Kerry to meet soldiers, leaders in Iraq

AP ^ | 12-12-06 | Andrew Miga

[STARWISE]

Sen. John Kerry, whose botched joke about U.S. troops in Iraq dealt a blow to his presidential ambitions, will travel to Iraq this weekend to meet with soldiers, political leaders and military officials.

"I've talked to plenty of guys who've come back from Iraq, who are there now, who understand exactly what happened," Kerry said of his joke in a telephone interview Tuesday with The Associated Press. "They laugh at it."

The Iraq stop will be part of a nine-day Mideast trip that includes stops in Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria and Israel.

A week before the midterm elections, Kerry told a group of California students that individuals who don't study hard and do their homework would likely "get stuck in Iraq." He said he meant to say "get us stuck in Iraq," but the botched joke intended to criticize President Bush forced the senator to apologize and then lay low for the remaining days of the campaign.

The Massachusetts senator, who was widely criticized for the quip, said he'd be happy to apologize to any soldiers he encounters in Iraq who don't understand what happened.

"For anybody who misunderstood (the joke) or got only the White House presentation of it, I'd apologize, obviously," he said.

[Tailback]

Kerry will meet with a handpicked group of vetted officers that are reliable Democrat voters. He will then use the pictures taken during the photo-op in a secure area in the green zone, to try and deflect the fallout from his stupid speech.

[lapsus calami]

 

 

 

 

 

Never fear, troops!..........

 

 

 

 

 

Carry's coming to the rescue!!!!

 

 

 

 

[BIGLOOK]

Indeed, Kerry knows no shame.

Kerry will tread on the graves of another generation for personal benefit.

[malia]

"Kerry told a group of California students that individuals who don't study hard and do their homework would likely "get stuck in Iraq." He said he meant to say "get us stuck in Iraq,"

"For anybody who misunderstood (the joke) or got only the White House presentation of it, I'd apologize, obviously," he said."

Hey, Kerry, the above is what the media reported - not the White House!!!

So, it looks as if THE MEDIA is misreporting your comments, making you look bad which can ONLY mean ..........The media is writing you OFF!!!!!!! HO HO HO

And.....

Do I need to remind you that bill clinton, had he been paying attention to the growing terrorism around the world and not playing with a girl, a few years older than his own daughter, in the White House, which resulted in clinton being blackmailed by a foreign country and paid off with American tax money!!!

9/11 may not have happened. That is why we are in Iraq! That is why thousands have died!!!

Just in case the media and you have forgotten .... read up !!!! Because we have not forgotten!

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1752304/posts

If you do find someone who will talk with you - well - it won't say much for that person. Maybe you can offer them a job. That is, if you still have a job.

[daybreakcoming]

Maybe none of the troops will have time to attend. You know, the ones he indirectly called terrorists when he claimed they were "going into the homes of Iraqis in the dead of night, terrorizing kids and children, you know, women, breaking sort of the customs of the–of–the historical customs, religious customs" .

[smoothsailing]

Vietnam Veterans For The Truth Expose Kerry's Treason

[Gene Eric]

>> Kerry to meet soldiers, leaders in Iraq

Was he invited?

[SoldierDad]

I will have some measure of sorrow for Jon Carey if he meets up with my son in Iraq. My son will not provide a warm reception to this idiot. And, based on the information I've gotten from my son and others, neither will most soldiers who are in Iraq. Good luck Mr. Carey.

[pandoraou812]

You said it pretty well too. Thanks.

[advertising guy]

two observations
1. if someone hollers DUCK.........if better not be Carry.

2. if someone hollers DUCK, and it wasn't Carry, he better duck.

[Levante]

"So it's a fact now that it was a "botched joke"?"

According to the a-holes at AP, it is. So it "Must be so"
(Extreme sarcasm)

[MadIvan]

They should greet him with a sign saying, "YOU SHOULD HAVE STUDIED HARDER, SENATOR KERRY".

Regards, Ivan

[Bonaparte]

jon carry is cuming to halp us so we wont be stuck in irak!

[E.G.C.]

BTTT

[roaddog727]

If I were serving in Iraq, and J F'n K came by to visit, I would find some other important mission to accomplish on visit day.

[RetSignman]

"Kramer" meets with Sharpton, "Cary" meets with troops. What some idiots will do to get forgiveness for a bad joke.

[Clara Lou]

To think that this lame-brain could have been the POTUS. Every time he opens his mouth I get chills all over again. The guy is just stupid.

[johnny7]

“Those rice grains are seared... seared on my withered, quisling a$$!”