[Howlin]

Julian Epstein on CNN covering for Kerry; sayign he botched a joke -- but Julian said Kerry should apologize, which he did NOT do.

[ReaganRevolution]

Kerry; sayign he botched a joke

It won't wash for old lurch. There is no way you can interpret what he said as a joke. He's just mad it was caught on tape. This "I'm a real man" mantra is pathetic too. If you have to tell people you are a real man, odds are you aren't.

[Steve_Seattle]

"botched a joke"

It was a BAD joke, not a botched one, and it is a familiar liberal theme: People who join the military are either uneducated, stupid, or duped. That's why it escaped his mouth - he thought he was among friends where that message would be accepted, and forgot that he was being recorded.