A sharp stiletto between the ribs

Fresh from their hard-hitting tabloid style expose of Hillary's sex life, the Times takes out the sharp knives and stabs John Kerry in the back with both blades. Not that Kerry, whose non-response to the so-called swift boating he experienced in the 2004 campaing was one of the hinges upon which the outcome of the election turned deserves any better.

But still, what's the point of the article except to bring up the slander yet again and legitimize those who, 35 years on, are still pissed that Kerry went before the Congress and acknowledged what every sane person who lived through those times knows to be true (namely, that US forces in South East Asia committed atrocities against civilians), to remind us that Kerry failed to adequately defend his reputation two years ago when it might have mattered, and still doesn't seem to get that this debate is not taking place in a court of law.

I mean, we're not seeing articles reminding us that George Bush still hasn't put to rest charges that he was AWOL when he was supposed to be flying fighter planes in Alabama.