"If Kerry doesn't like people disputing his own version of his own gallantry, then it was highly incautious of him to have made it the centerpiece of his appeal."
I firmly believe that Americans vote for a guy that is going to be the least made fun of...think about it: Al Gore v. W.; Kennedy v. Nixon; Bush the elder v. Dukakis. The turning point in this campaign may not have been the Convention and Swift Boats...it could well have been Kerry in the bunny suit! So it that spirit, let's have a little levity:
"We make jokes about it but the truth is this presidential election really offers us a choice of two well-informed, opposing positions on every issue. OK, they both belong to John Kerry, but they're still there." —Jay Leno
"John Kerry says the 'W' in George W. Bush stands for 'Wrong.' But he still can't explain what John Kerry stands for." —David Letterman
Polipundit rightly observes:
This morning I awoke to see a story on Fox News that Kofi Annan had declared the U.S. action in Iraq an "illegal" war. So what would he call the U.N. Oil for Food program?
When a newsroom becomes a crime scene, are you supposed to run yellow tape around it? From National Review Online:
So — one of Kerry's top fundraisers tells a story trashing Bush, where the only two direct corroborating witnesses are dead and that everyone else denies, and Rather calls this compelling and strong?