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Oh what a tangled web we weave …

They say lies beget more lies. But, more importantly, boneheaded statements tend to beget more boneheaded statements. Especially when you can’t bring yourself to take one back and move on.

Ever since Andrew Sullivan let fly that hot-headed and instantly pummeled remark about a lefty “fifth column” on the deracinated East Coast he’s been hunting around for some way to get out of the egregious over-statement penalty box. And now he’s done it! He’s found the fifth column! It’s called United Peoples. And they’re so big and well organized they even have a web site!

Of the ten American “organizers” included on the site most are identified as affiliated with another website called Friendly Favors, which that site chillingly identifies as “A tool to find Friendly people, connect with them and acknowledge their Favors.”

I, for one, already feel more secure that Andrew has unearthed this gaggle of risible oafs. Glenn Reynolds of Instapundit seems to have the right idea when he says: “if this is the fifth column, we can focus most of our attention on the first four. They’re no threat, except to their own credibility.”

I was thinking they might be a bigger threat to Andrew’s.

P.S. Yes, yes, yes. I know I’m writing too much about Sullivan. And I’m trying to kick the habit. But on this one I couldn’t help it.

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