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I was reading the “Zings”* in our local paper this morning and there were several focusing on Kerry’s botched joke the other day. The one where he left out one word (“us”) and, thus, changed his slam on Bush into a jab at our soldiers. Now, I’ve seen quite a few stories on this, and some of them reference what he was SUPPOSED to say (one broadcast even put up the prepared text of his speech, which was released BEFORE he misspoke).

I agree that he should’ve apologized, but c’mon. Do Republicans really think they can stretch this into an election-swinging controversy? Probably. Y’know how? By only quoting Kerry and not acknowledging he was supposed to say something else. Which is just what Fox News is doing. I'm really understanding the education angle now. Let's NOT present both sides and let viewers decide. Because that's how Fox "eductates" its veiwers to the GOP position.

I caught a little of Tony Snow’s briefing yesterday. He tried to deflect journalists’ contentions that Kerry left out a word by lamely pretending he wouldn’t know where the word “us” would fall in Kerry’s “joke.” Wait, didn’t Tony previously work for Fox News?

Here’s Olbermann’s take on the whole thing.


* From the Tallahassee Democrat. “Zings” are anonymous, very brief opinions that are emailed or phoned in to the paper and are presented in a bulleted list (my favorite!). Usually, they cover a wide range of topics, but some days have quite a few focusing on one or two big issues.