New York Times Blog Blooper of the Day

Tue, May 20, 2008 at 10:13:01 am PST

At New York Times “blog” The Lede, Mike Nizza has a post about blogosphere reactions to the Koran-shooting kerfuffle: Reactions: Defusing a Koran Shooting in Iraq - The Lede - New York Times Blog.

Nizza apparently went hunting for some right-wing ranting, and posted this:

...even a gun-rights advocate who railed against what he considered Muslim overreactions to previous incidents like the Koran shooting eventually wound up expressing his backing:

By the way, so no one takes this the wrong way, I’m not criticizing the senior commanders for apologizing; this is a reality that they have to deal with in Iraq. It would be counter-productive to do anything else, when a simple statement can defuse a lot of irrational popular anger, and only senior military officials will receive the necessary respect to cool things down.

It’s still an absurd situation, though.

Why does that quote sound so familiar? Maybe because I wrote it on Sunday.

Nizza seems surprised that a “gun rights advocate” is being reasonable about this. Imagine how much greater his shock will be when he realizes it’s actually the dreaded Little Green Footballs.