No Liberal Media Bias To See Here

Maybe the AP reporter made a simple mistake. Spin Swimming points out the original AP press release regarding Bush's announcement at a campaign rally today about Bill Clinton's heart bypass surgery:

WEST ALLIS, Wis. - President Bush (news - web sites) on Friday wished Bill Clinton (news - web sites) "best wishes for a swift and speedy recovery.""He's is in our thoughts and prayers," Bush said at a campaign rally. Bush's audience of thousands in West Allis, Wis., booed. Bush did nothing to stop them.

Those awful, awful Republicans!

But wait! After people watching the rally on TV reported that they hadn't heard anything of the sort, the AP posted a corrected release. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has the transcript up; note the word APPLAUSE after Bush said Clinton is in our thoughts and prayers. And lastly, check out the sound clip posted by one of Spin Swimming's readers.

How anyone thought there was booing in that crowd is beyond me.

(Hat tip: Instapundit, yet again.)

And for the record, I'm shocked about Clinton's surgery -- he looked like a million bucks every time I'd seen him in public recently. As much as I loathe his Presidency, I hope he makes it through this safely and he's back on his feet quickly. He's in my thoughts and prayers as well.