''I actually did vote for the $87 billion before I voted against it.'' --Senator John Kerry
The presidential campaign is heating up, and it looks like John Kerry will be the Democrat's pick-of-the-litter for
this fall. Of course, everyone thought that John Dean would be an interesting--and entertaining--candidate. But, John
Kerry is proving to be equally as entertaining. He's a Vietnam-era anti-war protester who constantly reminds us of his
service in Vietnam, a U.S. Senator who constantly voted to weaken our military and intelligence-gathering capabilities and
now complains that President Bush hasn't been effective with the war on terror, and a big government liberal who won't
admit he's liberal. He also has a unique way of tailoring his campaign message for different audiences, by telling one
audience the opposite of what he just told the last one. And, let us not forget his tendency to use "colorful metaphors"
when giving interviews and when talking to his Secret Service agents. Oh yeah, this is going to be fun.
So I now present to you, the "John Kerry Watch Page". Enjoy, and check back often.
Kerry Says Election Should be Decided by Voters, Not Legal Process
Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry in a concession speech Wednesday urged unity among Americans, adding that he believes the outcome of elections "should be decided by voters, not a protracted legal process."
By Melanie Hunter
Kerry Concedes with Grace and an Inclusive Message
President Bush won four more years in the White House on Wednesday, pocketing a public concession from Democrat John Kerry that closed out a loud and long
campaign fought over the war on terror and the economy.
Kerry Campaign Party Turns to Tears and Bitterness
As President George Bush edged closer to the 270 electoral votes necessary to secure re-election, supporters of Democratic nominee John Kerry openly wept and consoled each other at the Election Night celebration in Boston's Copley Square.
By Marc Morano
Kerry Supporter Compares Conservatives to Hitler
A supporter of Democratic nominee John Kerry compared conservatives to Adolf Hitler in a series of interviews with the media at the Democratic Election Night party in Boston's Copley Square. Joe Pulliam of Bedford Mass., said "Thomas Jefferson - liberal, Abraham Lincoln - liberal, Jesus - liberal, Adolf Hitler - conservative. Hey where do you stand?" Pulliam told CNSNews.com.
By Marc Morano
A question of character
If you were to choose just one vignette to illustrate John Kerry's worst character flaw as a public official -- his lack of political courage -- what would it be?
by Jeff Jacoby
Johnny's missing explosives
That New York Times-CBS News "scoop"about 380 missing tons of explosives in Iraq appears to be collapsing before our eyes,
raising new credibility problems for both media giants and for John Kerry — who sought to exploit the bogus story in an effort
to salvage his presidential campaign.
Washington Times Op-Ed
"My Enemy's Enemy"
One has to admit to some surprise -- perhaps incredulity would be a better word -- to recent statements by Senator Kerry such as, "Iraq is now what it was not before the war: a haven for terrorists." This, despite reams of captured documents which establish, for example, a well-traveled audit trail from Saddam's coffers to the late Abu Abbas.
By Frederick J. Chiaventone
Kerry keeps up missing-explosives attacks
For the fourth straight day, Democratic presidential nominee Sen. John Kerry accused President Bush of failing as commander in chief to secure explosives missing in Iraq, but implied that he doesn't know the facts, saying it's the administration's job to explain them.
By Stephen Dinan
Kerry Worried About Offending Troops?
The Kerry-Edwards campaign Wednesday released another last-minute TV ad - this one thanking America's soldiers and families for their sacrifice -- and stressing "John Kerry's commitment to always support our troops."
By Susan Jones
The case for Kerry
Joseph Farah reveals key people supporting Dem nominee's presidential bid.
Is Kerry's Emphasis on Global Alliances Outdated?
Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry is promising that if elected, he would "work aggressively to rebuild the relationships frayed and shredded by the Bush administration." But there is debate over whether the international alliances envisioned by Kerry would make a difference in Iraq.
By Nathan Burchfiel
The Patriot Act
Why John Kerry's acceptance speech could cost him the election.
BY PAUL A. GIGOT
Big bash gives no bounce to Kerry
The Democratic presidential ticket did not profit from last week's Boston convention and even slipped behind President Bush among likely voters, a new CNN/USA
Today/Gallup poll of likely voters showed yesterday.
All Talk
We didn’t get much from Kerry’s acceptance speech.
by Rich Lowry
Bank scam con may rattle Kerry closet
As John F. Kerry tries to bounce out of Boston and into a decisive fall campaign lead, a skeleton from the past will slink out of jail - possibly looking to score headlines and undercut the new nominee.
By David R. Guarino
Zogby: Zero Bounce for Kerry
A Zogby poll taken while the four-day Democratic convention was under way shows that the Kerry-Edwards ticket has failed to
add even a single percentage point to its support.
Kerry flip-flop on war footage?
Defensively said 2 years ago 'no intention' to use Vietnam film for campaign purposes.
by Art Moore
Hell Is on the Way
Weaker at home, weaker abroad -- welcome to Sister Kerry’s America.
By George Neumayr
Soft on Terrorism
Kerry wanted to sound tough yet couldn’t bring himself to use that very word.
By David Hogberg
Jesse Jackson Says Kerry Would Boost Anti-War Movement
Electing Sen. John Kerry would be a boon for the anti-war movement, Jesse Jackson told a crowd of left-wing activists Thursday on the final day of the "Take Back America" conference.
By Robert B. Bluey
'Hanoi John' Gets Unwelcome Reception From Veterans
Hours after Sen. John Kerry sailed into this city with his Vietnam swift boat crewmates Wednesday, about a hundred other veterans gathered near the Democratic National Convention site to protest the anti-war positions of Kerry's past.
By Robert B. Bluey
Joe Wilson Says Kerry Hasn't Asked Him to Resign
Former ambassador Joe Wilson, an adviser to John Kerry's presidential campaign, said Wednesday he would continue to advise Kerry on foreign policy matters despite attempts in recent days by Republicans to "smear" his reputation.
By Robert B. Bluey
The Kerry Conundrum
Can he pass the commander-in-chief test?
Wall Street Journal Op-Ed
Teresa: Anti-war Protesters Are 'The True Patriots'
Teresa Heinz Kerry used her Democratic convention national debut to praise anti-war protesters as America's "true patriots," but couldn't find anything
good to say about U.S. troops fighting the war on terror in Afghanistan and Iraq.
DEMS CLAIM NASA LEAKED PHOTOS TO SMEAR
Kerry campaign manager Mary Beth Cahill claims 'dirty tricks' by NASA after it released 'surprise' photographs showing the Dem presidential hopeful dressed in a space suit crawling through a rocket hatch.
by Matt Drudge
Loose Cannon Discharges, But What Else Has Teresa Said?
Let's go to the loose cannon, Teresa Heinz Kerry. She was speaking to Pennsylvania delegation at the convention. This is a portion of what she had to say--
by Rush Limbaugh
Republicans Want Kerry to Show True Liberal Colors
In the eyes of Republicans, the "extreme makeover" of Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry begins Monday night
at his party's nominating convention.
Kerry chills Bush bashing
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry is working to tamp down the amount of Bush bashing at his party's nominating convention, which kicks off here today.
By Stephen Dinan
Kerry's curtain raiser
The Democratic National Convention kicks off tomorrow in Boston, the heart of American political liberalism, to nominate two
liberal soul mates — Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry for president and a younger, less-experienced running mate, Sen. John Edwards of North Carolina.
By Donald Lambro
Poll: 45% Say Kerry Should Quit Seat
The Republican National Committee has released a poll it commissioned that says 45 percent of responders say candidate John Kerry should
resign his Senate seat, according to an RNC spokeswoman, Christine Iverson.
Kerry Campaign: Michael Moore is 'An Extremist'
Michael Moore may be the Democratic Party's favorite filmmaker, but the Kerry-Edwards campaign wants nothing to do with him during next week's
Democratic Convention in Boston.
Berger quits position in Kerry camp
Former National Security Adviser Samuel R. Berger yesterday stepped down from his position as adviser to Sen. John Kerry, one day after he publicly admitted taking classified documents from the National Archives.
By Bill Sammon and Stephen Dinan
GOP calls Kerry adviser 'a liar'
Republicans are calling a Kerry presidential adviser who insisted the president misled the country about Iraq's nuclear weapons program "a liar" after intelligence reports released the past week showed his contentions were false.
By James G. Lakely
Kerry flaunts Bush snub to NAACP
Sen. John Kerry began his speech before the NAACP's conventioneers yesterday by showcasing the most prominent black name among his campaign leadership: former Clinton Cabinet member Alexis Herman.
By Steve Miller
Gun Group Takes Up Kerry Offer to Meet With 'All the People'
In a speech to the NAACP on Thursday, Sen. John F. Kerry said he would truly be a "uniter," and would meet with anyone -- even those who disagree with him. Gun Owners of America said it is ready to take up John Kerry on his offer.
By Susan Jones
Kerry Praises NAACP Chairman, Who Called Republicans Terrorists
In a speech at the NAACP convention Thursday, Sen. John Kerry offered a glowing portrayal of the group's chairman, Julian Bond, who only one month ago compared Republicans to terrorists.
By Robert B. Bluey
Kerry Jokes About Bush No-Show at NAACP Convention
"I understand you've been having trouble getting some speakers," Sen. John F. Kerry joked with his liberal audience at the NAACP convention in Philadelphia on Thursday. "Some people may have better things to do. But there's no place that I'd rather be right now than right here in Philadelphia with the NAACP."
By Susan Jones
Wilson Lied, Kids Died
Another high-profile John Kerry supporter is outed as a nutcase.
By Ann Coulter
Monica Crowley: What I Saw at the Kerry-Edwards Hatefest
While the Kerry-Edwards campaign is guarding the videotape of Thursday night's Democratic Party hatefest with a level of security not seen since Teresa
Heinz decided to hide her tax returns, details continue to leak out.
Kerry heads off platform squabble
Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry's campaign headed off a showdown in the party platform yesterday over Iraq, convincing rival Dennis J. Kucinich's supporters not to demand withdrawal of U.S. troops or the establishment of a Department of Peace.
By Stephen Dinan
“Ignoring Terror” Tandem
Kerry’s VP announcement had at least one glaring omission: not one reference to al Qaeda, radical Islam, or even terrorism.
By Joel Mowbray
Republicans question Kerry's 'heart and soul'
Republicans yesterday demanded that Democratic Presidential candidate John Kerry distance himself from an at-times obscene fund-raising concert Thursday, even as running mate John Edwards and he spent the day campaigning on being a better representation of American values than President Bush.
By Stephen Dinan
One John, Two Johns . . .
Edwards is an appealing messenger. His message could destroy Kerry.
BY FRED BARNES
Kerry and Edwards Tout 'Values'
Just hours after demonstrating their idea of values by snickering at a disgusting fund-raiser staged by the Hollywood left, Sens. John
Kerry and John Edwards hit the campaign trail today to sing another tune about "values."
White House: Kerry Should Apologize for Filthy Fund-Raiser
The White House is reportedly demanding an apology from the Kerry-Edwards campaign after Thursday night's Manhattan fund-raiser - where comic Whoopi Goldberg
targeted President Bush with a filth-laden monologue as the two top Democrats looked on and laughed.
Ditto, Ditto
Kerryedwards is the most narcissistic ticket in 55 U.S. elections.
BY DANIEL HENNINGER
A Triumph of Images
Kerry's introduction of Edwards is slightly weird, but effective.
by Peggy Noonan
Voters will see Kerry & Edwards as a ticket that's out of balance
Whatever John Edwards does for a Democratic ticket led by John Kerry, he does not bring it balance. Apart from harsh words exchanged during the primary campaign season, the party's future presidential and vice presidential nominees disagree on little (capital punishment and international trade are exceptions).
by Robert Novak
Ticket touts its values, good hair
The Democratic presidential ticket of John Kerry and John Edwards campaigned together for the first time yesterday, with Mr. Kerry saying their appeal boils down to their values, their vision — and their hair.
By Stephen Dinan
Kerry cited in Catholic heresy case
A Catholic lawyer has filed heresy charges against Sen. John Kerry with the Archdiocese of Boston, accusing the Democratic presidential candidate of bringing "most serious scandal to the American public" by receiving Holy Communion as a pro-choice Catholic.
By Julia Duin
Kerry and Disclosure
His divorce records are his own business. His wife's tax returns aren't.
Warren G. Kerry
Will the Democrat tempt Americans with promises of "normalcy"?
by Peggy Noonan
Campaign Claims Ignorance of 'Crooks for Kerry'
That Boston Herald, ya gotta love it. "Crooks for Kerry: Lefty group hires ex-cons to canvass" was how Sen. John Kerry's hometown newspaper
today headlined his latest embarrassment.
Media Has Yet to Sue for Kerry's Military Records
A recent lawsuit filed by the Associated Press seeks access to an unabridged copy of President Bush's microfilmed military personnel file from the Texas State Library and Archives Commission in Austin.
But so far, the media have been slow to pursue John Kerry on the release of his full military record by using a standard form that would clear up questions about his record.
by Dave Eberhart
The Wages of Politics
How many low-wage workers does John Kerry want to throw out of work?
Wall Street Journal Op-Ed
Raise the Minimum Wage, Kerry Says
Sen. John F. Kerry, the Democrat who hopes to be president, will visit Alexandria, Va., Friday, where he plans to discuss "how we can open doors and expand opportunity by increasing the minimum wage."
By Susan Jones
Heinz Kerry-Funded Web Site Praises Hezbollah
A Web site partially funded by Teresa Heinz Kerry offers a report glorifying Hezbollah (Hizbullah) suicide bombers as "deified in paradise and
venerated on earth for fighting Israel" - and praises the terrorist group's support network for women widowed by their husband's "martyrdom"
attacks.
Simi Tough
According to a John Kerry campaign staffer, the candidate, who made much of his visit to the Reagan Library in Simi, California, on Tuesday afternoon, had to ask aides what behavior they felt would look appropriate.
By The Prowler
Kerry quiet on jobs, economy
John Kerry hasn't had as much to say about the economy in recent weeks, a sign that he may be downplaying his party's biggest domestic issue in a surge of new job creation and economic growth, administration officials said yesterday.
By Donald Lambro
Kerry's Remarks on Korean Policy and Reunification Questioned
Senator John F. Kerry has taken issue with the Bush administration's handling of the North Korean nuclear crisis, but a leading Korean affairs analyst Thursday questioned some of Kerry's positions, saying he appeared to be criticizing President Bush "for criticism's sake."
By Patrick Goodenough
Kerry’s Plan: Ban U.S. Weapons to Stop WMD Threat
On the same day the U.S. government announced that terrorist Jose Padilla sought to obtain nuclear materials and detonate a dirty nuclear weapon in the
U.S., Sen. John Kerry said the key to U.S. security is to unilaterally stop building nuclear weapons.
Base yet to unify behind Kerry
Democrats say they are more unified than ever in their determination to beat President Bush, but there have been desertions in the party's ranks by antiwar activists who back independent candidate Ralph Nader and grumblings from blacks and Hispanics who say Sen. John Kerry has taken them for granted.
By Donald Lambro
Poll Stunner: Veterans Deserting Kerry
A CBS News poll released this week showing Sen. John Kerry leading President Bush actually contained some devastating news for the Kerry
campaign.
Blix's Endorsement
Another foreign leader for Kerry.
Wall Street Journal Op-Ed
President Gigolo?
Joseph Farah says Kerry's work experience limited to gold-digging.
Potemkin Convention
Kerry's nomination gambit makes a mockery of campaign finance "reform."
Wall Street Journal Op-Ed
The prospect of Kerry is scary
Where does John Kerry stand on the war in Iraq today? Where did he stand yesterday? The week before? Where will he stand between now and November? What does he really believe about it?
by David Limbaugh
Kerry eyes delaying acceptance
Presidential candidate John Kerry is considering delaying the acceptance of his party's nomination until weeks after the Democratic National Convention in an effort to conserve campaign funds for the general election.
By Charles Hurt
Paul Simon Helps Kerry Raise $1 Mill
Singers Paul Simon and Edie Brickell hosted a $1 million fund-raiser with Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry Friday night, but
when it came to music there were only the sounds of silence.
US newspapers go gaga over Kerry's breasts daughter
Three months after the United States was scandalized by Janet Jackson's bared breast, US newspapers carried censured photos of Democratic presidential
candidate John Kerry's daughter wearing a revealing dress in Cannes, France.
Ownership society, anyone?
John Kerry's hope of riding to the presidency by denouncing the "jobless recovery" are fading as the Bureau of Labor Statistics' employers' survey results come in.
by Michael Barone
Sen. Miller: Kerry a National Security Threat
In the most scathing attack yet against Sen. John Kerry delivered by one of his peers, Sen. Zell Miller warned yesterday that the likely Democratic
presidential nominee would be a threat to U.S. national security if elected.
Kerry's patroness II
John Kerry's presidential campaign finally began releasing information about his wife's taxes this week. What drips were
made available have raised more questions than they have answered.
In Kerry's Defense
He suggests a Pentagon chief for every point of view.
Wall Street Journal Op-Ed
Senator John Kerry’s Role in the Events Leading to 9/11.
Reviewing Senator John Kerry’s voting record over the past 20 years clearly demonstrates he has been just grievously
wrong on many critical issues. The ‘90s lulled us into a devil-may-care decade where we thought our diplomacy was
working and we could live together in peace...right up until 9/11.
By Gabrielle Reilly
Defense Secretary Carl Levin? Republicans Check His Record
Sen. John F. Kerry told MSNBC's "Imus in the Morning" there are "any number of people" that he would name as Secretary of Defense -- and then he named some of them.
By Susan Jones
Ted Reckoning
Sen. Kennedy could turn out to be a political liability for John Kerry.
by John Fund
Kerry's fiscal irresponsibilities
Sen. John Kerry has begun a $25 million advertising campaign by portraying himself as a long-standing fiscal conservative whom Americans can trust as their next commander in chief.
Washington Times Op-Ed
The Kerry Twins
The only rational explanation.
By Deroy Murdock
Kate’s Take
Brothers Against Kerry
By Kate O'Beirne
Kerry's problem with veterans
Nineteen of the 23 officers who served with John Kerry and every one of his commanding officers in Vietnam have signed a letter
that says he is not fit to be commander in chief.
Washington Times Op-Ed
Kerry Says Republicans Organized Veterans' News Conference
The chairman of the Bush-Cheney re-election campaign says his group had nothing to do with Monday's news conference in Washington, where Vietnam Veterans said Democrat John F. Kerry is unfit to be commander-in-chief.
By Susan Jones
John Kerry, 'Benedict Arnold' Stockholder
Although Sen. John Kerry has lashed out at what he calls "Benedict Arnold CEOs" for sending jobs to foreign countries, he is cashing in on
these very companies.
Why Kerry Won't Release Wife's Tax Returns
Even one of Sen. John Kerry's most vocal cheerleaders, the New York Times, wants him to release his wife's tax returns. So why risk escalating
the controversy by refusing?
Unfit for Office
I was on Mr. Kerry's boat in Vietnam. He doesn't deserve to be commander in chief.
BY JOHN O'NEILL
A Gentleman’s VP
Time to consider the appropriate running mate for John Kerry on the Democratic ticket. All political partisanship must be set aside. America is at war.
by John L. Perry
Kerry Campaign Accuses Bush of 'Backtracking'
The Kerry Campaign has criticized President Bush for changing the name of his current two-week bus tour: "What happened to the 'Winning the War on Terror' Tour?" the Kerry Campaign asked in a press release issued Monday.
By Susan Jones
Liberalism, Kerry's wartime handicap
John Kerry's persistent problems on the campaign trail should come as no surprise. There were reasons he couldn't get traction even with his own party prior to Howard Dean's implosion, and those reasons remain.
by David Limbaugh
Kerry and communion
Readers of the Catholic Standard, official publication of the Archdiocese of Washington, D.C., raised their eyebrows two weeks ago. They learned of a 45-minute meeting April 15 of Sen. John Kerry with the Archbishop of Washington, Cardinal Theodore McCarrick.
by Robert Novak
Gen. Giap Thanks Kerry & Co. for Anti-war Protests
Celebrating the 29th anniversary of the fall of Saigon, the North Vietnamese general who led his forces to victory said Friday he was grateful to
leaders of the U.S. anti-war movement, one of whom was presidential candidate John Kerry.
Teresa Heinz Abortion Shocker: I Planned to End Pregnancy
In an interview set to hit newsstands next week, prospective first lady Teresa Heinz Kerry reveals that after she became pregnant at age 45 she decided to
have an abortion.
Buyer's Remorse
Dems start to worry that Kerry can't win.
by John Fund
Kerry on Kerry
In the midst of an international war on terrorists who have already claimed 3,000 lives on the home front, can America afford the potentially disastrous consequences of four years of on-the-job training for John Kerry?
Washington Times Op-Ed
Voters don't see Kerry as likable
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry has a serious likability problem, with many voters seeing him as cold, aloof and distant, according to focus groups, recent polls and election analysts.
By Donald Lambro
Kerry 'Unfit to be Commander-in-Chief', Say Former Military Colleagues
Hundreds of former commanders and military colleagues of presumptive Democratic nominee John Kerry are set to declare in a signed letter that he is "unfit to be commander-in-chief." They will do so at a press conference in Washington on Tuesday.
By Marc Morano
The Kerry medals mystery - and why it matters
If John Kerry hadn't already clinched the Democratic presidential nomination, his medals meltdown on "Good Morning America" this week would have sunk his campaign.
by Jeff Jacoby
The Party Without a Soul
Thinking out loud, but with compassion, about the greatest collective since socialized agriculture went out of business.
By Brandon Crocker
Incompetence or sabotage?
Mr. Kerry has proposed an economic plan that would return us to policies that gave us the last recession. Yet, because of uncorrected misinformation, these policies are viewed as superior to those that gave us the recovery.
By Richard W. Rahn
"We May Yet Find Them"
Watching John Kerry tackle the issue of weapons of mass destruction.
by Hugh Hewitt
The 'presumptive' candidate . . .
Mr. Kerry has enough delegates to win the Democratic nomination in Boston in July, but will the delegates stay with him if it appears by summer, or even sooner, that he can't beat President Bush?
By Cal Thomas
...in flux
John Francois Kerry's 2004 campaign for the presidency is taking on endearing aspects of Boy Clinton's 1992 campaign. Does that mean this Democratic contender will in the end defeat another President Bush? This I cannot say.
By R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr.
Teresa's tax returns
Having rescued her husband's political career with a well-timed loan eight years ago, Mrs. Kerry, who files her tax returns separately from her husband, now refuses to release those documents, claiming a right to privacy.
Washington Times Op-Ed
Kerry organization lacking in key states
Sen. John Kerry has yet to establish campaign organizations in battleground states that likely will decide who wins the presidential race in November, Democratic strategists said yesterday.
By Donald Lambro
Cold on Kerry
Bad news for Democrats.
By Robert Moran
Deficit Doublespeak
Kerry is a tax raiser and spender, make no mistake about it.
By Cesar V. Conda
Depends What Is Is
The politics of medals and other such things.
By William F. Buckley Jr.
Kerry Campaigns With His Butler
Beacon Hill blue blood John Kerry likes to portray himself as the presidential candidate of the common man. But there's one common
man he finds indispensable on the campaign trail: his butler.
Kerry Flip-flops on Missing WMDs
While the Washington press corps seems to have missed it, WABC Radio's Steve Malzberg has been playing a clip of Sen. John Kerry
in his biggest flip-flop yet - showing the presumptive Democratic nominee suddenly admitting that Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass
destruction may soon turn up.
Kerry's fatal flaw
It would appear that John Kerry is running for president for the same reason that chickens cross to the other side of the street: just to get there.
by Tony Blankley
Let’s Play Softball!
Chris Matthews goes in the tank for Kerry and the DNC.
By David Hogberg
Cardinal Not 'Comfortable' Denying Kerry Communion
Good news for John Kerry and the rest of the "Deadly Dozen" U.S. senators: A U.S. bishop in charge of enforcing church doctrine isn't up to
the task.
Kerry Gets a Pass?
The Democratic candidate for president keeps profiting from Enron and Halliburton.
By Sam Dealey
What country is this?
Joseph Farah on Kerry's wife funding website denigrating hero Pat Tillman.
Will Dems dump Kerry?
Hugh Hewitt believes candidate could face Torricelli-style convention coup.
Kerry 'hits' Bush, queries Guard service
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry has begun to question President Bush's National Guard service record personally in the past few days as he finds himself drawn deeper into charges and countercharges with the Bush campaign.
By Stephen Dinan
A Clinton Quickie
So much more to make up, so little time -- and it’s not to hurt Kerry one bit. Plus: Kerry’s Hoosier hero.
By The Prowler
John Adam Smith Kerry
Check out his investments, which would put Benedict Arnold to shame.
By Patrick Hynes
Kerry and coal
Last Oct. 20, Sen. John Kerry, in nonstop derision of President Bush, declared: "Where we see a beautiful mountaintop, George Bush sees a strip mine." That environmentalist rhetoric, backed by Kerry's Senate voting record, injects the senator into confrontation with the coal industry that could defeat him for president.
by Robert Novak
Kerry hits back on medals, calls it 'phony controversy'
Sen. John Kerry yesterday denied charges that he lied about throwing his war medals away on the steps of the U.S. Capitol during a 1971 antiwar rally.
By Charles Hurt
John Kerry -- Jihadistan's great white hope...
Amid all the 20/20 hindsight and politically motivated finger-pointing from a few shameless partisans on the 9/11 Commission (and you know who you are ... Richie, Bobby, Jamie), an exceedingly high-stakes contest is emerging. It's a contest about how the United States will classify and respond to terrorist threats in the future.
by Mark Alexander
Kerry in Medals Meltdown, Slams Bush Nat'l Guard Record
An angry-sounding John Kerry denied Monday morning that he ever claimed to have thrown away his three Purple Hearts and two medals for combat valor during an
April 1971 anti-war demonstration, blaming Republicans for the new controversy and blasting President Bush's National
Guard record.
Hybrid Kerry
He had his chance. Now he’s running on fumes. And people aren’t running to him. Plus: Democrats to go hungry.
By The Prowler
Sugar Mommy
Why won't Teresa Heinz Kerry release her tax returns?
by Matthew Continetti
Teresa Echoes Hillary, Says Bush is Empty-headed
Five days after Sen. Hillary Clinton complained that George Bush wasn't "intellectually curious" enough to be president, would-be first lady Teresa Heinz
Kerry is following her lead, accusing President Bush of being empty-headed.
Teresa Heinz Kerry: Abortion 'Stops Process of Life'
In the current issue of Newsweek, Teresa Heinz Kerry tells Contributing Editor Melinda Henneberger: "I'm more old-fashioned than a lot of women...I don't
view abortion as just a nothing. It is stopping the process of life."
Kerry a Cheapskate, Senate Waiter Says
When it comes to his Senate dining room tipping habits, you'd hardly know Sen. John Kerry married his way into a half-billion-dollar fortune.
Pro-abortionists Back Kerry While Protesting His Religion
NewsMax.com's Fr. Michael Reilly notes that the day after John Kerry picked up the endorsement of abortion rights backers demonstrating in Washington this
weekend, some of the same folks were protesting the top Democrat's religion.
Kerry, Pressed, Says Medals/Ribbons Were the Same Thing
Did John F. Kerry throw away his Vietnam War medals or didn't he? In a newly surfaced 1971 interview with a Washington, D.C., television station, the young Kerry said he threw away "six, seven,
eight, nine" medals. He said nothing about ribbons -- mentioning only "medals" in that 1971 interview.
By Susan Jones
Kerry sees race for president as test of 'truth'
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry said yesterday that "truth is on the line" in his campaign to unseat President Bush, as he proposed a "Contract with the Middle Class" to cut their taxes and restrain government spending.
By Stephen Dinan
Kerry's U.N. fetish
For the better part of 18 months, John Kerry has bitterly denounced the Bush administration's conduct of international relations, above all in Iraq.
by Jeff Jacoby
Endless Filibuster
Would John Kerry's stance on judicial confirmations in the Senate come back to haunt his presidency?
by Terry Eastland
Kerry interview butt of GOP jokes
Sen. John Kerry's interview Sunday on "Meet the Press" has become a source of ridicule among some Republicans this week, especially the presumptive Democratic presidential candidate's insinuation he's received endorsements from foreign leaders when dining in New York.
By Charles Hurt
Mrs. Kerry's secrecy
Sen. John Kerry, having escaped intact a one-hour grilling by NBC's Tim Russert on "Meet the Press" Sunday, slipped in the closing minutes.
by Robert Novak
International Man of Apology
John Kerry tells Tim Russert just how much he values multilateralism.
by Hugh Hewitt
Glorifying Guns?
The Dems’ lip service is just empty rhetoric.
By John R. Lott Jr.
Records on medals spark questions
The military records that Sen. John Kerry posted on his Web site yesterday raise new questions about the actions he took to earn several prestigious war medals and whether he deserved them.
By Charles Hurt
Kerry in 1971: 'Our Democracy is a Farce'
John Kerry, the presumed Democratic nominee for president, was quoted by a student newspaper at West Virginia's Bethany College in 1971 as saying, "Our democracy is a farce; it is not the best in the world."
By Marc Morano
On Kerry’s Honor
The symbols of service should mean something.
By Kate O'Beirne
Kerry's gassy allegations
This week, Sen. John Kerry accused the administration of playing global politics with gas prices. Under scrutiny, that scandalous charge raises more questions about Mr. Kerry than President Bush.
Washington Times Op-Ed
A question of patriotism
According to the funhouse logic of the Kerry campaign, I have no choice but to question Kerry's patriotism.
By Jonah Goldberg
Plotting the Kerry tax curve
Is John Kerry suddenly a Ronald Reagan tax-cutter who wants to ease the strangling government burden on the middle class? Has this tiger really changed his 20-year stripes?
By Stephen Moore
Kerry to release all his military records
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry promised to post all of his military records online by today, although his campaign is withholding some relevant documentation.
By Charles Hurt and James G. Lakely
PAYBACK: NOW GOP WANTS KERRY TO SHOW ALL RECORDS
After months of Dems haggling over President Bush's military records, the GOP now moves to demand full-disclosure from John Kerry!
by Matt Drudge
John Kerry Seizes Earth Day Theme to Hammer Bush
The John Kerry for President Campaign says the senator will mark Earth Day with a "three-day series of events highlighting his plan for a clean environment."
By Susan Jones
Kerry Can't Pronounce His Wife's Name
President Bush gets plenty of guff for his inability to pronounce such simple words as "nuclear” (note to aides: it’s not "nook-yoo-lur”),
but at least he can properly state his wife’s name. If only John Kerry could make the same claim.
Kerry Claims Bush Has Secret Gasoline Deal With Saudis
Citing an appearance last night by pro-Democrat author Bob Woodward ("one of America's most respected and reputable reporters") on pro-Democrat CBS's
pro-Democrat "60 Minutes," Kerry claimed that President Bush and Saudi Prince Bandar had a "secret White House deal" on manipulating gasoline prices
"tied to the election."
Kerry Inflates Combat Action in 'Meet the Press' Account
In his account to "Tour of Duty" author Douglas Brinkley, Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry described his first encounter with enemy forces
in Vietnam as an inconsequential skirmish that "hardly qualified as combat."
Kerry: My Vietnam Med Records Already Public
Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry claimed on Sunday that he's already released his medical and military records, including those
that would prove he deserved three Purple Hearts in Vietnam - though reporters have been clamoring for weeks for Kerry to make the documents
public.
Kerry would change war on terror
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry said yesterday that he will treat the war on terror "primarily" as law-enforcement
action even as he pledged to remain committed to Iraq and to personally plead for international help in policing and rebuilding that nation.
By Stephen Dinan
'Because They Are Hard'
In Iraq, John Kerry wants to take the easy way out.
BY BRENDAN MINITER
Testy Teresa Tirade: I Can't Believe I Came to America
It didn't take long for the rigors of the campaign trail to sour first lady-in-waiting Teresa Heinz, who fumed yesterday that she "can't believe" she
moved to America and married an American politician.
Kerry's missing war plan
Iraq-war-basher John Kerry is coming under fire for refusing to say how he would have run the battle differently from President Bush.
By Donald Lambro
Whites Only in Kerry's Inner Circle
His wife Teresa Heinz used to call herself an "African American," but when it comes to hiring top staff for his presidential campaign,
Sen. John Kerry apparently prefers white folks.
How Kerry’s Group Plotted Against Statue of Liberty
In an era marked by militant demonstrations, it stands out as one of the most dramatic: the Christmastime takeover of the Statue of Liberty by angry Vietnam veterans.
By JOSH GERSTEIN
Group Using Bake Sale, Fake Bush Ads to Aid Kerry
One of the anti-Bush "527" groups - the legality of which is currently being decided by the FEC - is holding a "Bake Back the White House" sale
across the U.S.
TERESA FIGHTS TO KEEP HER TAX RETURNS PRIVATE
Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry, who has called for full-disclosure of rivals' tax returns, now faces growing pressure to release his wife's records.
by Matt Drudge
Kerry's misery
John Kerry introduced his Middle-class Misery Index Monday. Based on seven economic statistics selected by his campaign, Mr. Kerry's Middle-class Misery Index moved in the wrong direction during the Bush presidency.
Washington Times Op-Ed
(Class) War Won’t Work
John Kerry’s running a campaign that would win across the pond.
By John Samples
A Coalition of One
Attacks on weak allies in Iraq show the problem with Kerry's internationalism.
BY BRENDAN MINITER
Kerry the slow
Democrats like to bill Senator John Kerry as "the smart one", the man who knows the answers to the all questions but Bruce
Walker is beginning wonder if Kerry is as ignorant as his former opponent Howard Dean proved to be.
Kerry's budget gap
Recent poll numbers show that more Americans believe John Kerry has the solutions for the problems that plague the American economy.
Trevor Bothwell believes, however, the senator's numbers just don't add up.
Kerry suggests linking service to college tuition
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry yesterday renewed his call for a comprehensive commitment to national service by Americans of all ages,
telling college students that "change starts with you" as he proposed tying aid for college tuition to
national service.
Kerry told to seek mate with 'balance'
Democratic leaders are advising Sen. John Kerry to take great care in picking his running mate and select someone who neutralizes his Northeast liberal reputation and doesn't eclipse him in the charm department.
By Charles Hurt
In a parallel universe called 'what if.'
President-elect John F. Kerry's rise to the nation's highest office came as little surprise following almost four years of remonstrations against President George W. Bush for his bizarre attack on the defenseless people of Afghanistan.
by Kathleen Parker
John Kerry's Easter Show
With many genuine Catholics calling for bishops to refuse holy communion to fake Catholic John Kerry and at least one bishop
(in St. Louis) already doing so, there was a lot of speculation on whether the Massachusetts Democrat would dare try to show
his face in a Catholic church on Easter.
Born again conservative?
Last week, John Kerry spoke about the need for getting the deficit under control in a speech at Georgetown University. Although
the talk had nothing in it that would motivate true fiscal conservatives to vote for him, it had just enough to alarm some liberals.
by Bruce Bartlett
Crime, Politics and Kerry's Missing FBI Files
The author who alleges that three boxes of FBI files dealing with Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry's anti-war group were stolen from his home last month, did not allow police officers the opportunity to process the crime scene.
By Marc Morano
Judicial 'Memogate' Extends to Kerry Campaign, Report Claims
The campaign manager for Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry is being linked to the Senate Judiciary Committee's "Memogate" controversy, which involves alleged Democratic efforts to delay the confirmation of President Bush's judicial nominees.
By Robert B. Bluey
Homosexual Advocacy Group Effusive in Its Praise for Kerry
The National Stonewall Democrats have endorsed Sen. John F. Kerry for president, saying, "There has never been a presidential nominee who has held such a strong record of support for our community."
By Susan Jones
MoveOn.org Staffer Moving Over to Kerry Campaign
The campaign of Democrat John F. Kerry has hired a new director of online communications -- and the new guy comes from MoveOn.org, the anti-Bush group that Republicans view as a shadow Kerry campaign.
By Susan Jones
Kerry and the 2006 Chevette
If John Kerry wins the presidency, most of us will be driving Chevettes -- or the modern-day equivalent, at any rate.
By Eric Peters
Heinz denies Kerry connection
H.J. Heinz Co. is seeing red — and not just in its ketchup bottles.
By Marguerite Higgins
Kerry voters may suffer buyers' remorse
After weeks of unusually positive press, Americans are getting a clearer picture of the presumptive Democratic nominee, John Forbes Kerry.
by Paul Crespo
The Massachusetts butcher
Senator John Kerry wants you to know that he participated in war crimes while serving in Vietnam.
by Armstrong Williams
Manila Folder
John Kerry's 1986 wimp-out in the Philippines.
by P.J. O'Rourke
Politics cloud Kerry's Easter plans
Easter is this coming Sunday and where Sen. John Kerry, the Democratic candidate for president, will attend church suddenly has become a political issue.
By Julia Duin
B.G. Burkett: Navy Commanders to Cast Doubt on Kerry's War Record
Several Navy officers who supervised Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry when he commanded a swift boat in Vietnam are preparing to publicly question his war
record - including the circumstances under which he was awarded three Purple Hearts - a noted Vietnam War historian
revealed on Sunday.
Kerry Island
Jay Gatsby runs for president.
by Jim Geraghty
Kerry's past
There he was, the 27-year-old John Kerry, hair spilling down over his eyes, Kennedyesque a's (as in "cahn't imagine") rolling off his tongue, and lanky legs seeking room on the cramped talk show set. C-SPAN was rebroadcasting an episode of "The Dick Cavett Show" from 1971.
by Mona Charen
John Kerry 2004 = John Kerry 1971
Since Democrats will only tell us how much they loathe President Bush and what he's doing wrong in the War on Terror, never offering their solutions for us to critique, let me tell you a few things I fear about a Kerry presidency.
by David Limbaugh
GOP Rails at Kerry's 'Unprecedented Criminal Enterprise'
Republicans are usually too wimpy to speak up when Democrats commit massive vote fraud and other crimes, but not this time. The charges filed against
Sen. John Kerry's campaign condemn his "unprecedented criminal enterprise."
Second tier problems
I believe the Democrats are onto something. I believe they have devised a very clever plan to stop Sen. John Francois Kerry's decline in the polls.
by Emmett Tyrrell
Kerry accused of violating campaign law
President Bush's re-election campaign and the Republican National Committee yesterday accused Democratic challenger Sen. John Kerry's campaign formally of illegal coordination of political advertising with anti-Bush groups and donors, including billionaire George Soros.
By Ralph Z. Hallow
Priests Should Refuse Communion to Kerry, Leading Catholic Says
Sen. John Kerry's defiance of his Church's condemnation of abortion and approval of gay marriage is not only a problem for him and Catholic bishops, but for individual Catholics as well, according to a leading Catholic layman and editor.
by Phil Brennan
Kerry personally vulnerable
John Kerry's presidential candidacy has all the makings of a classic flop -- in the modern sidesplitting tradition of Thomas Dewey,
Adlai Stevenson, George McGovern, Walter Mondale and Michael Dukakis. This is not a prediction -- merely an assessment of some potentialities.
by Tony Blankley
Kerry's plan
Last Friday, John Kerry unveiled his long-awaited economic plan -- one that he says will create 10 million new jobs in the United States. It's an extraordinarily unambitious plan, one that relies primarily on two tax gimmicks of dubious value.
by Bruce Bartlett
Kerry Gasses
If he had his way, our nation’s cars would run on biodegradable ketchup. It’s all in his record.
By George Neumayr
Communists Infiltrated Kerry's Anti-War Group, Historian Says
The 1970s anti-war group that included John Kerry was "heavily infiltrate[d]" by individuals dedicated to the teachings of Chinese communist leader Mao Tse-Tung and to the use
of violence, if necessary to achieve their goals, according to a historian friendly to Kerry.
By Marc Morano
Kerry Author: Stolen FBI Files Were 'Very Explosive'
FBI files documenting Sen. John Kerry's anti-war activities that were reported stolen over the weekend could have damaged the likely Democratic
nominee's presidential bid, the San Francisco author who obtained the records said Monday.
Toward the Center?
Kerry proposes some tax cuts. It'll be harder for him to play against type on national security.
BY BRENDAN MINITER
Cheney pegs Kerry taxes at $1.7 trillion
Vice President Dick Cheney said yesterday that John Kerry's 73 new spending proposals would require the federal government to raise taxes by $1.7 trillion in the next 10 years.
By Joseph Curl
Never Forget
Kerry’s dangerous miscalculations.
By Peter Kirsanow
Kerry's clever tax cut
Sen. John Kerry moved to the right of Walter Mondale by proposing a small cut in the corporate tax rate, which he would lower to 33.25 percent from 35 percent. In political terms, it's a clever ploy.
by Larry Kudlow
Kerry promises 10 million jobs
Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry yesterday promised to create 10 million jobs in four years as he laid out an economic
plan that cuts corporate taxes and taxes on middle-income families, but raises taxes on high-income wage earners.
By Stephen Dinan
An Open Letter to John Kerry
Mr. Kerry, have you ever considered what both America and Vietnam might look like today had men like you and Senator McGovern chosen a different path?
By Larry Purdy
Questioning Kerry’s Loyalty
John Kerry’s ideology and voting record seem to be in accord with France, a nation that opposes American interests at every turn.
by Judson Cox
Skiing as News
Is John Kerry overexposed?
BY DANIEL HENNINGER
John Kerry and the Opportunism Gene
Senator Kerry seems to be governed by an irresistible impulse to pander to every audience he faces.
by Teri O'Brien
Kerryspeak
For those few souls who needed further confirmation of John Kerry's propensity for flip-flopping on matters of life and death that confront a commander in chief, he provided an exquisite example the other day.
Washington Times Op-Ed
Kerry Still Backpedaling on Presence at 1971 Anti-War Meetings
Five days after CNSNews.com reported that Democrat John Kerry had attended a 1971 anti-war meeting at which the possible assassination of U.S. senators was discussed, the presidential hopeful is still backpedaling on statements regarding his whereabouts during that meeting.
By Marc Morano
For Kerry Campaign, No Word Left Unturned
While Democrat John Kerry is on vacation, his staff appears to be in full damage control mode -- blasting a comment made by George W. Bush's campaign spokesman, Terry Holt.
By Susan Jones
Kerry, Cuba -- and the truth
It comes as no surprise to learn that John Kerry, who hates to take one position on an issue when he can take two or three, has come down strongly in favor -- and strongly against -- US policy in Cuba.
by Jeff Jacoby
FORMER GREEN BERET TACKLES KERRY AGAIN!
Thank you, John Kerry, for helping make us Vietnam veterans war heroes now, but you also were the primary reason that the American public grabbed sturdy unbending brooms of judgment and swept us into the closet of silence and shame for so many years.
by Don Bendell
Kerry Buys Jockstrap: Symbolism Over Substance
Before Senator Kerry fell down on the slopes out there at Bald Mountain, he went on a personal shopping spree staged for
reporters. He never does his own shopping. He sends interns or his butler out to do it. So when he went in to buy some
books, taking his Secret Service detail with him, they knew something was up. He bought some highfalutin', elitist books
with titles you can't understand that nobody would ever read.
by Rush Limbaugh
John F. Who?
Kerry's easy nomination victory may prove to be a curse.
BY BRENDAN MINITER
Kerry Fails War on Terror Test
John Kerry has "introduced" himself to the American people yet again, this time in a TV ad titled "Fought for America"
unveiled today, promising "a new direction for America from a war-tested Democrat." Here's Senator Kerry, once again,
feeling he has to point out his Vietnam service. Does "war-tested" not speak for itself? Apparently he doesn't think so.
John Kerry apparently doesn't think he conveys war hero status simply by showing up.
by Rush Limbaugh
John Kerry: the Democrats' bipolar punk
Dena Ross argues that John Kerry is trying to be all things to all people. The problem is that no one is entirely sure what that means on
any given day.
'Internationalist' Kerry
Bragging of foreign support doesn't win many votes in America.
by John Fund
'CIA knows' Kerry's foreign support
If the White House wants to know which foreign leaders support presidential candidate John Kerry, it should check with the CIA, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy said yesterday.
By Audrey Hudson
GOP sees pattern of fabrication by Kerry
Republican campaigners, continuing to highlight Sen. John Kerry's statements that he had been endorsed by "foreign leaders," assert that this is part of a pattern of fabrications and exaggerations going back to his Massachusetts campaigns.
By Stephen Dinan and Charles Hurt
Bush camp hits Kerry on spending
President Bush's re-election campaign officials, encouraged by their success in putting Sen. John Kerry on the defensive in the past 10 days, yesterday opened a new round of coordinated attempts to define him as "a tax-and-spend liberal."
By Bill Sammon
Kerry Skipped Prescription Drug Vote Then; Complains Now
Sen. John Kerry has no right to scare senior citizens with "misinformation" about the Medicare Prescription Drug Law -- especially when he skipped the final vote on that bill, said House Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.)
By Susan Jones
Spain's Disaster and Kerry's Choice
From the standpoint of a political campaign, the Popular Party of Spain made one of the gravest screwups in history, one that spells nothing but trouble for Spain, the United States and the security of the world.
by Jay Bryant
Health care in John Kerry's world
If John Kerry wins in November, writes Richard Ralston, Americans can count on even more government intrusion when it comes to the health care industry.
A lot more.
Kerry’s Soviet Rhetoric
The Vietnam-era antiwar movement got its spin from the Kremlin.
By Ion Mihai Pacepa
Rep. DeLay: Of Course Rogue Regimes Support Kerry
Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., says foreign leaders support his campaign against President Bush, but that ought to concern American voters, a prominent Republican indicates.
by Susan Jones
A Real Choice
John Kerry and George W. Bush offer voters two very distinct economic futures for America.
by Irwin M. Stelzer
Lawyers at War?
Where we were is where Kerry would take us.
by Jed Babbin
Kerry opposed key weapons
Democratic presidential hopeful John Kerry has opposed some of the most effective — and publicly popular — military weapons in the U.S. arsenal during the past 15 years.
By Charles Hurt