I honestly don’t know which sickens me most: John Kerry’s “overheard” ad hominems (whispered in the kind of fraught, conspiratorial tone one imagines Oliver Stone hears each morning coming from his breakfast burritos) and his subsequent refusal to apologize for them… or the beady-eyed Democratic flunkies being trotted out on the news shows who are literally justifying Kerry’s paranoid outburst — presumably on orders from the DNC.

For instance, former Clinton Chief of Staff John Podesta, speaking on FOXNews just moments ago, insisted with a straight face that Kerry’s remarks were “truthful” (his words) — and offered as “proof” of their veracity some vague indictment of unnamed Republican “operatives” who ran dirty campaign ads against John McCain four years ago. Which is a lot like me calling Democrats racists and homophobes, then justifying the charge by noting that Terry McCauliffe no longer subscribes to Ebony or listens to Indigo Girls CDs.

Soulless, disingenuous flacks, these people are. They should be ashamed of themselves.

I said it before, but it bears repeating: Tu quoque. Pre-emptive blame. That’s what’s going on here, and it’s unsavory. But so it goes.

Christ, I need a shower.

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