jdm,

I posted this in the newer thread above, but I’ll also post it here, since it pertains to whether or not the story has gone anywhere outside the blogosphere and what affect it may or might not have:

NRO’s the Corner quotes a poll this morning taken in 19 battleground states:

Nearly 6 in 10 likely voters claim that they that they recently saw, read or heard something about the TV ad ?Swift Boat Veterans for Truth? released and began airing in several key battleground states questioning the truthfulness of Senator Kerry?s Vietnam War record. Among those who claimed to have seen, read or heard something about the ad, a majority overall and among undecided voters said it would not impact their vote either way. However to the extent it did impact voting intentions, it was a negative for Sen. Kerry by as much as nearly a 3 to 1 margin.

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As to what I, personally, hope will come of this . . . I must confess it has much less to do with a desire to see that truth will out or justice will be done, and more to do with wanting Kerry to lose votes. I happen to believe that the result of this election could determine whether we ultimately survive this war we are waging against Islamic facism. Because I believe Bush will be better at waging the war than Kerry, I want Bush to win and Kerry to lose, and anything that causes even one person, particularly in the battleground states, to pull the lever for Bush over Kerry is fine by me.

As for the MSM–I gave up on them a long time ago. In fact, I’ve noticed lately that when I do bother to read a newspaper, my knee jerk reaction is not to believe a word that I’m reading. As far as I’m concerned I might as well be reading Pravda. I don’t even believe my movie reviewer anymore since he feels the need to inject his personal Bush-bashing politics into every film he reviews, even when it’s teeny bopper fair like Princess Diaries II.