Dean Hits Kerry's Judgment, Raises 'Dirty Tricks'

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"John Kerry has gone out of his way to say how inexperienced I am in foreign policy," Dean told a town hall meeting in Nashua. "Let's talk about this. In 1991, I supported (President) George Bush the first ... because one of our allies had been attacked, there were Iraqi troops on the ground in Kuwait setting fire to oil wells, an environmental disaster, and John Kerry voted against the war."

"Where was John Kerry when (President) George (W.) Bush was handing out all this misinformation about Saddam had something to do with al Qaeda?" Dean asked. "He was voting in favor of the war and it turned out all the reasons the president gave us were not true."

Dean, who has acknowledged a foreign policy "gap" in his resume, argued that expertise in the international arena depended upon "patience and judgment."

"I question Sen. Kerry's judgment when he voted no in 1991 and yes ... I think it should be the other way around," Dean said.

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Dean did not elaborate, but aides said they included telephone calls at odd hours with scripts that questioned Dean's ability to be "president for everybody" when his wife and children were Jewish and another that was just a loud scream.

Dean spokesman Jay Carson also told reporters fake e-mails had been sent out looking like legitimate Dean e-mail but including offensive lines.

One offered internships, but contained a paragraph that said: "due to close sleeping quarters, homosexuals will not be considered for this position," Carson said. Another, headed "Christians for Dean," contained the line, "due to the constraints of this organization, Muslims and Jews are not welcome," Carson said.