WSJ op-ed page - They can't be *this* stoopid, can they?

I mean, if they can say this

But no sooner had the country recovered its poise, it drew a line for Mr. Obama. The "bluest" of states, Massachusetts, sent to Washington a senator who had behind him three decades of service in the National Guard

without stopping for - oh - an attosecond and saying "Hmmm. Lets see. The other senator from Massachusetts would be who??"
I mean, a fairly obvious retort would be that they also voted for a War Hero, who lost to two draft dodgers, right?

Ye gods, but do they ever want to make me puke...