Kerry Hits Back at White House, Defends Patriotism
Finally, it seems Kerry is on the move and saying what a lot of us have been thinking. for too long these guys have gotten away with attacking others concerning matters where they've had far more guilt. i sometimes think its done as a pre-emptive distraction when they know they're weak in a certain area. sadly, the press has been content to let them do this sort of thing unchecked. I believe lying in Iraq has been the last straw for the press. while not perfect, they've been much more zealous with this president and the white house is having a hard time coping. they're used to the press taking their stories and running with them. its not working quite like that now and the white house is struggling to deal with it (see the 'mission accomplished' item below).

"I'm tired of Karl Rove and Dick Cheney and a bunch of people who went out of their way to avoid their chance to serve when they had the chance," the Massachusetts senator said. "I'm not going to listen to them talk to me about patriotism."

"I've seen how these people in the White House today, in their twisted sense of ethics and morality, don't think twice about challenging John McCain and what happened to him as a prisoner of war," he said in reference to attacks by President Bush in 2000 on his Republican primary rival McCain, an Arizona senator.