John Kerry, Soldiers in Iraq are stupid, lazy.

Captain's Quarters ^ | October 31, 2006 | uk

[Leisler]

John Kerry has never hidden his contempt for the armed forces very well, not even when he served as an officer in the Navy. Yesterday the mask slipped a little bit, as John Ziegler at KFI notes on his website, and Allahpundit mirrors at Hot Air. At a political rally for California's Democratic challenger to Arnold Schwarzenegger for governor, Phil Angelides, Kerry told the Pasadena City College crowd to study hard and get an education -- or wind up like the losers in the military:

“You know, education, if you make the most of it, if you study hard and you do your homework, and you make an effort to be smart, uh, you, you can do well. If you don’t, you get stuck in Iraq.” Wow. Just wow. It's worth recalling that Kerry at one time aspired to command these same men and women from the White House, and claims to still want to lead them. How would these people react to taking orders from a Commander-in-Chief who believes them to be uneducated, lazy losers?

We'll see if Kerry's peers in the Democratic Party support Kerry's description of our fighting men and women. If Democrats that have had John Kerry campaign on their behalf refuse to address Kerry's remarks or openly supports their characterization, it will expose the hypocrisy and the contempt that the Left has for the military. All of the talk of "supporting the troops" will be revealed as lip service.

Will Ned Lamont repudiate Kerry's words? Will Bob Casey, Jr dispute his mentor's characterization of our military as a junkyard for goldbricking idiots? Will Benjamin Cardin affirm that soldiers, sailors, airmen, and Marines don't have what it takes to succeed in life? Here in Minnesota, does Amy Klobuchar agree with Kerry's analysis? (h/t: Michelle Malkin)

[EmilyGeiger]

The creep.

[Rider on the Rain]

Is there any other person on the face of the earth who deserves our unrelenting hatred more than this sorry no good turncoat piece of manure?

[GOP_Proud]

Bill Bennett's callers have been clobbering Kerry.

And it's a great show.

[TheCrusader]

"Why do I get the notion that if instead of running a boat aground every other day, if Kerry had taken delta wing pilot training, he would of become a long forgotten smudge mark?"

I'm certain that he would still have found a way to go home early and condemn his buddies in combat, he's that kinda guy.

[Eagles6]

save

[ProtectOurFreedom]

...and you make an effort to be smart, uh, you, you can do well.

The guy who is always yammering about being "tough and smart" doesn't sound like either. What a dunderhead.

[Fresh Wind]

Once again, Kerry has shot himself in the ass.

[windsorknot]

The man needs a good "Patton slap".

[DCPatriot]

No...Kerry's point was that many young men and women who can't survive in college and can't find a decent paying job for their current skills, sign up for the military...many dreaming of having their college tuition paid for when they get out...and those end up with a rifle in Iraq.

Nevertheless...a very stupid and unthoughtful thing to say as a former and possible future candidate.

[NavyCanDo]

It was the topic on the first hours of the KVI570 conservative talk radio - Kirby Wilber's show here in the Seattle area this morning. Kirby played the audio several times and took comments from callers. I have a feeling Rush, Hannity, Medved, and the rest will be on top of this by the time they get on.

We can do our part as well. I'm not one into chain e-mail, in fact I hate them, but this one needs to be passed on to every one you know, especially the military and their families.

[elhombrelibre]

If the MSM ignores this slander, it will be one more example of their spiking news in a biased way to influence what Americans know and think. Having been in Iraq and worked with US service members, I can say from first hand experience that our forces there would make all decent Americans proud. They're quick studies, highly dedicated, brave, selfless, honorable, and the finest people you're likely to ever meet. That Kerry chose to slander them as dullard and dolts who cannot make it in the private sector shows how ignorant he is of the men and women who protect our nation. Nearly everyone in the service today serves a tour in Iraq, especially if they're in the Army or the Marines. How in the name of decency can he slander our service men and women and it not be broadcast in the MSM unless it's their slanting of the news?

[yldstrk]

Kerry, what a deekhead.

[khnyny]

Kerry is a complete imbecile. He's almost embarrassing to watch and it's mind boggling and frightening to realize that he was the democratic candidate in '04.

IMHO, if the draft is ever brought back, I think college students should not be exempt.

The liberal indoctrination and the false history taught in the public schools and in the majority of colleges has got to stop.

[LadyNavyVet]

Don't buy the media spin about who goes into the military. I met very, very few individuals in my time in the Navy who weren't of at least average intelligence. Most were considerably above that. Today's military is technologically advanced. With few exceptions the days of the sub-average ground pounder are long past.

And John Kerry, if he wasn't an insufferable, elistist snob, would know that.

[LadyNavyVet]

elistist=elitist, of course

[dirtboy]

“You know, education, if you make the most of it, if you study hard and you do your homework, and you make an effort to be smart, uh, you, you can do well. If you don’t, you get stuck in Iraq.”

Kerry can't even keep his wars straight. We don't have a draft now, Flipper, so no one "ends up in Iraq" - they have to volunteer to be in the military in the first place. Your brain apparently got so fried during the Vietnam years that it is permanently stuck in that era - like many other upper-crust liberals of your ilk.

[hellinahandcart]

Thank you John F'n Kerry for that October surprise.

OH! You're right, it's still October!! And here I was, thinking I wouldn't get to use this:

(That Rove is a damned genius!)

[shrinkermd]

I have another thought. This could be the "October Surprise" we all crave.

Essentially, Senator Kerry has not only disparaged our young men and women in uniform, he has also made a "look-down-your-nose" pejorative class statement.

I know Americans really act as if there is no such thing as social class in America. I also know that the RATS spend all their efforts peddling "egalitarianism" and economic envy. But, and this is a big but, Americans are acutely aware of class differences and try to gloss over them--witness acceptance of clothing, dress and language by the middle class of the underclass.

When working and middle class Americans sense they are being belittled by a "look-down-your-nose" elitist, they respond with rage that makes Hamel's death wish seem like the happy chuckle of a freckle faced boy.

Our pundits, bloggers would be wise to accentuate the class disparagement as well as military disparagement. It sells!

[madison10]

May both my senators drop dead.ROFL.

I'm sorry I know you weren't trying to be funny, but your statement was so...succinct.

[brazzaville]

Good morning.

California has an abundance of veterans who will be outraged by this. Maybe the French- looking john kerry's remarks will stain Angelides, too.

Michael Frazier