A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF LIBERAL HATE SPEECH. Following the Tea Party protest on the Capitol steps on March 20, the Washington Post reported “'Tea party' protesters accused of spitting on lawmaker, using slurs,”

Members of the Congressional Black Caucus said that racial epithets were hurled at them Saturday by angry protesters who had gathered at the Capitol to protest health-care legislation, and one congressman said he was spit upon. The most high-profile openly gay congressman, Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.), was heckled with anti-gay chants. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D-Mo.) issued a statement late Saturday saying that he was spit upon while walking to the Capitol to cast a vote ....

Hmm. Here’s the Washington Post’s own photo gallery of the protest. Where are the “angry protestors”?

On March 23, the Post’s Colbert I. King responded to the protest with this appallingly ignorant, vile commentary on WTOP (“commentary from all sides”) radio, proving he couldn’t have possibly have attended the Tea Party protest. [Maybe he mistakenly attended the Left’s pro-ObamaCare rally at Lafayette Square across from the White House - the Secret Service had to close off part of the Ellipse during that rally.]

Then on the following March 26, King published this astonishingly venomous, hateful Op-Ed piece in the Post’s editorial/commentary section accusing the Tea Partiers of ... well, read it yourself, but be prepared to wash your hands of the spittle still clinging to every word.

And they call us hateful, racist, knuckle-dragging Neanderthals ....

It should be noted that the spitting and epithet-shouting incidents referred to have never been independently verified. Probably because they never happened.

For “as it happened” blog reporting, see this Instapundit link.