Posted on 01/20/2006 6:24:21 AM PST by AmericanMade1776

Iraqi Prime Minister Ibrahim Jaafari(R) and visiting US Senator John Kerry, D-MA, give a press conference in the fortified Green Zone in Baghdad. Kerry warned against sectarian influences in future Iraqi government ministries and predicted a national unity cabinet could lead to a drawdown in US troops.(AFP/POOL/Faleh Kheiber)
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KERRY, TO JAAFARI, "DID YOU KNOW I SERVED IN VIET NAM?"
"oh shoot! the ink got smudged off my hand. What will I say now?"
Uh, dude..you LOST!!!!
I really won the Presidency, you know ...
I cannot believe this POS goes overseas and criticizes the President. He gave a very lengthy interview with Wolf Blitzer the other day from Israel and was very critical of the administration.
Whatever happened to politics stops at the water's edge?
Teresa sent me here!
You know, I would have voted FOR you, before I would vote against you.
Did I tell you that I have a plan?
On the other hand, I'm allowed to use her last name if I want to....I'd be John Heinz.
"When can we start negotiating with the terrorists..."
Know the difference between a purple index finger and brown thumb?

Visiting US Senator John Kerry gestures beside Iraqi PM Jaafari in Baghdad
This is the honest to God real title given to the pic from Reuters http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/pictures/BAG15D...htm
Kerry looks like he's just come back from a 4-day drunk. Doesn't look like he shaved for this event.
KERRY, TO JAAFARI: "YOU MUST STOP HAVING THESE ELECTIONS ALL THE TIME, YOUR MAKING US LOOK BAD IN THE STATES.
"So then I got this terrible paper cut and the Navy wouldn't even give me a purple Heart! Can you belive that?"

"When I voted for the war I was talking to a pro-war audience. When I voted against it I was talking to an anti-war audience. But that's not called flip-flopping. Thats called pandering!"
Credit: Saturday Night Live
"I took a piece of shrapnel on this finger.."

Hanoi jean kerri: "I actually voted for the $87-billion before voting against it...and before recently speaking out against the war in Iraq I actually was ahead of the curve and said we should consider unilateral action to take out Saddam in 1998....and don't forget, I actually served and fought to free oppressed people in Vietnam before coming home the trashing the effort and the troops I served with....so as you can plainly see, my stance on the issues is quite clear...I hope that helps"
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