"Now I'll show you how an Italian dies."
Posted on 10/15/2004 5:24:36 AM PDT by sidewalk
Italy, a nation that has bled for Iraq, is smarting anew over an old Kerry slap broadcast on Italian television this week. "The Iraqi army," Mr. Kerry said before the war, "is in such bad shape, even the Italian army could kick their butts."
So much for politesse, or lack thereof — something to expect in a Kerry administration.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...
Martino remarked that Kerry, 'instead of saying what he thinks, should think about what he says.'"
I guess that means that as a half-Italian, I'd fight the Iraqi army to a draw.
He would be such a disaster.
He DID think about it! Remember Italy is a STRONG ally of the US, so Italy is no friend of Kerry's...
I thought I heard he made that remark some years ago. In any case it was kind of insulting, but then the Italian military has been the butt of jokes for a long time. I am Italian-American and don't want to be PC so I won't claim "victim" status here. But Kerry should know that some people are easily offended and making wisecracks about some ethnic groups is not a good idea. He already tried to kiss of the Polish-American vote by not including them as part of the US coalition.
This needs to get to the Jersey and New York press.
'I wonder if the French definition of "arms" includes hacksaws?'
Or swords to the necks?
This is a good article hitting most of the concerns we have. Put together like this, it is amazing that his campaign still stands.
Keep talkin', Mr. and Mrs. JFK. Is there ANYBODY these people will NOT pi$$ off before the election, besides possibly the French and the terrorists??
Apparently, this is how Kerry would go about building alliances. (holding my sides)
Let the Italians at him.
Actually, let my Italian mother-in-law at him.
She, herself, is a weapon of mass destruction!
"Now I'll show you how an Italian dies."
As noted the other day by someone here, everytime Kerry tries to be funny he insults someone.
The American military is trying to capture an island which is occupied by a single Italian soldier (perhaps in the South pacfic??). Wave after wave of US military power is hurled against the island, suffering 100% casualties. No one survives. Still, the lone Italian soldier remains in place. Finally, a massive attack by the Marines is thrown on to the beaches. From this attack, only 1 American survives to make it back to HQ. The Commander asks "What went wrong?" and the wounded marine says "There are two Italians on the the island!"
It's a dumb joke. But I just love the fact that this joke was (obviously) intended to tell the opposite story -- one American is a match for the entire Italian army. But it got twisted around, and was told to me as a joke about weak Americans. And I was so young, I just thought it was funny, even though I didn't really understand it.
When I got older, I learned about Ancient Rome, and the Renaissance. Not too many countries can measure up to the Italian achievements. For Kerry to make "an Italian joke" says a lot about his maturity.
If people took history seriously, they would be amazed at the similarities between the Roman Republic and American government.
"Was he right? Not about voters' incomes, but, really, about anything? Was Mr. Kerry right to champion the cause of North Vietnam's brutal communist dictators? (They think so: The War Remnants Museum in Ho Chi Minh City depicts Mr. Kerry as a hero of its victory against the United States.) Was he right to boost the Soviet-supported Sandinista regime in Nicaragua? To knock the liberation of Marxist Grenada as a "bully's show of force"? To embrace the nuclear-freeze movement during the height of the Cold War? To vote against the first Gulf War? If Americans elect Mr. Kerry president, they will answer yes, validating a long career of uninterupted, unshakeable leftism that has opposed, time and again, the expansion of freedom and democracy."
Notice a trend in Kerry's actions?
He tends to FAVOR COMMUNISM!
And what do we call someone who favors communism?
The true mark of a diplomat...insult your allies. </sarcasm>
My wife is Italian, and she is furious this morning. Although she can't vote in this election (Italian Citizen) She has been a stalwart Supporter of President Bush. She has passed out more registration cards than I have!!!!
Here, here. Fabrizio Quattrocchi was ten times the man John F'n Kerry could ever hope to be.
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Maybe this is why he brought up the fictional character Tony Soprano at the debate as to not offend Italians any more than he already has"
Ironically, James Gandolfini supports Kerry for pres.
On the other hand, the guy who plays Pauly Walnuts is supporting Dubya. :)
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