John Kerry refuses to apologize to the troops for calling them stupid; says he meant to call President Bush stupid instead
Calls Tony Snow "a stuffed suit White House mouthpiece standing behind a podium," Rush Limbaugh "doughy," and Republicans "right wing nut-jobs" for good measure.
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Senator John Kerry (D-EU) has responded to the broad and collective outrage that his greeted his comments on the education level of our troops in Iraq:
Washington – Senator John Kerry issued the following statement in response to White House Press Secretary Tony Snow, assorted right wing nut-jobs, and right wing talk show hosts desperately distorting Kerry’s comments about President Bush to divert attention from their disastrous record:
"If anyone thinks a veteran would criticize the more than 140,000 heroes serving in Iraq and not the president who got us stuck there, they're crazy. This is the classic G.O.P. playbook. I’m sick and tired of these despicable Republican attacks that always seem to come from those who never can be found to serve in war, but love to attack those who did.
I’m not going to be lectured by a stuffed suit White House mouthpiece standing behind a podium, or doughy Rush Limbaugh, who no doubt today will take a break from belittling Michael J. Fox’s Parkinson’s disease to start lying about me just as they have lied about Iraq. It disgusts me that these Republican hacks, who have never worn the uniform of our country lie and distort so blatantly and carelessly about those who have.
The people who owe our troops an apology are George W. Bush and Dick Cheney who misled America into war and have given us a Katrina foreign policy that has betrayed our ideals, killed and maimed our soldiers, and widened the terrorist threat instead of defeating it. These Republicans are afraid to debate veterans who live and breathe the concerns of our troops, not the empty slogans of an Administration that sent our brave troops to war without body armor.
Bottom line, these Republicans want to debate straw men because they’re afraid to debate real men. And this time it won’t work because we’re going to stay in their face with the truth and deny them even a sliver of light for their distortions. No Democrat will be bullied by an administration that has a cut and run policy in Afghanistan and a stand still and lose strategy in Iraq."
(Emphasis mine)
Mr. Kerry's shrill hysteria and name-calling is impressive in his own way--he's packed so many Known Facts into this statement that my head is spinning. Seems to me he's awfully upset for someone who should be used to having his patriotism questioned by now. Me thinks the lady doth protest too much. Could he be waking up to the fact that through his false and self-serving "support" of our armed forces, he may well have just lost the Democrats a second campaign in a row?
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How does he keep that hair in place with his chronic CRI syndrome?
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Evil men hide from the truth, but good men stand upon it.
...from Caddyshack? The DNA-level buffoonery? The outraged preppy sense of entitlement? The empty-suit machismo?
Time for another John O'Neill book tour, just to really twist the American Gigolo's tail.
--furious
"I find your lack of faith disturbing." -- Darth Vader
Weeeeeeeeell, We're waaaaaiting....
Just as every cop is a criminal, and all the sinners saints - Sympathy for the Democrats
the Medal of Freedom. He deserves it.
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If "pro" is the opposite of "con", what is the opposite of "progress"?
Waa waa waa.
It's just the same old crap from the Dems: grab a selection of the following and start yapping away:
Republicans failed when Katrina hit.
Republicans went into Iraq without an exit strategy.
Republicans are against Stem Cell research.
Rush Limbugh is a big fat bully.
Bush is incompetent.
Your deficit taxes the unborn.
3000 soliders have died in order to kick start a civil war.
Waa waa waa.
It's always easier to criticize than govern. Standing there in your suit, taking pot shots.
You lost, get over it, and go home.
I think W should just call them on it:
Our exit strategy is called 'victory'.
Would not Senator Kerry, and educated man, say "you get the country stuck in Iraq", instead "you get stuck in Iraq". I don't think it takes an english professor to debunk Kerry's face-saving attempt. Any one who took fifth grade grammar can tell he wasn't talking about the president.
Snobbish, prone to saying stupid things at the worst possible time for his mates, and thin skinned to boot!
It's a Democrat trifecta. Usually you have to order custom from a catalog to get that combo - with Kerry is also comes with a neat little white flag to complete the look.
Price?
Priceless.
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"I don't know." -- Helen Thomas, when asked by White House spokesman Scott McClellan, "Are we at war, Helen?"
Bottom line, these Republicans want to debate straw men because they’re afraid to debate real men.
If we were debating real men, you wouldn't be invited.
It never ceases to amaze me that Armando is still writing John Kerry's speeches, from his undisclosed location. C'mon folks: this is an Armando DKos statement, with a little Shrum and some Begala thrown in there. But principally it reads like it was written by either the astrologers over at DKos or the Wal-Mart lawyer-cum-sabtoeur over there.
the kids are just eating this release up. Anything they embrace so completely will be terrible for Kerry and the entire Democrat party.
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Thou art the Great Cat, the avenger of the Gods, and the judge of words...-Inscription on the Royal Tombs at Thebes
How did KKKarl Rove get Kerry to say those words one week before the mid terms???
"You never need a firearm,until you need it BADLY!"
This HAS to be the response that was only supposed to circulate on DKos, DU etc. I may wander over to see the response, but I'd bet a dozen dunkies doughnuts he is their new hero and they want to nominate him for president of the Universe. Could this be a grab for far left $?
OR he hired a few Kossaks as his PR guys. Wow that just does NOT read like politician speak. But I do give him marks for honesty
This just goes to show you're never too old to spit on the troops.
In which we get to watch a waste of human flesh say what he means and not have the balls to stand by it.
I did not think it possible to respect Mr. Kerry less but life seems to be about being continuously surprised. There was no doubt in my mind when I heard him speak he was referring to those not clever to have a million dollar wound the way he did. When you take his history of the barely believable action reports, the self inflicted damage and the giligans island like three month tour you have no doubt that what he meant is that stupid people weren't able to get out in as short a time as he did.
A sense of unearned entitlement and privilege are what permeates the democratic party, we should thank Mr. Kerry for making this clear once again.
A sense of unearned entitlement and privilege are what permeates the democratic party, we should thank Mr. Kerry for making this clear once again.
Yeah, in case anyone had forgotten the current administrations ample examples of same.
But do you have any examples ? Or is this just a perception you have been convinced to adopt without justification ?
Ok, if his last name wasn't Bush, would he be president? Or even elected to an office at all?
Did he ever run a business that was a success- that didn't play on his last name? Kerry married well, bush was born well. Same thing.
No, really, what your stance says about you is quite illuminating: after all, your side can't even beat President Bush at anything. And you haven't won this one quite yet...
The Fuzzy Puppy of the VRWC.
whoa, hold on. I didn't vote for kerry (badnarik last time) and I think ALL of congress and white house residents are elitist creeps.
What kerry said was stupidly put, but anyone who doesn't accept the notion of a "back door draft" is fooling themselves. When the army has to keep lowering standards to meet quotas, they aren't talking about a 3.0 GPA vs. a 2.9. Be serious. A lot of well educated people (such as my father) enrolled in the armed forces for a lot of different reasons. And many enrolled because they perceived it as their last chance, frequently because of lack of education.
I'm trying my damnedest to make sure my own son has different options.
Arbusto Energy
Spectrum 7
Harken Energy
The Texas Rangers
The energy companies did well in a declining oil market.
You really want to go the route of his oil companies, then make sure you spell bin Laden and James Bath correctly.
And I don't think the rangers are an energy company, at least not the times I've seem 'em play.
I will leave you with this quote from Ann Richards "George bush is someone who thinks he hit a home run when he started on third base"
She said that before he beat her for governor of Texas.
Making your points? How?
"In June 1990 Bush sold most shares in Harken to a Los Angeles broker named Ralph D. Smith. One week later Harken announced an overall loss of $23.2 million triggering an investigation by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission into the sale."
Doesn't sound like the companies made money- Bush did.
And not from examining the facts. You are also obviously taking your opinions from secondary and biased sources.
http://www.wtrg.com/oil_graphs/oilprice1947.gif
That link is to a history of oil prices. Please note the period before the transaction you speak of. How many Independent energy companies died during that time period ? Harken is still around.
Now as to your making money for bush but not Harken point, I have never understood how the same person is supposed to be a complete failure while always coming out success. Anyone who has not entered a completely rigid mental framework can see that there is a contradiction.
Now as to your making money for bush but not Harken point, I have never understood how the same person is supposed to be a complete failure while always coming out success.
Again, if his name hadn't been bush, if he hadn't been the son of a president, would he have been able to walk away from that experience richer? Were they buying an oil company, or access?
Only a "rigid mental framework" would refuse to acknowledge that aspect.
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If "pro" is the opposite of "con", what is the opposite of "progress"?
the dreaded Council on Foreign Relations, and the Masons, and the Jesuits, and the Jooooooooooooooss.
"Nothing works like freedom, Nothing succeeds like liberty"
Kyle
I'll give you that. It would be more impressive if you looked before posting.
http://money.cnn.com/quote/chart/chart.html?pg=ch&symb=HEC&time=all&comp...
Thats a 25 year history of Harken Energy compared to the Oil and gas index. If you notice after the President sold his shares the price appreciated and stayed above his sale price for roughly 2 years. So your if is about what and what should I acknowledge ?
I'm sure he would've voted for the libertarian, green party, raelian party, or some other candidate who had an equally good chance of winning.
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"I am a great believer in luck. The harder I work, the more I have of it." -- Thomas Jefferson
You're only supposed to vote for candidates who win? Then why do we vote at all?
No, you vote for the person who best reflects your viewpoints.
You keep doing that. By throwing your vote away on those guys, you are certainly doing your part to help Republicans like Bush get elected. Keep up the good work.
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"I am a great believer in luck. The harder I work, the more I have of it." -- Thomas Jefferson
Wouldn't Rove or Falwell or someone else have just programmed some other name to vote for in the minds of all us Rove-o-bots? And of course we have our awesome election stealing prowess to fall back on. It doesn't seem like Bush's name was all that important, eh?
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"I am a great believer in luck. The harder I work, the more I have of it." -- Thomas Jefferson
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If "pro" is the opposite of "con", what is the opposite of "progress"?
and I nearly drove off the road laughing. Jf'nK never fails to make matters even worse when he attempts to clarify (which he didn't do today; he became a frothing, foaming moonbat who would do the DU crowd proud).
Kerry: the gift that keeps on giving.
Yes, Democrats: Please, please PLEASE try to impeach the president during wartime.
I can't believe Kerry is selling this as a joke against Bush and some in the media are buying it. Today's hissyfit of a presser he had no trouble saying "President Bush", in 2004 no problems attacking Bush and using the words "President Bush", yet during this 'joke' he doesn't use the words "President Bush". Also look at the clip he isn't smiling or laughing or anything that shows it to be a joke. And, honestly whats the joke study hard and do well in school or you might become President of the United States?
The talking point defense makes no sense at all. It strikes me as something a half dozen guys in a room brainstorming desperately to try and come up with any defense might latch onto. In order for you to believe it, you'd have to think being elected POTUS twice doesn't qualify as "doing well." I think in anybody's book, being elected POTUS would qualify as "doing well." I'm sure even Jimmah Carter's and Jerald Ford's mothers were as proud as could be.
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"I am a great believer in luck. The harder I work, the more I have of it." -- Thomas Jefferson
Kerry tried to get and failed to this very same fellow.
I'll be glad when he retires.
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Evil men hide from the truth, but good men stand upon it.
We see it for the thin veil that it is, but just remember: Outraged worked flawlessly against John O'Neill. Kerry and Co. simply screamed loudly about persecution and scandalous chagres and the media listened to that rather than actually investigating the charges.
Shame on the media if it works again (which is more or less the same thing as saying it WILL work again).
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"It is a sordid business, this divvying us up by race." - Chief Justice John Roberts
And to anyone who says to you (or writes) that he was just talking about Bush and not the troops, you must immediately call them a fool for believing a stupid, obvious lie.
"Nothing works like freedom, Nothing succeeds like liberty"
Kyle
Chris Matthews is one of the mainstream media who has drunk the Kool-Aid already. He is utterly convinced the mean ol' Republicans are twisting poor John Kerry's words.
spent a half a year trying to turn the plame fiasco into another watergate. He is just an dummy with a giant pink head.
"Nothing works like freedom, Nothing succeeds like liberty"
Kyle
"Nothing works like freedom, Nothing succeeds like liberty"
Kyle
because they’re afraid to debate real men."
- Well, you're French. That's my response to THAT!