WP: Kerry Takes Off Gloves With Sharp Remarks -- (Hell F'n Yeah!)

In his sharpest and most personal remarks of the presidential campaign, Kerry responded to the rhetorical assault on him at the convention by accusing the Republicans of attacking "my fitness to serve as commander in chief. Well, here's my answer: I'm not going to have my commitment to defend this country questioned by those who refused to serve when they could have and by those who have misled the nation into Iraq."

"I guess I'll leave it up to the voters whether five deferments makes someone more qualified to defend this nation than two tours of duty," Kerry said. Cheney received a series of deferments from 1962 to 1966 for college and graduate school and then for having a child.

"Let me tell you what I think makes someone unfit for duty," Kerry says in the remarks. "Misleading our nation into war in Iraq makes you unfit to lead this nation. Doing nothing while this nation loses millions of jobs makes you unfit to lead this nation. Letting 45 million Americans go without health care makes you unfit to lead this nation. Letting the Saudi royal family control our energy costs makes you unfit to lead this nation. Handing out billions in government contracts to Halliburton while you're still on their payroll makes you unfit."

Cheney, who was not personally involved in the contracts, gave up the chief executive's post at Halliburton when he ran for vice president but has continued to receive deferred compensation.

"We're going to be very aggressive throughout the fall in painting the real picture of George Bush," communications director Stephanie Cutter said of the new spots. "We are going to remind voters of what George Bush said in 2000 and what he did. It is a much more aggressive stance."

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Watch where you point that thing!

Did I mention that I FRIGGIN' LOVE John Kerry!!! Give 'Em Hell!

C'mon, even Dean fans gotta love this!!! Now re-read it and see how hard Kerry is swinging!

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I'm glad he said what he said. Its true. * and Darth are unfit for command. BUT it didn't matter to me what John Kerry said. Just seeing him out there on the stump gave me strength and hope.

God bless John Kerry and John Edwards.

CUZ YOU ARE TERMINATED!

makes you unfit to lead this nation. Handing out billions in government contracts to Halliburton while you're still on their payroll makes you unfit."


AWESOME!

That's a man ready to brawl.

Bring it on!

Positive messaging is all well and fine, but I have this awful feeling that we're going to have to learn - yet again - the hard way that mudslinging works.

Good for him!