I Do Not Think That Word Means What Roger Simon Thinks It Means. [updated]

Well, you knew this was coming:

Everyone (except a sadist) abhors torturing, but no one knows what they would do in an inidividual situation until they are confronted by it - and those situations are always changing. That includes Barack Obama, George Bush, you, me and Ariana [sic] Huffington. [Ariana [sic] Huffington - why did that name come up regarding torture?-ed. Free association?] So what we are dealing with in the release of these memos is pure political smear.

Emphasis mine.

Roger has always had a funny definition of smear. In the past, it's been employed to describe, among other things, Colin Powell's suggestion that Republicans called Obama a Muslim and a friend of terrorists; allegations that Sarah Palin wasn't "down to earth"; and Joe Klein's choice words for neoconservatives.

Basically, Roger's got two brain cells and they're at war with each other.

...You also knew this was coming, right? If Roger Simon writes something unusually stupid and Putz doesn't link to it, does it make a sound?

[via G.]