The New York Times editorial page used the word
"un-American" to describe the Bush campaign's continued
attempts to label John Kerry the candidate for terrorists.

Today, the Los Angeles Times editorial page calls Bush a
"coward" for allowing these slimy tactics and benefiting
from them -- but not taking responsibility .

"Compared with Kerry, George W. Bush is a coward. This is
not a reference to their respective activities during
Vietnam. It refers to the current election campaign. Bush
happily benefits from the slime his supporters are spreading
but refuses to take responsibility for it or to call
point-blank for it to stop. He got away with this when the
prime mover was the shadowy Swift boats group. Will he get
away with it when the accusers are his own vice president,
high officials of his own administration (Deputy Secretary
of State Richard Armitage) and members of Congress from his
own party (House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert or Sen. Orrin
Hatch)? The answer is yes: Based on recent experience, he
probably will get away with it."