Posted on 10/31/2006 1:26:35 PM PST by InvisibleChurch
Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2006 4:08 p.m. EST Sen. John Kerry: 'I Apologize to No One'
Sen. John Kerry has refused to apologize for his remarks suggesting that U.S. troops in Iraq are uneducated and not "smart,” instead charging that the White House has deliberately misconstrued his comments.
At a Tuesday afternoon press conference in Seattle, Kerry said "I apologize to no one” for what he categorized as criticism of the Bush administration’s Iraq war policy.
Kerry touched off a storm of protest when he told a college audience on Monday that "if you study hard and you do your homework, and you make an effort to be smart, you can do well. If you don’t, you get stuck in Iraq.”
The comments drew demands for an apology from Sen. John McCain, the National Commander of The American Legion, and others. White House press secretary Tony Snow called Kerry’s statement "an absolute insult.”
But at his press conference, Kerry tried to give his remarks a tortuous spin, saying in effect that what he meant was if you’re like President Bush and you don’t do your homework – listen to advice from others – before committing American troops, "you end up in Iraq.”
He also claimed that the White House understood what he was trying to say yet sought to "distort” his comments.
As NewsMax reported earlier, 99.9 percent of the enlisted forces have at least a high school education, and 73.3 percent have been to college.
Among commanders:
Gen. Peter Pace, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, has an MBA from George Washington University and has taken courses at Harvard.
Gen. John Abizaid, Commander of U.S. Central Command, has a master’s degree from Harvard.
Gen. George Casey, Vice Chief of Staff in the U.S. Army, has a master’s degree from the University of Denver.
Brigadier Gen. Mark T. Kimmitt, U.S. Central Command’s deputy director for strategy and plans, has earned degrees from the United States Military Academy, Harvard, the National Defense University, and the United States Army Command and General Staff College.
Once and arrogant SOB, always an arrogant SOB!
Look in the dictionary under "arrogance" and you will find Kerry's picture.
He's a stubborn bastard, isn't he?
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I'm buying popcorn futures now in hopes the DNC runs this clown in the next election.
I've tried Merriam-Websters, American Heritage, dictionary.com and even a French-English dictionary, but in none of them can I find "play back" listed as a synonym for "distort." Would John F'n Kerry tell us what dictionary he is using?
Keep digging Francois
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Original video here. Thank you John Kerry from undoing, 1 week before the election, the multi million dollar 2 year campaign by the Democrat Party to supress Conservative turnout
John Kerry. Further cementing the fact that he will never be President of anything.
(Kerry), I said 'Bush' before I said,'SOLDIERS IN IRAQ'.
Senator 'Oops! I did it again.' has taken the whole party off target just 7 days before the election.
Senator Kerry, I salute you. You've just handed a few more races to the Republicans. Great job.
Now, as for what you said. Only an absolute idiot could have done it. Nice work.
It's hard to believe that our tax dollars are paying this fool's salary.
Do you think that maybe you have posted that enough?
The only thing the Iraq/Afghanistan wars have in common with Viet Nam is John Kerry. He hated the military than and he hates it now. He got caught in his own dirty diaper and now he is grandstanding wrapped in the flag that he loathes. Would someone please tell him the he lost the 2004 election handily? We are fighting Al-Qaida in Iraq. He is LYING when he says we are not. There is no punishment too great for a man who would play politics with the lives and moral of our troops while they are on foreign soil in harms way. It is true that if we had Senators like John Kerry during World War II, Americans would all be either speaking German or have been a bar of soap or lampshade. Its no coincidence that John "Scream Mask Face" Kerry would choose Halloween to come out to try to scare the people. Keep it up John and we'll keep winning.
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