Posted on 11/01/2006 8:35:21 AM PST by libertarianPA
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic Sen. John Kerry said on Wednesday he was sorry about a "botched joke" that drew election-year fire from President George W. Bush and other Republicans who accused him of insulting U.S. troops in Iraq.
Kerry reiterated the target of his joke was Bush, who immediately seized on the senator's remarks to rally Republican supporters ahead of Tuesday's elections, in which the party's control of Congress is at risk.
Kerry said he was returning to Washington from a trip campaigning on behalf of Democratic congressional candidates because he did not want to be "a distraction."
A day after rejecting calls to apologize for his remarks, Kerry, appearing on the "Imus in the Morning" radio show on MSNBC, declared: "I said it was a botched joke. Of course, I'm sorry about a botched joke."
While campaigning in California on Monday, Kerry told a college crowd: "You know, education, if you make the most of it, you study hard, 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."
Kerry's office said the senator had misread his prepared remarks. They said he had intended to say, "Do you know where you end up if you don't study, if you aren't smart, if you're intellectually lazy? You end up getting us stuck in a war in Iraq. Just ask President Bush."
sounds like to me the newspapers and media is saying sorry for him. Not directly from him persay
Thanks for posting the link. It's very well done!
Yeah, it sounds like a total re-write of the "joke". I could buy a dropped word or two or a slight rearrangement--but he is suggesting an entirely different script than the one he read from.
Ahhh... Dead, the genius. Utterly brilliant!
Yep.. I should have put a sarcasm tag after that remark.. this article was just the leftist media doing their job.. covering for another leftist.
But he didn't apologize to anyone, he apologized about a botched joke. And he expects us not to be able to see through that? Now he's just managed to insult electorate wholesale.
That soldier has a look on his face that makes me think that he wishes he could just strangle Kerry then and there.
I wondered who created that exquisite masterpiece!
I almost fell outta my chair, I was laughing so hard.
My one and only comment on this topic is that Kerry's
(non)apology is as genuine as Clinton's was.
There's also this:
Doug from Upland Sing-Along: John Kerry Insults Troops
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5polbXf7-Q
What is scary is,a good many democrats stand by him,including some RINO,s.I take great pleasure in thinking he has stuck the fork in himself.To think this person,[I refrain in calling him a man],almost became POTUS,should scare many Americans.He should keep talking to benefit the Republicans.
Those are Marines.
Put some catsup on it.
Ooops. Not so good on my uniform ID. He still looks like he wants to kill Kerry with his bare hands.
It just hit me -- I'm sure this has hit others too -- I had to send it to Rush:
Dear Rush:
If Kerry holds to his statement and refuses to apologize to the troops, wasn't one of the brave soldiers he insulted (poshumously) Casey Sheehan?
I guess Mother Sheehan won't mind that F'n John thinks her son was stupid and uneducated, as long as it gives her another fifteen minutes of fame.
Unbelievable...
When did this weenie realize he had botched the joke? When people pointed it out to him? When the **** hit the fan the next day? Why didn't he finish the joke with the tagline, "Just ask President Bush."? I think he's completely stupid.
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