You know things are getting bad when Republicans jump on a verbal gaffe by Kerry as if it is the end of the world as we know it. Is this the best they have on offer as we get read to go to the polls. Mocking Kerry would be perfectly fair– it’s amazing that any Republican supporter can do so with a straight face given the, umm, “verbal challenges” faced by the current Commander in Chief– but to take such an obvious slip seriously reeks of desperation.

Unfortunately, it’s just that kind of desperation that often draw in the gullible who don’t pay attention to the initial noise, just the endless reinterpretations in the echo chamber…