It would be nice to find the source of that story and track down the people who started it.
One thing I HAVE noticed is that when the reprehensible stories about Kerry were working their way around the www, not too many non-Democrats were asking for fairness. I guess that's one of the things that separates voters from the two main sides in the US: Democrat voters tend to have a greater sense of fairness. Your mileage may vary on that, and no, I don't care to argue the point. Just an observation.