September 05, 2004

SCHWARZENEGGER answers his Austrian critics -- XRLQ has the full story in both English and German. Schwarzenegger had this to say about misrepresentations of his convention speech in the Austrian press, which falsely implied that Schwarzenegger said he'd seen Soviet tanks in his home region of Styria as a child:
That�s total and complete nonsense. I never claimed to have encountered Russian occupiers in Styria. I remember very clearly: we crossed the Semmering Pass in my uncle�s VW Bug into the Russian sector. There, as a little boy, I saw the Soviet tanks.
See also my debunking of the "Schwarzenegger was lying" story from the other day, which includes a link to the original AP story from Vienna.

And in related news, young Matthew Yglesias has closed his comments section, due to a sustained troll attack. All coming from Glenn and not from me, I trust. I sympathize with Matt. Comments sections can be fun, informative -- insightful. The blogosphere gets a dose of juice from them. But they never stop being a pain in the ass. I've gotten rid of them twice. I miss the good stuff (write me). I don't miss the extra work.

Elsewhere, some folks have no sympathy at all for Mr. Yglesias. Posted by Greg Ransom | TrackBack