Voice of San Diego: Hit: Bloggers

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Hit: Bloggers

Wednesday, the network of keyboards that make up the so-called blogosphere converged on Howard Kaloogian's head and forced the former state assemblyman to, well, "not apologize."

Kaloogian, of course, along with every other white Republican man in the northern part of the county, is running for Congress to replace Randy "French Commode" Cunningham. On his campaign Web site, Kaloogian had written a bit of a missive about how he had just gotten back from Iraq and how the media completely distorts the situation there.

He posted a photo of a nice, peaceful urban area and where couples walk holding hands. He said the picture demonstrated what the media was deliberately skewing because it hated George Bush's war on terror.

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Kaloogian issued an anti-apology.

"I made a mistake in posting the wrong picture and I accept full responsibility for it," he said in the statement. "However, the anti-war activists who are supporting Democrat Francine Busby are trying to use this clerical mistake as justification for opposing the war. How silly." Kaloogian has now posted a different photo of Baghdad-- a far-away shot that only offers distant views of the tops of buildings.
Score a hit for the bloggers for keeping him honest.

http://www.voiceofsandiego.org/site/apps/nl/content2.asp?c=euLTJbMUKvH&b=312470&ct=2120941 (and scroll down)