After making the groundless suggestion that Al Gore would attack the Bush “police state” during his speech in Washington, DC today, Matt Drudge is now running the prepared text of Gore’s speech, which does not include the phrase “police state.” Unsurprisingly, Drudge fails to note the discrepancy.

Update 1/16: Thanks to Jon Henke for pointing out in comments that I attributed a quote to Drudge that Joe Conason and others have apparently taken out of context. The post has been corrected; apologies for the error.