What an ungrateful wretch you showed yourself to be this morning on Meet the Press.

How dare you.

How dare you discredit a man who defended you against all comers in 2004. The man who stood at your side without a beat after withdrawing his own candidacy for the Democratic nomination. The man who had your back when the Swiftboating Scum came for you and your own running mate couldn't be convinced to stand up for you.

MR. BROKAW: We’re going to get to all those issues, but I also want to raise what a surrogate for Senator Obama had to say to my friend Bob Schieffer on “Face the Nation.” This is former General Wesley Clark talking about John McCain. He said, “I don’t think riding in a fighter plane and getting shot down is a qualification to be president.” He described him as untested and untried. With all due respect, Senator Kerry, he could have been talking about your qualifications. You’re a Vietnam veteran…

SEN. KERRY: Yeah, I, I don’t agree. I don’t agree with Wes Clark’s comment. I think it was entirely inappropriate. I have nothing but enormous respect for John McCain’s service. I had the privilege of standing with John McCain in the, in the cell in Hanoi when we visited there together, when we worked on the issue of Vietnam together. It was an emotional moment. I, I have awe for John McCain’s experience as a prisoner of war, and he, and he does understand duty and service. But…

Any awe for the four bullets General Clark took in his body in Vietnam while leading his troops in battle?

Some awe for a Supreme Allied Commander who led a war won with zero loss of American soldiers in combat?

How about some freaking awe for the "duty and service" of a Democratic war hero?

One who just about broke his back helping to elect Democrats to Congress in 2006? A little awe for that, maybe?

Okay, forget the awe; how about just a modicum of respect?

Clark answers a question repeating a phrase introduced by an interviewer. The media ignores the question and presents the answer in isolation. (How many times has that happened to you?) Tom Brokaw, this morning, did just that, and you, Senator Kerry, allowed him to misrepresent a fellow Democrat and a fellow war veteran, while you fell over yourself to praise the Republican opposition.

That was unfair to General Clark, who, in the same interview and before Schieffer led with "shot down," had said, "I certainly honor his service as a prisoner of war. He was a hero to me and to hundreds of thousands and millions of others in Armed Forces as a prisoner of war."

Here is what Bob Schieffer said on Face the Nation:

Bob Schieffer: I have to say, Barack Obama has not had any of those experiences either, nor has he ridden in a fighter plane and gotten shot down. I mean-

Here is what General Clark answered:

General Wesley Clark: Well, I don't think riding in a fighter plane and getting shot down is a qualification to be President.

Here is John Kerry, Democrat:

"I don’t agree with Wes Clark’s comment."

What exactly do you disagree with, Senator Kerry?

What exactly does being shot down in a plane have to do with running a country?