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Kerry: I Get "A Little Uptight When I Hear Politicians Say How Exceptional We Are"
The Weekly Standard ^ | July 15, 2014 | Jeryl Bier

Posted on 07/15/2014 6:47:52 AM PDT by Biggirl

As John Kerry travels from country to country on various diplomatic missions as secretary of state (almost half a million miles so far), he often addresses the staff and their families at the U.S. embassies in the countries he visits. Remarks at these informal gatherings are often more casual than the usual speeches or press appearances, and Kerry often jokes with the staff and recognizes employees of long standing with the State Department. Monday, Kerry had one such opportunity in Vienna, Austria, the last stop on his most recent trip, and towards the end of his talk he recalled his two Yale commencement speeches, forty-eight years apart, where he discussed "sort of the world we’re in" and America's place in it.

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TOPICS: Government; Politics; Society
KEYWORDS: kerry; sos; statedepartment
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1 posted on 07/15/2014 6:47:52 AM PDT by Biggirl
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To: Biggirl

John is so uptight he squeaks when he walks. How did we get such a moron in such a high office?


2 posted on 07/15/2014 6:49:20 AM PDT by listenhillary (Courts, law enforcement, roads and national defense should be the extent of government)
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To: Biggirl

Well we certainly haven’t been very exceptional since 2008.


3 posted on 07/15/2014 6:50:07 AM PDT by dfwgator
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Don’t worry, John. They are not talking about you!


4 posted on 07/15/2014 6:50:10 AM PDT by Cowboy Bob (They are called "Liberals" because the word "parasite" was already taken.)
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To: Biggirl

That’s because he knows how he got to where he’s at today. A lying, braggart who preyed on very wealthy widows.

He knows he is not exceptional in any way. Just lucky as he and his fellow travelers would call it.


5 posted on 07/15/2014 6:50:46 AM PDT by The Working Man
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To: Biggirl

And people of his ideology are doing their best to take America from “exceptional” to “mediocre”.


6 posted on 07/15/2014 6:52:05 AM PDT by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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To: Biggirl

I know how Hanoi Boi feels. I get a little “uptight” when I see an old moronic 60s hippie holding down one of the top spots in the U.S. government.


7 posted on 07/15/2014 6:52:08 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (The future must not belong to those who slander bacon.)
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To: Biggirl

Ha! “I am SERIOUS’ about this SOS thing.... B T W , hold on a minute while I shoot myself in the foot!”

Really??

Politics aside... where is the LOGIC in this BS?


8 posted on 07/15/2014 6:52:19 AM PDT by SMARTY ("When you blame others, you give up your power to change." Robert Anthony)
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To: Biggirl

That’s his little secret, Cap: he’s always uptight.


9 posted on 07/15/2014 6:52:38 AM PDT by Ted Grant
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To: Biggirl

What do you mean, “we”, white man with horse face?


10 posted on 07/15/2014 6:55:19 AM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
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To: Biggirl

A country is only exceptional only as long as it believes that it is exceptional.


11 posted on 07/15/2014 6:55:19 AM PDT by DariusBane (Liberty and Risk. Flip sides of the same coin. So how much risk will YOU accept? Vive Deco et Vives)
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Kerry should just remind people that it’s HE who lacks exceptionalism. The rest of us ARE exceptional.


12 posted on 07/15/2014 6:55:26 AM PDT by MNnice
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To: Biggirl

From an unwashed, flea-bitten, hippie, street-agitating, hate America jerk to a coiffed, tailored-suit, gigolo-to-crazed-heiress, Sec. of State hate America jerk.

Some things just don’t change.


13 posted on 07/15/2014 6:55:49 AM PDT by SharpRightTurn (White, black, and red all over--America's affirmative action, metrosexual president.)
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To: Biggirl

John!

They’re not talking about you!

They’re talking about REAL Americans!


14 posted on 07/15/2014 6:56:05 AM PDT by G Larry (Which of Obama's policies do you think I'd support if he were white?)
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“Well we certainly haven’t been very exceptional since 2008.”

Actually we haven’t been exceptional since January 1989 when George H.W. Bush took the oath of office and turned away from the vision of America as the shining city on the hill. Since then our leaders have been obsessed with the “global community”.


15 posted on 07/15/2014 6:57:51 AM PDT by Soul of the South (Yesterday is gone. Today will be what we make of it.)
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To: Soul of the South

Good point.


16 posted on 07/15/2014 6:58:48 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Biggirl

John F’n Kerry: vainglorious buffoon


17 posted on 07/15/2014 7:01:40 AM PDT by NonValueAdded ("The Arab Spring is over. Welcome to the Jihadi Spring." Jonah Goldberg)
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To: Biggirl

Not surprised, as there is nothing exceptional about Kerry.


18 posted on 07/15/2014 7:01:56 AM PDT by SampleMan (Feral Humans are the refuse of socialism.)
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To: Biggirl
Kerry knows he's not part of exceptional America.
All he can do is to denigrate what he cannot achieve.

19 posted on 07/15/2014 7:04:37 AM PDT by BitWielder1 (Corporate Profits are better than Government Waste)
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To: SMARTY

He may look and act like a Vulcan, but he’s really just another drunk.


20 posted on 07/15/2014 7:06:20 AM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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