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“The gift that keeps on giving,” wrote James Taranto of John Kerry on Monday. Later that same day, the wealthy political hobbyist gave again:
As the president was telling the good people of Texas that the Democrats did not want to win in Iraq, his former rival was in California insulting the troops …
“You know, education, if you make the most of it, you study hard, you do your homework and you make an effort to be smart, you can do well. If you don’t, you get stuck in Iraq,” he said, eliciting chuckles from the students.
Kerry’s response to criticism of his stupid comments included suggestions that Kerry may have, at some point, served in a war somewhere:
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.
They’ve never worn the magic hat! Democrats, too, are repelled by Kerry, whose massive bonce makes redundant any attempt to replicate him in Giant Puppet form:
A Democratic Congressional candidate from Iowa is canceling a campaign event later this week with Senator John Kerry. Brucy Braley says Kerry’s recent comments about the Iraq war were inappropriate.
Commenters at Kerry’s blog seem to agree.
- This is the classic G.O.P. playbook.
Give the ball to Kerry. He drops. We win.
John Kerry, you truly are a Frenchman of the highest order.
Posted by Infidel Tiger on 2006 11 01 at 03:04 AM • permalink
- Liberal Larry makes it crystal clear for those whose minds are too dull to perceive nuance.
- #4 Infidel Tiger
Give the ball to Kerry. He drops. We win.
Posted by Spiny Norman on 2006 11 01 at 03:27 AM • permalink
- #6 Spiny – Game Over!
That Karl Rove’s got some big brass ones, pulling a Kerry out of the magic hat at this late stage.
Posted by Infidel Tiger on 2006 11 01 at 03:47 AM • permalink
- Note to Senator Kerry: The term “assorted right-wing nut jobs” is generally not considered appropriate for use in a press release.
- #8 Infidel Tiger,
That Karl Rove’s got some big brass ones, pulling a Kerry out of the magic hat at this late stage.
He did wait until the last possible moment to spring his “October Surprise”, didn’t he?
Posted by Spiny Norman on 2006 11 01 at 04:04 AM • permalink
- I must admit, when Wronwright suggested turning the Kerrybot loose set to Autogoof, rather than scrapping it after its spectacular performance in ‘04, I was skeptical. “It’s just going to drone on and on and walk into walls”, I said. “A Dembot has to have a mission. We gave the Gorebot the Global Warming protocol and the Proximity Coolers . If we keep too many of these droids in the field, somebody’s going to get wise.”
“Ah, c’mon, ya spoilsport,” Wron said. “I wanna see what it’ll do. Lord Rove says we need to think outside the whattayacallit.”
“Box?”, I said.
“Okay!”, he said, then he punched me and cackled like an idiot.
Dick.
- It worked!
Al Gore. Kerry. Sheehan. The VRWC have many weapons deployed.
Posted by wronwright on 2006 11 01 at 06:25 AM • permalink
- Kerry is such a windy dope. I subscribe to his email just to get the so-lame-you-can’t-make-it-up rhetoric. He talks only to posterity, which he thinks is listening.
However it’s pretty clear that he was just stringing together Bush talking points, and instead of meaning the usual nothing it happened to have another meaning.
Like most of his jokes, they make no sense. That’s why people listen : fascination. Lameness they couldn’t do themselves if they tried.
Kerry’s attack-apology is just more wonderful stuff. An angry idiot.
No ululations or stone throwing, because he’s an idiot in the Western traditio
- Pretty tactless by Kerry, but he’s telling the truth, isn’t he? The bulk of the US military only possess a high-school education. It has always been a way up for the poor and uneducated.
And I consider myself right of centre, but I am not too offended by Kerry’s comments, and even the most ardent rightie would have to admit that Iraq is not a place you would want to go to, and that the US is making an apalling mess of it.
- psssst….
When you guys are done with Kerry, can you lend him to the Labor Party here in Oz for our election next year?
We miss o’l Mad Mark Latham, and Bomber Beazley will need all the ‘help’ he can get.
Posted by Stop Continental Drift! on 2006 11 01 at 07:22 AM • permalink
The bulk of the US military only possess a high-school education. It has always been a way up for the poor and uneducated.
You have no idea what you’re talking about:
Our review of Pentagon enlistee data shows that the only group that is lowering its participation in the military is the poor. The percentage of recruits from the poorest American neighborhoods (with one-fifth of the U.S. population) declined from 18 percent in 1999 to 14.6 percent in 2003, 14.1 percent in 2004, and 13.7 percent in 2005. . . .
In summary, the additional years of recruit data (2004–2005) support the previous finding that U.S. military recruits are more similar than dissimilar to the American youth population. The slight differences are that wartime U.S. military enlistees are better educated, wealthier, and more rural on average than their civilian peers.
Recruits have a higher percentage of high school graduates and representation from Southern and rural areas. No evidence indicates exploitation of racial minorities (either by race or by race-weighted ZIP code areas). Finally, the distribution of household income of recruits is noticeably higher than that of the entire youth population.
So are you an idiot or a moby?
Posted by Rob Crawford on 2006 11 01 at 07:23 AM • permalink
- Is John Kerry going to get Keyser Trad to run the old “He was simply misunderstood” up the flagpole and see who salutes that too?Posted by curious george on 2006 11 01 at 07:33 AM • permalink
- “The bulk of the US military only possess a high-school education.’‘
Er, so do all those bright young students that the universities are admitting – including the ones they give nice fat scholarships to. My two oldest sons preferred enlisting in the Marines to going to college – and just for the record they are both well-read, articulate, walk upright, have all their teeth and speak in complete sentences. “Poor, dumb and uneducated’’ doesn’t work – not for anyone who’s actually spent any time with young Marines/soldiers/sailors these days.
Posted by Sonetka’s Mom on 2006 11 01 at 07:42 AM • permalink
- No doubt sitting somewhere comfy deanosumo, I’m sure you are not that concerned, but have a think about how you might feel if you were in Iraq, on active service.
Would you then think: “Hey, I’m having a swell time here and that nice Mr Kerry just called me stupid as well. Well, all-right!”
Its not about us, mate, its about the people serving in Iraq.
And is the US “making an appalling mess”, or is it those lovely folk who go around blowing up civilians, schools, kids – you name it? Do they get a look into your hand-wringing?
Posted by Stop Continental Drift! on 2006 11 01 at 08:12 AM • permalink
- Kerry says ‘stay in school so you won’t get stuck in Iraq.’
Senator the draft is over, its an all volunteer force these days.
Kerry says ‘I won’t apologise, I was insulting the President of the United States, not the troops.’Gee, that makes it all better, Senator. You convinced me with that argument, I’ll vote for you. What? You’re not up for election next week? My mistake, should have stayed in school like you said.
Kerry’s grades in school were slightly worse than the President’s as I recall from the 04 campaign. I wonder where we’d be stuck if he’d been elected: Vietnam?
- Looking at Kerry’s gaffe as an historical event, one would have to go all the way back to 1884 to find a parallel example of an utterance by a non-candidate influencing a major election:
“We are Republicans, and don’t propose to leave our party and identify ourselves with the party whose antecedents have been Rum, Romanism, and Rebellion.”
Reverend Samuel D. Burchard, speaking in support of James G. Blaine, October 29, 1884
That unfortunate remark infuriated the Irish and Catholic voters in New York. As a result, Blaine lost New York’s 36 electoral votes by 1,149 votes, which cost him the presidency to Grover Cleveland.
Kerry is the Democrat Party’s Rev. Burchard.
- Kerry’s comments made me very angry yesterday. It reminded me of my high-school U.S. History teacher. She spent two months on the Civil War (I think she was nostalgic for her youth) which left absolutely no time for all that came after. About a week for WWII, and 2 whole days for the Vietnam War. Day 1 consisted of talking about the Kent State incident and how only dumb kids went to Vietnam. Day 2 was a “documentary” showing some Vietnam soldiers in some hotel over there stoned out of their minds. Oh yeah, they had half-naked prostitutes in bed with them, too. I left class that day crying because I felt like she had insulted my dad who had served in Vietnam. Several other students had dads who had served also, but we didn’t have the guts to stand up to her. If only I could go back in time. Sorry for the long rant, but I grow so weary of the “uneducated, dumb” military myth carried on by people like Kerry.
- Tales from . . . the Magic Hat!
A conversation among various items of haberdashery given to John Kerry throughout his career
Magic Hat: You know, I can’t imagine anything more embarrassing or undignified than sitting on this idiot’s head. I wish he’d put me back in the brief case.
Ho Chi Minh’s Sandals: Hey, it could be worse. You could be General Giap’s boxer shorts.
General Giap’s Boxer Shorts: You said it! Riding up on this guy is a fate I wouldn’t wish on even the runningest running dog of capitalism.
Magic Hat: Yeah, but at least nobody can see you. You suffer in silence and no one’s the wiser. Me? I’ve gotta ride around in full view, like some high school dork stuck on the Latin Club float in the homecoming parade. Besides, Kerry’s Rogaine is really starting to kick in, and his hair is like a badger pelt, all bristly. Irritates the hell outta me.
Ho Chi Minh’s Sandals: Well, if Al Gore’s right, and the climate’s getting hotter, maybe we’ll all shrink and he’ll just put us away for good.
Magic Hat and General Giap’s Boxer shorts: Oh, puh-leeze!
- gift that keeps on giving..
Has anyone mentioned Barbra Streisand’s latest schmozzle..
“angry fan throws drink at Barbra on stage” and “fan thrown out after yelling abuse” at her Bush skit during concert in Florida.
She said in reply “some people would do better to BUY HER RECORDS than come to her shows..”
You wish Babs…
- “Assorted right-wing nut job”—that’s us, isn’t it? Cool.
That was the worst non-apology I’ve heard since Clinton was forced to not apologize for the Monica mess. As someone who is more than a little worried about the outcome of next week’s election, I’d like to say “Thank you, Senator Reporting-for-Dooty. Thank you. Thank you.”
I didn’t read through all the comments at Kerry’s blog, but this one caught my eye:
MSgt Rich Hofius:
You are a disgrace to my country, my armed services and our proud heritage. You are a scab on the posterior of society. Instead of trying to double-speak, weasel and kiss-up your constituents and flunkies, maybe you should take your pompous behind out into the real world and get a real job with your “education”. That is what our troops do daily. They don’t run their mouths and sit behind their wives’ millions. Loser.(And thanks, Spiny Norman, for replaying one of the classics.)
Posted by Kyda Sylvester on 2006 11 01 at 09:37 AM • permalink
- John Kerry whisked his perfumed hair and self-glorifying videos out of Vietnam after 3 months of duty (half his tour) with dozens of purple hearts for scratches on his ass to hurry off to the USA to trash his fellow soldiers and lay unproven allegations of barbarism against them. This Ketchup Queen continues its tantrums for attenton to this day, claiming US troops go into Iraqui homes in the middle of the night to terrorize women and children. And now this latest. I am somewhat better educated than Kerriamus (but who isin’t?) even as a youg squirt in Korea. His life proves something; even after marrying two rich women and living off their money, you can’t rise above being an ignoramus.
- Hey #16, deanosumo, how many rich women have you married? Not only don’t you know what you’re talking about, but you are an ignorant ignoramus. Like Kerry, don’t let facts get in your way.
(Forget to say in last post that Kerry has not permitted release of his military file 2 years after he promised to present it to the public. An ignoramus and a liar.)
- Slightly O/T, but Beck has got a great video of Canadian troops in action. This one’s for you, Wimpy Canadian and Andy Canuck!
- I endorse watching that video, paco!
deansumo—you may consider yourself “right of centre”, but I consider you to be an ignorant jackass.
Not unlike Kerry, come to think of it. You might want to think about that.
Posted by The_Real_JeffS on 2006 11 01 at 10:25 AM • permalink
- Ho hum, some people got their knickers in a twist. I’ll restate my point.
Bottom line: Kerry is an ass, but big deal. Normally it is lefties who cry ‘foul’ when someone on the right says something controversial, but when you think about it, while crass, is a fact. Here, I see my fellow centrists and right-wingers getting all hot and bothered- over what?
The average intelligence and education of the students Kerry was speaking to would be higher than that of the average serviceman in Iraq. So while Kerry has no tact, he isn’t lying, is he?
The average intelligence and education of the students Kerry was speaking to would be higher than that of the average serviceman in Iraq. So while Kerry has no tact, he isn’t lying, is he?
Not letting the facts get in your way? Read the bit I quoted above. Do some digging. Talk to some servicemen.
I’m sure Kerry believes what he said, so, no, he’s not lying. But he’s wrong.
And you’re a moby. A sad, pathetic moby.
Posted by Rob Crawford on 2006 11 01 at 10:46 AM • permalink
- The average intelligence and education of the students Kerry was speaking to would be higher than that of the average serviceman in Iraq.
A sweeping statement that requires some justification, in my opinion. In the first place, he was addressing students at, I believe, a community college. Some community colleges are just fine, but they’re not generally known for being elite centers of learning, and in any event, as RebeccaH (I believe) indicated elsewhere, a lot of the students are entering freshmen, so their educational backgrounds are probably equivalent to those of most military recruits at this point. Also, leaving aside the question of formal education, why would these callow youths embarking on their college years necessarily be more intelligent than people who go into the military? A college education has become little more than basic job training for many – and a sterile exercise in leftwing political indoctrination, for many others – so I’m not at all sure that native intelligence enters into it to the extent you think it does. And the average serviceman in Iraq will assume more responsibility, mature faster and develop greater leadership skills in the six months or year that he is there than the average college student will in four years of guzzling beer, thinking up novel pick-up lines and whining to his parents for more money. As to the “mess” in Iraq: I believe Ba’athist intransigence, Muslim fanaticism and European complacency have been of some slight importance as contributing factors.
- #33, Do you even know any service people? I would highly doubt it, if you can make a snide, insulting remark like that.
My husband spent ten years in the US army. During that time, while doing his full-time military job, he managed to finish a bachelor’s degree and get a master of business administration degree. Hardly below average, wouldn’t you agree? And what is your education level, might I ask?
I think you’re a poseur. You want to appear right of center, but your obvious contempt for the military immediately negates that position.
- Given Dean-lite’s second thesis I think we should bring back the draft. Just examine the evidence.
Re-enlistment rates are at zero.
College ROTC programs are at zero.
Enrollment at places like VMI,the Citadel and Texas A & M are at zero.Just where will the next generation of Donovan’s “Universal Soldier” come from?
This is a national crisis people.
- Victor David Hanson has something to say on this subject:
What is striking about visiting Iraq is the wealth of talent there, from privates to generals. Without being gratuitously cruel, the problem of mediocrity is not in the ranks of the military, but on our university campuses, where half-educated professors and non-serious students killing time are ubiquitous.
via Instapundit
- I think that was sarcasm.Posted by Spiny Norman on 2006 11 01 at 11:53 AM • permalink
#41, where are you getting your figures, yojimbo.
*whispers*
Psst. He’s joking.
Posted by Rob Crawford on 2006 11 01 at 11:54 AM • permalink
- Thank you for #31, paco. That’s a new set on me (having linked to some other CF combat YouTubes at Tim’s somewhere else).
And yes, Rebecca, yojimbo is one of us.
Posted by andycanuck on 2006 11 01 at 12:12 PM • permalink
Pretty tactless by Kerry, but he’s telling the truth, isn’t he? The bulk of the US military only possess a high-school education. It has always been a way up for the poor and uneducated.
Education levels of enlisted are far above their civilian contemporaries…not to mention Officers.
As a professor of computer science at the college level for 8 years (until I got a real job), I’ve taught both…civilians as well as troopers from I Corp to the 82nd AB.
Give me the troopies anytime.
I have to admit that Rush Limbaugh overstepped the mark, big time, by attacking Michael J Fox in the manner that he did.
Fox admits he’s skipped his medications before making appearances like the ad. I like him as an actor, but I don’t think he’s immune to criticism simply because he’s ill.
Posted by Rob Crawford on 2006 11 01 at 12:35 PM • permalink
- RC
Yep. Fox should not have done that. And I’m not saying that he is immune from criticism. It’s just that Limbaugh lacked tact and compassion. Fox is desperate and he’s very ill. As somebody said on another thread re:animal testing, they’d shoot 100 dogs to bring back their father.
If I were an American citizen, I would almost certainly vote Republican; however I strongly disagree with the current stance on stem cell research.
- Whoa! Look at the spear Rebecca pulled out on yojimbo. That’s impressive. It looks just like my …
Hey, how did you get hold of my Zulu spear? Andrea stole that. I’ve been working for 3 freaking months on a full-proof plan to penetrate her fortress and retrieve it. I’ve got blueprints, I’ve got rope and grappling hooks. I even recruited some lowly minions.
Hand it over woman.
Posted by wronwright on 2006 11 01 at 01:52 PM • permalink
- Not necessary RebeccaH. Just somewhat surprised. In all of the hundreds of post to this site I didn’t think that I came accross as someone who hung around the supermarket waiting for the latest tinfoil sale.
Wait! Wednesday IS ad day!
Where is that mail?
Where is that mailbox!
Damn ice flows are becoming a problem!
- #55: Pssst! You minions out there! If you’re going after wronwright’s artifacts, you’d better be prepared .
Or, you can order direct from Professional Apiarist Clothing On-Line.
- What spear? This spear? This isn’t a spear. This is a spear.
Tsk, honestly dear boy, do you think Andrea would share her trophies with a mere minionette, auxiliary division?
- In the first place, he was addressing students at, I believe, a community college. Some community colleges are just fine, but they’re not generally known for being elite centers of learning, and in any event, as RebeccaH (I believe) indicated elsewhere, a lot of the students are entering freshmen, so their educational backgrounds are probably equivalent to those of most military recruits at this point.
Well, the implicit assumption that people like deanosumo and Kerry are making seems to be that deciding to enter college instead of the military ipso facto means you must be more intelligent. In other words, it’s a prime example of circular reasoning…people in the military are dumber because no intelligent person would enter the military.
You’re not going to penetrate that kind of idiocy with facts.
You’re not going to penetrate that kind of idiocy with facts.
Will a meat cleaver work? Or maybe a hatchet?
Posted by Rob Crawford on 2006 11 01 at 02:58 PM • permalink
Fox admits he’s skipped his medications before making appearances like the ad.
He has said this time he was over-medicated. No, his illness doesn’t make him immune from criticism, but I agree that Rush was most unhelpful (especially his acting like a spaz on the web cam).
The only stance the Republicans have taken on stem cell research is to not federally fund fetal stem cell research. Private money can fund fetal stem cell research all day. If the money isn’t exactly pouring in, perhaps it’s because so far that research hasn’t been particularly promising.
Posted by Kyda Sylvester on 2006 11 01 at 03:02 PM • permalink
- #61: You’re not going to penetrate that kind of idiocy with facts.
Well, how about if we try one of these?
- AndyCanuck & Wimpy Canadian, that video of your countrymen brought tears of gratitude to my eyes. THOSE are the Men I knew when I was a girl in Alberta. Listening to msm, I’d almost believed they were a lost civilisation, which is what you’d believe of our yank Men, too, if you take Kerry, Gore, et al as the example!
Semper Fi and G-d Bless The Great White North!
The average intelligence and education of the students Kerry was speaking to would be higher than that of the average serviceman in Iraq. So while Kerry has no tact, he isn’t lying, is he?
First of all, deano, the only persons in this thread who first used, in some form of the word, “lying” were Kerry (in his quote)…..and you. This is not about falsehoods; this has to do with Kerry being an arrogant prick with delusions of importance, and a clear statement that he publicly made. So cease with the covert goalpost moving.
Second, I am a recently retired member of the military…..and I can state with firm conviction that Kerry is dead wrong about education levels. As you are, even if you do claim to be “right of centre” (that ain’t a free pass to be stupid, by the way, even if previously banned trolls disagree). Other people have addressed this point pretty well, and you’ve ignored it.
Third, well, this says it best:
Well, the implicit assumption that people like deanosumo and Kerry are making seems to be that deciding to enter college instead of the military ipso facto means you must be more intelligent. In other words, it’s a prime example of circular reasoning…people in the military are dumber because no intelligent person would enter the military.
You’re not going to penetrate that kind of idiocy with facts.
(Thanks for the good word, PW!)
Let’s see now, what do we have here…
Goal post moving: check
Ignoring facts: check
Repeating statements without additional facts: check
Substituting assertions for facts: check
Blind support of John Kerry, confirmed asshat: checkMy conclusion: You’re a lying troll. You aren’t “right of centre”, and are simply hiding behind that label to support Kerry and insult the troops, using typical non-argument techniques to confuse and dominate the discussion.
My recommendation: Fuck Off.
Posted by The_Real_JeffS on 2006 11 01 at 05:11 PM • permalink
- #33;
“The average intelligence and education of the students Kerry was speaking to would be higher than that of the average serviceman in Iraq. “
Where did you come up with this little tidbit?
Enlisted personnel over there likely have a higher rate of college degrees than the college audience in question, and officers *definitely* beat them, given the number with post-grad degrees. I don’t think you can become an officer nowadays without a degree, and as you rise in rank, the stronger the push for post-grad degrees.
“So while Kerry has no tact, he isn’t lying, is he?”
No, he has no tact to speak of, beyond that, it’s a toss up between ignorance and prevarication.
- Yeah, what the Real JeffS said…
Our visitor, the Deaniac, is a troll. It’s not what you claim to be that justifies anything, it’s what you say that explains everything.
Despite your thoughts of superiority, play-acting as some sort of “like-minded ignoramus” doesn’t cut it around here.
Do your mental masterbation elsewhere.
- JeffS and Forbes, I have no problem with people disagreeing with my point of view, but when all you can do is call someone a ‘troll’ , or tell someone to ‘Fuck off’, well, it just reflects badly on you. I feel sorry for you.
I see Kerry has apologised, as he should have. And no doubt he has caused his party a lot of harm a week out from the elections. But he is not the first politician to put his foot in his mouth. I think the villification of Kerry is over the top.
- deano, plenty of people here responded politely to your point of view with facts and statistics and you ignored them completely. That sort of behaviour fits perfectly with the definition of a ‘troll’. Now fuck off.Posted by Art Vandelay on 2006 11 01 at 11:02 PM • permalink
- Deano,
We’re not disagreeing with your point of view. Your point of view is incorrect, it is misinformed, it is erroneous. And since your errors of interpetation have been elucidated in a form of English comprehended by members of three nations, and Texas Bob, perhaps the problem lies within your purview, that, like Sen Kerry, you simply lack the cognitive functionality requisite to discerning that which you are being informed of.Cheers
Posted by J.M. Heinrichs on 2006 11 01 at 11:10 PM • permalink
JeffS and Forbes, I have no problem with people disagreeing with my point of view, but when all you can do is call someone a ‘troll’ , or tell someone to ‘Fuck off’, well, it just reflects badly on you. I feel sorry for you.
Heh, ignoring facts and comments again, eh, deano? Well, I did miss “Deliberately obtuse: check” on my earlier checklist; thanks for the reminder.
Now, fuck off.
Posted by The_Real_JeffS on 2006 11 01 at 11:44 PM • permalink
- I have no problem with people disagreeing with my point of view, but when all you can do is call someone a ‘troll’ , or tell someone to ‘Fuck off’, well, it just reflects badly on you.
Well, as we usually inform trolls when this diversion is brought up: No, it’s not all we can do, but as ArtV points out you’ve been remarkably resistant to any application of the ol’ cluebat, so calling you a “troll” is just shorthand for us throwing up our hands in frustration and saying “sorry buddy, heard it all before, and you’re just as wrong as the previous 342 people who tried to make the same obtuse arguments”, before we move on to more interesting subjects.
Anyway, Kerry’s excuse for spouting that “soldiers dumb!” nonsense (among a boatload of other idiocy that has emanated from his mouth) is that he’s a psychological basketcase with a severely warped perception of reality…what’s yours? Seriously, if you really are right-of-center, you obviously need to learn to be a bit more critical in your media reading. There’s stuff in there that just isn’t true no matter how often it’s being repeated by all the popular kids, you know.
- BTW, deano, here’s Kerry’s “apology” in full:
As a combat veteran, I want to make it clear to anyone in uniform and to their loved ones: my poorly stated joke at a rally was not about, and never intended to refer to any troop.
I sincerely regret that my words were misinterpreted to wrongly imply anything negative about those in uniform, and I personally apologize to any service member, family member, or American who was offended.
It is clear the Republican Party would rather talk about anything but their failed security policy. I don’t want my verbal slip to be a diversion from the real issues. I will continue to fight for a change of course to provide real security for our country, and a winning strategy for our troops.
There are so many qualifications that it comes across grudgingly and surly. It’s not from the heart. He thinks that we misinterpreted him. Add in his earlier refusal, and this becomes a hollow shell, devoid of meaning.
Thus, I am not satisfied that this is a sincere apology. As a veteran with recent service in the Middle East, I don’t accept Kerry’s apology.
I’ll be constructive, and offer an alternate wording for the Senator:
I made a public statement that was not only wrong, it insulted my fellow veterans, especially those who are serving, or have served in Iraq. I regret making this statement. The reasons why I said it are immaterial, as the words are hurtful and disrepectful. I fully retract that statement, and offer my heartfelt apologies to the military and their families.
Senator John F. Kerry (D-MA)
That’s an apology, deano. Not that I expect you to agree with me; you are a low quality troll. I’m simply putting my opinion on the INTERNET, where people might see it, and think upon it.
Posted by The_Real_JeffS on 2006 11 02 at 12:04 AM • permalink
- J.M.Heinrichs: OUCH!! Bet that left a mark. Are you by any chance related to the former Susan Heinrichs, a young woman (well, now a *fairly* young woman) in the computer industry who not only doesn’t suffer fools lightly, she doesn’t suffer them at all? She’s got a way with sharp words, too.
Deano evidently thinks the posters here are as dumb as Kerry thinks the average American Voter is (well, he’s probably right as far as anyone who voted for him goes) and anyone in the military is. He’s outed as a Lefty troll.
Anyhoo, I fairly frequently have ROTC students in my classes, and in the past six years at my current post, not a single one of them has failed to graduate. Some come to college from the enlisted ranks after serving 3-4 years and reaching non-com status, so if they didn’t graduate they could still go back to a pretty decent billet, but they graduate.
I also now have my first ROTC graduate who has come back to enter our graduate program.
The soldier-students we have are, on average, superior to the overall student AND our average student graduates at only a 55% or so rate (6-year stats).
I.e. both Kerry and deano are suffering from incredibly severe cranio-rectal inversion.
Posted by JorgXMcKie on 2006 11 02 at 12:09 AM • permalink
- Oh No!! You called him a troll!
Wait just a minute while I pick myself up off of the floor.
The villification is over the top. I think not. He brought all of this upon himself. He has nobody but himself to blame. The very first thing he did was to blame everyone except the person directly responsible. He is nothing but a weak, spineless reprobate. He has all of the moral bearing of a sponge.
Character does matter and he ain’t got none-to borrow from an old expression.
Now as TRJ just said, go bleep yourself.
- I’ve never really used that tone or language with anybody until now. I guess it did feel good. You people are a bad influence, because it can’t be me.
Some of this sophmoric stuff is just becoming too much I guess.
All this is like a bad Clinton flashback.
What? What did he do? I did’t see anything!
You people are just mean and judge too harshly! Enough, just enough!
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A gelding as well I fear.