HERE’S A TRANSCRIPT OF IYAD ALLAWI’S SPEECH today.

UPDATE: I agree that Kerry’s response to Allawi’s speech was ill-considered. Somebody call the brand manager!

ANOTHER UPDATE: Reader Dart Montgomery emails:

Arrgh – Kerry’s speech was “ll-considered???”Are you running for office on the Upper West Side?

How about Arrogant, Awful, Divisive, Dishonest, Destructive, Horrible, Terrorist-Inspiring etc., etc., etc.?

Actually, as other people get more inflamed about the election, I’m making an effort to become milder, though I was chided by a colleague the other day for being insufficiently snarky of late. And, of course, there are those who claim that I lack fire.