All manner of lefty bloggers have denied, with varying degrees of emphasis, that Harry Reid had called Gen Peter Pace and Gen. David Petraeus "incompetent".

Unfortunately, at least one of there number who was actually on the infamous call, acknowledged that Reid did indeed say it:

Here's exactly what Reid said:

"I guess the president, uh, he's gotten rid of Pace because he could not get him confirmed here in the Senate… Pace is also a yes-man for the president and I told him to his face, I laid it out to him last time he came to see me, I told him what an incompetent man I thought he was."

So, did Reid utter the word "incompetent" in the same sentence with General Pace's name on the conference call? Yes, he did.

What is remarkable, but not particularly surprising, is that the lefty bloggers independently either lied or had sudden bouts of extremely poor recall (with the exception of Geiger). The Sinestrosphere once again demonstrates its Orwellian capacity for newsspeak.