Kerry's being pummeled in the fair and balanced media for suggesting that Republicans are crooked liars. So far, he's not backing down:

Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry on Thursday rejected demands that he apologize for calling his critics in the Republican Party "the most crooked, you know, lying group I've ever seen."

[...] "I have no intention whatsoever of apologizing for my remarks," Kerry said during a news conference on the Senate side of the Capitol. "I think the Republicans need to start talking about the real issues before the country."

House Speaker Dennis Hastert, R-Ill., meeting with other GOP leaders in his House office, said the remark offended him. "If you ask me, he's getting off on the wrong foot in this campaign by name-calling,"

Thank you for your advice, Denny. I'm sure John Kerry will take it under advisement.

Kerry dismissed their criticism of his remark as an effort to take attention away from Bush administration policies. "They can't talk about those things because George Bush doesn't have a record to run on, he has a record to run away from. And that's what they're trying to do," Kerry said.

If he keeps this up, maybe I will have to spot him an Andrew Jackson or two. Just for reinforcement purposes.