Via Drudge, we discover that Kerry's stooges in the MSM were breathless with excitement about this New York Times report indicating that 380 tons of weapons disappeared in Iraq:

**ABCNEWS Mentioned The Iraq Explosives Depot At Least 4 Times
**CBSNEWS Mentioned The Iraq Explosives Depot At Least 7 Times
**MSNBC Mentioned The Iraq Explosives Depot At Least 37 Times
**CNN Mentioned The Iraq Explosives Depot At Least 50 Times

Thanks to the foresight of the military's use of embedded reporters, one media outlet gets it right:

But tonight, NBCNEWS reported: The 380 tons of powerful conventional explosives were already missing back in April 10, 2003 -- when U.S. troops arrived at the installation south of Baghdad!

An NBCNEWS crew embedded with troops moved in to secure the Al-Qaqaa weapons facility on April 10, 2003, one day after the liberation of Iraq.

According to NBCNEWS, the HMX and RDX explosives were already missing when the American troops arrived.

It is not clear why the NYTIMES failed to inform readers how the cache had been missing for 18 months -- and was reportedly missing before troops even arrived.

The TIMES left the impression the weapons site had been looted since Iraq has been under US control.

Of course, Kamp Kerry seized on the report in the NY Times and blasted Bush for failing to secure the weapons. A senior Bush official answered Senator Flip Flop with a scathing rhetorical blast:

"Let me get this straight, are Mr. Kerry and Mr. Edwards now saying we did not go into Iraq soon enough? We should have invaded and liberated Iraq sooner?"

Desperado Joe Lockhart took time out from finalizing plans to cry wolf about voter intimidation on election day while simultaneously claiming victory, to belch out this sputum:

"In a shameless attempt to cover up its failure to secure 380 tons of highly explosive material in Iraq, the White House is desperately flailing in an effort to escape blame. Instead of distorting John Kerry's words, the Bush campaign is now falsely and deliberately twisting the reports of journalists. It is the latest pathetic excuse from an administration that never admits a mistake, no matter how disastrous."

I wouldn't want to answer the question either, Joey. If I were Kerry, I would like to know why it is that I am getting my talking points straight out of the morning headlines at such an unreliable rag, only to be embarrassed later the same day when the truth comes out, as it inevitably will, and sooner rather than later, these days. Hillary, you would be well advised to ditch these losers before you go up against Rudy.

Captain Ed has some indepth analysis here, here, and here.