TOPIC: Remove Silver Spoon, Insert Foot - John Kerry is at it again!
In his Washington Post column Early Warning, William Arkin writes, "If anyone is proof positive that a good education has nothing to do with being stuck in Iraq, it's John Kerry. The Massachusetts senator removed the silver spoon from his mouth just long enough to insert foot..." Mr. Arkin is dead on -- Senator Kerry stook his foot way down his throat yesterday.
Arkin added, "Kerry at first dismissed his remarks as a 'botched joke' meant to be about president and his people -- what, they (Cheney and Rumsfeld) are high school drop-outs? Kerry then said that it was the president and Congress who owed the troops an apology for 'rubber stamping ... policies that have done injury to our troops and to their families.' " Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't Senator John Kerry one of the members of "Congress" who voted FOR the war in Iraq?!? Yeah, I thought so. This guy can't seem to decide which side of his mouth to talk out of.
Arkin's column goes on to say, "Finally Kerry released a statement: 'If anyone thinks a veteran would criticize more than 140,000 heroes serving in Iraq and not the president who got us stuck there, they're crazy.' " So, the writers of more than 1,500 articles and blogs, many college educated Republicans and even several prominent members of the Democratic party are "crazy"? What are you trying to say Mr. Kerry?
Kerry's statement added, "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." This same "veteran" DID criticize the troops -- even those he fought beside -- by protesting the Vietnam War (not to mention throwing his medals away as part of said protest).
So, should we put this all behind us? John Kerry can't seem to decide what to do -- other than ramp up the rhetoric AND continue to make a fool of himself. First, he says he will apologize and even claimed to have apologized (on Don Imus' radio show) -- even though no one has actually heard an apology from his lips. Now, Kerry says he has no intention of apologizing. "As a combat veteran, I know the dedication, integrity and commitment of American troops," he said. If that's the case Senator Kerry, why did you call them uneducated and lazy?
William Arkin offers an answer, "...the Kerry mindset is that the soldiers must be uneducated to serve in Iraq, and thus need his leadership to get out. What is more, Kerry seems to believe in his heart that only a veteran can claim the right to lead and defend the troops, a kind of military club dictatorship that has no place in American society. ... The notion that only Kerry or his combat wounded ilk are qualified to speak to, or on behalf of the troops, is politically dangerous and insulting." Agreed!

Source material: AP & Washington Post
TOPIC: Stupid is as stupid does...
And John Kerry is just plain stupid for making such derogatory remarks regarding our troops. This isn't the first time Senator Kerry has said one thing and then tried to cover up by saying he meant something else.
When are liberals gonna learn? They cannot put down our military, while hugging trees and aborting babies -- and get away with it.
I saw this picture on Drudge Report a few minutes ago. It needs no caption or explanation.
Roger Runningen, writing for Bloomberg, says, members of Kerry's own party criticized his remarks about the Iraq war and U.S. troops that he said were a "botched joke'' directed at President George W. Bush. Democrats sought to distance themselves from Kerry's comments, which Bush and Republicans said were insulting to troops serving in Iraq. Kerry, while campaigning in California Oct. 30 for gubernatorial candidate Phil Angelides, said: "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. And if you don't, you get stuck in Iraq.''
President Bush made an excellent comment regarding our troops, "The members of the United States military are plenty smart and they are plenty brave, and the senator from Massachusetts owes them an apology." Vice President Dick Cheney elaborated further, "As a leading Democratic senator, John Kerry needs to learn that the men and women serving in Iraq aren't there because they didn't study hard or do their homework," said Cheney. "The all-volunteer force represents the very best of this country. They're smart, patriotic, exceptionally well trained, and dedicated to their mission. They are heroes, and they are the pride of the United States of America."
Kerry now claims the comments were aimed at Bush, not the armed forces, and Republicans were feigning outrage over a poorly delivered joke. "If it was a botched joke, show me the punch line,'' White House Spokeswoman Dana Perino said today. "The president saw the same remarks everyone else did.''
"Of course, now Senator Kerry says he was just making a joke, and he botched it up," VP Cheney wrote, according to excerpts e-mailed to reporters. "I guess we didn't get the nuance. He was for the joke [the war] before he was against it."
Democrats also have criticized Kerry's comments. In Montana, Jon Tester, the Democratic challenger to incumbent Senator Republican Senator Conrad Burns, also sought to distance himself from Kerry. "Senator Kerry's remarks were poorly worded and just plain stupid,'' Tester said in a statement late yesterday. "He owes our troops and their families an apology.'' Asked by talk show host Don Imus why he did not "apologize for the misunderstanding," Kerry said, "Well, I did. I said it was a botched joke. Of course, I'm sorry about a botched joke. You think I love botched jokes? I mean, it's pretty stupid."
On that Mr. Kerry, we can agree.