Steve Benen of the Washington Monthly has scored a hat trick: he or his helpers deleted three comments I left on his entries today. And, the deletions happened very shortly after I left the comments, so obviously they're very worried about their readers learning about the things that Steve Benen isn't willing to tell them. An earlier comment I left was also deleted from one of his entries (see the first link), and during the Kevin Drum era at that site about a dozen comments were deleted or edited without notice.

The three comments are in the extended entry, in reverse chronological order.

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washingtonmonthly. com/archives/individual/2008_10/015030.php
Steve Benen writes: "we already learned". Actually, that's just the NYT's take on it, in their desperate attempt to get out in front of a story and minimize the damage to BHO.

For the truth of the matter, see this and this.

[Note: Washington Monthly/Steve Benen deleted a valid comment I left here recently (including two just today), continuing a long-term habit during Kevin Drum's tenure. Because it contains information you aren't supposed to know about, this comment may disappear or be different from what I posted. Search for "steve benen" or "kevin drum" at my site for examples of comments that were deleted.]

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washingtonmonthly. com/archives/individual/2008_10/015023.php
BHO is a great champion of the press. In fact, he recently encouraged his followers to in effect shut down a couple radio shows that featured people he didn't like. They were saying things BHO didn't like, so it's perfectly valid to try to shut them down. (Note: I'm referring to BHO, not Hugo Chavez just so no one gets confused.)

[Note: Washington Monthly/Steve Benen deleted a valid comment I left here recently, continuing a long-term habit during Kevin Drum's tenure. Because it contains information you aren't supposed to know about, this comment may disappear or be different from what I posted. Search for "steve benen" or "kevin drum" at my site for examples of comments that were deleted.]

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washingtonmonthly. com/archives/individual/2008_10/015024.php
Whew! The NYT says BHO is faultless, and that's all everyone needs to hear!

Of course, if you go here and compare it to the second paragraph on page 2 you might have a sense of deja vu, but just completely ignore that and believe what WaMo wants you to believe.

[Note: Washington Monthly/Steve Benen deleted a valid comment I left here recently, continuing a long-term habit during Kevin Drum's tenure. Because it contains information you aren't supposed to know about, this comment may disappear or be different from what I posted. Search for "steve benen" or "kevin drum" at my site for examples of comments that were deleted.]