Whoops, Kerry's joke was in 1988.
The Dim Media love to slobber all over themselves with praise, concerning Teraisin Heinz's outspokenness; however, I don't hear any media outrage over the pie attack on Ann Coulter, an outspoken conservative.
"after George Bush was elected President--that "The Secret Service is under orders that if Bush is shot, to shoot Quayle."
Wow, I never heard that before. This is a good Lurch anecdote to bring up. He doesn't appear to have much of a sense of humor. I guess this is what he considers funny.
And Kerry also joked about taking a gun to his debate with Bush in 2004.
Funny how the Guardian gets nailed for following the Democratic talking point of '04.
Actually the Quayle joke WAS funny.
Article states: No one ever used his comment to block him from becoming chairman of the committee's Terrorism, Narcotics and International Operations panel. And no one argued it should bar him from sitting on the Select Committee on Intelligence.
Well..since they didn't expect him to attend Committee meetings.....they were correct!
Repeating the Quayle joke was one of the few things
Kerry is on record as ever having apologized for.
He has not, for example, apologized for the recent
stump speech joke about not being able to take a
gift shotgun to the debates.
KERRY APOLOGIZES FOR QUAYLE JOKE
Published on November 17, 1988
Author(s): Associated Press
LYNN -- Sen. John Kerry apologized yesterday for a telling a joke about Vice President-elect Dan Quayle.
At a businessmen's breakfast Tuesday, Kerry responded to a question about Quayle's qualifications by saying, "The Secret Service is under orders that if Bush is shot, to shoot Quayle."
The Massachusetts Democrat said in a statement yesterday: "I shouldn't have repeated the story. It was inappropriate, and I apologize for doing so." Through spokesman
Anybody remember the John Stewart "Snipers Wanted" stunt?