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Howard Kurtz finally gives this 'GOP talking points memo' issue a bit of the attention that it deserves. It comes off as only a bit better than the Volker whitewash attempts - Kurtz attempts to say that no-one claimed that it was a GOP originated memo, which doesn't even pass the laugh test. Check out the article and the way it is written, however. It's as close as we'll ever get to seeing anyone at the Post or ABC news admit that they were had (in a Rathergate sort of way).

Powerline has more commentary here. And this quote from Hindrocket sums up this sordid memo issue well:

"As I said to Howard Kurtz, "The content of the memo tells me it wasn't prepared to benefit the Republican Party, it was prepared to benefit the Democratic Party.""

And Michelle Malkin has some interesting observations here. She points out (as did Hindrocket) that ABC News is now saying that they were only trying to say that the memo was distributed to Republicans, not by Republicans. Seeing as the headline on the ABC News site was "GOP Talking Points Memo", I find that distinction by them now hard to believe. And Malkin also points out that in a Seattle Times article with a Washington Post byline the story claims that the memo was passed out to Republicans by party leaders.

Ed Morrissey at Captain's Quarters has his insight on this matter here.