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."
Kerry can take his "apologies" and shove 'em up his arse!
Let's go to the videotape. For the ten-second clip on YouTube, he looks down at his notes from seconds 6-8, just before the "punch" line. Is he saying he can't read or he can't remember something for two seconds?
Where's the shovel.....Kerry is digging and digging and digging........
Nobody bleives this spin anyway but -- what a lousy joke!
The guy is a cad.
Once again (going back to Vietnam), that proves his disdain and contempt for the military.
Maybe he should ask the hero and God of the Democratic Party, Bill Clinton, to speak up and DEFINE and TRANSLATE what Kerry really said and meant.
The Honorable John F. Kerry
United States Senate,br> 304 Russell Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510-2102
DC Phone: 202-224-2742
DC Fax: 202-224-8525
"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."
These remarks were hurriedly "prepared" after he made his gaffe.
Sell it elsewhere; not buying. He said exactly what he meant to say.
UNACCEPTED....gonna ride this baby into the election.
"What do ya mean, funny? Let me understand this cause, I don't know maybe it's me, I'm a little effed up maybe, but I'm funny how? I mean, funny like I'm a clown, I amuse you? I make you laugh... I'm here to effin' amuse you? What do you mean funny, funny how? How am I funny? No, no, I don't know... you said it. How do I know? You said I'm funny. How the eff am I funny, what the eff is so funny about me? Tell me, tell me what's funny!"
(/sarcasm off
THAT'S an apology? I don't think so.
He apologized for supposedly messing up a joke. He in no way apologized to the people in uniform and to the families who have sacrificed on behalf of this country and freedom!!
Yeah, I'll bet you are, Kerry. But not for the reasons you should be.
Besides, I'm not buying the "botched joke" crap. Your true colors came out (again) and what you're sorry about is the fervor it has caused.
Keep talking, Kerry. Just keep on talking. We'll laugh at your "botched" jokes all the way to the polls.
LOL.
What a dope.
Dear Senator Numb Nuts;
Brevity is the soul of wit.
Wait until Rush comes on and baits him. He'll be releasing a nasty statement insulting Rush and calling him a 'doughnut eater' by the end of the day. He can't help himself.
This is not an apology.
Nor is it a botched joke.
It's an insult regardless of who the intended target is.
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