After possible Romney email hack, details on Palin hacker omitted from story

As news surfaced about a possible hack of Gov. Mitt Romney’s personal email account, some media drew predictable comparisons to the hacking of Gov. Sarah Palin’s email account in 2008. Accounts varied, but some interesting information was omitted in current reports.

Romney reportedly used a Hotmail account, something millions of Internet users do.

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Redux 2008: Leftists allegedly false flag conservative Twitter users

Twitchy screen snip of Leftist admitting falsely flagging a user on Twitter. TUSR removed personal identification from the snip although the Leftist would likely not do the same for anyone on the Right.Conservatives on Twitter are witnessing 2008 redux—ahead of the presidential election that year, Leftists used the flag button on Blogspot to falsely accuse anti-Obama bloggers of SPAM. That year, the flaggers hit blogs on both the Right and in the Clinton camp on the Left.

This happened to a blog I wrote then—the subject wasn’t even politics. I blogged about writing and wrote about a character assassination of a conservative writer by high profile Leftist media.

My blog was restored after several days, but that experience is one reason I pay to host this site at Squarespace. I no longer use Blogspot for any writing.

Now the same thing is happening again.

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