Kerry blasts Bill Clinton for 'abusing truth'

[Terri]

WASHINGTON (CNN) — John Kerry, the Democratic Party's 2004 nominee for president, took aim at Bill Clinton Friday, telling the National Journal the former president does "not have a license to abuse the truth."

The Massachusetts senator, who endorsed Barack Obama's White House bid earlier this month, said Clinton's criticisms of the Illinois senator have been "over the top," and suggested the former president is getting "frantic."

Targeting Clinton's recent spate of attacks on Obama, Kerry said, "I think you had an abuse of the truth, is what happened. …I mean, being an ex-president does not give you license to abuse the truth, and I think that over the last days it's been over the top.

"I think it's very unfortunate, but I think the voters can see through that," Kerry added. "When somebody's coming on strong and they are growing, people get a little frantic, and I think people have seen this sort of franticness in the air, if you will."

More (http://politicalticker.blog s.cnn.com/2008/01/25/kerry-blasts-bill-clinton-for-abusing-truth/)

Pot meets kettle. :tqrolleyes:

[KatyJ]

I love it when far leftwing Democrats blast each other, especially during the presidential race.

Please pass the popcorn.

[righton]

Let's all sit back and watch them eat their own - better than a blockbuster movie.

Kerry doesn't like Clinton abusing the truth? Since when would this francophile know the difference? Has anyone seen his complete medical records from the military, or has there been any more info about his collecting the $1 million from Pickens? No? Gee, what a surprise.

L&L

[OldBaldy]

John Kerry is swiftboating (telling the truth about) Bill Clinton? Fantastic!

[schillerbjr]

"LIBERALS" destroying "LIBERALS"!!
Pass the popcorn, PLEASE!!!

[rangerrebew]

Didn't Lurch say he got the Silver Star with a V for Valor? That's a medal the Navy doesn't give. Doesn't he claim to be a loyal American while his picture sits in the Hall of Heroes of the Viet Nam War in Hanoi? Didn't he say there was no difference between medals and ribbons? Talk about the pot calling the kettle black!!:eek: Lurch and the Clintons wouldn't know the truth if someone shoved it up their behind.:pfft:

[OldBaldy]

Didn't Lurch say he got the Silver Star with a V for Valor?

I think it was called a "combat V" or something, which is not awarded either. If he had only stayed in 'Nam a few months longer he could have put himself in for the Medal of Honor with a Combat V and multiple oak leaf clusters.

[Charie]

Franticness???

He must be using a French dictionary.

Hey now, guys, you members of the vast right wing conspiracy! We get included in with the Democrat brangles, too.

I scrolled down a little and found this gem:

January 25, 2008 1:01 pm ET

Clinton really need to take it easy.
I know hillary has been put through the grinder by the right wing smear machine, and I symaphize for her. She has gone through more public mud slinging that anybody I have ever heard of, but…
you need to chill Bubba, I am sick of these Repulican style attacks.


Wow! Have we got power or what? I "symaphize" with this ding-dong for not being able to tell Obama from the "right wing smear machine". That be us. "Repulicans".

Obviously, when talking about going through more public mud slinging than anyone he's ever heard of, he's never heard of George Bush. :doh:

[RealDeal]

This is the ONLY time you will see me "say" this:

I NEED MORE KERRY(BELL), BABY! GIVE ME MORE KERRY(BELL)!!

(Hilerry sporters kneed Jon Carry's halp!)

[qrayjack]

We're seeing a very significent change in the Democrat political atmosphere involving the heretofore taboo activity of Clinton-bashing, and it seems to be intensifying. The Clintons have made many enemies, including and especially in their own party, and now with the Hillary gaffes, the Slick rants and the tag-team match gang-ups, those smoldering resentments are increasingly coming to the fore and here's a good example:

'Two Pinocchios' for Hillary Clinton - By Susan Jones, CNSNews.com Senior Editor

(CNSNews.com) - One of the nation's major, liberal-leaning newspapers is giving Sen. Hillary Clinton "two Pinocchios" for "significant omissions or exaggerations" at Monday's Democratic debate in South Carolina.

And a former Senate leader -- a Democrat -- is part of a new South Carolina Truth Squad to counter the Bill and Hillary Clintons' "incredible distortions."
MORE (http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewNation.asp?Page= /Nation/archive/200801/NAT20080123b.html)

*A major liberal newspaper and former Senate leader taking it to the Clintons? This may be a snowball rolling downhill. The farther is goes, the bigger it gets. And I say... roll baby roll!

[qrayjack]

And it just get worse:

Ted Kennedy to Endorse Obama

ABC News' Rick Klein Reports: Senator Ted Kennedy, D-Mass., will endorse Barack Obama's presidential bid on Monday in Washington, a source close to Kennedy tells ABC News.

The endorsement gives Obama a boost in the eyes of the Washington establishment, and comes after some prominent Democrats criticized Senator Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., and former president Bill Clinton for their campaign tactics before Obama's landslide victory in South Carolina.

Caroline Kennedy, the late President John F. Kennedy's only daughter, announced her endorsement of Obama in an Op-Ed for the New York Times on Sunday.
MORE (http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2008/01/ted-kennedy-to.html)

*Not that The Swimmer's endorsement is valuable, but you can bet the Clintons would love to have it.