John Kerry just can't keep his foot out of his mouth

[LoungeMachine]

Originally posted by DrMaddVibe


PS: BBB was ahead of the curve and posted on this very subject earlier. Lounge, you're dumping things way too fast and for no reason other than you personally don't like it!

http://www.rotharmy.com/forums/showt...threadid=41336

I disagree with your premise.

I didn't dump it because I didn't like it.

I dumped it because it was a 9 second audio clip with no link, no context, and no way to verify it was even real.


Had he started the thread like this one, I wouldn't have touched it.


Having said that, I do wish Kerry had just kept his trap shut for one more week.

I personally lost all respect for him when he didn't support those challenging Ohio on his behalf.

Now it's Christmas In Roveville.

[blueturk]

Originally posted by DLR'sCock
Guys, Kerry was talking about Bush, it's obvious he wasn't talking about the troops.

Kerry fucked up in his delivery though for sure.....


His statement was not about the education of the troops. Moreso it was about Bush and the boys not doing their homework.

Of course the desperation machine of the GOP will lie and do whatever they can to spin this to their favor.

Sorry, but that won't fly. Bush didn't get out of Vietnam because of the grades his daddy bought for him. Rove is probably ecstatic right now.

[DEMON CUNT]

This is hilarious. Look how desperate the Republicans are for something, anything to make the opposition look bad. Eat it up you dummies!

Meanwhile, the line for apologies starts right fucking here:

[Dr. Love]

omg Republican h4x!!

[LoungeMachine]

Originally posted by Dr. Love
omg Republican h4x!!

LMMFAO

you mean omg rpx h4x!! dontcha?




Oh, waster of keystrokes...

[DLR'sCock]

I know it's so true that the Repukes are so fucking desperate.


I wish Kerry kept his mouth shut or didn't attempt a joke ABOUT BUSH and fuck it up so the desperate pukes could lie and manipulate as they always do.


The thing is, YOU KNOW he was talking about Bush, but of course the pukes will hammer this as long as the ycan.


Nevermind the truth of what the pukes have done to our country.


Depserate self serving lying pieces of shit.....

[Dr. Love]

I had to be sure you guys understood, you can never be too careful when it comes to the elderly.

[VH2005]

I can't believe there are that many dumb fucks on here, that think Kerry meant that about the soldiers!!
This is why I hate politics!! You guys are the clowns that go in the voting booth and click, click, click
right down the republican line!! PATHETIC!!

It was taken out of context by the republicans, cuz they have nothing else to run on. Talk about the issues!
It was pretty obvious, when you hear the entire quote, that he was talking about the loser that's
ruining our country. You know...the guy in the "Mission Accomplished" picture in the post above!!?!
The same guy who was quoted as saying that this war with be a "comma" in the history books!!
Tell that to all the soldiers who have died, you FUCK!! A "comma" --- nice job, genius!!

[FORD]

Kerry slams GOP over backlash to "botched joke"

Story Published: Oct 31, 2006 at 12:27 PM PST

Story Updated: Oct 31, 2006 at 1:36 PM PST
By KOMO Staff & News Services
SEATTLE - Sen. John Kerry told a news conference in Seattle Tuesday that his remarks Monday concerning the war in Iraq were a "botched joke." But he slammed Republicans who portrayed his statement as a criticism of the troops.

The White House and Kerry traded their harshest accusations since the 2004 presidential race, with President Bush accusing the Democrat of troop-bashing and Kerry calling the president's men hacks who are "willing to lie."

The war of words, tough even for this hard-fought campaign season, came after Kerry told a group of California students on Monday that those unable to navigate the country's education system "get stuck in Iraq."

The two parties are searching for any edge amid indications Democrats could take back the House and possibly win control of the Senate in next week's midterm elections. Though neither Bush nor Kerry is on any ballot, the bitterness with which they fought each other as 2004 rivals spilled over as both campaign hard for their parties in a race shaped in large measure by public doubts about the Iraq war.

White House press secretary Tony Snow was asked about Kerry's comment at his regular briefing with reporters, and had clearly come prepared with a lengthy attack. He said the quote "fits a pattern" of negative remarks about U.S. soldiers from the decorated Vietnam veteran and suggested that whether Democratic candidates - particularly those running on their military service backgrounds - agree with their 2004 standard-bearer should be a campaign litmus test.

The White House also released in advance remarks Bush was to deliver later in the day while campaigning in Georgia, in which the president called Kerry's statement "insulting and shameful." Bush, like his spokesman earlier, said soldiers deserve an apology from Kerry.

"Our troops did not enlist because they did not study hard in school or do their homework," Bush said in his prepared remarks for a former GOP congressman, Mac Collins, who is trying to oust Democratic Rep. Jim Marshall. "The men and women who serve in our all-volunteer armed forces are plenty smart and are serving because they are patriots."

Kerry, who is considering another run for the White House in 2008, angrily fired back.

His statement called Republicans "assorted right-wing nut jobs."

And at a hastily arranged news conference in Seattle, Kerry said: "I apologize to no one for my criticism of the president and of his broken policy."

Kerry said the comment in question was "a botched joke about the president and the president's people, not about the troops ... and they know that's what I was talking about. The White house's attempt to distort my true statement is a remarkable testament to their abject failure in making America safe."

It came during a campaign rally for California Democratic gubernatorial candidate Phil Angelides. Kerry opened his speech at Pasadena City College with several one-liners, saying at one point that Bush had lived in Texas but now "lives in a state of denial."

He then said: "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."

That, Kerry said, was meant as a reference to Bush, not troops. Kerry said it is the president who owes U.S. soldiers an apology - for "a Katrina foreign policy" that misled the country into war in Iraq, failed to adequately study and plan for the aftermath, has not properly equipped troops and has expanded the terrorist threat.

The Massachusetts Democrat called the White House attack "a classic GOP textbook Republican campaign tactic" that reveals Republicans' "willingness to reduce anything in America to raw politics."

"I'm sick and tired of a bunch of despicable Republicans who will not debate real policy, who won't take responsibility for their own mistakes, standing up and trying to make other people the butt of those mistakes," he said. "It disgusts me that a bunch of these Republican hacks who've never worn the uniform of our country are willing to lie about those who did."

Unsubstantiated allegations about Kerry's Vietnam War heroism from a group called Swift Boat Veterans for Truth figured prominently in the 2004 Kerry-Bush race. Even Kerry has blamed his slow and uncertain response to the group's claims for helping to doom his White House chances, and Democrats viewed the Tuesday fracas as a test of that lesson.

"Enough is enough. We're not going to stand for this," Kerry said. "We are going to stay in their face with the truth."

Other Republicans, sensing opportunity for their side, piled on throughout the day with their own demands for an apology from Kerry.

GOP Sen. John McCain, like Kerry a decorated Vietnam veteran and a potential 2008 rival, said while campaigning for Republican candidates in Indiana that "the suggestion that only the least educated Americans would agree to serve in the military and fight in Iraq is an insult to every soldier serving in combat today."

Added House Speaker Dennis Hastert, R-Ill., struggling to keep his party in control of Congress: "Our soldiers risk their lives in the face of grave dangers on the battlefield, and no one who chooses to courageously and selflessly defend our country can be considered 'uneducated.' "

Separately, the White House issued President Bush's Veterans' Day proclamation praising those who have served in the armed forces - a week and a half before the holiday.

Kerry is in town for a Maria Cantwell fundraiser in downtown Seattle.


Find this article at:

http://www.komotv.com/news/4530161.html

[DrMaddVibe]

There go her chances!!!!

[LoungeMachine]

Originally posted by VH2005
I can't believe there are that many dumb fucks on here, that think Kerry meant that about the soldiers!!
This is why I hate politics!! You guys are the clowns that go in the voting booth and click, click, click
right down the republican line!! PATHETIC!!

It was taken out of context by the republicans, cuz they have nothing else to run on. Talk about the issues!
It was pretty obvious, when you hear the entire quote, that he was talking about the loser that's
ruining our country. You know...the guy in the "Mission Accomplished" picture in the post above!!?!
The same guy who was quoted as saying that this war with be a "comma" in the history books!!
Tell that to all the soldiers who have died, you FUCK!! A "comma" --- nice job, genius!!

Well, for being your first post, not bad :D

Let me be your first 5 star vote.

Welcome, '05

[LoungeMachine]

Originally posted by DrMaddVibe
There go her chances!!!!

What does this even mean?




Are you referring to Kerry?

Her?

How many men did you lead in 'Nam? How many elections have you won?

Her?


And with all of the corruption and scandals and shame the RePubes have foisted upon themselves, you actually think this red herring has one iota of weight on 2008?

Simple man

[4moreyears]

Originally posted by VH2005
I can't believe there are that many dumb fucks on here, that think Kerry meant that about the soldiers!!
This is why I hate politics!! You guys are the clowns that go in the voting booth and click, click, click
right down the republican line!! PATHETIC!!

It was taken out of context by the republicans, cuz they have nothing else to run on. Talk about the issues!
It was pretty obvious, when you hear the entire quote, that he was talking about the loser that's
ruining our country. You know...the guy in the "Mission Accomplished" picture in the post above!!?!
The same guy who was quoted as saying that this war with be a "comma" in the history books!!
Tell that to all the soldiers who have died, you FUCK!! A "comma" --- nice job, genius!!

Not true dumb ass. I voted for Obama for Senate in Ill in 2004 and I will not vote for Judy Barr Topinka who is the Republican canidate for Gov.

[Nickdfresh]

OMG! You mean that kids with less options often go into the military, like sons of Republican politicians? Who knew!?

More fucking pointless and stupid hyperbole over sementics...

[LoungeMachine]

Originally posted by Nickdfresh
OMG! You mean that kids with less options often go into the military, like sons of Republican politicians?

*wince*

Man, the truth is hard to read sometimes....


But that's a fact