Lock and Load!

Some stories aren't worth responding to, and some are. One line of attack that deserves the kind of rapid fire response the twin 50's on Lieutenant Kerry's old swift boat could deliver is Howard Dean's baseless line slamming JK as being "so much like Republicans, both in his voting record and now in his political practices for fundraising."

The claims about the voting record are nearly in the 'too absurd to respond to' category (find a Republican who can beat Kerry's National Journal Composite Liberal Score which shows him voted more liberal on economic, defense and foreign policy issues than 87 percent of the Senate).

On the campaign finance front, though, well HoHo's repeated the charge enough times in enough ways to to some damage if ignored. Happily, our supply lines are wide open and have delivered high powered ammo for firing back.

A joint statement from Nick Nyhart, Executive Director of Public Campaign Action Fund; Chellie Pingree, President of Common Cause; and Joan Claybrook, President of Public Citizen provides the facts:

"...Not only has Kerry historically refused to take PAC money, but his record shows that he been a leader for more than a decade in full reform of campaign financing, advocating for clean public money not only for presidential but also congressional campaigns."

Hit the link, read the whole thing and you'll have all the info you need, from unimpeachable sources, to lock, load and lay waste to the lying liar from Vermont.