KERRY SAYS TERRORISM THREAT IS EXAGGERATED: John, you big lug you--three simple words: Little. Green. Footballs. Read it, learn it, love it.

And then let's talk.

UPDATE: Andrew Sullivan adds, "Back to the 1990s or post-9/11 Bush. Law enforcement versus war. It's a clear and important distinction. Let's put it at the center of this debate, where it belongs."

ANOTHER UPDATE: Speaking of Little Green Footballs, Charles Johnson posts:

According to the New York Daily News, Democratic candidate Wesley Clark sought the political support of the Muslim American Society and the Islamic Circle of North America—two Muslim groups that have been linked to terrorism by numerous sources, and are currently under investigation by the FBI.

But as Johnson writes, "If that last statement is true, what does it say about how seriously Clark is taking the war on terrorism?"

About as seriously as the rest of the candidates (save Lieberman). Because as Sullivan previously wrote, for much of the left, "9/11 didn't really happen".