Just damn.
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Posted on 04/22/2006 3:21:09 PM PDT by West Coast Conservative
Thirty-five years after Massachusetts Sen. John F. Kerry (D) appeared before a Senate committee to call for an end to the war in Vietnam, he defended that decision yesterday in a speech in his home town and linked it to his current insistence on an early drawdown of troops from Iraq.
Kerry, in remarks delivered in Boston's Faneuil Hall Marketplace, cast dissent in wartime as a patriotic act -- a response to Republican critics who insist that questioning the conduct of the war in Iraq emboldens America's enemies.
"I believed then, just as I believe now, that it is profoundly wrong to think that fighting for your country overseas and fighting for your country's ideals at home are contradictory or even separate duties," he said. "They are, in fact, two sides of the very same patriotic coin."
Yesterday's address was the latest move in Kerry's shadow presidential campaign, launched in the aftermath of his 2004 defeat by President Bush. In a series of speeches, guest columns and television appearances, Kerry has sought to right what many Democrats regard as the defects of that race by outlining a clear exit strategy for Iraq and vowing to fight back against GOP attacks on his and other Democrats' patriotism. Kerry's aggressive attitude is also aimed at wooing liberal voters for a potential presidential bid in 2008.
Beginning last fall, Kerry has advocated setting a timeline for the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq. Recently, he said that if an Iraqi government is not formed by May 15, the United States should immediately withdraw its forces.
"If Iraqis aren't willing to build a unity government in the five months since the election, they're probably not willing to build one at all," Kerry said.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
Even when you are providing aid and comfort to the enemy, huh Kerry.
You took the words right out of my mouth.
(Denny Crane: "I Don't Want To Socialize With A Pinko Liberal Democrat Commie. Say What You Like About Republicans. We Stick To Our Convictions. Even When We Know We're Dead Wrong.")
Oh, how I wish old Abe could be around for a time like this.
The NY Times and Washington Posts printing presses would have been confiscated years ago, their editors jailed and now with the leakers/traitors being uncovered, the sounds of the gallows being built could be heard all up and down the east coast.
Sounds like Kerry's still on the defensive for all the harm he caused during vietnam
Wonder if Kerrys dad rooted for the NAZI's the same way he rooted for the N. Vietmanese?
Once a scum sucking anti American dog, always a scum sucking anti American dog.
Bull$shirt, sKerry.
Just damn.
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Some other "truths" in John's world:
1) Robbing one man's earnings and giving it to another man is "fair";
2) "Marriage" is the union of anyone to anything;
3) Discrimination against whites is "social justice";
4) Destroying a child in the womb is a "choice";
5) Receiving a band-aid in a war zone is worthy of a Purple Heart.
Feel free to make additions....
"If Iraqis aren't willing to build a unity government in the five months since the election, they're probably not willing to build one at all," Kerry said.
Just like Gore..Kerry's timing is extremely poor...Kerry restates the above and lo and behold...the Iraqi reach another milestone by coming up with a government. Two points to make here....Our OWN country took how many years to come up with a constitution???? a president???
Second point...there is no doubt in my mind that Kerry and the rest of the Democratic party have put our country at risk because of they would rather treat Bush as an enemy (and regain power) than unite behind our war effort in Iraq. Iran would NOT be speaking as it does if it did not hear the Democrats paint Bush as a bigger enemy than Iran. By showing such disunity at home on such an important thing as foreign policy and war, the Dems are aiding our enemies. Look at the number of Democrats who write to Bush saying, "Don't attack Iran" everytime that Iranian whack-job threatens the region AND our country! Such Democratic rhetoric will embolden Iran! My only hope is that by Novemeber, the AMerican people see the 'Rats for what they are.
And yet not ONE democrat has proposed a bill to end funding for Iraq. Shaddup and keep doing nothing but bitchin, you're less dangerous to our country that way.
Just when I thought it was safe to read about politics out of Boston...
The question is "Patriotic, but to whom?"
2) "Marriage" is the union of anyone to anything;
Well we now know that he practiced what he preaches on #2
Right John, will that be one of your 08 slogans? "One man's traitor, is another man's patriot" ???
And Kerry has such a proven track record as a whiz at foreign policy....like when Mr "Winter Soldier" told Senator Fulbright et al that fighting communism was impossible, so why stay in Vietnam.
Given his "reflection" at The Wall, earlier in this month and this latest absurdity, I have to wonder if Rove doesnt have a mole among Kerry's advisors..
Hey, I was going to post that.
Kerry is ninth circle material.
That would be Ted Kennedy's dad.
Isn't this the guy that was in Vietnam? I forget.
I bet he did until Hitler turned on the Soviets and decided Poland should be part of Greater Germany.
Only when Stalin was betrayed did the Reds turn WW2 into the Great Patriotic War.
Just as the Reds in American who were anti War until this Backstabbing of 41.
Painting ones self orange to woo Florida voters..
Kerry was a liar and traitor then. Does he claim the same status now?
Dissent, because you think that current government policy is leading to the failure of the nation will lead to failure is patriotic. However, dissent because you hope your nation will fail is not.
I leave it as an exercise to the reader to decide which type of dissent they think John Kerry and other, individual anti-war activists are engaged in, because it's often not a cut-and-dried determination
1. Of a differing political opinion.
2. Misguided or misinformed.
3. Unpatriotic?
These people mdon't believe in majority rule, the essence of which is that once we vote, the losers shut up and get on board. I am really worn out with this perpetual campaign. We have a Republic to spare us all of that.
He rounded them up and put them in jail during the Civil War
Serves them right!
The only dissent should be over strategy and tactics in the present war. How best to win this.
It's always in the forefront of my mind. Hence, my tagline.
FMCDH(BITS)
I don't know.... if the majority vote to jump off the proverbial cliff, I think it's a good idea to continue to shout warnings.
That said, I don't think that's quite what Kerry et.al. are doing.
And Kerry's been dissenting ever since he realized it was his way to getting elected. Kind of like he started marrying rich women when he realized he could live well off their money.
I think he was in Cambodia, too. I recall it every time I hear "Jingle Bells". It's seared in my memory.
Hmmmm....wonder if this creep is goin' get caught up in the mess that's hitting the rat crowd? This statement at this time is just a little surprising....LOL...whose arse is he covering? Got a be his own...
Couldn't have said it any better!
He'll probalby start taking credit for the Iraqi's progress.
LOL! Keep smoking that Pipe Traitor!
Dissenters? They were called Tories during the Revolutionary War and Copperheads during the Civil War. The were called Socialist during WWI, and draft-dodgers in WWII. After that, thanks to the "progressive" element in the Democrat Party dissenters has been viewed more favorably than patriots.
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