{"id":754,"date":"2004-03-11T07:35:45","date_gmt":"2004-03-11T12:35:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brianarner.com\/weblog\/wordpress\/2004\/03\/off_microphone\/"},"modified":"2004-03-11T07:35:45","modified_gmt":"2004-03-11T12:35:45","slug":"off_microphone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.brianarner.com\/weblog\/2004\/03\/off_microphone\/","title":{"rendered":"“Off” Microphone"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ooops<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Sen. John F. Kerry, the presumed Democratic presidential candidate, used his harshest language yet to describe his Republican opponents, accusing them today of corrupt and deceitful behavior.
\nKerry’s comments came during a stop at a sheet metal plant in Chicago as he shook hands with workers.
\n“Tell it like it is,” a man at the Hill Mechanical Group told him. “Keep smiling.”
\n“Oh yeah, don’t worry, man,” the senator from Massachusetts responded. “We’re going to keep pounding, let me tell you. We’re just beginning to fight here.
\n“These guys are the most crooked, you know, lying group I’ve ever seen,” Kerry added. “It’s scary.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

As much as I might agree with this, Kerry shouldn’t be saying it in public on the campaign trail. First, it’s not very “presidential.” And second, he’s sure to be asked about it later and is either going to have to back pedal or back it up, and I don’t think he wants to get “dirty” this early.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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