"RollingStoned"
John Kerry political cartoon.

Dec. 6, 2003 

Sen. John Kerry has moved into an X-rated campaign. He is quoted in the Rolling Stones Magazine as having used the ‘F word’ in describing President Bush. The NY Post is covering the story and kids in New Hampshire are asking Kerry if it is appropriate language, according to the Post:

"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 _ _k it up as badly as he did? I don't think anybody did," Kerry told the youth-oriented magazine.

Brookings Institution presidential scholar Stephen Hess said he can't recall another candidate attacking a president with X-rated language in a public interview.

"It's so unnecessary," Hess said. "In a way it's a kind of pandering [by Kerry] to a group he sees as hip . . . I think John Kerry is going to regret saying this."

Kerry was accurately quoted in Rolling Stone, said spokesman David Wade, adding the X-rated language reflects the fact that Bush's Iraq policy "makes John Kerry's blood boil."

Kerry yesterday angrily cited his war record in Vietnam when asked by a New Hampshire student about charges that it's unpatriotic to attack the commander-in-chief, fuming: "I left some blood on a battlefield that President Bush never left anywhere."

[IPW NOTE: Senator Kerry, loss of blood is no reason to lose decency.]