Uh, that was said in an aside to Dick Cheney near what they thought was an off mike and the remark was about a journalist, not a sitting president.
Also, Dubya was perceived as being right on the money with his comment about Clymer, whereas few would agree that Bush has "screwed" up Iraq, and THAT'S the real problem with Kerry's exhibition of pique.
Kerry displayed poor taste and poor judgement with this utterance.
Another Kerry aide, Stephanie Cutter, said the Rolling Stone comments aren't the first time Kerry has used the obscenity and denied he was trying to appear more hip to the youth-oriented magazine.
``He's said this before, it wasn't any effort to play up to a younger audience,'' Cutter said.
Since we're using salty language, I'll just say B.S.