Posted on 11/01/2006 1:31:17 PM PST by jessduntno
"As a worthless, pathetic excuse for a human being, I want to make it clear to anyone in uniform and to their loved ones that I'm not qualified to lead flies to a steaming pile of dog sh!t. My poorly stated joke at a rally should only be considered further evidence of my complete lack of tact, wit and any sense of patriotic fervor for the United States of America.
I sincerely regret that my words were heard by Americans and would have much preferred that they'd have been restricted to their intended audience in the Republic of Viet Nam where my true sympathies lie.
It is clear the Republican Party would rather talk about my ineptitude and treasonous words directed at the men and women in uniform. I will continue to thrash about like a gill snagged trout while the perverts and communists in Massachussetts continue to elect me to office where I will continue my efforts to undermine the work of our founding fathers and smear the members of our uniformed services. I will continue to laugh my ass off all the way to Theresa's bank, knowing that 200 years ago I would be tarred and feathered for my insidious, seditious language, and yet in this day and age I will barely be called to account."
Lt. Kerry, out."
Back at you!!
Yeah!! I had it tough in Vietnam!! Four months & it almost killed me. 3 Purple Hearts and all that. I could show you my wounds - but this is a family site!
No one better question my patriotism. I stand behind the troops but hate the military.
Lt. Kerry, Out.
This is good for another day, at least. This is NOT an apology. Keep phoning his offices and those of major Dems and demand an apology for the ACTUAL words which he spoke and have that apology made at a televised news conference.
Well, yesterday he said he would -- cancelled all his campaign appearances. But who knows? Maybe he'll now "apologize" for that too and start opening his yap again. With john I-voted-for-it-before-I-voted-against-it kerry, you just never know.
Kerry's "apology" is INSULTING!
. He thinks we should GROW our way out of dependence on ME oil.
Project Vote Smart on special interest groups.
They lowered the gas prices right before the election...," Ford said. "When I get to the U.S Senate, I'll represent you, not Exxon."
http://www.knoxnews.com/kns/election/article/0,1406,KNS_630_5107577,00.html
http://www.vote-smart.org/issue_rating_category.php?can_id=BC042346
2001 Representative Ford supported the interests of the American Coalition for Ethanol 100 percent in 2001.
Let's do something about this. Support the Vietnam Veterans Legacy Foundation:
http://www.vvlf.org
His handlers didn't trust him to deliver the statement accurately at a presser.
I've seen a version of the speechwriters' script for the 'joke'. Delivered correctly it would have been clear he was asserting that President Bush hadn't studied or 'done his homework' on Iraq before starting the military campaign (I forget the exact wording, but it's easy enough to make up a statement not unlike Kerry's that makes it clear).
Since he couldn't get a throw away line right, came off as even stupider (to any of us who remember his 1971 behavior) in his presser yesterday, they decided it had to be written.
(And even there he came off as stupid, any 'troop'--you can't back-construct the singular to mean a person, a troop is a group of soldiers (or Marines), and the collective applies to individuals because it applies to the groups.
To say nothing of the redunancy of '. . .misinterpreted to wrongly. . .')
You're absolutely right on target. That sums up the mentality exactly.
What's disturbing is that the "excuse" is that this was meant as a joke about our President, during a time of war, and no one has said, "Well, even if it was a joke about the President, it was still tasteless and deserves an a$$ beating."
Why is it OK for a US Senator to say something like this about the President (accepting his lame excuse that Bush was the target of his comments)?
Someone please ping me when he actually apologizes.
Kerry gave a "Cynthia McKinney" apology... and we all know what happened to her political career!
In other words, if you accept this as an apology, you're as stupid as he said you are. Un-friggin-believable!
That's right. And it contradicts what he said yesterday about having made a "botched joke." Our ears didn't "botch" anything, kerry's mouth is what "botched."
She most likely made him write 100 times on the blackboard, "I will not tell stupid jokes in public again"
Bingo!
"I was trying to think of a good t-shirt to go with the champagne we are going to have when the Dems lose big next week.....
John Kerry. Too dumb to make a living, so he got stuck with a better man's money
I was taught this as a child. To say "I'm sorry...BUT" was not considered a well thought apology and was not allowed.
John Kerry was not raised right.
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