John Kerry Belittles U.S. Troops?
POSTED BY: Skywalken
UPDATED: Monday, November 6, 2006 04:25
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So, let me get this straight. You're saying that bothHarvard and Yale, two of the oldest, most expensive, and elite universities in the USA are so strapped for cash that they'd blindly admit the son of a wealthy politician, and then allow him to exit their campi with diplomas ? Even an elite MBA program ?
The schools are not 'strapped for cash', they do, however, remain highly respectful of those who make donations and/or are friends of the institutions of higher learning, especially from positions of influence.
Like you don't know this Chrisisall
So, is it only sons of GOP politicians, and never the case with Democrats ? Wouldn't JFKerry be the recipient of the same treatment as GW Bush ? If so, then Kerry's attempted jab at W's intelligence seems to encompass himself into the same catagory as W.
I'm just going to butt in here. People on this board, esp. now, myself included, around high irritation season, ie. election time, get all worked up, argumentative, and bash each other more than the rest of the time, in this troll country forum of ours.
Here's what I see:
1. Kerry is an idiot
2. So is Bush
3. They both went to college
4. Many other idiots also went to college
5. All of you know this, and don't really have a serious disagreement.
I also want to clear up one thing:
Colleges often admit one (1) child of an alum in what is called a 'legacy' program. This isn't unique. Having "Yale families" out there, especially powerful ones, is good for the college.
W. was a screw up. So much so that Yale didn't welcome any more Bush children. Bush Sr., who thought the younger JEB was the star kid, was very ticked off. I suspect he was kicking himself for having caved to George's whining to giving the legacy spot to him. This seems to have been pretty much life long bad blood between dad and w.
Kerry went to yale and under performed bush, ie, he's an even bigger screw up. I don't think either one of these guys merits any respect at all.
The whole game in politics is divide and conquer, and the people in power want us attacking one another, and defending these losers, which is exactly what they have us doing.
Your fate is not wrapped up in Bush and Kerry, and your ego should not be either.
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In no particular order.
Another story that was buried was the Bush administration changing our proud tradition of, "No man left behind," to "One man left behind." ( http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/11/01/on-iraqi-orders-bush-abandons-am
erica-soldier-to-al-sadrs-militia/ )
I'm not surprised Hillary Clinton was trying to gain points at the expense of John Kerry. That's just a preview of what will happen during the Presidential campaign.
Here's a piece of commentary, from Jane Hamsher over at firedoglake, that I found appropriate:
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excerpted from http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/11/01/ned-lamont-kicks-gop-bullies-in-
the-nads/
Meanwhile, Tony Snow was just on The Factor saying that John Kerry's apology was "sufficient."
Translation: We polled the tits off this pig and we were getting hammered. We wanted people to hear "Democrats hate our troops" and all they were hearing was "Iraq is a fucking mess."
But thanks to everyone who ignored that fact and gave us a leg up by spinning it for the GOP. We owe you one.
* edited to add another firedoglake link. Man, I love that community.
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John Murtha:
"I want to make it clear I am not suggesting a retreat, nor handing the enemy a victory," Murtha declared in a hastily-arranged press conference. "However, I have come, sadly and slowly, to the conclusion that our current deployment of John Kerry in the campaign is creating more 'insurgent voters' than it is turning towards us. Therefore, I suggest, at the earliest feasible moment, that we withdraw John Kerry from the theater of political battle and redeploy him to nearby Okinawa."
Rep. Murtha's remarks immediately drew fire from Kerry partisans and various left-wing bloggers, who urged "staying the course" and keeping Kerry in the field "until the battle is won."[/]
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Here is a video response to Lurch Kerry from a soldier "stuck in Iraq".
http://www.ApologizeJohnKerry.com
Soldiers from the 1st Brigade Combat Team of the 34th Infantry Division
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Anyone see how The Daily Show dealt with this?
"Kerry is losing elections he's not even in."
Then they plug a CD of Kerry's "Botched Jokes."
Use clips of Rumsfeld telling a soldier "...you go to war with the army you have, not the army you want..." to show how Republicans are just better at humor.
What a riot.
But seriously I'm amazed at how easily the news got hijacked this week and we all fell for it. 104 servicemen were killed in Iraq last month and we're arguing about something a politican who's not even running for office said.
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John Murtha:
"I want to make it clear I am not suggesting a retreat, nor handing the enemy a victory," Murtha declared in a hastily-arranged press conference. "However, I have come, sadly and slowly, to the conclusion that our current deployment of John Kerry in the campaign is creating more 'insurgent voters' than it is turning towards us. Therefore, I suggest, at the earliest feasible moment, that we withdraw John Kerry from the theater of political battle and redeploy him to nearby Okinawa."
Rep. Murtha's remarks immediately drew fire from Kerry partisans and various left-wing bloggers, who urged "staying the course" and keeping Kerry in the field "until the battle is won."[/]
Now that's comedy !!
People love a happy ending. So every episode, I will explain once again that I don't like people. And then Mal will shoot someone. Someone we like. And their puppy. - Joss
" They don't like it when you shoot at 'em. I worked that out myself. "
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Quote:Thanks DT, very true and a good post to boot. Too bad DISruptor (I love the 'Trek' feel of that dis) won't get it.
Originally posted by dreamtrove:
Your fate is not wrapped up in Bush and Kerry, and your ego should not be either.
Peeps who feel worthless or powerless latch onto an idea, cause, or man and follow them to Hell, if they have to. That's where terrorists come from, too.
Patriotism gone wrong. Shame.
Psych 101 Chrisisall
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Why not? Rush stood by his remarks, but apologized for those who mistook what he said.
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Earlier in the day, appearing on the radio program “Imus in the Morning,” the Massachusetts senator said he was “sorry about a botched joke” about President Bush. He heaped praise on the troops, adamantly accused Republicans of twisting his words and said it was the commander in chief and his aides who “owe America an apology for this disaster in Iraq.”
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/13018908/
You heard it here first folks, Hero respects Kerry for standing by his comments but apologising to anyone who may have misunderstood them.
Of course we know that Hero respects Kerry's actions now because if he didn't we'd know Hero is indeed a hipocrite, and we know that couldn't be true of Hero, don't we?
More insane ramblings by the people who brought you beeeer milkshakes!
No one can see their reflection in running water. It is only in still water that we can see.
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Boehner refuses to apologize for faulting generals
http://www.armytimes.com/story.php?f=1-292925-2328683.php
So, Boehner defends the cosmically incompetent Rummy by explicitly blaming the disaster that is Iraq on the troops, yet Kerry gets all the media attention for saying something he didn't even really say? Nice. That liberal media bias at work again.
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well I'm not much for politics, Polititions make me ill. My understanding is that Kerry told a bad joke, not a surprise. Not shure what his problem is with an appology. Again the Republicans scream bloody murder to pull public attention away from anything that matters. They have done nothing right lied about everything and even had a molester or two in their midst. Give the big money more money and send jobs overseas.
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