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John Kerry Blames Rush Limbaugh for Iraq Blooper
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Posted on 12/09/2005 6:19:39 AM PST by Sub-Driver

John Kerry Blames Rush Limbaugh for Iraq Blooper

Failed presidential candidate John Kerry blamed top conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh Friday morning for the uproar over his claim that U.S. troops were terrorizing Iraqi women and children.

"You know, the only people who are trying to make anything out of that, to be honest with you, are Rush Limbaugh and a few people on the right," Kerry told radio host Don Imus.

On Sunday Kerry told CBS's "Face the Nation" that there was "no reason ... that young American soldiers need to be going into the homes of Iraqis in the dead of night, terrorizing kids and children, you know, women, breaking sort of the customs of the - of - the historical customs, religious customs - Iraqis should be doing that."

Asked if he meant to say that American soldiers were guilty of terrorism, Kerry claimed: "Obviously not."

What he meant to say, he insisted, was: "After three years, Iraqis ought to be capable of searching a home ... It's inexplicable that when the biggest killers in Iraq are suicide bombers and IEDs, improvised explosive devices, that we're still on the front lines going into homes and going out in the dead of night. And it scares people."

The one-time top Democrat said that he'd like to see U.S. troops redeployed "in a way that accomplishes the goal but does it without needlessly putting troops at risk and incurring greater difficulties in feeding the insurgency."

Citing a year-old Washington Post report that claimed Iraqis resented home searches by U.S. troops, Kerry said his "terrorizing" comment was meant to be constructive.

"That resentment hurts our soldiers," he told Imus. "I'm trying to help our soldiers. We all are."

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: americantraitor; antiamericanism; betrayal; blame; imus; iraq; johnkerry; kerry; limbaugh; pondscum; rush; rushbashing; rushlimbaugh; scumsucker; talkradio; teresaslapdog; teresaspoodle; traitor; unamerican; wrongsideofhistory
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To: Sub-Driver
I don't listen to Imus, so I wonder if he allowed Kerry to get by with that flip/flop, distortion, or just plain outright lie? John Kerry insults the intelligence of everyone when he suggests we don't understand what he said and Rush or someone else has to explain it to us. His problem is, WE DO UNDERSTAND, and people are much more intelligent and political savvy than he gives them credit for. "Terazzah's" money hasn't afforded him common sense....just more arrogance!
41 posted on 12/09/2005 6:38:46 AM PST by PeskyOne
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To: Sub-Driver

Oh Boy!!!!! Rush is gonna clean his clock today!!!!!


42 posted on 12/09/2005 6:39:35 AM PST by 4everontheRight (Criminals feed on the indulgence of society's understanding)
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To: Sub-Driver
"You know, the only people who are trying to make anything out of that, to be honest with you, are Rush Limbaugh and a few people on the right,"

Whenever, I hear anybody say "to be honest with you", I know what follows will be less than honest.

And who's surprised that only people on the right are making anything of his statements?

I guess we should count our blessing to have brothers John and Howard out front?

43 posted on 12/09/2005 6:39:42 AM PST by Ramcat (Thank You American Veterans)
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To: Sub-Driver
What he meant to say, he insisted, was: "After three years, Iraqis ought to be capable of searching a home ... It's inexplicable that when the biggest killers in Iraq are suicide bombers and IEDs, improvised explosive devices, that we're still on the front lines going into homes and going out in the dead of night. And it scares people."

Would it scare them any less if it were Iraqis doing these searches?

44 posted on 12/09/2005 6:40:22 AM PST by Brilliant
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To: isthisnickcool

Kerry is and always has been a pompous anti-American ass.


45 posted on 12/09/2005 6:40:51 AM PST by Samwise (I freep; therefore, I am.)
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To: Rebelbase

It expires when the people of Massachusetts grow a brain.

Dont look for it to happen any time soon.


46 posted on 12/09/2005 6:41:00 AM PST by sgtbono2002
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To: Sub-Driver

LOL!

So the US soldiers shouldn't be going in "terrorizing" the Iraqi women and children, but it's okay for the Iraqi forces to do so...he really backed himself into a corner on that one, either way you interpret it, he's badmouthing the military, ours and the Iraqi's.


47 posted on 12/09/2005 6:41:08 AM PST by dawn53
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To: Sub-Driver

What an idiot! If John Boy doesn't decide to go on national TV and then proceed to say something utterly stupid, then NO one could make anything of it. But then again personal responsibiloity was never his forte.


48 posted on 12/09/2005 6:41:14 AM PST by rod1
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To: Sub-Driver
Anybody that wears a Mickey Mouse shirt and a cowboy hat to work is not exactly what I call a SERIOUS talk show host.


49 posted on 12/09/2005 6:41:23 AM PST by unixfox (AMERICA - 20 Million ILLEGALS Can't Be Wrong!)
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To: tobyhill

And Rush was never sent to Cambodia by President Nixon, before Richard Nixon was President.


50 posted on 12/09/2005 6:42:48 AM PST by daviscupper
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To: Sub-Driver

Kerry was just reminiscing the days of his "tour" in Vietnam when he 'raized villiages...all in the fasion of Jengis Khan'.


51 posted on 12/09/2005 6:43:00 AM PST by RasterMaster ("Bin Laden shows others the road to Paradise, but never offers to go along for the ride." GWB)
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To: Sub-Driver

Good post.

BTW, which subs?


52 posted on 12/09/2005 6:43:12 AM PST by Retired COB (Still mad about Campaign Finance Reform)
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To: Sub-Driver
When are these traitors going to be thrown out of office?! I can't believe that they are allowed to hold their positions and undermine our war effort. There was a time in this country when not only would this not have been tolerated but the people who did this would be tried for treason.
53 posted on 12/09/2005 6:43:26 AM PST by Sweetjustusnow (Oust the Communists)
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To: Sub-Driver

If jean le french kerry wasn't so mortally STUPID and CLUELESS, he wouldn't have to continually extricate his foot from his big French mouth.


54 posted on 12/09/2005 6:44:43 AM PST by goresalooza (Nurses Rock!)
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To: Ramcat
Whenever, I hear anybody say "to be honest with you", I know what follows will be less than honest.

Or it implies that the rest of the time, they weren't being honest.

55 posted on 12/09/2005 6:44:47 AM PST by dfwgator
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To: Sub-Driver

It's Rush Limbaugh's fault that he misspoke, just like it was the "&*#^@" (I'm quoting Kerry) Secret Service's fault that he fell down while skiing.

What a jerk.


56 posted on 12/09/2005 6:45:01 AM PST by proud American in Canada
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To: Sub-Driver
"The one-time top Democrat..."

I sure hope not.

Life would be so much more difficult without the guy.

...& his big mouth.

57 posted on 12/09/2005 6:45:01 AM PST by Landru (If a sucker's born every minute, that's a lotta suckers.)
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To: Sub-Driver
"I'm trying to help our soldiers. We all are."

Who's we sucka? My idea of helping our soldiers must be different than most Democrats.

58 posted on 12/09/2005 6:45:22 AM PST by BallyBill (U.S. Armed Forces.. In It ..To Win It!!)
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To: Personal Responsibility
If Kerry spoke the truth without thinking he would he would said that he wanted to kill American soldiers. It has always been his dream to be in the trenches on the enemy side.
59 posted on 12/09/2005 6:45:27 AM PST by cgbg (MSM and Democratic treason--fifty years and counting...)
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To: proud American in Canada

Kerry was "up river" when he made the remark.


60 posted on 12/09/2005 6:45:57 AM PST by Eric in the Ozarks
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