S.C. Republican Lindsey Graham is calling out John Kerry and his puppy...
SEN. LINDSEY GRAHAM (R-SC): "The label game is a result of how you behave. Call me a conservative."ABC'S GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS: "You're a conservative."
GRAHAM: "Thank you very much. I am. I'm proud of it. I vote that way. John Edwards is the fourth most liberal member of the Senate. John Kerry is -- who is liberal? Is there anybody in the Senate who will admit to being liberal. There's nothing wrong with being an American liberal. I want the tape from New York. I want to see the standing ovation they got in New York when Hollywood –"
STEPHANOPOULOS: "Now what are you talking about there? Explain the story for our viewers."
GRAHAM: "I'm talking about the hate fest in New York where people who don't mind being called liberal got up and ran President Bush into the ground and applauded these two gentlemen. I want that tape. And let's see people in Louisiana and South Carolina. Let's hear what was said in New York and let's look at the reactions of Edwards and Kerry and let's see if these people really are liberal or they've got values based on the crowd in front of them."
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... over their multi-million dollar stylin' evening last week in New York City.
NEW YORK - Hollywood stars at a Democratic fundraiser here late Thursday night ripped President Bush as a liar, "another cheap thug" and a killer in a night of Bush bashing that put the Kerry team on the defensive and provoked widespread criticism.Posted by Alan at July 11, 2004 04:04 PMBoth Sens. John Kerry and John Edwards were on stage at Radio City Music Hall as the stars uttered their remarks. Neither one rebuked them. Kerry, in fact, said that every performer "conveyed the heart and soul of America."
At the gala concert Thursday, attended by 6,000 people, many of the stars of political Hollywood savaged Bush and his administration.
Actress Meryl Streep attacked Bush's frequent references to his religious faith.
"I wondered to myself through the shock and awe, I wondered which of the mega-ton bombs Jesus, our president's personal savior, would have personally dropped on the sleeping families in Baghdad," Streep said.
Comedian Whoopi Goldberg caused nervous laughter, and uncomfortable looks from Kerry and Edwards, when she repeatedly referred to the new vice presidential candidate as "kid" -- and made off-color sexual puns on the president's name.