Kerry: Comment aimed at 'attack dogs' - Hastert takes 'great umbrage'

[NNN0LHI]

http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/03/11/kerry.comment/

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- 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."

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.

Kerry, who was on Capitol Hill Thursday to meet with Congressional Democrats, he told CNN, "I didn't say it about the Republicans, I said it about the attack dogs."

On Wednesday, a campaign aide had said that Kerry wasn't talking about President Bush.

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[Katarina]

1. I thought...

he said "attack squads". Not that it really matters, just curious.

[lancdem]

4. I think his campaign spokesman called it

the "Republican attack machine." Same difference. :)

[CO Liberal]

2. And He Didn't Apologize For Saying It

Good for you, John!!!!

:kick:

[rocktivity]

3. HOORAY!!!

I'm very glad he's done this--clarified that he wasn't talking about all Repubs. Just the lying crooked ones who have selfishly poisoned what there was of their party's good name!

:headbang:
rocknation

[XanaDUer]

5. I just popped off a nasty e-mail

to Mark Foley (Refuklican-FL). He just ended a rant on CSPAN about how disrespectful it is to call Chimp a liar.

Fuck you Foley.

www.congress.org

[rocktivity]

9. The only time it's disrespectful to call someone a liar

is when you know it isn't true.

:headbang:
rocknation

[symbolman]

35. Mark Foley

has sex with young boys - they may be of legal age but they ARE YOUNG.. and he has the nerve to write Family Values Legislation..

I know someone in Washington that has the goods on him..

I almost gutted him verbally on MSNBC, it would have been fun, but counter productive..

he's a perv, folks.

(And NO, I am not bashing gays, I have many gay pals and they have normal relationships, they aren't predators like this guy..)

[Raven]

6. We're off to a good start...

no apologies...no prisoners...keep it up JFK!

[mobuto]

7. Denny Hastert can take his umbrage

and shove it up an unaccommodating bodily orifice.

[Cocoa]

8. Great picture and quote of Hastert...

House Speaker Dennis Hastert, R-Illinois, said on Thursday that he took "great umbrage" at the comment.
"I am one of those Republicans in Illinois," he said. "If he wants to ascribe to me being crooked and a liar, I think he'll have his (comeuppance) coming." Hastert said Kerry's remarks were "the wrong way to step forward in this campaign."



I get a kick out of Hastert defending the proud reputation of "Republicans in IL." :-)

[PROGRESSIVE1]

11. Let's see, there's Frist, Hastert, and HITLER..........I..mean....Delay.

[Richardo]

22. Delay is the puppet master in that photo...

Hastert was hand picked by the extortionist bastard to be Speaker.

You can almost see Delay's left hand up Denny's ass working the lips.

[lancdem]

12. Kerry will win Illinois easily

Up yours, Hastert.

[GainesT1958]

15. Hastert, the fat pig who campaigns through threats...

Keep it up, coach...you'll have still MORE "successes" like the one in Kentucky a few weeks ago!:D

The only one who should take umbrage is John Kerry...those fools deserve EVERYTHING he can call them, and more! x(

B-)

[The Magistrate]

17. A Republican In Illinois Complain He Is Called Crooked?

The Republican ex-Governor is under indictment for the most petty sort of thievery, and the Republican Party there is shattered under the popular knowledge that they are all, indeed, a cheap bunch of crooks, Hastert included....

"Desperate men do desperate things, and stupid men do stupid things. We are in for a desperately stupid summer."

"LET'S GO GET THOSE BUSH BASTARDS!"

[mobuto]

21. Its laughable

I don't think there is a single political organization so incredibly corrupt as the Illinois GOP machine, with the possible exception of the Connecticut GOP machine. Hastert's just digging himself deeper.

[Skittles]

37. Hastert IS a f***ing crooked liar

THAT is what is REALLY pissing him off

[wndycty]

10. Its so funny Hastert is taking "great umbrage" considering:

His staffers attempting to disrupt the Kerry event:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x451288

[JI7]

26. he knew the comment was aimed at people like him

who do this type of dirty campaigning.

[wndycty]

27. E-mail my thread to as many people as possible. . .

. . .we need to call this crap out when it happens.

[Lindsay]

13. Kinda funny how many Repugs

have taken this so personally when Kerry didn't mention a single name, isn't it?

[lancdem]

14. Methinks they dost protest too much

:evilgrin:

[mobuto]

18. By whining so much

they're just calling attention to themselves. If this is the best way they have to respond to Kerry attacks, they're going to find themselves in a heap of trouble come November.

[The Magistrate]

20. Indeed, Mr. Lindsay

"The guilty fly-eth where none doth pursue."

"LET'S GO GET THOSE BUSH BASTARDS!"

[yellowcanine]

16. Matt Drudge, Hannity, and Limpballs aren't crooked liars?

Then how do you explain how all three of them delighted in the spreading the slander about the "intern" and Kerry?
Methinks Denny Hastert doth protest too much.

[SOS]

19. Hastert takes umbrage?

Who cares what Hastert thinks!
These wimps attacked Clinton mercilessly for eight years and now they can't handle one truthful comment? Un-freakin-believable hypocrisy.

[SoCalDem]

23. Hey.. Denny.. Take that umbrage, and shove it up your

:)

Damn.. I wanted to write him an e-mail, but I don't live in his district, and the fathead won't accept emails unless they are from his own district.. The speaker of the house should accept email from EVERYONE...

[LiberalFighter]

36. Here is one place that would be effective even though

any email is not suppose to be forwarded to Hastert.

http://www.house.gov/house/house_comments.html

Can you imagine how many negative comments about Hastert they might receive?

[struggle4progress]

24. "A campaign aide said ...

Kerry wasn't talking about President Bush."

But everybody understands why Hastert jumped to his conclusion.

[SmokeyBlues]

25. SOS!

When Harry Belafonte called Colon Bowel a 'house boy' or something equally accurate and endearing, Insanity and all the other members of the replicant attack machine were on television demanding an apology. The same thing happened when Aaron McGruder prominently featured OxyCondi 'magic mushroom cloud' Lice in several of this comic strips.

Let them all whoop and howl! As for Denial Hazard being offended by the comment, I'm offended everytime I see his face on television! I'm cool with what Kerry had to say so long as he holds his ground and don't even think about apologizing.

[nostamj]

28. "hastert" please spell it correctly!

Deni ("Tommi That Tickles") HasTURD

it's just amazing how many pukes think JK is talking about them.

I hope Kerry DOES name names starting with the insipid chimp.

lord knows the list of LIES is long enough.


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[Vogon_Glory]

29. Hey, RePiggies, You Claim It, You Own It

Hey, Banana Republican wingie-dingies, you claim that a statement accusing a non-specific "they" as being lying and corrupt is directed at you, you get to own it.

Thank you for stepping forward and showing what you truly are.

[DieboldMustDie]

30. But gee! Shouldn't we be as polite to Republicans...

as they were to President Clinton? :evilgrin:

[madrchsod]

31. hey ..you guys are picking

on my congressman! just because he`s tom delay`s gofer you guys pick on him and that`s not fair! after all he`s seen to it that his district has a good solid unemployment rate of 7+%,hell the last i looked his home county-kane-has almost 8%, i mean what more can you ask for? he`s been really good at official openings of various projects and attends every function that has free food. cut him some slack-with his record of improvements in his district there maybe a chance someday that the people may give him the retirement he deserves...

[Ganja Ninja]

32. It was all just a case of mistaken identity.

When Kerry said crooked, corrupt and lying the republicans naturally thought he meant them. It's a mistake anyone could have made. So now I guess Kerry should demand an apology.

[Mari333]

33. CALL HASTERT AND TELL HIM NO APOLOGIES

I just did and it felt damnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn good! I also told them that BUSH should apologize to ME for sending my kid into a fucking war for nothing
Hastets office:

Phone: [phone]

[wndycty]

34. Make sure you ask him to apologize for sending goons to the Kerry rally

The goon in question is Eric Johnson

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x451288

[Doug Decker]

38. Use the 800 number, don't waste good money...

if you don't have to.

Call the central switchboard at 800-839-5276 and just ask for the office of the rep to whom you wish to speak.

I just called and boy, that was fun.

[bucknaked]

39. Did Bush apologize for the Clymer incident?

No, but "oh, the SCHOCK" of Kerry stating the truth.