bruce...there is an entire theme buried in all this detail that emerges....to wit: You would LIKE to paint Kerry as either a liar, a careless speechmaker -("wouldn't you think a Senator would check his facts..") or a **liberal** too caught up in his own agenda to bother thinking clearly...or any other character flaw you can Gerrymander out of the news. You leave no room for the possibilty that he is a good guy with many excellent qualities trying to honestly do his best in public service. You did the same thing in the thread about his wife Theresa; picking on details of her remark to paint her in a bad light.

We ALL have flaws, but this endless distraction from the real issues by nitpicking and blowing things out of proportion get tiresome. If that's all I want, I can listen to Joe Scarbourough of Rush Limbaugh 2-3 times a day.

You are trying to imtimate that Kerry and liberals get 'breaks' in reporting, while conservatives are held to some more rigid standard, and THAT, my friend, is just plain silly!