Kerry's Baseless Attack On Hillary Clinton
Obama surrogate Senator John Kerry launched a baseless attack on Senator Hillary Clinton. In an interview with Huff Po, Kerry launched an attack on Senator Clinton, claiming she was falsely attacking Senator Obama on his Iraq record, and then basically admitted his own attack was false:
. . . . Asked to respond to Clinton's contention that Obama has been more rhetoric than substance on Iraq -- speaking out against the war before entering the Senate, but voting for funding resolutions while in office -- Kerry said the attack was baseless. . . . "If you're criticisms and/or your attacks are not founded on accuracy, that's an unfortunate tactic under any circumstance, whatever you call it," said Kerry.
But not a moment later, Kerry admits the criticism is completely accurate:
When pressed to discuss how two presidential frontrunners differed on the war since Obama entered the Senate, Kerry did not cite a speech, policy, or vote. Indeed, he acknowledged their virtually identical voting records . . . "I think that he essentially -- in many ways as you go along the road, the votes we've had, they have paralleled each other on the votes," said Kerry. "But I think Barack has been very clear -- I mean they've both been clear that they are going to try and end the war in a way that is responsible. There is a great similarity in their articulation since then."
(Emphasis supplied.) Thanks for making Senator Clinton's point Senator Kerry. Too bad you prefaced it with a baseless attack on Senator Clinton.
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