oh no he dident. ... no, he really didn't.

Maureen Dowd mentioned in her column three days ago:

I even felt a little thrill go up my leg, as Chris Matthews would put it, when I heard that the Lehman Brothers C.E.O., Richard Fuld, got punched in the company gym after it was announced that the firm was going under.

Although previously confirmed, the story is, in fact, not true.

But according to Fuld's people, it was: "It's absolutely untrue," said a spokesperson now representing Lehman in bankruptcy court. "It never happened."

Alex Greenberg, general manager of the Lehman fitness center, backed them up. “The statement that he was punched is not true,” he said, adding that I was the first person to ask. “It’s a matter of fact that he has not visited the club since the bankruptcy. We’re not even open on Sundays.” The knockout was said to have occurred on Sunday, September 21.

Vicky Ward, Maureen Dowd, and everyone else who took the rumor at face value don't understand America. Here, the proles sit back and take it. Balls deep. That's what makes this country great.