"They're being dishonest ...

...they're hiding the truth from you ... they're cheating the American people of the truth."

Whoa!

John Kerry probably hasn't taken this many shots in a single day since he was in command of twin .50s.

Kerry said Bush had not leveled with Americans about the financial cost of the Iraq war, by telling them it would be paid for with Iraqi oil. Instead, Kerry said, Americans were footing a bill that he predicted would top $200 billion.

Boom!

Kerry said Bush was being dishonest about the real cost of the Medicare old-age health insurance program. He cited new reports that showed America's seniors could expect to pay 37 percent of their Social Security benefits on Medicare expenses by 2006, and he accused the administration of withholding the figures.

"Once again, this administration hides the truth from the American people," he said.

Bang!

Kerry also charged that Bush was unable "to tell the truth" about health care. The president called Kerry's plan "a government takeover of health care with an enormous price tag," after the American Enterprise Institute, a conservative Washington think tank, estimated its cost at more than $1.5 trillion.

Pow!

In other words, they just lie.

Sic 'em, John!