Obviously sparhawk, they criticize because they hate the man.
No amount of reasoning can quell the fires of unbridled hatred that many obviously feel towards john kerry.
R:"So your saying that since everybody does it it's all right?"
L:"So why only pick on kerry, why won't the tilted right acknowledge the lack of integrity in their own party's politicians?"
R:"Well, kerry says taking money is wrong and he still does it, so he needs to be singled out"
To which i might ask, are you aware of the irony in calling one politician out for lacking integrity whilst implicitly excusing the lack of integrity showed by the politicians in your own party?
Anyone backing bush ought to shy away from the "my guy has more integrity than your guy" line of criticism.