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Kerry apologizes for Iraq joke, cancels appearances
The Houston Chronicle ^ | November 1, 2006 | DAVID ESPO

Posted on 11/01/2006 1:36:32 PM PST by BradtotheBone

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To: BradtotheBone
was designed to quell a controversy that party leaders feared would stall their drive for big gains on Nov. 7.

The spin, the spin, the spin...............it's dizzying!!

41 posted on 11/01/2006 1:52:00 PM PST by ohioWfan (PROUD Mom of an Iraqi Freedom VALEDICTORIAN VET!! Take THAT mr stinky frenchman!)
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To: Brilliant

The people he attacked don't visit his propaganda site.
The apology without the sound bites should be made live before a national audience the same way they were delivered. His highness should beg Armed Services Radio to broadcast his apology globally.


42 posted on 11/01/2006 1:52:05 PM PST by TET1968 (SI MINOR PLUS EST ERGO NIHIL SUNT OMNIA)
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To: BradtotheBone
Botched a joke? I thought it was a rare moment of candor, a revealing glimpse into the real mind of a soulless man
43 posted on 11/01/2006 1:52:15 PM PST by rockthecasbah (Don't wait for 6 strong men to take you to church.)
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To: Suzy Quzy

Cheney owned at the '04 convention. I forgot who said it first, but after Cheney retires from politics, he could get a job as a stand-up comedian easily.


44 posted on 11/01/2006 1:53:05 PM PST by Gordongekko909 (Mark 5:9)
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To: BradtotheBone
Again, where was the 'joke'?

Bush got better grades than Kerry did in college, so where is the 'joke'?

Kerry needs to apologize to the American people for LYING and MAKING UP THIS 'JOKE' STORY DEFENSE OF HIS.

It's so phoney and transparent--that even a shameless and accomplished liar like Bill Clinton would 'roll his eyes' at an unbelievable whopper of a lie like that.

45 posted on 11/01/2006 1:53:34 PM PST by stockstrader (“Where government advances–and it advances RELENTLESSLY-freedom is imperiled”-Janice Rogers Brown)
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To: Brilliant

MSNBC Breaking News: Sen. Kerry apologizes 'to any service member' offended by Iraq comment

CNN Breaking News-- Sen. John Kerry issues a statement saying: "I personally apologize to any service member, family member, or American who was offended" by comments he made about being "stuck in Iraq."

Fox News Alert - SEN. KERRY APOLOGIZES TO U.S. TROOPS, FAMILIES FOR 'POORLY STATED JOKE'

Which News "Organization" is sugarcoating?


46 posted on 11/01/2006 1:53:39 PM PST by Shady
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To: BradtotheBone
HE MUST RESIGN!
47 posted on 11/01/2006 1:53:40 PM PST by Recovering_Democrat
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To: BradtotheBone

The issue is now the lie that Kerry told that he had intended to use the word "us" in his statement.

1. Why didn't he just release the papers showing same AT THAT TIME? (Obviously, such papers could have been produced by now.)

2. Why did he staff say that there was another whole line left out; that it was more than the word "us." The line actually mentioned President Bush and the war. (Convenient, since the inclusion of "us" doesn't really make the point. Ergo, they've re-written the speech; added lines; and I'm supposed to swallow this cover-up.)

3. This is Kerry's anti-Viet policy. He was trying to get a laugh from a Viet-era line that somehow got conjured in his memory.


48 posted on 11/01/2006 1:54:33 PM PST by xzins (Retired Army Chaplain and proud of it! Supporting our troops means praying for them to WIN!)
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To: BradtotheBone

(to the tune "Six Days on the Road")

Six days before election
and I'm gonna be an ass tonight!


49 posted on 11/01/2006 1:54:57 PM PST by azhenfud (The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.)
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To: Gordongekko909

I LOVE his smirk!!


50 posted on 11/01/2006 1:55:33 PM PST by Suzy Quzy
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To: BradtotheBone
Did I just miss the words "I'm sorry" in here, or is this just another, "I regret you misunderstood me" pile of garbage?

The seared collective conscience of the American left. It still amazes me.

51 posted on 11/01/2006 1:55:47 PM PST by ohioWfan (PROUD Mom of an Iraqi Freedom VALEDICTORIAN VET!! Take THAT mr stinky frenchman!)
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To: Recovering_Democrat


Appollogee Axsepted
52 posted on 11/01/2006 1:56:04 PM PST by UNscared
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To: BradtotheBone

Kerry isn't a flip-floppper: he hated the military thirty years ago and he still does. His "apology" is nothing but hot air.


53 posted on 11/01/2006 1:56:10 PM PST by PeterFinn (Condoleeza Rice. President. 2008.)
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To: Suzy Quzy

"Heh heh."

54 posted on 11/01/2006 1:56:42 PM PST by Gordongekko909 (Mark 5:9)
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To: UNscared

LOL!!!


55 posted on 11/01/2006 1:57:35 PM PST by Suzy Quzy
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To: BradtotheBone

I'm torn.

My conservative brain says that short of catching Barak Obama with a dead girl or a live boy, this is THE coolest possible thing that could have happened for Republicans a week before the midterms.

My patriotic, military-loving heart says I'd like to spend 15 minutes alone in a room with John Kerry. He needs (and deserves) to have his ass beat by a girl.


56 posted on 11/01/2006 1:57:38 PM PST by Xenalyte (Viva España!)
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To: Brilliant; All

Didn't Trent Lott have to resign as chair of one of the Senate committies because of his "botched" attempt at a joke at Strom Thurman's B-Day party? And everyone knew that was an attempt at humor. Kerry did not tell a "joke" with his comments.


57 posted on 11/01/2006 1:57:52 PM PST by SoldierDad (Proud Father of a 10th Mountain Division 2nd BCT Soldier fighting in Mahmudiyah)
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To: Gordongekko909
Collecting Blog Reaction.
58 posted on 11/01/2006 1:58:09 PM PST by Jay777 (My personal blog: www.stoptheaclu.com)
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To: Bon mots

He should resign in shame.


59 posted on 11/01/2006 1:58:09 PM PST by kinghorse (I calls them like I sees them)
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To: Gordongekko909

LOL!!!!!


60 posted on 11/01/2006 1:58:10 PM PST by Suzy Quzy
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