Get yourself to the Howler!

The Daily Howler has been all over the failure of the media to correct or even challenge the Republican Talking Points about John Kerry. He's really worked himself into a lather about it. And for the most part, he's right on (though he never mentioned Jon Stewart's skewering of the "most liberal senator" claim on The Daily Show this week). Here's a sample:

...When GOP hacks say that Kerry and Edwards are first and fourth most liberal senators, they are citing a survey from National Journal. But on March 6, that very same Journal—explicitly responding to this misleading claim—published its list of current senators with the most liberal lifetime voting records. Here it is—the Journal’s Top Ten. Guess whose names aren’t on it?

National Journal: Most liberal senators, lifetime voting
1. Mark Dayton, D-Minn.
2. Paul Sarbanes, D-Md.
3. Jack Reed, D-R.I.
4. Jon Corzine, D-N.J.
5. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass.
6. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif.
7. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa
8. Richard Durbin, D-Ill.
9. Frank Lautenberg, D-N.J.
10. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt

“By any measure of his votes,” (Tucker) Carlson said, Kerry is “the most liberal member.” Will CNN correct this groaning misstatement—an apparent lie? Of course they won’t; the net doesn’t care... It’s good to be a Washington pundit. Why waste time on such affairs?

There's other good stuff here. Enough to arm yourself against all of these ridiculous talking points in any argument in which you may find yourself.

And bon week-end (was that French? Arrest him!)...