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John Kerry Launches a Negative Attack Against the American People By Jonathan M. Stein John Kerry has launched a negative attack against the American people themselves.  In an embarrassing snafu, John Kerry, who did not realize his microphone was on, was caught telling a union worker, at a rally in Chicago, that his opponents are “the most crooked, you know, lying group of people I've ever seen.”  This comment comes from a man who has made political hay from sanctimoniously upbraiding his detractors for “going negative.”              Forced to explain his outrageous comment, a comment certainly not becoming a man running for...

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<p>Democratic presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry said on Thursday that he was not referring to all Republicans as "crooked" in an off-the-cuff comment captured on camera -- just his political opponents' "attack dogs."</p> <p>After a union rally in Chicago, Illinois, on Wednesday Kerry told a worker that "these guys are the most crooked, you know, lying group of people I've ever seen." His microphone was still on when he made the comments.</p>

On September 4, 2000, George W. Bush, unaware that a microphone was catching his comments, confided his opinion of New York Times reporter Adam Clymer to Dick Cheney. The vulgarity Bush employed was picked up by the microphones, and was instantly a front page story in the campaign. The Boston Globe, for example, ran a page one story the next day by Anne E. Kornblut and Glenn Johnson that began: "George W. Bush yesterday urged voters to put 'plain-spoken Americans' in the White House, intending to contrast himself with Vice President Al Gore. Instead, his frankness created an embarrassment, after...

Sen. John Kerry's paranoid Dean-like rant against those who dare question him is unworthy of a presidential candidate, Bush-Cheney campaign chairman Marc Racicot noted last night. "Senator Kerry's statement today in Illinois was unbecoming of a candidate for the presidency of the United States of America, and tonight we call on Senator Kerry to apologize to the American people for this negative attack. On the day that Senator Kerry emerged as his party's presumptive nominee, the president called to congratulate him. That goodwill gesture has been met by attacks and false statements," stated Racicot, former governor of Montana. "John Kerry...

Unscripted Kerry calls GOP liars Tribune to My Yahoo! By Jill Zuckman and Jeff Zeleny Tribune national correspondents Seemingly unaware that his microphone was still on, Sen. John Kerry (news - web sites) used uncharacteristically harsh language Wednesday to describe Republicans as "crooked" and "lying" during a quiet exchange with several workers at the Hill Mechanical Group in Chicago's Ravenswood neighborhood. As one worker urged Kerry to "tell it like it is" and to "keep smiling," the presumptive Democratic nominee told the man not to worry. "We're going to keep pounding, let me tell you. We're just beginning to fight...

John Kerry's remarks yesterday, unintentionally picked up by a microphone, that the Bush Campaign is "the most crooked, you know, lying group I've ever seen," was hardly surprising. Indeed, Kerry has shown a growing tendency to behave as though any attack on him is wholly unwarranted. Last Friday Reuters reported on the "royal genes" theory of the presidency, the idea that the candidate with the bluest blood in his veins is most likely to win the election. Whatever the validity of the theory, can anyone doubt that the Massachusetts Senator isn't a genuine royal? Kerry's thin-skinned refinement comes into play...

It's all over the media..... candidate Kerry, thinking the mike was off, whispering to Chicago factory workers: "These guys are the most crooked, you know, lying group I've ever seen," Kerry said under his breath, as if he was afraid someone would overhear his slanderous remarks.Well, someone did hear them and we are mad as hell and we're not going to take it anymore. That's us he's talking about. He's calling Americans who vote Republican crooks and liars. That's you and me. And to rub salt in an open wound, Kerry's campaign spokeswoman Stephanie Cutter said Kerry had no regrets...

Yesterday John Kerry lashed out at at Repubilcans as being the "most crooked and lying group I've even seen". Coming from a Massachusetts politician that is saying something. However, there is an old adage that people in glass houses shouldn't throw stones. A look at John Kerry's supporters, many of whom are prominently displayed on the "Endorsements" section of his website, contains a few people with rather colorful pasts. In fact, many of these Kerry supporters, friends, and fundraisers would be more at home on a police blotter than on the Kerry Endorsement Page. Let's take a look at a...

<p>LOS ANGELES  — Presidential candidate  John Kerry pressured Congress and the Pentagon to fund a missile system on behalf of a San Diego contractor who, years later, pleaded guilty to making illegal contributions to the senator and other politicians, according to the Los Angeles Times.</p>

WASHINGTON (AP) — The impolitic aside, the indelicate joke, the sudden flash of pique, the slip of the salty tongue. Political campaigns, the ultimate in packaging and polish, live in fear of unguarded moments like those. The latest comes from John Kerry. Television played and replayed the moment Wednesday when the Democratic presidential candidate, his back to the camera but his voice being recorded, told a Chicago worker that President Bush's Republicans are "the most crooked ... lying group I've ever seen." For sure, the Democrats have been after Bush for allegedly misleading the country on the justification for going...

Sen. John F. Kerry (D-Mass.) dueled with President Bush over taxes and the economy yesterday and then, in an offhand comment to factory workers in Chicago, called the Republicans "the most crooked, you know, lying group I've ever seen," triggering an angry denunciation from Bush's campaign. Earlier, Kerry campaign spokeswoman Stephanie Cutter said the Democratic candidate had no regrets about his characterizations of the opposition. "Not at all," she said. "There's been a pretty high level of Republican attack machine working for the last four years for the sole purpose of smearing the Democrats. We're trying to make this campaign...

Democratic presidential challenger John Kerry sharpened the tone of an already bitter White House battle with George W. Bush, branding his Republican opponents a "crooked, lying group." His remarks followed a week of intense exchanges between the camps, including another veiled attack Wednesday by Bush railing against those who would "build a wall" around the United States on the trade front. Kerry, who moved close to formally sewing up the Democratic nomination with victories in four more party contests Tuesday, visited a sheet metal factory here to press his assault on Bush's economic policies. When one of the workers exhorted...

WASHINGTON - Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry (news - web sites) called Wednesday for deeper tax cuts for the middle class than proposed by President Bush (news - web sites) and described his Republican critics as "the most crooked ... lying group I've ever seen." The chairman of Bush's re-election campaign called on Kerry to apologize "for this negative attack." After urging labor leaders to support his campaign, Kerry met with one-time rival Howard Dean (news - web sites) to discuss an endorsement and what role the former Vermont governor might play in his campaign. Hoping to win over Dean,...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic White House candidate John Kerry slammed his Republican critics as "crooked" liars on Wednesday and met former rival Howard Dean to discuss working together to beat President Bush in November. Kerry and Dean, bitter rivals in the Democratic primaries, met for an hour in Washington after Kerry returned from Illinois, where he criticized Bush's economic record and renewed his promise to repeal tax cuts for the wealthy and boost tax relief for the middle class. Kerry told a worker in Chicago that he was ready to fight back against his Republican foes, adding in an exchange...

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The difference between wrong and rotten: John Kerry crossed a line today. Working a line of supporters, one of whom encouraged him to "keep smiling," Kerry, obviously thinking the microphones were off, said "Don't worry man. We're going to keep pounding. We're just beginning to fight here. These guys, er, these guys are the most crooked, you know, lying group of people I've ever seen." The tape aired on CNN, and I will be replaying it dozens of times on air for the country to hear this afternoon and evening. Kerry obviously meant the president, the vice president, Karl Rove...

If you dare to challenge Sen. John Kerry, you're part of "the most crooked ... lying group" he has ever seen. That's what he said today in Chicago after a supporter urged him to step up his hateful attacks on President Bush. "Let me tell you, we've just begun to fight," Kerry snarled in a speech broadcast to Big Labor fat cats meeting in luxurious Bal Harbour, Fla. "We're going to keep pounding. These guys are the most crooked, you know, lying group I've ever seen. It's scary." Well, at least he didn't use any of his signature potty language....

Did anyone just hear Carl Cameron's report on the Kerry campaign? He accidently recorded Kerry saying Bush is a Liar and a Crook? Apparently Kerry didn't know he was being recorded. A little over the line I'd say.

Kerry: GOP Critics 'Crooked, Lying Group' 8 minutes ago By MIKE GLOVER, Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON - Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry on Wednesday called for deeper tax cuts for the middle class than proposed by President Bush and described his Republican critics as "the most crooked ... lying group I've ever seen." <(AP Video) · · ·   After urging labor leaders to support his campaign to oust the president, Kerry was meeting with former rival Howard Dean to discuss a possible endorsement and what role the former Vermont governor might play in his campaign. Kerry was scheduled to...