I'm in Washington too. Somehow I wish I wasn't in a "safe" state though. This story is amazing, btw. Does MEMRI have a non-partisan reputation? MIGHT this story get legs?
I was wondering the same so I looked it up. This is from their website-
"MEMRI is an independent, nonpartisan, nonprofit, 501 (c)3 organization."
http://www.memri.org/aboutus.html
I think its pretty clear Bin Laden's tape was a de facto endorsement of Kerry.
Their reputation doesn't really matter as much since they're quite specific in their assertion which could easily be debunked. If their assertions are factually correct, they could be vegan cannibals and it wouldn't matter.