Kerry hands GOP a Halloween treat

The Chicago Tribune ^ | November 1, 2006 | John Kass

[MadIvan]

Just as the Republicans were about to lose the November elections through every fault of their own, U.S. Sen. John Kerry (D-Ketchup) had to go open his mouth.

It was almost like the time he tried to pass himself off as Jethro Bodine in Ohio and cost himself the White House, but worse.

This one could cost his party control of Congress, which will surely upset U.S. Rep. Rahm Emanuel (D-Tomczak), running the Democratic congressional push. Emanuel is the City Hall-backed operative, elected by political thugs in a patronage army, who represents clean government in other states.

"Is Kerry getting paid by the Republicans?" asked the young, cat-hating liberal who helps me with the column. "Did [White House strategist] Karl Rove pay him or what?"

What would you pay a guy to slice off his party's feet in the last week of a campaign that is the Democrats' to lose? By now, Kerry's foolishness will be all over the morning talk shows.

[MadIvan]

Rove must be tap dancing his way to work today. Come to think of it, there's a spring in my step as well.

This is very important. If the Democrats win, it sends a "Spanish" message to the world, and indicates America no longer wants to fight terror. If the Republicans win, I suspect terrorism will drop substantially.

Regards, Ivan

[MadIvan]

Ping!

[GeorgefromGeorgia]

Both Senators from Mass are the gifts that keep on giving. They remind many of the voters that don't focus on politics a lot of how most of the RAT party doesn't support a strong military, wants to convert the USA to a European Socialist State, and resolve international problems through negotiations. RATs are the "why can't we all get along party" that doesn't understand the need to go to war from time to time.

[Anti-Bubba182]

"..It was almost like the time he tried to pass himself off as Jethro Bodine in Ohio and cost himself the White House, but worse..."

Ouch!

[ONEBYEONE]

I must be real dumb (according to Kerry) spending 30 years in the military, but I am smart enough to know how dumb and self serving he is.

[Aussie Dasher]

Chaplin, Groucho, Jimmy Durante, Bob Hope, F'n Kerry - all great comedians of their day!

[dinasour]

From the article:

"And others don't pretend to be intellectuals but are extremely well-read and fight and die alongside those who didn't get out of 8th grade."

Another expert show his ignorance.

[MadIvan]

Somehow I don't think stupid people are trusted to fire guns effectively, nor to map co-ordinates for a precision guided missile.

Kerry's inability to see the effect of his words, nor to understand the requirements of courtesy, indicate he's the one with the intelligence problem.

Regards, Ivan

[MadIvan]

I think this is a liberal columnist.

Which makes his critique of Kerry all the more remarkable.

Regards, Ivan

[Rocko]

Time for a new tagline....

[quesney]

"Kerry's inability to see the effect of his words, nor to understand the requirements of courtesy, indicate he's the one with the intelligence problem."

I'm surprised no one's mentioned his GPA, which was significantly lower than Bush's, from what I recall, including at least one failing grade.

[sgtbono2002]

I have seen the clip several times this morning. I have noticed that if it was a joke, no one laughed. Not even in his special loaded liberal meeting did anyone other than Kerry find this funny. He looked stupid when he said it.
Like he just couldnt help himself, he just had to stab himself. This man isnt playing with a fulldeck.

Now, he cant apologise even if he wanted to, he shot himself in the foot and then with his big mouthed stupid comments about an apology took another shot at the other foot.

[NaughtiusMaximus]

Now, who opened the can of WhupAss on the 'RATS?

John F'n Kerry? (You gotta be kidding!)

Rove must be some kinda magician!

[MadIvan]

We can generally rely on the Democrats to make mistakes. They're not as polished and efficient as the Labour Party in Britain.

I am sure Rove thought they would make a mistake - just this mistake is particularly large.

Regards, Ivan

[Thebaddog]

Don Imus had to repeat it to me three times for me to get the meaning of the joke as Kerry meant it. It still is insulting to the military.

[patj]

RE your new tagline; it's huntin with no "g". Must be authentic with Jethroisms.

As an aside to this story. After the election CSPAN had on two young "reporters" (one was from Newsweak) who had covered the campaigns. They were asked about this quote and the Newsweak guy said; "I guess he should have said hunting." Not finding anything else wrong with the sentence. No arrogance there, nope, not a bit.

[Renfield]

".....Kerry's inability to see the effect of his words, nor to understand the requirements of courtesy, indicate he's the one with the intelligence problem...."

Speaking of Intelligence Problems....here's this, from Captain's Quarters...this could be a REAL problem....

Why Nancy Pelosi Thinks Alcee Hastings Is Qualified

Over the last few weeks, I have pointed out that the man Nancy Pelosi wants to head the House Intelligence Committee if the Democrats win control of the House, Alcee Hastings, got impeached and removed for corruption from the federal bench by a Democratic Congress twenty years ago. For a potential Speaker who likes to talk about "draining the swamp" of Republican corruption, giving a disgraced judge the gavel to a committee critical to national security seems not just strange but dangerous in a time of war. However, Ruth Marcus tells a story in her Washington Post column today that explains Pelosi's enthusiasm for Hastings:

"....The evidence against Hastings is circumstantial, but it's too much to explain away: a suspicious pattern of telephone calls between Hastings and Borders at key moments in the case; Borders's apparent insider knowledge of developments in the criminal case; Hastings's appearance at a Miami hotel, as promised by Borders as a signal that the judge had agreed to the payoff; a cryptic telephone conversation between the two men that appears to be a coded discussion of the bribe arrangement.

Consider: Hastings, a federal judge, gets word from Borders's lawyer that Borders has been arrested for conspiring to bribe him and that the FBI wants to interview him. Instead of calling the FBI agents whose names and numbers he's been given, Hastings leaves his hotel without checking out and heads to the airport outside Baltimore instead of National, where there's an earlier flight. At BWI, Hastings calls his girlfriend, has her call him back at a different pay phone, then asks her to leave the house to call him from a pay phone, then calls her back from a different pay phone. He doesn't speak to the FBI until they track him down at the girlfriend's house later that night...."


So that's why Pelosi wants him to lead Intelligence -- he has so much experience at clandestine work!

Marcus scolds Pelosi in her column for allowing Hastings to gain control of the key House panel for nothing more than venal political gain within her party. Marcus covered the trials of Hastings, and although the criminal trial resulted in an acquittal, she strongly believes that the judicial review panel and the Democratic-controlled House and Senate reached the correct conclusion. She reminds readers that the other figure in the case, William Borders, went to prison for the bribery scheme, and also refused to testify to Congress, earning him more time behind bars.

And why is Pelosi so dead set on Hastings? Marcus confirms what I wrote earlier; the Congressional Black Caucus will not support her for the speakership if she doesn't select Hastings. Jane Harman, the current ranking member of the committee, got that slot from Pelosi when the Minority Leader reinstated her seniority and passed over Sanford Bishop, another black representative. They want the same thing done now for Hastings in reverse, regardless of his past corruption, and Pelosi doesn't have the moral courage to refuse them.

The CBC's spokesperson told the Post that its first order of business is to protect its members. Apparently, that takes precedence over protecting America, and the CBC views Intel as just another means to divide spoils. They also insist that Hastings has the knowledge and the experience in intelligence work. If they're referring to his clandestine work, they certainly have a point.

This is what a Democratic majority will bring.

[N. Theknow]

Soooooo, If Kerry was only critical of President Bush in his failed attempt at humor.....

AND

He takes exception, as a "decorated" veteran, to being criticized by people who have never "been in uniform".....

THEN

He should apologize to President Bush for his remarks since he has never been President.

And this asshat that slandered, demeaned, humiliated, belittled and made outrageous charges against military personnel in Vietnam claims he has never denigrated men in uniform?

In other news, Senator Kennedy revealed today he has never driven off a bridge in Chappaquiddick.

[Roccus]

I thought the line was; "Can I get me one of them there huntin' liscenses here?" but then again, I may just be having a senior moment.

[monkapotamus]

"It was almost like the time he tried to pass himself off as Jethro Bodine in Ohio and cost himself the White House, but worse."