Posted on 04/22/2006 1:29:53 PM PDT by Panerai
Those who disagree with the Bush administration's policies in Iraq face the same scornful charges that they are unpatriotic as Sen. John Kerry did 35 years ago when he spoke out against the Vietnam War, the Massachusetts Democrat said Saturday.
"I have come here today to reaffirm that it was right to dissent in 1971 from a war that was wrong. And to affirm that it is both a right and an obligation for Americans today to disagree with a President who is wrong, a policy that is wrong, and a war in Iraq that weakens the nation," Kerry said to a standing ovation Saturday at Boston's historic Faneuil Hall.
Kerry's speech came 35 years to the day after he testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to call for an end to the Vietnam war.
"How do you ask a man to be the last man to die for a mistake?" Kerry said in 1971, a line that helped propel the decorated Navy combat veteran and Yale graduate onto the national stage.
The same question applies today as Americans wrestle with the mounting death toll in Iraq, Kerry said, speaking before about 500 supporters who punctuated his speech at least 20 times with ovations.
"Lives have been lost to bad decisions," Kerry said. "Not decisions that could have gone either way, but decisions that constitute basic negligence and incompetence. And lives continue to be lost because of stubbornness and pride."
(Excerpt) Read more at boston.com ...
I was one of them and I will hate this bastard until the day I die.
Amazing the hypocrisy isn't it?
We all remember how Kerry tried to intimidate bookstores into not carrying, and MSM organizations into not reporting on, Unfit for Command.
Now HE'S accusing others of stifling dissent?
The only thing more ludicrous would be John "Mr. Tereza Heinz" Kerry slamming Anna Nicole Smith for being a golddigger...
"I will be voting to give the President of the United States the authority to use force -- if necessary -- to disarm Saddam Hussein because I believe that a deadly arsenal of weapons of mass destruction in his hands is a real and grave threat to our security."
-- Sen. John F. Kerry (D, MA), Oct. 9, 2002
"Without question, we need to disarm Saddam Hussein. He is a brutal, murderous dictator, leading an oppressive regime ... He presents a particularly grievous threat because he is so consistently prone to miscalculation ... And now he is miscalculating America's response to his continued deceit and his consistent grasp for weapons of mass destruction ... So the threat of Saddam Hussein with weapons of mass destruction is real..."
-- Sen. John F. Kerry (D, MA), Jan. 23. 2003
If he were REALLY stifling dissent Kerry and most of the dems would be imprisoned without charges, the "six generals" would also be there and a hell of a lot of people would be looking over their shoulders to see if they are next.
You all were cheated out of the honor that you deserve.
John Kerrey...??? Isn't he the one who thinks we sould go down the drain like the French???
Right. Meanwhile the MSM is excoriating Dubya for "allowing" that nut job hiding in the press section to shout at Hu and warn him his days are numbered. Made China lose face! Embarrassed the USA. Brought us once again to the brink, etc.
This is a preemptive strike on the fallout from Kerry's participation in a Treasonous conspiracy to undermine our war efforts against the Jihadis.
"No Senator Kerry, I'm not 'questioning your patriotism,' I'm flat out calling you a traitor."
I was spat upon in SF International. I decked the freak and moved on.
They still have shot this dishonorably-discharged traitor?
I appreciate your remarks. I was proud to be an Air Force officer air crew member. Raday Navigator. I lost it in SF International when that slime spit on me. I hope he lost teeth.
This is just the start of the next Dirty campaign kerryu wil run.
He will promise he has a plan , he will never reveal it, He will promise a form 180, we will never see it.
We will have to see this dork windsurfing and riding his $4,000 dollar bicycle. Maybe he will get the Harley out when his patriotism is challenged.
The people of Mass. who elected this dick weed must be the biggest idiots on the planet,or the most corrupt.
swift boat vets dissented to KERRY'S take on his 'HEROICS' and Kerry didn't like that dissent at all.
His last name is just Kerry? I thought his name was John F Kerry Who By The Way Served In Vietnam. Well, I'll be a monkey's uncle...
There is no need to impeach Hanoi Kerry from the US Senate
He is there illegally!
WAKEUP AMERICA!
For those who "forgot" what Hanoi Kerry
did in the past read on and learn the truth.
Hanoi Kerry was still a USNR officer while he:
gave false hearsay testimony to Congress
negotiated with the enemy
helped the US lose a war
abetted in the deaths of millions
created a hostile environment for all servicemen
Why is Kerry still in the US Senate?
This is in violation of
U.S. Constitution Amendment 14 Sec 3 (1868)
Section 3. No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress,
or elector of President and Vice President,
or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States,
or under any State, who, having previously taken an oath,
as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States,
or as a member of any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer
of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States,
shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same,
or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof.
But Congress may by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability.
http://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/constitution.amendmentxiv.html
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