Drudge Smear Alert : Kerry called Republicans 'legislative terrorists'

[rodbarnett]

As Democrats express outrage over comments made by Education Secretary Rod Paige a DRUDGE REPORT flashback can reveal Democrat presidential frontrunner John Kerry Has Called Republicans 'legislative terrorists'... MORE... In Jan. 1996, commenting on the federal government shutdown, Kerry called the House Republicans 'legislative terrorists,' who used federal workers as pawns and disrespected them. Asked about his terrorist comment, Kerry explained, 'Terrorists hold hostages, and the Republicans are holding the government hostage'...

http://www.drudgereport.com/

comment : This is just another Sludge Smear Job.

[AP]

1. I wonder if the Paige thing was intentional, meant to set up this retort.

[stopthegop]

2. Kerry either said it, or he didn't..

if he said it, it's not a smear...it's an inconvenient fact...

[corporatewhore]

3. funny how kerry goes along with the legislative terrorists

[mojo2004]

4. hey, hey, hey....

that wasn't nice.

[bearfartinthewoods]

18. in 96, he was trying for veep

he was bolder then

[Mz Pip]

5. This campaign is just

going to get silly fast if all that happens is throwing out every bit of hyperbole Kerry ever used. Good grief. How about dealing with the issues? Of couse dealing with the issues would just show that Bush truly is a miserable failure.

Much easier to drag out some 8 year old smart asses comment.

MzPip
:dem:

[flpoljunkie]

6. So why post anything Drudge vomits up? Ignore him!

[liberalnurse]

8. I have a strong feeling

this is only the foreplay *bush has in mind for kerry. kerry is already being lead by the brass ring in his nose by *bush.

[flpoljunkie]

12. You wish. But that doesn't make it so.

[emulatorloo]

13. My strong feeling is

this is only the foreplay Kerry has in mind for Bush. Bush is already being lead by the brass ring in his nose by Kerry.

[LiberalFighter]

23. Don't say foreplay...

Laura might want to know what it is.

[beanball]

19. You are so right

[Don Claybrook]

7. Simple: use their own favorite phrase against them

Everything has changed since September 11th.

Kerry said this in '96.
Houston's miracle boy made his statement yesterday.

Besides, you can't listen to these right-wing types. Drudge is famous for printing stories that just aren't true, and god knows that most of Rush's ramblings are just a less coherent version of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, opiate dreams. (don't you just love being able to dismiss these idiots out-of-hand with simple one-sentence damnations, as above?)

[lancdem]

11. That's exactly what I was going to say

If this is the best Drudge can come up, big deal.

[HFishbine]

9. Huge Huge Difference

The differences between calling a group terrorists in 1996 and in 2004 are so obvious as to not even need explaination.

[boxster]

10. The word "terrorist" has a different meaning to most people now

than it did in 1996, at least in the US. It didn't permeate our society then as it does now.

[emulatorloo]

14. I'm sorry, I thought Drudge was in prison for libel and slander n/t

[Catholic Sensation]

15. The Texas House Republicans referred to the House Democrats

as legislative terrorists too. I don't see the big deal.

[Catholic Sensation]

16. and another thing

Kerry seems to come up with the best lines in referrence to Republicans:

- We need regime change at home
- The only person who deserves to be downsized is President Bush

and my personal favorite

- I didn't think Bush would fuck it up as bad as he did

[w4rma]

17. Maybe the Dean campaign should have done this to Kerry

instead of letting Gephardt and Kerry attack Dean with these, years old, out of context statements.

It looks like Kerry is going to vetted by the Republicans, instead of us.

Unfortunately this bullcrap works.

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

24. "Mum" was the word.

Zippo.

[TheStateChief]

20. This Is Stupid

I've voiced concerns in the past about Kerry doing or saying things in the past that can be exploited (i.e. taken out of context) by Rover, but this is just stupid.

[mountainvue]

21. That makes me want to vote for him even more.

[MurikanDemocrat]

22. If Kerry didn't say this he should have because it's true. This should

be easy to handle PR wise. The Republicans are well known for their government shotdowns and legislative terrorism.