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Kerry denounces McCain campaign for its 'ugliness'
politickerMA.com ^ | 10/10/08 | Jeremy P. Jacobs

Posted on 10/11/2008 3:49:38 PM PDT by melt

U.S. Sen. John Kerry denounced John McCain's negative messages on Friday, saying the Arizonan's campaign has turned "ugly" and "desperate."

Kerry, a Boston Democrat, made his remarks in a message distributed to his large email list. Here are the key grafs,

John McCain has shown a stunning failure of leadership. His campaign, in a time of economic crisis and foreign policy drift, has degenerated into a negative and nasty campaign of smears.

The reports are piling up of ugliness at the campaign rallies of John McCain and Sarah Palin. Audience members hurl insults and racial epithets, call out "Kill Him!" and "Off With His Head," and yell "treason" when Senator Obama's name is mentioned. I strongly condemn language like this which can only be described as hate-filled.

Kerry, who faced strong and inaccurate attacks as the 2004 Democratic presidential nominee, notes recent studies that have shown that all of McCain's ads recently have been attack ads and calls on his supporters to retaliate against the attacks by visiting his website www.truthfightsback.com.

(Excerpt) Read more at politickerma.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2008; kerry; prez; ugly; whocares
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To: cripplecreek

“I’m no McCain fan but he’ll impress me if he stands firm in the face of democrat and mediatard fire”

Me too. The liberals are seeing the impact this is having and are getting very nervous. As Margaret Thatcher would say “ it’s no time to go wobbly” this is war.


21 posted on 10/11/2008 3:57:54 PM PDT by dandiegirl
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To: Dream Warrior

It’s for the laughs. :D


22 posted on 10/11/2008 3:59:10 PM PDT by SolidWood
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To: Texas Eagle

23 posted on 10/11/2008 3:59:13 PM PDT by melt
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To: melt

So John Kerry walks into a bar, and the bartender says...


24 posted on 10/11/2008 4:00:08 PM PDT by skeeter
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To: melt

What’s ugly is shooting someone in the back...:/


25 posted on 10/11/2008 4:01:27 PM PDT by Khepri (McCain said I was an extremist. So be it. Reagan Matyrs Brigades.)
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To: melt
"I strongly condemn language like this which can only be described as hate-filled."

I *do* hate them. I do. They hated us first. We can't just sit here and take it, anymore. Screw them all. SOBs - the lot of them.

26 posted on 10/11/2008 4:02:04 PM PDT by babyfreep
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To: melt

I keep hearing this stuff about things like “kill him” being yelled out but I’ve not heard any tapes at all. Are they out there? From what I’ve read, if this did happen it sounded like they were saying it in reference to Ayres. Regardless, if someone was yelling it, I’d bet $100 it was a dem plant.


27 posted on 10/11/2008 4:02:43 PM PDT by jennyjenny
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To: melt

28 posted on 10/11/2008 4:03:38 PM PDT by JRios1968 (Sarah Palin smash Hulk!)
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To: melt

Sooprize sooprize sooprize!!!


29 posted on 10/11/2008 4:04:52 PM PDT by babyfreep
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To: melt
Kerry didn't seem to realize he was “out of uniform” and had no business saluting in this manner. In civilian clothes you put your hand over your heart as in saying the pledge.

Great leadership senator.

30 posted on 10/11/2008 4:04:55 PM PDT by Dream Warrior (Senator McCain was once the media darling, Look what happened.)
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To: Dream Warrior
He's desperately trying to be relevant. That's what he does.
31 posted on 10/11/2008 4:05:25 PM PDT by jennyjenny
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To: Texas Eagle

32 posted on 10/11/2008 4:05:48 PM PDT by melt
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To: Texas Eagle

Please, no pics of Barbra Streisand.


33 posted on 10/11/2008 4:06:32 PM PDT by Signalman
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To: melt
I don't think I'm going to believe or listen to a LIAR!

April 23, 1971, Kerry claimed that U.S. soldiers had “raped, cut off ears, cut off heads, taped wires from portable telephones to human genitals and turned up the power, cut off limbs, blown up bodies, randomly shot at civilians, razed villages, shot cattle and dogs for fun, poisoned food stocks, and generally ravaged the countryside of South Vietnam.”

34 posted on 10/11/2008 4:06:35 PM PDT by kcvl
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To: melt

This is the reward McCain gets for caring about what Democrats think. Kerry should go back to his puerile anti-war protesting.


35 posted on 10/11/2008 4:07:07 PM PDT by popdonnelly (Does Obama know ANYONE who likes America, capitalism, or white people?)
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To: melt

I think they are starting to get into trouble with Obama’s multiple connections to terrorist. They don’t like it, makes people think about who they are voting for, and would like to call it ugliness when its the truth. I guess the truth hurts.


36 posted on 10/11/2008 4:07:39 PM PDT by PaRepub07
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To: melt

I rather sleep with a coyote.


37 posted on 10/11/2008 4:08:00 PM PDT by Dream Warrior (Senator McCain was once the media darling, Look what happened.)
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To: Texas Eagle

The face of a woman with “issues”.

These are the folks who think their opinions should govern America.


38 posted on 10/11/2008 4:09:06 PM PDT by popdonnelly (Does Obama know ANYONE who likes America, capitalism, or white people?)
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To: melt

Who would ever have guessed that the unimposing young man in this picture would become Commodore Kerry, the Hero of Vietnam?


39 posted on 10/11/2008 4:10:57 PM PDT by popdonnelly (Does Obama know ANYONE who likes America, capitalism, or white people?)
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To: melt

August 28, 2008

John Kerry:

“Never in modern history has an administration squandered American power so recklessly. Never has strategy been so replaced by ideology. Never has extremism so crowded out common sense and fundamental American values. Never has short-term partisan politics so depleted the strength of America’s bipartisan foreign policy.”

“Years ago when we protested a war, people would weigh in against us saying, ‘My country right or wrong.’ Our answer? Absolutely, my country right or wrong. When right, keep it right. When wrong, make it right. Sometimes loving your country demands you must tell the truth to power.”


40 posted on 10/11/2008 4:14:10 PM PDT by kcvl
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