Kerry Hits Back at White House, Defends Patriotism

Yahoo! News ^ | 4/16/04 | John Whitesides - Reuters

[raynearhood]

Please, read my post 20.

[mombonn]

I truly loathe this waste of skin and bones. I hope he goes down in a Reagan-style landslide, and the Ketchup Queen throws him out of the kingdom.

I hope he winds up penniless, living in a cardboard box in the streets.

He is even more disgusting than clintbilly. Never thought I'd scream at the TV more than I did at the IMPEACHED ex-42.

[cyncooper]

He is just breathtakingly nasty.

ICK ick ick


ick

[mombonn]

"When I look up, that flag is still there and it belongs to all Americans,"

He paraphrased that from Dean.

[VadeRetro]

Here we go again!

"Senator, what on Earth were you thinking when you proposed killing the F-15 program in 1980?"

"Hey! Were YOU in Vietnam? How many Purple Hearts do YOU have?"

"What about the B-2 bomber?"

"How DARE you question my patriotism? Did I mention I was in Vietnam?"

"Why did you vote against funding the troops in Iraq, given that you had voted to send them there?"

"How many Viet Cong have YOU ever killed? How many villages in free-fire zones have YOU ever shot up? Hmmm? How many slope girls have YOU ever raped? ...."

[Net flies over Senator and hauls him offstage]

[Dutch Boy]

That's okay. The panel on Brit Hume's show couldn't either. Kerry must be getting scared

[VadeRetro]

Who questioned this guys patriotism? I havent hear it?

[Hangs head] I did it!

[wingman1]

Kerry repudiated his service in Vietnam by throwing away his medals. He certainly earned the right to do so.

What the hell is he talking about when he says, "I'm tired of Karl Rove and Dick Cheney and a bunch of people who went out of their way to avoid their chance to serve when they had the chance," ?

Even if Rove and Cheny were guilty as charged, over 30 years ago, wouldn't Kerry have encouraged and even applauded them for avoiding service at that time?

Hellfire, I sure as hell didn't want to go. But I went. I look back and forth - from past to present. I understand protests and accept alot of things.

But Kerry is off his rocker.

[wingman1]

Right on.

[governsleastgovernsbest]

I saw that. Mort Kondracke's hard-hitting attack on Kerry for these tactics was astounding, wasn't it?

[cricket]

Brit Hume and company on FoxNews just blasted Kerry out of the water for Kerry himself and the Dems being the ones who constantly bring up the 'patriotism' and they are wondering why. . .

All agreed; Lib and Conservative; that it was totally disgusting.

Persoanlly think Kerry does not like the ruminations re his four months/three medals in Vietnam.

Or, he just is running out or hate-filled rhetoric and he is now on replay.

[MEG33]

Of course he is doing the innoculation bit again..The campaign speakers for the Republicans never question his patriotism,only his votes and his judgement.

They replayed his droning statement on Fox and I just don't see this man as capable of lighting a fire in anyone's heart.He is dull,droning and dreary.I don't believe he is capable of leading a choir,much less a nation.

I ,individually,personally do not believe he is a patriot..SO THERE!

[BlkConserv]

Kerry, a decorated Vietnam War veteran, pointed out Vice President Dick Cheney (news - web sites) and political adviser Karl Rove did not serve in the military.

With this statement, he acknowledges that Bush served honorably in the Air National Guard, which is part of our Armed Services.

So he and his liberal media buddies lied and smeared Bush's record, as usual...

[MamaLucci]

Wasn't that the theme of the Howard Dean campaign.....
"Republicans and Rush Limbaugh don't own that flag, blah, blah, blah...."
uh, that really worked out well for Howie.
Now Kerry is reduced to stealing his LOSING primary rival's campaign theme,
to help define who HE is?

[governsleastgovernsbest]

I also saw that clip of Kerry on the stump. Droning is right! He sounds like a caricature of a pompous politician from the 1920s.

[ServesURight]

Bush's new campaign commercial totally nails Kerry. Just nails the lying, waffling SOB.

[IamHD]

Who is that? lol

[wingman1]

You're right.

The Kerry campaign is running out of gas. Sure he's raising some money from Bush haters, but I know some old Democrats who are ashamed of what he and his fellow travellers in the media are trying to do.

[IamHD]

[VadeRetro]

"Senator, what on Earth were you thinking when you proposed killing the F-15 program in 1980?"

OK, this charge is false. He proposed killing the F-15 in 1984, not 1980. Also the F-14, the B-1, the B-2... Pretty much everything we use today was to be cut out or cut back.