Kerry accuses Vietnam critics of illegal ties to Bush campaign
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Democratic White House hopeful John Kerry's campaign has formally alleged that a group attacking his Vietnam war record had illegal ties to US President George W. Bush's reelection bid.
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Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry on Saturday night urged President Bush to "stand up and stop" what he called personal attacks on him over his combat record in Vietnam.
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BOSTON - John Kerry fought back Thursday against campaign allegations that he exaggerated his combat record in Vietnam, accusing President Bush of using a Republican front group "to do his dirty work" and challenging Bush to debate their wartime service records.   "Well, if he wants to have a debate about our service in Vietnam, here is my answer: Bring it on," said the Democratic presidential candidate, reviving an old war and campaign slogan amid strong urging from party leaders for him to respond to two-week-old GOP assertions...
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Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry, seeking to cut George W. Bush's edge on security issues, branded him a puppet of the powerful US gun lobby who allowed a decade-old ban on assault weapons to lapse.
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CRAWFORD, Texas  - Under pressure from Democrats  and Republican Sen. John McCain, President Bush on Monday  called for ads attacking John Kerry's record in Vietnam to be  stopped along with others run by independent groups, and said  Kerry should be proud of his war service.
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Democratic White House hopeful John Kerry's campaign formally alleged that a group attacking his Vietnam war record had illegal ties to US President George W. Bush's reelection bid.
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John Kerry accused President Bush of using surrogates to "do his dirty work," as the Democratic presidential challenger hit back on Thursday at a Republican assault on his Vietnam War record.
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Democrat John Kerry asked the Federal Election Commission on Friday to force a group accused of collaborating with the Bush campaign to withdraw ads challenging his service in Vietnam as the presidential race took a decidedly bitter turn.
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EAST HAMPTON, N.Y.  - Democratic presidential  candidate John Kerry has accused his Republican critics of  having launched their offensive against his Vietnam war record  in a bid to sabotage what he called growing voter support for  his strategy to fight the war on terror.
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John Kerry accuses George W Bush of using a front group to launch attacks on his Vietnam war record.
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Sen. John Kerry launched a series of blistering attacks on President Bush yesterday, saying the W in his opponent&#39;s name stands for &quot;wrong .
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Controversial filmmaker Michael Moore has entered the fray over Democratic presidential hopeful John Kerryâs Vietnam war record with a sarcasm-soaked open letter to President George W Bush accusing him of âattacking a wounded vet.
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President Bush on Monday criticized a commercial that accused John Kerry of inflating his own Vietnam War record, more than a week after the ad stopped running, and said broadcast attacks by outside groups have no place in the race for the White House.
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Senator John Kerry accused the president today of caving in to the gun lobby, a charge rejected by the White House.
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(CBS/AP) John Kerry has again opened fire on President Bush with a new campaign ad that accuses Mr. Bush of using smear tactics against him in a bid to unfairly tarnish the Democratic presidential candidate&#39;s Vietnam War record.
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WASHINGTON - John Kerry yesterday lashed back at charges that he exaggerated his Vietnam war record, accusing President George W. Bush of using an anti-Kerry group to level the claims because &quot;he wants them to do his dirty work.&quot; ...
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Presidential nominee John Kerry and other Democrats are accusing President Bush of stacking the federal government with friends and donors who are gutting regulations on U.S. corporations.