Does it disqualify a candidate for “The October Surprise” if it’s shown to be groundless? Answer: Of course not, what does that have to do with anything?

Media Research Center points out that while CBS News claims the explosive cache was stolen from under the care of American forces, the NBC news crew traveling with the troops found no such stockpile when they first arrived at QaQaa. Oh, Rats.

To quote what a CBS News rep told us one time, “That’s not the story we wanted to tell.”

Headline: October Surprise by NYT and CBS News Blows Up In Their Faces

BTW, has anyone mentioned how much stuff 380 tons is? About eight tractor-trailer loads, isn’t it … not exactly a cut-a-hole-in-the-fence-and-backpack-it-out proposition. Strains credulity on the face of it.