Kerry is an idiot!!

[alleycat]

Can you believe what he said???

Nov. 1, 2006 — Sen. John McCain appeared on "Good Morning America" today and refused to back down from his call for Sen. John Kerry to apologize for remarks he made about the Iraq war.
Kerry, campaigning for Democrats in California on Monday, told a group of students: "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. And if you don't, you get stuck in Iraq." Kerry says that he misspoke, and that his comment was a botched joke aimed at President Bush, not at soldiers.
McCain told "GMA" today that it didn't seem like a joke.
"I've read and watched the statement over and over again," McCain said to anchor Diane Sawyer. "I'm not sure how you can construe it that way."
On Tuesday, Kerry, a Vietnam veteran, insisted in a statement that he had not belittled the intelligence of soldiers serving in Iraq, but rather that of "the president who got us stuck there."
Kerry added that McCain should instead ask for an apology from Donald Rumsfeld for the job he was doing in Iraq.
But McCain continues to demand an apology from Kerry.
"I think that Sen. Kerry is entitled to his views as to what I should do," McCain told Sawyer. "I found that if it is a just a botched joke then we apologize and move on."
Despite the controversy, McCain says his friendship with Kerry will remain intact.
"I consider John Kerry a friend," McCain said. "But my first obligation is to the men and women serving in harm's way."
"Those people deserve better comments than that. … And an apology is the best way to bring closure to this. … I'm a great believer in redemption," he said.

"As it stands, he owes an apology to the troops in Iraq. … They're there because they love their country," not because they're "academically deficient," he said.

 

[Tim]

"Do you know where you end up if you don’t study, if you aren’t smart, if you’re intellectually lazy? You end up getting us stuck in a war in Iraq. Just ask President Bush."

That was the joke as it was written for John Kerry. He botched it... I'd rather have someone botch a joke and hurt the feelings of the soilders, then to have them lossing their limbs and lives.

Bush = Dead soldiers
Kerry = Hurt feelings

BTW, he did apologize.

WASHINGTON, Nov 1 (Reuters) - Democratic Sen. John Kerry apologized on Wednesday for a "botched joke" that had drawn fire from President George W. Bush and dominated debate in the last days of a bitter fight for control of Congress.
Kerry said his remarks about Iraq troops to a college crowd in California were aimed at Bush, not the military, and canceled campaign appearances on behalf of Democratic candidates to avoid becoming a bigger distraction.
Polls ahead of Tuesday's congressional elections show Democrats are poised to win power in the House of Representatives for the first time since 1994 and could threaten Republican control of the Senate.

Kerry told the students that if they studied hard they could do well, but if they didn't "you get stuck in Iraq." His office said he neglected to add the punch line: "Just ask President Bush."
"I said it was a botched joke. Of course, I'm sorry about a botched joke," Kerry, who had refused to apologize on Tuesday, said on the "Imus in the Morning" radio show on MSNBC.
Bush and his Republicans, eager to switch the campaign debate from the war in Iraq and questions about Bush's leadership, seized on the remarks as an illustration of why Democrats should not be trusted with national security... Source

 

[lemon]

"... my first obligation is to the men and women serving in harm's way."

sen. john mccain​

shouldnt his first obligation be the citizens of the united states? ... shows where his loyalties lie....

 

[alleycat]

he apologized for screwing up a joke, not for insulting america's very best citizens.

 

[Beaver]

I agree Kerry is a idiot. Now the republicans are going to make a big deal of it and run with it. Thanks alot Kerry.

 

[Tim]

he apologized for screwing up a joke, not for insulting america's very best citizens.

“As a combat veteran, I want to make it clear to anyone in uniform and to their loves ones: my poorly stated joke at a rally was not about, and never intended to refer to any troop,” Mr. Kerry said in a statement. “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.”

His apology. Better now?

 

[lemon]

so, in effect, he is apologizing to bush, who was the intended target of the joke? lmao.

 

[Tim]

Naw, he apologized to any service member, family member or American who was offended. Not to assholes

 

[lemon]

so bush isnt american? how'd he get into office? haha

 

[Charmer]

Naw, he apologized to any service member, family member or American who was offended. Not to assholes

And still to this day, the Busheads won't let it go. But they have never called for Bush to apologize for any harm he's done to the United States and its citizens, both domestically and internationally.

 

[elluko]

Asshole.