Kerry Lesbo Shocker!!!

Ever since Iowa, when suddenly it looked like this Kerry fella wasn't going to be somebody's running mate runner-up and might actually have a shot, the Bushies have been pedaling distraction stories to keep the heat off themselves. Am I the only one who remembers the faux intern affair story distributed far and wide, where they tried to equate him with everybody's favorite ex-pres, Billy Boy?

Now let's be honest, Karl Rove is good at his job and this tactic has worked on other Kerry stories of dubious value (SDVs). Medals vs. ribbons, anybody? But since this global test thing isn't flying (especially now that it's been refined to a "truth test" without George sensing the difference: search "truth" on the transcript or see Will Saletan's column), it's now Cheney lesbian-mania. As I mentioned on a previous post, this appears to be the only thing from the third debate that anyone is paying attention to. A quick perusal of Faux News this morning told me everything I needed to know about Kerry being "a bad man" and Dick Cheney fuming as only he can: "You saw a man who will say and do anything in order to get elected." To be blunt: pot kettle black.

Like I said, this was stupid of Kerry, just as it was for Edwards. The fact that they have nothing to gain from it is the only plausible defense (it's not as though Dick and Lynne lock Mary in the basement when company's over). And why are they so quick to assume it's a smear? Maybe they've been spending to much time with the wrong crowd.

But the elite media, excepting of course Fox News and the New York Post (from whom I've taken my inspiration for this post title), still has yet to extricate its head from its ass. The right wing machine has its own Orwellian version of the truth, so that's not even worth bothering about.

Thus, more of the same distraction for another week. Why isn't anybody reporting on the fairly stunning fact that Kerry swept the debates, quite handily. That, and I'm seeing truly very little discussion on the glob of spittle that resided in the right corner of Bush's mouth throughout the debates. Now there's a story.