Kerry: Those Who Question Me Are 'Crooked' Liars

If you dare to challenge Sen. John Kerry, you're part of "the most crooked ... lying group" he has ever seen.

That's what he said today in Chicago after a supporter urged him to step up his hateful attacks on President Bush.

"Let me tell you, we've just begun to fight," Kerry snarled in an aside after a speech broadcast to Big Labor fat cats meeting in luxurious Bal Harbour, Fla. "We're going to keep pounding. These guys are the most crooked, you know, lying group I've ever seen. It's scary."

Well, at least he didn't use any of his signature potty language.

Kerry's handler David Wade said the senator was referring to Republican critics in general.

The Massachusetts Democrat said that if elected president he would "ask" those earning more than $200,000 to accept a tax increase, and he claimed he would offer relief to the middle class, even though Democrats in the U.S. Senate are trying to make it much harder for tax relief to pass by requiring a 60-vote supermajority.

Steve Schmidt, a spokesman for Bush's campaign, noted: "John Kerry has voted for higher taxes 350 times, and his numbers for new spending don't add up. His campaign-trail promises mean he is going to raise taxes by at least $900 billion."

Dean's Greatest Hits

If Kerry is calling his critics names, to be consistent he'll have to lob some at his harshest critics: his fellow Democrats. Bush's campaign has just issued "Howard Dean's Greatest Hits on John Kerry," a recounting of some of Dean's attacks, including a favorite, "you're not going to change America by nominating somebody who's a Washington insider whose biggest long suit is talk."

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