In the lastest example of a Seinfeld scandal (the length of a Seinfeld scandal is directly proportional to the strength of its vacuum, which is why 3 years later the saga of the plastic turkey continues) it's official - John Kerry wasn't snubbed by soldiers in Iraq, he snubbed them. For a pair of reporters.
Let's give three cheers (or if Brother Byrd is reading, two Hallelujahs and an Amen) for the political acumen of John 'Malpractice' Kerry. Maybe somebody should give his staff T-shirts that read "Kerry went all the way to Iraq for a photo op with the troops and all he did was talk to a lousy pair of reporters".
You've got to know you're base. If you're John Kerry, who's more important, a whole bunch of ignoramuses who blew their schooling and wound up in Iraq, or a couple of reporters for the New York Times? Kind of a no-brainer, isn't it?
Bryan Preston actually apologizes for calling Kerry "lonely" - which rates two Hallelujahs! and and an Amen! for Brother Preston from this corner at any rate. Although I will note that since loneliness is an emotional state it can't be determined from a photograph - you can be lonely sitting at a table full of people (remember the start of Freshman year anyone?) and whatever the opposite of lonely is sitting all by yourself.
Flap apologizes an a more Kerryesque style.
Just to get out ahead on big John, here's the next Kerry scandal of Sienfelding proportions.
