A POSER

From LGF:

Churchill Admits He's Not Native American

In his appearance at the University of Hawaii, Colorado University professor Ward “Little Eichmanns” Churchill admitted he is not a native American: Churchill attacks essay’s critics.

Churchill did address the issue of his ethnicity, admitting that he is not Native American.

“Is he an Indian? Do we really care?” he said, quoting those he called his “white Republican” critics.

“Let’s cut to the chase; I am not,” he said.

His pedigree is “not important,” Churchill said: “The issue is the substance of what is said.”

He went on to explain that the issue of whether he is Native American has been blown up by sloppy reporting and reporters quoting other reporters.

Churchill has been lying about his ancestry for years.

(UPDATE: Churchill is incorrectly quoted. The Honolulu Star-Bulletin has printed a retraction to their report that Ward Churchill admitted he was not a native American.)

My question is simply this? Why have so many on the left come to his defense claiming freedom of speech, blah, blah, etc., etc., blah, blah, blah? And yet, Larry Summers is being villified for what he said, and is not getting the same freedom of speech defense that Churchill is getting? Both of these gentlemen are coming from the left, so it's not ideology. There is no comparison when it comes to judging whose statements were more "outrageous". Churchill wins this hands down. So why the inconsistent application of free speech to each of these lefties?