I'm so sick of this. The Rats' conducted their entire primary season as a Bush Bash Fest. All 9 candidates spent millions of dollars criticizing the President instead of each other. In February 2004 (long before swift boat vets came along) McCauliffe accused the President of going AWOL. As did Wesley Clark. Kerry himself called the Bush Administration “the most lying, corrupt group of guys” and he endorsed Whoopi Goldberg and John Mellencamp when they called the President a “cheap thug. Al Gore: He plaaaaaaaaaaaayed on our fears. John Dean accused the President of knowing about 9/11 before it happened. Hillary also said “he knew”. Ted Kennedy called the President a liar. Daschle: called him a miserable failure. Then we had the Bush bashing book collection followed by the movie. And let's not forgoet the filth in the streets of NYC holding up signs calling him names all week -- the losers who don't deserve the freedom of speech they enjoy thanks to our soldiers. This has been going on since the 2000 primary when they ran ads trying to tie him in the Jasper truck dragging.
Zell, did you have to be so tough on poor defenseless Kerry?
Simple, undeniable truth: if you are going to attack a presidential candidate;s character, you have to do it before the first term in office. Everyone knows what Bush is like as a president, and that is what they will judge him on.