JUST THOUGHT I’D LINK TO THIS PAGE SLAMMING BUSH’S NATIONAL GUARD SERVICE, FROM THE KERRY CAMPAIGN WEBSITE, just in case anybody wondered if Kerry had engaged in any attacks on people’s military service. (Via Drudge).

Then there’s this report:

Democratic strategist Mary Anne Marsh, speaking moments ago on “Hannity and Colmes”: “George Bush betrayed his country by sending us to war on false pretenses, and George Bush betrayed his country by not fighting in Vietnam.”

Yes. You read that right. “George Bush betrayed his country by not fighting in Vietnam.”

(Havent’ seen a transcript yet, but several readers emailed about this independently, so I think it’s reliable.) I think the Kerry campaign’s bad month is continuing.

UPDATE: My colleague Tom Plank, who led a platoon of Marines in Vietnam, emails:

Attacking Bush’s service is a real dumb move. Most of my contemporaries (including many friends and Bill Clinton) did not fight in Vietnam. I do not consider that they betrayed their country, as long as they avoided Vietnam by legal means, and I do not know any Vietnam veterans who think that those who avoided Vietnam “betrayed their country”).

Yes, this seems like a serious error to me. Perhaps born of desperation? Or just ineptitude?