Defending Against Democrat Smears is Slime?

Defending Against Democrat Smears is Slime?

Republican National Committee Chairman defended the president against the scurilous attacks from John Kerry and DNC chairman Terry McAwful regarding the president's National Guard Service.

"We highlight policies, and note Senator Kerry's long Senate record. They accuse the president of desertion -- a military crime punishable by death -- as the Clark campaign did, or accuse the president of being AWOL, which is a felony, punishable by imprisonment, as DNC chair Terry McAuliffe has done," Gillespie said. "Terry McAuliffe has become the John Wilkes Booth of presidential character assassination."

"In response to Gillespie's speech, James Bilbray and Terry Care, co-chairs of Kerry's Nevada campaign, issued a statement calling Gillespie the president's "favorite attack dog" who was spreading "false, nasty personal charges."

They urged Bush to "call off his right-wing slime machine."