Posted on 10/31/2006 10:29:20 PM PST by sizzlemeister
Perhaps this has been stated elsewhere, and if so I apologize for rehashing it here, but I thought this questioned deserved a separate discussion.
Did John F. Kerry, Vietnam veteran, actually slip up today? Obviously this is the excuse being sold by the Kerry people, the DNC, and the MSM. And I see some FReepers are buying into it, and a lot of the Conservative media, blogs, etc. are going along with it.
I do not buy it. If Kerry and his crew slipped, it was in believing the dubiously French-looking one could get away with saying something like this. I think he underestimated the efficiency and scope of the "new media". It's a perfectly rational statement for a liberal when viewed in its context: he's speaking to college kids at a California Democrat's rally. Back in the day politicians were protected inside such a bubble; especially in California, especially on a college campus, and especially at a Democrat rally.
"Evidence" of the "slip" could easily have been whipped up in a few minutes - just skip to the page in the "Angelides rally speech" file (assuming this "speech" were truly prepared ahead of time), adjust the copy, hit save, and print it out. Who would know? I would imagine even the FBI would have a difficult time proving the speech copy were altered since:
1. The speech, if it preexisted, and if it were printed out ahead of time, was most likely printed from a portable printer connected to a Kerry aide's laptop.
2. There are some very easy tricks to remove traces of a file being modified, at least in Windows.
Like network news, like MSM daily newspapers, like MSM magazines, they have all underestimated the "new media" again. I think this may be the last time anyone underestimates the "new media" and its power - for better or worse. And this raises another issue: eventually when the Democrats seize power again in Washington they will put their foot down on this terribly pesky "new media" just like they're trying to put their foot down on talk-radio.
I do not think it's wise to give Kerry the benefit of the doubt here. In fact, given the possibilities, I think it's dangerous. This was no slip, but an awfully painful wake-up call for liberal Democrats.
Yeah, it was just a slip.
Just like when he slipped up and accidently said our troops are murderers, that they burn down villages, attach electrical cables to genitalia, kill indiscriminately, etc...that's it - it's just a slip of the tongue.....
Coming to work today has been interesting. I am one of those "didn't work hard in school, didn't get a good education, ended up in the military types" and everyone around me is too. They are really fired up about this. A lot just find it humorous in a stupid kind of way that Kerry would even open his mouth about military service after he went in front of congress years back and gave his traitorous comments about the military back then. Most are just pissed that he would use his elitist ways to poison another generation of college students in this manner. Hopefully those college students will learn a lesson from this event. I am glad that the democrats are backing away from Kerry and his stupidity. Many will cancel their appearances with him and a good many may denounce the stupid comments. Just an observation from a guy who "had no other option than join the military" from the words of John Kerry.
"Just like when he slipped up and accidently said our troops are murderers, that they burn down villages, attach electrical cables to genitalia, kill indiscriminately, etc...that's it - it's just a slip of the tongue....."
Right, Wil...just a slip like when he said our troops were breaking into homes in Iraq, going after "children and kids"....oh yeah. Never mind that the troops are busting down doors looking for terrorist thugs.
yawn EFFING kerry is toast.
The notion that John Kerry is a war hero is laughable. So basically if you are forced against your will to spend a few months in Vietnam, get a little shrapnel lodged in your skin, recieve some purple hearts that you then throw away, come home and demean your country and your fellow soldiers by calling them rapists and murderers, then spend the rest of your life criticizing the military and the commander in chief, you are a war hero!! I want to throw up every time he opens his mouth.
He is liar through and through. His statement was not a botched joke, and he is not a victim of the republicans. He is the dumb ass that said our military men and women are uneducated. While persuing a degree in Electrical Engineering, I was asked to join the military and offered nice benefits to do so. I didn't join, but I know for a fact that there are many college-educated soldiers that didn't join the millitary because they are stupid, or didn't have any other option. I don't agree with everything that Bush does and says, but he is the leader of your nation and MUST be followed. Honest criticism is healthy, but to bash him for political gain is un-american and is treasonous.
I totally agree.
I don't believe he planned it. He was talking to a friendly crowd who might take the path he has taken and was speaking candidly.
His contempt for our Servicemen is in his DNA and still potent and his feelings slipped out.
Kerry knew what he was saying. He smiled after delivering the punch line and waited for the laughter before continuing. Of course, Kerry has a history of stabbing the troops in the back. His false Senate testimony when he was dressed as a hippie, then later on, as a senator, covering up evidence of MIA's in Indochina to the point of shredding documents. This piece of human garbage is not worth the powder it would take to blow him away.
Did he 'slip' when he testified about Vietnam before Congress in 1971?
Did he 'slip' when he accused our troops of terrorizing women and children in Iraq in late 2005?
There was no slip, and no 'failed joke'. Kerry opened his mouth, and the filth that spewed forth was vintage Kerry.
The only question that remains is will he put in for a Purple Heart after this self inflicted wound to his party in '06 and his '08 Presidential hopes?
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This is what gets me too. The MSM unerringly brings up the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth and say their allegations against Kerry were "unsubstantiated." What about Kerry's allegations back in 1971? Was anybody prosecuted for all those war crimes he described? Weren't some of the people Kerry joined with for the Winter Soldier presentation certifiably phony? How come HIS 'unsubstantiated allegations' get a pass?
You make an excellent point. After reading your post, I remembered that the left has been saying all along that the troops in Iraq ended up there because the economy is so bad that they can't get any other job. He was talking directly to them, and affirming their thinking. He really DID mean it the way it came out, and now he's back pedaling.
OK, he botched the joke. I wonder what the RIGHT version sounds like.
You are exactly right. He did mean it, all you have to do is check out his history. He hated our troops then and he hates them now. He just figured that everyone at that college agrees with him and felt safe exposing his true feelings.
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