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Conservative Blogs Duped in Panetta Controversy

News Type: Other — Seeded on Mon Feb 16, 2009 10:10 AM EST

Article Source: Accuracy in Media

politics, misinformation, leon-panetta, linda-panetta

Seeded by WmRAllen

In a frantic search for the obscure and hidden left-wing connections of members of the new Obama Administration, some leading conservative blogs and websites have made an embarrassing error by claiming without evidence that Leon Panetta, the former Clinton chief of staff and incoming CIA director, has a radical daughter named Linda who associates with Hugo Chavez and other Latin American revolutionaries.

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Ran across this the other day when someone tried to use the "Leon Panetta/ Linda Panetta" factoid as proof in an argument about the stimulus bill.

Aside from the risibility of AIM attempting to take the moral high ground here, a couple of points stood out:

The real scandal involving Panetta is that he claims to be a practicing Roman Catholic but openly dissents from Church teaching on the inalienable right to life from conception to natural death.

His personal views are his own-- separation of church and state, and all that...

But even if Leon Panetta had a left-wing daughter or son, it’s difficult to believe this would be the kind of thing that would be covered up to this extent. After all, why should Panetta―or any parent, for that matter―be held responsible for the views or activities of a child.

Isn't this an element of the constant neo-conservative argument against the social programs in this country? The whole "welfare queen" thing?

Let the wild rumpus start!

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