Cheer Up, everybody - Kerry's kicking ass out there . . .

[mbali]

Criticizing the Republican convention as bitter and insulting one moment, then calling Mr. Bush dishonest the next, Mr. Kerry attacked against what he called his rivals' distortions and said the president's address Thursday made clear he "will literally say anything and do anything in order to try to get re-elected" - a line stolen from Mr. Bush, who used it regularly against Al Gore.

"Yesterday, I read that speech," Mr. Kerry told a crowd of thousands here in a heavily Republican county outside Columbus that Mr. Bush won by 22 percentage points in 2000. "Every time they open their mouths, they can't tell the truth about the things that we want to do. It's the most amazing thing I've ever seen. It's time for us to have a president of the United States who can look you in the eye and when he does, you know you're being told the truth about your lives and about this country."

But it was on the economy that Mr. Kerry focused on here in Newark, a rural town of 46,000 where 4,300 people are unemployed and another local factory is set to lay off 784 workers next Thursday.

"All these attacks on me, I've been through worse, believe me - that's not what this is about," he said. "It's their attacks on you, that's what this is all about."

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/04/politics/campaign/04k...

Or, as the local paper, the Columbus Dispatch (which more of the swing state's residents read than the New York Times), told it:

Fired-up Kerry Keeps Up His Counterattack

NEWARK, Ohio — The gloves are off. After being pulverized all week from Republicans at their national convention in New York, Sen. John Kerry yesterday tore into President Bush, ripping his policies, his convention performance and attacks on the Democrat's credibility.

[StlMo]

1. Yes he is!

:dem:

Kerry tells the truth and the truth feels like hell to the GOP.

[Triana]

2. That he IS!!

People are too busy whining to notice. Some NPR a**hole this morning was on bitching that "Kerry needs to do what Clinton did to deflect attacks. He needs to tell people that the attacks are not against him (Clinton/Kerry) but against the people Clinton/Kerry are trying to help."

THE VERY MOMENT this moron was saying this I sat in front of my computer reading THIS:

"All these attacks on me, I've been through worse, believe me - that's not what this is about," he said. "It's their attacks on you, that's what this is all about." --JOHN KERRY - TODAY.

That NPR IDIOT was sitting there spouting "Kerry needs to do this and that, blah blah...." and THERE IS KERRY ***ALREADY DOING IT***

Do these vacuum-packed mouthpieces EVER research what they say before the go on the air spouting utter horse crap?

God...The MEDIA has got to be the embodiment of Evil itself.

I HATE THEM WITH A SEETHING PASSION. They (NOT bu$h), are Public Enemy #1 (and Karl Rove, the CIA, and the Office of Disinformation is right behind them telling them what to say).

[Joylaughter]

3. Media is a weapon against

the minds of the people.

[mbali]

4. Damn! Incredible, isn't it?

[Feanorcurufinwe]

5. What amazes me is that so many DUers believe the media lies.

Even Deaniacs who should have seen in the primaries just how hostile the media can be to Democrats seem to be willing to believe anything they're told sometimes... :wtf:

[Old and In the Way]

7. Let's see, 2 polls from the corporate media.......hmmmmm

I suspect that they'll fall back into line as other polls contradict their conclusions.

[Union Thug]

6. Great Quote:

"All these attacks on me, I've been through worse, believe me - that's not what this is about," he said. "It's their attacks on you, that's what this is all about."

NOW THAT is where we need to go. Bring on the class war, Johnny boy.. I've got your back...

Stick and move!

[A_Possum]

8. "I've got your back..."

That's the kind of fight we need.

[John_H]

9. Excellent. Good work John! Now lets get the surrogate operating

2/3 as well as the rethugs' does, and we'll erase that lead in a heartbeat.

[Tarheel_Dem]

10. from your lips..........

i have to admit, a momentary sadness came over me after the time poll was released, but now i'm mad as hell, and i want john & john to kick ass daily, and never let up. i keep telling myself, there's time to recoup from this. i just keep thinking of how strong JK came on toward the end of the primaries. fingers crossed!

[cthrumatrix]

11. he's right ...these are attacks on us ...which is democracy