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“Sound Engineer Kills Presidential Hopeful” "The implosion of Howard Dean as a Presidential hopeful, the furor over John Kerry's remarks, and the many slips by President Bush are a result of poor audio management on the speaking platform." Top International Media Consultant tells Washington reporters. “The implosion of Howard Dean can be directly traced to poor audio management, as can John Kerry’s disastrous remarks over crooked Republicans” explained Alan Simpson, the International Media Consultant, to reporters and communications professionals in Washington, DC. “The use of refined audio from a noise canceling microphone, without mixing the crowd noise for atmosphere,...

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- I do not know what you thought when you heard that Sen. John Francois Kerry was overheard in a scrum of Chicago blue collar workers referring to unnamed politicians as "crooked" and "lying." I thought he was referring to the Clintons. What is more, I thought he was being complimentary. The Clintons have, indeed, been very artful in all their transgressions. Even when they get caught, they wriggle out of it, save for the time that Bill got impeached, and found in contempt of court, and lost his license to practice law. Actually, Bill has never really...

In a thoughtful article in the Wall Street Journal titled "Anger Mismanagement," Stephen Miller takes the temperature of the feverish political season in which charges of lying and even criminal behavior by both sides but especially by Democrats against the Bush administration have become almost commonplace -- most notably when John Kerry let slip that he thought the Republicans "the most crooked, you know, lying group I've ever seen" into an open mike and then refused to apologize. It was widely supposed that, in this election year, he would look better to his admirers by not apologizing for the remark...

<p>Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, New York Democrat, said Sunday that presumptive Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry was right when he branded Republicans as "the most crooked, you know, lying group I have ever seen."</p> <p>Calling Mr. Kerry's comment "quite descriptive of reality," Mrs. Clinton told an audience at Boston's Kennedy Center that the senator from Massachusetts had been targeted by the same "vast right-wing conspiracy" that impeached her husband, Newsmax.com reports.</p>

New York Sen. Hillary Clinton said Sunday that likely Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry was right when he branded Republicans last week "the most crooked, you know, lying group I have ever seen." Calling Kerry's comment "quite descriptive of reality," Clinton told an audience at Boston's Kennedy Center that the Massachusetts Democrat had been targeted by the same "vast right wing conspiracy" that eventually succeeded in impeaching her husband. In quotes picked up by the Boston Herald, the former first lady urged Sen. Kerry to "counterpunch" with his own negative attacks on President Bush. "That's important because that is the...

WASHINGTON Presumably unaware of the presence of a live microphone, Senator John Kerry, campaigning last week in Chicago, let loose with his opinion of Republicans opposing him as "the most crooked, you know, lying group I've ever seen."My first reaction — like that of millions of parents and schoolteachers around the country — was to wince at a prominent politician's use of "you know," a halting interjection that has been cluttering the speech of teenagers for years.Only later, as the rest of the Kerry condemnation sunk in, did I wonder: Was it wise for a candidate for president to characterize...

There are few things as revealing as public figures being caught in moments when they do not know they are being overheard. Four years ago at a campaign event, when George W. Bush was caught calling a New York Times reporter a "major-league a--hole," it made every major network newscast that night. That's fine. Unguarded, unscripted moments are so rare on the campaign trail that episodes like that attract understandable attention, especially if they're a little salty. So, four years later, where were the lead stories the day that candidate John Kerry blasted his opposition as "the most crooked, lying...

Poll on Vote.com. Should Kerry apologice for "crooked" charge against GOP critics? (He actually said it about Bush but never mind"

ASHINGTON — The 2004 presidential campaign has opened with a snarl.President Bush and Senator John Kerry, two gentlemen from Yale, wasted no time attacking each other eight months before the election. Last week alone, Mr. Kerry called Republicans "crooked" and "lying" in off-the-cuff comments, then refused to apologize to what he called a "Republican attack squad." Mr. Bush accused Mr. Kerry of trying to "gut" American intelligence services, and he authorized a television ad charging that Mr. Kerry "would raise taxes by at least $900 billion" and weaken national defense. Mr. Kerry fired back with an ad asserting that he...

When Senator John Kerry was overheard describing his Republican opponents as "crooked" and "lying" to a voter the other day, his campaign quickly offered two explanations for the unusually harsh words. One was that Mr. Kerry did not realize he was wearing a live microphone. The other was that he said what he meant and he meant what he said. Whatever the case, there was little question that explaining an offhanded remark picked up by a microphone was hardly a new challenge for Mr. Kerry, the all-but-certain Democratic challenger to Mr. Bush. Throughout the race, Mr. Kerry has been in...

In one week, John Kerry has managed to insult the intelligence of black people, degrade the American worker, make a mockery of our election finance laws, and smear our president for his fine leadership in perilous times. Not bad for one week's ''work.'' But, he was not finished. His ego overflowed, and he blithely called Republicans ''liars and crooks.'' Meanwhile, the bodies of dead Spaniards lay all over the streets of Madrid. Can someone tell me what gives this pompous windbag the right to trample all over people and not utter a word of apology? Instead of recognizing his error,...

BEGIN TRANSCRIPT RUSH: Bob in Atlanta I'm glad you waited, sir, welcome to the EIB Network. Hi. CALLER: Hey, Rush, mega dittos, man. I'm calling you from Atlanta. RUSH: Yeah. CALLER: Let me tell you what I think, I think that most of the campaign and most of the stump speeches are kind of like a Kabuki play or roadrunner cartoon where everything absolutely is scripted and anything that is said carries with it a kind of deniability. They can always say, "it's just politics", but this comment was a window into John Kerry's soul where it's not just politics....

(CBS/AP) Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry rejected Republican demands that he apologize for calling his GOP critics "the most crooked, you know, lying group I've ever seen." A group of GOP leaders in the House and Senate called on Kerry to stop negative campaigning even as Rep. Jack Kingston, R-Ga., said they see the Massachusetts senator as "Ted Kennedy on a South Beach diet." "I have no intention whatsoever of apologizing for my remarks," Kerry said during a Thursday news conference on the Senate side of the Capitol. "I think the Republicans need to start talking about the real issues...

<p>WASHINGTON - Sen. John Kerry yesterday refused to apologize for calling his Republican opponents "crooked" and "lying," while the GOP ripped him for taking the low road.</p> <p>Kerry was under fire after he was caught on an open microphone on Wednesday telling a few supporters that Republican critics were "the most crooked, you know, lying group I've ever seen."</p>

WASHINGTON (AP) - Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry says he does not intend to apologize for describing his critics in the Republican Party as ``the most crooked ... lying group I've ever seen.'' At the Capitol for meetings Thursday with congressional Democrats, Republican lawmakers called on the Massachusetts senator to stop what they said was name-calling and negative campaigning. Rep. Jack Kingston, R-Ga., said Republicans think of Kerry as ``Ted Kennedy on a South Beach diet,'' a reference to the other Democratic senator from the Bay State. Kerry refused to apologize and said he wouldn't sit still while the ``Republican...

Senator John Kerry on Thursday fought off Republican attacks over his harsh off-the-cuff comments about his critics and refused to apologize for describing Republicans as "crooked" and "lying." "I haven't said anything that's incorrect about them, and they've said lots of things that are incorrect," Mr. Kerry, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, told reporters, citing Republicans' attacks on his voting record, President Bush's new advertisements against him and tactics used in earlier campaigns. "There is a Republican attack squad that specializes in trying to destroy people and be negative," he said. The dispute over Mr. Kerry's description of Republicans as...

<p>LOS ANGELES  — Presidential candidate  John Kerry pressured Congress and the Pentagon to fund a missile system on behalf of a San Diego contractor who, years later, pleaded guilty to making illegal contributions to the senator and other politicians, according to the Los Angeles Times.</p>

Yesterday John Kerry lashed out at at Repubilcans as being the "most crooked and lying group I've even seen". Coming from a Massachusetts politician that is saying something. However, there is an old adage that people in glass houses shouldn't throw stones. A look at John Kerry's supporters, many of whom are prominently displayed on the "Endorsements" section of his website, contains a few people with rather colorful pasts. In fact, many of these Kerry supporters, friends, and fundraisers would be more at home on a police blotter than on the Kerry Endorsement Page. Let's take a look at a...

Unscripted Kerry calls GOP liars Tribune to My Yahoo! By Jill Zuckman and Jeff Zeleny Tribune national correspondents Seemingly unaware that his microphone was still on, Sen. John Kerry (news - web sites) used uncharacteristically harsh language Wednesday to describe Republicans as "crooked" and "lying" during a quiet exchange with several workers at the Hill Mechanical Group in Chicago's Ravenswood neighborhood. As one worker urged Kerry to "tell it like it is" and to "keep smiling," the presumptive Democratic nominee told the man not to worry. "We're going to keep pounding, let me tell you. We're just beginning to fight...

Sen. John Kerry's paranoid Dean-like rant against those who dare question him is unworthy of a presidential candidate, Bush-Cheney campaign chairman Marc Racicot noted last night. "Senator Kerry's statement today in Illinois was unbecoming of a candidate for the presidency of the United States of America, and tonight we call on Senator Kerry to apologize to the American people for this negative attack. On the day that Senator Kerry emerged as his party's presumptive nominee, the president called to congratulate him. That goodwill gesture has been met by attacks and false statements," stated Racicot, former governor of Montana. "John Kerry...