Kerry Questions Bush's Honesty on Health Care, Iraq

[Norquist Nemesis]

http://reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=ZDVUC2HP5FOKECRBAEOCFEY?type=politicsNews&storyID=6233664

MILWAUKEE (Reuters) - Democratic candidate John Kerry on Tuesday sought the upper hand in his battle over character and leadership with President Bush, by questioning his Republican rival's honesty on issues from health care to Iraq.

Campaigning in Wisconsin, where a new poll showed him trailing Bush by 8 percentage points seven weeks before the Nov. 2 election, Kerry said the administration had hidden the true out-of-pocket costs for senior citizens on Medicare.

He accused Bush of "immoral" policies that would take money from the Social Security retirement system and transfer it to "the wealthiest people in the country" through tax cuts, but said voters would see through trickery.

"Here in Wisconsin, you are people of great common sense" Kerry said at a senior center in Milwaukee. "You know how to tell the truth and see the truth and understand it and make a choice about it."

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[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

1. Excellent. Now...

we just need to get the doombringers here on DU to pull their heads out of their asses and realize that Kerry IS on the war path and that he HAS sharpened his rhetoric for this final stretch.

[Beetwasher]

2. I'd Like To See That Headline EVERYWHERE

I hope this is the beginning of Kerry CONSTANTLY questioning Bush's honesty.

[lancdem]

3. Yep

This is fertile ground to be exploited.

[A_Possum]

4. kick

immoral policies, dishonest character

Kerry said it, is that good enough yet?