The endless joys of context-free quotes

Brad Schader of BlogCritics lashes out at John Kerry for calling all soldiers stupid.

But later on in his article, Schader says:

I was wrong in my belief.

Dude, why write the article if you’re so wrong about it? Sheesh.

Update:

Many conservative bloggers seem to come to Kerry’s defense. For instance:

• Lorie Byrd at Wizbang asks, “Why should all Democrats be held accountable for something John Kerry said?” and promises “We will forget about Kerry.” While Kim Priestap says “blame the GOP for this one, Senator Kerry.”
• The Conservative Alternative says, “Sorry, John, but you are a hero!”
• Kevin McCullough at TownHall says “Fight back… we’re with ya!”
• Jonathan at Crush Liberalism opines, “Kerry’s slander was a ‘botched joke’ and not indicative of any latent disdain for the troops.”
• Bullwinkle Blog tells everyone that “occasionally he slips up.”
• Wake Up America writes, “his words are being misstated.”
• Urbangrounds writes, “nothing more than a poorly-delivered joke.”
• NewsBusters writes, “Kerry meant this as a jab at the president.”
• And even the FreeRepublic says, “Democrats to seize Congress, the Presidency, the high ground.”

I hope all these verbatim quotes from conservative outlets set to rest any controversy on what a context-free quote is, how it was applied to Mr. Kerry, and how snap movements — especially from the conservative blogosphere — will join up and resist such childish perfidy with both thought and grace. Thanks, guys, I couldn’t have said it better myself!