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)

[F.J. Mitchell]

LOL! We have wound up with a couple of RINOS, that we sure as hell can't brag about.

I understand how you feel about your liberal dims. That looks like the only way you will ever get rid of them.

I have my fingers crossed that maybe we can trade ours in the next time they come up for reelection.

[Leisler]

"..Kerry's point was that many young men and women wh.. I haven't read anything that would support that factually. It is a bedrock belief of the left that military service is not voluntary, that it is a last ditch escape from the effects of life in a capitalistic hell for racial minorities and po'rednecks. Bull. I was in during the Carter/Reagan administration. Even then in infantry units BA's and even MA's and Phd's amongst the enlisted was not uncommon. Most mid NCO's had or were working towards a BA. And that was then. Again, I said belief. Lefties exist in a world of feelings and beliefs. They project their feelings and beliefs onto others. They believe that the military is stupid. Therefor anyone in it must be stupid. What other reason could people be there for? This is because courage, patriotism, pride, tradition are unknown to them. So in a way, absent those virtues, they in a way make sense. Sick Sense.

[layman]

Senator Kerry was a mediocre law student who avoided the law by entering politics.

Yes, and in view of his barely mediocre undergraduate scholastic record it is curious that he even was admitted into law school.

[RightOnline]

Hey Kerry........you sphincter........my oldest son is currently serving as a 1st Lt. in the Army, a Stryker platoon leader in Mosul, and is one extremely bright young man.

He's also putting his butt on the line to protect YOUR sorry ass, you preening putz.

[gandalftb]

My son was stuck in Iraq, by choice, not by default or trying to avoid an education, or that he just wanted something to do such as being shot at in a 120 degree sandbox and no Miller Time. John Kerry, it is better to have your head in Iraq than to live like you with your head in Uranus.

[ArrogantBustard]

I strongly suspect that if Effin' Kerry had tried to get into pilot/aviator training, NOBODY, not the Air Force, Navy, Marines, or Army would have let him get anywhere near truly high pierformance aircraft. He'd have washed out long before it got to that.