Kerry hurls wild pitch (Kerry offers an excuse)

The Washington Times ^ | July 26, 2004 | Charles Hurt and Stephen Dinan

[Vision Thing]

BOSTON - John Kerry bounced the ceremonial first pitch during last night's Red Sox-Yankees game at Fenway Park, but he said he was just going easy on the National Guard soldier and Iraq war veteran standing in as catcher.

"I held back," Mr. Kerry told reporters early this morning, on the plane ride after the game. "He was very nervous. I tried to lob it gently."

[cspackler]

Good gracious, does this man ever accept responsibility for anything?

[Judith Anne]

This is so perfect!

I am howling laughing!

[kallisti]

cartainly not for anything he actually did.

[wideawake]

"I actually was going to throw like a man before I threw like a girl."

[samadams2000]

A single ad showing Bush's striiiike....vs. kerrys "attempt" would be huge. Seriously they should do it. No sound..just the fans in the background...Cheering with goosebumps for Bush and boos for Kerry.;

[Mo1]

"I held back," Mr. Kerry told reporters early this morning, on the plane ride after the game. "He was very nervous. I tried to lob it gently."

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

[kallisti]

cartainly=certainly.
i must have been thinking of eric cartman.

[steplock]

"kerry calls Iraq Combat vet a coward" is the translation here!

[PilloryHillary]

This moron is so transparent. If he is elected president, it will be a national tragedy. I miss Bill Clinton!!!

[JLS]

Yep anyone that saw that picture of him gripping the ball knows full well he did not hold back. He doesn't know how to throw a baseball.

[Texas dog]

"I meant to throw a strike, before I didn't..."

[aShepard]

" I had to take it easy on my arm, 'cause I still have some shrapnel embedded in it. I was a hero in VietNam, you know!"

[pfflier]

Former president Bill Klintoon said "We're all laughing about it. We know Kerry always throws short rounds".

[N. Theknow]

"I held back," Mr. Kerry told reporters early this morning, on the plane ride after the game. "He was very nervous. I tried to lob it gently."

We had an office pool going on which lame brain excuse he would come up with.

My secretary won with her guess being the closest, "I didn't want to hurt the military veteran."

My guess was, "It's that old war wound acting up again."

[Vision Thing]

Good gracious, does this man ever accept responsibility for anything?

I'm guessing Kerry has a deal with the soldier to use this as his excuse. If the press asks the soldier for his side of the story, he will back up Kerry.

We may never know the truth.

[demlosers]

I wouldn't call that a wild pitch without qualifiers.

It was a limp wrist'd girly throw that would be scored as a wild pitch.

[DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet]

I can't believe this. What an ass. Someone last night said he would blame it on the Guardsman, and I couldn't imagine anyone would ever do that.

This is almost like a parody.

[MamaLucci]

I actually was going to throw like a man before I threw like a girl."

ROFLOL!