That's not the John Kerry I know

White House Criticizes Kerry's Profanity
By JENNIFER C. KERR

WASHINGTON (AP) - John Kerry used profane language to assess President Bush's Iraq policy, and Bush's chief of staff said Sunday the Democratic presidential candidate was out of line.

The Massachusetts senator uttered a profanity in an interview in the latest Rolling Stone magazine to express his dismay over Bush's handling of Iraq.

When asked in the interview about the success of rival candidate Howard Dean, whose anti-war message has resounded with supporters, Kerry responded: ``When I voted for the war, I voted for what I thought was best for the country. Did I expect Howard Dean to go off to the left and say, `I'm against everything?' Sure. Did I expect George Bush to f--- it up as badly as he did? I don't think anybody did.''

The expletive drew a rebuke from White House, which suggested an apology might be in order.

``That's beneath John Kerry,'' the president's chief of staff, Andrew Card, said on CNN's ``Late Edition.''

``I'm very disappointed that he would use that kind of language,'' Card said. ``I'm hoping that he's apologizing at least to himself, because that's not the John Kerry that I know.''

The Kerry campaign said the Massachusetts senator had no regrets.

``John Kerry saw combat up close, and he doesn't mince words when it comes to politicians who put ideological recklessness ahead of American troops,'' said spokeswoman Stephanie Cutter. ``I think the American people would rather Card and the rest of the White House staff spend more time on fixing Bush's flawed policy in Iraq than on Sen. Kerry's language.''

Actually i think it's awesome that he had enough candor to say it. Although really i suspect it's his frustration at being so far behind Dean boiling over.

Makes me want to vote for him, actually.

C'mon it was Rolling Stone, he knows his audience.

Instead, [George Bush] became notably animated, according to one person in the room, used a vulgar epithet [fuck] to refer to Saddam and concluded with four words that left no one in doubt about Bush's intentions: "We're taking him out."

But that's different.



[Edited on Dec 07, 2003 by elenchos]

A word I utter many times a day.

At the White House press dinner after the war

Al Franken: Great job Clinton's military did, huh?
Paul Wolfowitz: Fuck you.