Posted on 11/02/2006 9:33:53 AM PST by Mike Bates
Massachusetts Senator John Kerry was rightly taken to task for his "botched joke" about our troops' intelligence. Hillary Clinton said Kerry's remark was inappropriate, Harold Ford said it was wrong and other Democratic officials and candidates urged him to apologize.
The Tennessean doesn't agree. According to today's editorial, "Truth in Kerry's Remark": "He would do better to ask the White House and other Republicans how they can continue to wage this senseless war at the risk of so many American lives."
No apology was necessary claims the editorial. "The sad fact is, young men and women without a college degree usually earn less, as much as $23,000 a year less, according to a recent U.S. Census report. And many of those have-nots, lured into the military by enlistment bonuses, find themselves in Iraq."
The editorial reflects the arrogance and elitism that Kerry himself has exhibited.
No wonder increasing numbers of Americans don't trust the mainstream media.
"Help! I'm stuck in this hole! Somebody hand me a shovel!"
http://iraq.billhobbs.com/2006/01/ford_says_troop_morale_high_in.html
Ford says troop morale high in Iraq According to this, we oil cops are too stupid to know how terrible Iraq is:
After making his fourth trip to observe conditions in Iraq, U.S. Senate hopeful Harold Ford Jr. reported Thursday that U.S. troop morale is "high" and soldiers are not in favor of a quick pullout.
"Troops are excited about the progress being made," the Memphis Democrat told reporters during a teleconference. "They are more concerned about America and U.S. policymakers getting the policy right on the ground and are more concerned about doing their jobs. They don't believe we should leave prematurely because there are fears that if we do, their kids will have to come back and fight this war."
Well this bit of Ford hypocrisy does not quite square with what he has said in the past:
"There's no need to overstate the progress we're making on the ground," Ford told The Associated Press yesterday. "You [Presient Bush] risk losing America's confidence."
...Ford said yesterday that the United States needed a better international image to earn the support of allies while fighting terrorism.
The progress we have made in Iraq is undeniable.
Posted by Lance Frizzell at January 24, 2006 10:36 PM
Here, Jawn, take two!
I'm surprised "Call me, Harold" has time to even ponder Iraq.
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Be nice.
Thanks. I'll try to use this to post a new thread.
He's to busy these days trying to delude Tennesseans into thinking he's a Bible thumping Christian, who is pro-life and pro 2nd amendment. NONE of our papers are calling him on his lies. His votes are easy to dig up on google. His performance on H & C last night was right out of the Slick Willie playbook.
I've seen his new and improved campaigning. He's starting to sound like Ronald Reagan. Wonder what he'd do if he's elected? :)
Said he'd vote just like he did in the House, on FNC last night...vote his conscious.
It just so happened that today my mother called to cancel her Tennesseean subscription. She had not read this editorial.
The person on the phone asked why she was cancelling. She replied that the Tennesseean is too liberal. The person asked if there was something specific in today's paper which caused my mom to want to cancel. My mom said no, there wasn't.
Shortly after that phone conversation my mom read the editorial and realized that the Tennesseean must be getting a lot of heat for this article.
This cannot help Jr. either.
Your Mom picked a good day to drop that rag.
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