Update: Here is the link to the Washington Times yawn yarn. (take your pick.)

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Original Post:

Right wing blogs and Drudge have been cooing since Sunday about a spectacular revelation to come out in Monday's Washington Times about Kerry's foreign policy statements. Daily Kos has the story and it's a non-starter:

About a year ago, Kerry said in a speech that he had met with all the members of the Security Council prior to voting to authorize Bush's Iraq War.

"So I sat with the French and British, Germans, with the entire Security Council, and we spent a couple of hours talking about what they saw as the path to a united front in order to be able to deal with Saddam Hussein."

The Mooney Times piece is going to state that several of the ambassadors on the Security Council allege that Kerry did not, in fact, meet with them....here's nothing else to it. That's the Big Story. The one that will knock the wheels off Kerry's campaign.

Putting aside for a moment the "big deal" aspect, as in "who cares?," Kos says Kerry's statement is true--he really did meet with everyone. Sounds like desperate times for Bush, desperate measures.

One other caveat: In the days to come, beware of more articles labeled "news" written by right-wing partisan hacks. They are not news, they are opinion pieces. Google the author and you'll see what we mean.