I’ll have to agree with NZ Bear:

I’ll admit, my first reaction was a bit of a yawn myself. But then I thought about why that was, and I think it comes down to the fact that I expect Kerry to exaggerate and outright lie when it serves his political purpose of the moment. But the fact that he’s a serial exaggerator is exactly why this story should receive attention, not why it should be shrugged off.

So let’s not treat Mr. Kerry with the “soft bigotry of low expectations” that I’m sure his squishly little liberal heart would find so offensive. The standard is a simple one: tell the damned truth. It would appear he didn’t in a crucial discussion of one of the most critical policy decisions made in years.

Just because we know him to be a liar doesn’t mean that we should be easy on the fiend; besides, when did the current President ever get off easily, without his honest mistakes being called lies?

Despite the hype that preceeded this news (which may have been bigger if a) Kerry knew that Osama was dead but still kicked the dead horse known as Tora Bora or b) he has received money from terrorists) we can add this lie of Kerry’s to the long list of proven factual challenges that this man who wishes to be president has faced.

UPDATE: While I may not agree that being underwhelmed like Spoons, Aylward and the like is like agreeing with Markos Moulitsas-Zuniga (it’s a hyphenated name, folks) do give some leeway for some partisanship here, dear friends. I’m sure the Leftybloggers who are dismissing this as no big deal are enjoying the fact that we’re picking on each other instead of asking them whether they condone their candidate as a serial sociopath.

UPDATE 2: Anyone call us “desperate” yet?

UPDATE 3: Jeralynn is true to form. (Although she calls the Bush campaign, not us, desperate.)

(Links borrowed with little hat-tipping since they have been passed around between the bigger-name blogs that I have linked to.)