not succeeded, and their view that the world would be a much better place if someone would murder Cheney (story here ; see how it was a catalyst in HuffPost's decision to begin pre-moderating its news thread comments, after the hateful comments on that thread were exposed in national media, here).
When it happened again, on a news thread covering Nancy Reagan's hospitalization in early 2008, HuffPost publicly announced that it was going to be pre-moderating all its news threads, 24-7, again, explicitly to avoid a repeat of that embarrassment.
See the sordid history of HuffPost news thread comment moderation here.
So when Lynne Cheney was hospitalized on March 15, 2009, one might think that HuffPost would have learned its lesson about letting its raging leftists run wild, right?
Well, that person would be wrong.
Before reading the following comments, keep in mind that HuffPost's Comment Policy and its stated standards of conduct claim that the site prohibits comments that:
"include ad hominem attacks including comments that celebrate the death or illness of any person, public figure or otherwise"
Also keep in mind that as on all other articles on this blog, the following comments were approved for publishing by HuffPost, while others were stuck in "pending"; for validation, see here.
So what kind of comments did HuffPost review, approve and publish on this thread?
On this thread: Lynne Cheney Hospitalized After Fainting Spell
While up to 59 comments were pending HuffPost approval --- these were approved and published (PDFs available upon request for verification):
LogicNow See Profile I'm a Fan of LogicNow permalink
What, she couldn't believe the stupid junk her husband was spewing this weekend either? (...)
Reply Favorite Flag as abusive Posted 07:46 PM on 03/16/2009
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nkhogan See Profile I'm a Fan of nkhogan permalink
:-) I echo both your comments. Couldn't have said it better myself.
Reply Favorite Flag as abusive Posted 07:58 PM on 03/16/2009
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HarryP See Profile I'm a Fan of HarryP permalink
my thoughts too (...)
Reply Favorite Flag as abusive Posted 07:55 PM on 03/16/2009
dalkowski See Profile I'm a Fan of dalkowski permalink
Tough darts. No sympathy for any of 'em.
Reply Favorite Flag as abusive Posted 07:52 PM on 03/16/2009
KeepItMoving08 See Profile I'm a Fan of KeepItMoving08 permalink
Interesting.... I would think the GOP would stop attacking Obama. Everytime they attack something bad happens to their thugs.
Reply Favorite Flag as abusive Posted 07:53 PM on 03/16/2009
dakotaharp See Profile I'm a Fan of dakotaharp permalink
It`s unbelieveable that I can`t muster an ounce of sympathy. Thats indicitive of the depth of my hatred for that cabal.
Reply Favorite Flag as abusive Posted 08:08 PM on 03/16/2009
SimJack See Profile I'm a Fan of SimJack permalink
And seconds before, Dick told her all their money had been invested with Madoff.
Reply Favorite Flag as abusive Posted 07:55 PM on 03/16/2009
JiminNC See Profile I'm a Fan of JiminNC permalink
No mercy ... she sleeps with the enemy. Anything that causes grief in that man's life works for me.
Reply Favorite Flag as abusive Posted 10:29 PM on 03/16/2009
RJ1008 See Profile I'm a Fan of RJ1008 permalink
May be she heard the news that USA doesn't torture people anymore.
Reply Favorite Flag as abusive Posted 10:35 PM on 03/16/2009
Dorian See Profile I'm a Fan of Dorian permalink
If the a--hole she's married to had had the type of health care that most Americans have, he would have died a long time ago.
Reply Favorite Flag as abusive Posted 12:39 AM on 03/17/2009
whatsthisthen See Profile I'm a Fan of whatsthisthen permalink
Overcome by the stench of mendacity and avarice.
Reply Favorite Flag as abusive Posted 12:55 AM on 03/17/2009
springsm See Profile I'm a Fan of springsm permalink
People...don't be so snarky. We don't have to like this woman, but these comments demean you. And it puts you at that awful level that would put you in that category.
Reply Favorite Flag as abusive Posted 10:55 PM on 03/16/2009
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Darsan54 See Profile I'm a Fan of Darsan54 permalink
Actually I don't mind being a little snarky.
Consider what the target has done to the rest of us.
Reply Favorite Flag as abusive Posted 07:31 AM on 03/17/2009
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ALSO SEE:
7/12/08: Users unleash hatred for, libels against Tony Snow --- on the day he died (HuffPost: "Approved!!!")
8/16/09: Sprint executive killed; users unleash hatred (HuffPost: "Approved!!!")
HuffPost's false statement re shutting down its comment threads
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