The pictures that leaked out of John Kerry in a clean suit at NASA didn’t strike me as really anything to be embarrassed about, so when I saw Democratic spokespeople calling it a Republican smear I was kind of surprised. Well, I watched a little Fox News this afternoon and now I understand what they were talking about.

Every commercial break they showed the NASA pictures and displayed emails from viewers ridiculing Kerry. Then they had a clip of Cheney ridiculing Kerry at a speech today. There’s no doubt this was a coordinated smear- they literally made something out of nothing.

Maybe all this is just a weak attempt at payback for the ill-conceived flight-suit debacle Bush moseyed into last year. Still no comparison, by the way- Bush will never live that down.

Whatever the motivation, one thing is very clear- the Republicans have lost their grip on reality. Desperation has forced them into attacking a candidate for taking a tour of NASA- think about that. They don’t have any issues they can win, so they attempt to make fun of Kerry on a personal level.

Well, millions of us can play that game, can’t we?

Update: Hey, look what comes up when you do an image search for Captain Bunnypants