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Insulting Our Troops, and Our Intelligence (Commie Spin)
New York Times ^ | November 3, 2006 | Thomas L. Friedman

Posted on 11/03/2006 9:52:52 PM PST by TBP

George Bush, Dick Cheney and Don Rumsfeld think you?re stupid. Yes, they do.

They think they can take a mangled quip about President Bush and Iraq by John Kerry, a man who is not even running for office but who, unlike Mr. Bush and Mr. Cheney, never ran away from combat service, and get you to vote against all Democrats in this election.

Every time you hear Mr. Bush or Mr. Cheney lash out against Mr. Kerry, I hope you will say to yourself, "They must think I'm stupid." Because they surely do.

They think that they can get you to overlook all of the Bush team's real and deadly insults to the U.S. military over the past six years by hyping and exaggerating Mr. Kerry's mangled gibe at the president.

(Excerpt) Read more at select.nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: Editorial; Foreign Affairs; Politics/Elections; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: insult; kerry; propaganda; troops; ur2stooopid2vot
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To: TBP

Too bad he didn't have insight as to why he would attack the press secretary (since he didn't bring it up and was asked about it, then told the truth), or why he blamed Limbaugh when he hadn't even been on the air to say a word yet.

Doesn't matter. He meant to say what he said and none of the six lies he told after will convince the brainless he's lying. I'm glad Friedman brought it up again, so they'll give the pastor a break... and we can slam him again... since the DCCC has gone through so much to bury/spin the Kerry gaffe.


21 posted on 11/03/2006 10:46:06 PM PST by AliVeritas (Mr. Webb, who is Melissa Harrington, Dorothy Tran and Joe Cato?)
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To: PeskyOne

Don't worry... at this pace they'll be running on pennies by 08.


22 posted on 11/03/2006 10:46:50 PM PST by AliVeritas (Mr. Webb, who is Melissa Harrington, Dorothy Tran and Joe Cato?)
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To: TBP

Friedman is Kerry's Ninja Campaign Manager.

He dropped the second note card with the scripted joke he wrote for Kerry to read.

Friedman would never think Kerry should have apologized, and Kerry's just a Friedman puppet, so what do you expect from these two colossal idiots.


23 posted on 11/03/2006 10:56:52 PM PST by detch
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To: TBP

While Tom Friedman is a skilled writer, he is cut from the same elitist snob cloth as John Kerry is. He "knows" that he grasps the nuances better than we do.


24 posted on 11/03/2006 11:02:52 PM PST by Octar
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To: Wolverine

Excellent video. Thanks for that link.


25 posted on 11/03/2006 11:04:39 PM PST by SoldierDad (Proud Father of a 10th Mountain Division 2nd BCT Soldier fighting in Mahmudiyah)
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To: TBP
It's like John has kicked over a barrel of own sh*t . Kerry and of his friends keep on trying to put it back into the bucket but they only succeed in slipping and falling in it, spreading it out further and further .

The really funny thing is all of them keep on trying to tell you the foul smelly stuff they now got all over their bodies is just chocolate ice cream.

26 posted on 11/03/2006 11:11:46 PM PST by Nateman (If you work hard, study, and think logically, you won't end up as a Kerry apologist)
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John Kerry, a man who is not even running for office but who, unlike Mr. Bush and Mr. Cheney, never ran away from combat service

That's getting a little tiresome. The NYT employee is borrrring.

Deferments (approved postponement of compulsory military service) were not unusual. In fact, John Kerry, I believe, sought such a deferment to attend school in France but was denied. Rather than be drafted into the Army (with his inferiors) he joined the Navy never expecting to step foot in a swift boat that patrolled inland water, I believe.

President Bush was an Air Guard jet pilot. LBJ desperately wanted to avoid calling up the reserves and Guard but there were no guarantees.

I thank Mr. Kerry for his service. But I am mindful that Benedict Arnold was a hero to both sides in the same war, also.

27 posted on 11/03/2006 11:12:21 PM PST by WilliamofCarmichael (If modern America's Man on Horseback is out there, Get on the damn horse already!)
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To: TBP
It's like John has kicked over a barrel of own sh*t . Kerry and of his friends keep on trying to put it back into the bucket but they only succeed in slipping and falling in it, spreading it out further and further .

The really funny thing is all of them keep on trying to tell you the foul smelly stuff they now got all over their bodies is just chocolate ice cream.

28 posted on 11/03/2006 11:13:16 PM PST by Nateman (If you work hard, study, and think logically, you won't end up as a Kerry apologist)
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To: TBP
Yap, Yap, Yap, Yap. Sounds like a small poodle yapping its head off,

Democrats United Behind the Troops? Don’t Bet On It.

29 posted on 11/03/2006 11:15:12 PM PST by DakotaRed (Kerry Should Resign!)
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To: Octar

The old "you're a chickenhawk so shut up!" argument, once more.

Don't you dare criticize the four-months-in-'Nam war hero ever again!

(That'll show 'em, those rightwingers!)

;^)


30 posted on 11/04/2006 2:46:18 AM PST by elcid1970
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MAJOR UPDATE: JOHN KERRY'S OWN WEBSITE CLAIMS HIS "JOKE" WAS "RIGHT EITHER WAY" !!!

http://www.johnkerry.com/news/articles/newsarticle.html?id=80

H/T Ace of Spades
http://ace.mu.nu/archives/203743.php


31 posted on 11/04/2006 1:51:44 PM PST by AliVeritas (Mr. Webb, who is Melissa Harrington, Dorothy Tran and Joe Cato?)
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