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Rove: Insulting Military Is a Kerry 'Habit'
ABC News ^ | November 1, 2006 | Ann Compton

Posted on 11/01/2006 2:13:18 PM PST by Dane

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1, 2006 — Karl Rove, President Bush's top advisor, talked to ABC News' Ann Compton about the remarks Sen. John Kerry says were a botched joke about the president, and about Bush's future.

Here is a transcript of the conversation:

COMPTON: Senator John Kerry has made a statement about Iraq. Do you take him at his word that he was talking about the president and not the troops?

ROVE: I take him at his word when he insulted America's fighting forces. This is a habit that he's had over the years. He did it when he came back from Vietnam and there's no way that an individual looking at what he said, which is available on the Internet. Go on and look at yourself. Any American can. This guy was insulting America's troops by suggesting that if you were stupid you went to Iraq.

COMPTON: But he says it was a botched joke about the president?

ROVE: Then he ought to apologize for those Americans fighting on our behalf who thought it was an insult on them. I saw a number of them on the television this morning and it was very clear they took it as a personal insult. He ought to apologize to them and he cannot bring himself to do so this. This is his sort of like his elitist attitude about this. When he came back from Vietnam he slandered his comrades in arms from Vietnam in saying that in the mode of Genghis Khan they raped and pillaged their way across Vietnam. Now, he's suggesting only stupid people are willing to volunteer to fight in our military and go into harm's way in Iraq.

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To: Dane

PING!!!


Nancee


141 posted on 11/02/2006 6:20:58 AM PST by Nancee
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To: Texas4ever

Yeah, it's not like Pat Tillman didn't other multi-million dollar options available to him.


142 posted on 11/02/2006 7:09:15 AM PST by Sax
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To: Dane
It's also a habit of Durbin, Dean, Kennedy, Pelosi, etc....


143 posted on 11/02/2006 7:57:51 AM PST by RasterMaster (Winning Islamic hearts and minds.........one bullet at a time!)
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To: Rembrandt
Did you notice that none of the major newspaper did anything with this story?

Yes, I did notice that...

144 posted on 11/02/2006 9:11:18 AM PST by GOPJ (MSM's so busy kissing democrat butt that they miss big stories. Come up for air guys.)
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To: MaineVoter2002

The botch was he left out 'the war'. He meant to say 'stuck in the war in Iraq.' Right, makes just as much sense that way.


145 posted on 11/02/2006 9:13:09 AM PST by RightWhale (RTRA)
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To: ChuteTheMall
Well I'm not sure about that Pennsylvania is fairly evenly split between Dems and Republicans, but they have a fairly lqarge independant group as well that leans to the left- That state has been traditionally hard convince one way or another- I'd at least liek to see Santorum give it a whirl- Brennan is another good candidate- Solid thinker- says what he means, and not afraid to confront liberal bias- He's a bit too soft wpoken though- I like what he says, but gosh I almost go into a trance listening to his monotone words- Hey- that's what we need! Get Brennan on the ticket- He'll hypnotize the country & we can sweep the elections!

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146 posted on 11/02/2006 9:36:46 AM PST by CottShop (http://sacredscoop.com)
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To: Knitting A Conundrum

Reminds me of one of those "Separated at Birth" pictures :-)


147 posted on 11/02/2006 9:39:34 AM PST by ushr435
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To: RasterMaster

Stamp of approval! BUMP! LOL


148 posted on 11/02/2006 9:42:15 AM PST by Chena ("I'm not young enough to know everything." (Oscar Wilde))
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To: Suzy Quzy

In Before Rove you magnificent...

get it now?


:)


149 posted on 11/02/2006 9:44:39 AM PST by BelegStrongbow (www.stjosephssanford.org: Ecce Pactum, id cape aut id relinque)
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To: Dane
This guy was insulting America's troops by suggesting that if you were stupid you went to Iraq.

The bitch also in his second statement said Iraq is screwed up because the troops are stupid, and he said Bush knows this.

A recap below of that second statement by the poodle bitch......

"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."

150 posted on 11/02/2006 10:02:57 AM PST by Screamname (A second plane has just hit the second tower, this is a coincidence. - Katie Couric, Sept 11th 2001)
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To: sarasota; All
bump

PARSING JOHN KERRY, OUR TROOPS: A MESSAGE FOR THE WOBBLY VOTER

151 posted on 11/02/2006 10:47:05 AM PST by Mia T (Stop Clintons' Undermining Machinations (The acronym is the message.))
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To: hoosiermama

I noticed that the media puts Kerry's web statement in quotation marks as if he actually said it.


152 posted on 11/02/2006 11:29:07 AM PST by Blue State Insurgent (Those who know the truth need to speak out against these kinds of myths, and lies, and distortions..)
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To: Mia T

John Kerry: "If you can graduate with a 'Gentleman's C' average, marry a rich heiress and then a rich widow, and not say anything too revoltingly nasty about our dumbass troops, you can do well. Ooops, I've stepped in it again!"


153 posted on 11/02/2006 11:50:01 AM PST by Enchante (There are 3 kinds of lies: Lies, Damned Lies, and the Drive-By Media)
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To: Bassfan

Happy Rovember!!!


154 posted on 11/02/2006 1:06:43 PM PST by seanmerc
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To: Sacajaweau

Nah, he'll just throw it over the White House fence. Oh wait, he only does that with other people's medals.


155 posted on 11/02/2006 1:08:38 PM PST by seanmerc
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To: seanmerc
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156 posted on 11/02/2006 2:15:41 PM PST by Recovering_Democrat
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To: Dane

Funny because insulting Kerry is a favorite habbit of mine.


157 posted on 11/02/2006 6:39:47 PM PST by SmoothTalker
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To: river rat

I've frequently heard "Taxachusetts" which seems to fit really well, but I've never heard "Massoftwoshits" which seems to fit even better!

Thanks!


158 posted on 11/02/2006 8:43:10 PM PST by Rembrandt (We would have won Viet Nam w/o Dim interference.)
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To: Rembrandt

My favorite is "The People's Republic of Taxachusetts".


159 posted on 11/03/2006 5:20:05 AM PST by seanmerc
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To: Dane

This just in!

John Kerry has just turned in the paperwork for an additional Purple Heart for shooting himself in the foot.


160 posted on 11/03/2006 6:01:39 AM PST by Wil H
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