Kaloogian Shows his True Republican Colors

1Man, bloggers are amazing. Here is an okay Newsweek Piece on the matter.

Online sleuths can claim another victory. Howard Kaloogian, a Republican candidate in California’s 50th Congressional District, has removed a picture from his campaign Web site that he claimed was evidence that journalists are distorting how bad conditions are in Iraq. The photo purported to show a placid street scene in downtown Baghdad, including a hand-holding couple in Western dress and shoppers out for a stroll on a cobblestone street in an unmarred business district.

I first heard about it on Josh's site, but apparently it was up at Kos a bit before. Either way, this whole Baghdad debacle has really shown just how powerful the blogging world is. In a matter of hours, a bunch of people from all over the country, came together to show that Kaloogian was not being entirely honest. In fact, the picture was not even from Iraq, but rather from a suburb of Istanbul.

Kaloogian, being the real man that he is, decided to blame the webmaster and offered a rather unconvincing explanation for the mix-up. All in all, we have seen the dishonesty of Republicans (who can only blame the media for what is going on in Iraq) and the incredible power of online communities. And even Wikipedia is getting in on the action. Ha! He might not get elected (go Busby!), but at least he will always be remembered.

Here is an even better rundown of the whole Kaloogian unraveling.

Tag: Kaloogian, Iraq