Posted on 08/10/2004 6:50:53 AM PDT by Apolitical
I know John Kerry's been called a lot of things, but to me the best way to sum up his platform and positions is weird. And they're getting weirder by the day.
First, he was all over Bush for going to war in Iraq. Then, he was all over Bush for not sending enough troops to Iraq.
Granted this was a slightly weird criticism from someone who was saying Bush shouldn't have gone to war at all. But then again, it's no weirder than someone who voted for sending troops to Iraq criticizing their being sent.
But by the time he was done, Kerry seemed to have staked out a definitively weird position on Iraq: Bush misled Americans to get them to support the war, Americans should never have gone to war, and they should have sent more troops, and if Kerry had been around to ask politely, Kofi Annan probably would have joined in all the war fun, too, which would have better because when you're going to war, you should do it in groups, except if the war is Vietnam, in which case, you shouldn't go to war at all, unless you're planning to run for President, in which case you should go to war, denounce the war, and then praise yourself as a patriotic, anti-war war hero.
So, that was weird enough, right? But now Kerry has taken things a step further and is criticizing Bush for not acting faster on September 11, saying the president shouldn't have continued reading to Florida school children for seven minutes after being told of the attacks before getting up and leaving to take care of business.
"Had I been reading to children and had my top aide whisper in my ear that America is under attack," Kerry has said, "I would have told those kids very nicely and politely that the president of the United States has something that he needs to attend to."
It seems a little weird first of all that Kerry finds it necessary to tell us he would have spoken to the kids "very nicely and politely." No kidding. They're kindergarteners, for goodness sake. What else was he contemplating, flipping them all the bird and saying, "The president of the United States is outta here!" before slamming the kiddie book to the ground and leaving? ......
haha i love it! well-done.
the flow of the flippin and floppin feels like a Monty Python skit.....
It is vewy, vewy hard to be on both sides of an issue. He needs more help from Tearassa.
Thanks for posting!
Obviously if Kerry had been President on 9/11 he would have shouted to the little kids "Run for your lives!". Then he would have cursed at the Secret Service until they came to rescue him. Afterwards he would have entertained the nation with stories about his imaginary secret mission to Cambodia.
I like a joke as well as the next person, but is it really a good idea to elect one as President?
"This is the weakest and weirdest group of Democratic candidates in history"
Charles Krauthammer, in early February.
-great material in this one. Save.
J F'kin lives in Kerry World, where only Kerry Truth is spoken and that is one wierd world.
This is great, but I need a bigger bumper to put this on a sticker.
Shalom.
ping to self/later
Teresa probably makes him squat to pee.
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