Campaign Word War Rages - "THE MOST CROOKED, YOU KNOW, LYING GROUP I'VE EVER SEEN"

CBSNews ^ | 3/12/04

[gortklattu]

If he sticks to his language, good!

Did he say the same thing about Clinton?

[gortklattu]

If he sticks to his language, good! Did he say the same thing about Clinton?

The Saddam Democrats Strike Again

[writer33]

"I have no intention whatsoever of apologizing for my remarks," Kerry said during a Thursday news conference on the Senate side of the Capitol. "I think the Republicans need to start talking about the real issues before the country."


What the *&^&*%&^@#$ is he talking about? We ARE the only ones talking about the REAL issues in America. He is just sad. Man!

[RolandBurnam]

don't apologize, just back up your statements or shut up.

[OXENinFLA]

This is so politically calculated (by Kerry) and the 'news media' is being used.


I wonder if Kerry set up his 'impromptu' press conf. in Washington BEFORE he made his "crooked, liars" remark?

[kjam22]

Yeah... if he apologizes he'll loose all the Dean voters. They'll go with Nader or just stay home. He has to stay negative to keep them.

[tallhappy]

Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry rejected Republican demands that he apologize for calling his GOP critics "the most crooked, you know, lying group I've ever seen."

What disingenuous spin.

Kerry said this about President Bush and his administration - not "GOP critics."

[IPWGOP]

get out the soap bar again...

[kjam22]

Would be cool is Condoleza would slap him in public. Preferably on television. That would be cool.

[af_vet_rr]

Bush just needs to not get negative and rather than push the shortcomings of Kerry, he needs to just talk about the good things he's done in office and more important what he would do if he won again.

He can't let himself get dragged down in the mud with Kerry, otherwise it will hurt him.

I disagree with some things Bush has done/is doing, and I am not sure I would vote for him again, but I'm just tired of the last three or four elections being nothing but mud slinging.

[BibChr]

I'm wondering:

What would it take for the media EVER to report ANYTHING done by a Dem as bad?

What would it take for the media EVER to report ANYTHING done by a Republican as good?

Dan

[MrB]

Don't press him for an apology, press him for details.
Exactly who was he talking about? Not some nebulous "they" - name them.
And what exactly are they lying about - what did they say, and what is the truth?

Kerry wouldn't be able to answer these questions, I'm sure, but he should be pressed to.

And yes, Mr. Kerry, the real issues before the country is its defense against terrorists and prosecuting the war on terrorism, as well as the confiscatory tax rates and UnConstitutional spending.

[GraceCoolidge]

Wouldn't you like to see a Republican respond to these comments by saying, "That's quite an indictment, coming from a disciple of Ted Kennedy and Bill Clinton"?

[hobson]

That's exactly right. Kerry's base support is shallow and he has to keep the anger stimulated.

[No Blue States]

Now that Lurch has clinced the dem nomination, use his name in the ads.

[kjam22]

Yep... incredible that the party who screams about not "hating" can only be motivated by getting them to hate Bush.

[Piquaboy]

I thought for all this time that he was speaking of his Damolrat party. It sure fits it to a tee.

[Wright is right!]

"What would it take for the media EVER to report ANYTHING done by a Republican as good?"

A wholesale change in the people within the news bidness, that's what. But the entranched liberal press, as we really all know, is not going to change its strips in this generation.

You've got to realize something that's not even in Bernie Goldberg's book Bias. Every TV reporter you see is not only trying to please his current bosses, but every report he does becomes part of his body of work which could be important as he tries to advance in his field later in career. It becomes a part of his reume.

So, in a matter of speaking, the reporters are REALLY playing to an audience of fellow newsies and news directors on whom they are relying for future income. If you've got the White House beat and you aspire to be an anchor, you don't get any closer to that chair by filing rosy reports on Republicans.

How's Atkins going for ya, Dan?

Michael

[writer33]

Good points.