October 31, 2006
Kerry's Dean Moment
So there you have it. Senator John Kerry, Navy veteran of the Vietnam War, implied that US soldiers, sailors and airmen in Iraq are uneducated. Today, Kerry released another statement saying that he was trying to make a joke about President Bush. It would be funny except for the fact that Bush did as well at Yale as Kerry did. Oh, and the fact that Kerry is lying about what he meant.
What the video above shows us is how liberals really view the military: ne'er do wells who have no other options but to join the military. Special message to the Senator----it's not 1970. Today's military is better educated, trained and armed than any force to ever march onto a battlefield. Every soldier, sailor and airmen serving today is a volunteer and I feel comfortable saying that 98% of them turned down opportunities in the civilian world to serve their nation.
The Senator's comments made me think of the men with whom I served for a couple of years in the Navy's Nuclear Power Program. To man, they were highly intelligent sailors who could've taken a thousand different paths in the civilian world. I'm sure at least a few of them are still out there today wearing the uniform more than 15 years later. Senator Kerry made his comments about them and about all the men and women who have come back from Iraq and Afghanistan in caskets. And yet, a simple, clear apology has not been forthcoming.
So today is day one of Kerry-Watch. This is the first day that has gone by without the Senator apologizing for his comment. Let's not let this die.
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First, John Kerry is a twit! If you want to make a joke about the president, go ahead an insult his intelligence or his sense of fashion, etc. But do you need to rag on the troops in order to get a jab in at W? What part of Mr. Kerry's statement was a joke about the president?
The sooner that man disappears the better off all of us will be.
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at November 1, 2006 01:29 AM
He commited political suicide. There is no way he could run for President after that statement. It just amazes me that he said that. It shows his true colors. If anyone is an elitist it's John Kerry.
Posted by: David at November 1, 2006 06:09 AM
The sad thing is, he still could run for President after making an asinine statement like that - because there are people in this country deluded enough that they'll agree with and vote for him.
This all does nothing but support my theory of putting a bunch of people on a boat and sinking it in the middle of an ocean...
Posted by: Michael at November 1, 2006 08:39 AMDid he get stuck in Vietnam? Could he be insulting his own intelligence?
Posted by: Matt at November 1, 2006 02:48 PM