White House Accuses Kerry Of National Guard Attacks (And Their Point Is?)

[DrFunkenstein]

COLMAR, Pa. (Reuters) - The White House on Thursday accused Democrat John Kerry and his surrogates of instigating a new attack on President Bush's Vietnam-era National Guard service because Kerry is dropping in opinion polls.

After weeks of Republican criticism of Kerry's decorated war service in Vietnam, Democrats tried to turn the tables on Wednesday with a barrage of questions about whether Bush fulfilled his military obligations in the Texas Air National Guard in the early 1970s.

"I think you absolutely are seeing a coordinated attack by John Kerry and his surrogates on the president," said White House spokesman Scott McClellan. "The polls show Senator Kerry falling behind and it's the same old recycled attacks that we've seen every time the president has come up for election."

The Bush campaign did not believe the new accusations would gain traction among the American people. Questions raised by Bush supporters against Kerry's Vietnam service, however, were considered a factor in Kerry's August swoon in the polls.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=615&e=5&u=/nm/campaign_bush_dc

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The Kerry campaign Sunday criticized first lady Laura Bush for what the campaign called her "statement in support of the swift boat smear ads."

The campaign was referring to a new Time magazine interview in which Mrs. Bush is asked about the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth ads attacking Democratic presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry's war record and his comments upon return from Vietnam.

In the interview she is asked, "Do you think these swift boat ads are unfair to John Kerry?"

"Not really," she replies. "There have been millions of terrible ads against my husband."

President Bush has praised Kerry's war record but has refused to condemn the attacks in the group's ads.

http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/08/29/kerry.firstlady/index.html



Fair is fair!

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Kerry was asked by reporters to explain why he thought that questions surrounding George Bush regarding whether or not he had used cocaine were more substantively relevant than Gore's use of marijuana. Kerry, noting that Al Gore had already admitted his use of marijuana, said:

"(H)e (Gore) said 'I used it.' So that's not an issue... And I don't think Al Gore intends, you know, to make prior use an issue of other people, except to the degree that it affects public policy."

Pressed later on the question of the Bush cocaine rumors, Kerry laid out his thinking on why Bush's drug use, if substantiated, is indeed an important issue for voters to consider:

"The issue about George Bush is not the fact that he may have used it, said Kerry. "The issue about George Bush is, how can you, if you have (used cocaine), have a position that is so at odds in terms of being a governor where you send a lot of other people who may have done the same thing you do to jail. That's the issue. It's not a question of whether he used it or when he used it, it's a question of what his policy is today and whether that's hypocritical and dangerous."

The Week Online spoke with Kerry Spokesman David Wade, who reiterated the Senator's position.

"The Vice President has long admitted that he has used marijuana," said Wade. "Governor Bush, on the other hand, will say only that when he was young and irresponsible, he was young and irresponsible. But when Bush has had the opportunity to score political points in Texas by promulgating tough, extremely punitive new laws against drug users, he has been happy to do so."

http://www.cannabisnews.com/news/thread4508.shtml

[mitchum]

1. The residents of the White House should be packing up their shit...

and preparing to move out in January, instead of making these baseless charges.

Did I mention how much I hate them?

[Dr Fate]

2. WHAT???!!! Kerry is telling the truth about Bush?? GASP! How uncouth!!!

!!!

[GaryL]

3. Lord!

Try "the doucments are fake". Next try "Kerry did it". What next?

[cheshire]

4. No point they are trying to take your eye off of their stupidity&failure.

[DrFunkenstein]

5. When Was Bush Stupid And Incompetent?

Just kidding.



Can you find the lying sack of shit in this picture?