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Posted on 11/01/2006 7:08:16 PM PST by Aussie Dasher
The chairman of the Democratic National Committee leaped to the defense of the party's 2004 presidential nominee Wednesday against charges that he was insulting American troops serving in Iraq.
Howard Dean, in comments to reporters in his home state, said Sen. John Kerry had committed "a blooper," but the reaction had given Democrats an opportunity to highlight what they describe as the Republicans' weaknesses on the Iraq war.
"Kerry made a blooper. Bloopers happen," Dean said at the state party's campaign headquarters.
"I think we want to focus on the president's intemperate rhetoric in saying to vote for a Democrat is a vote to help the terrorists win," Dean said. "That's clearly untrue and that's exactly the reason why President Bush is a failed president."
The Republican National Committee shot back, accusing Dean and Kerry of disparaging the military. "Howard Dean's defense of John Kerry's shameful comments is sadly indicative of Democrats refusal to defend the integrity of our military," RNC spokesman Aaron McLear said in an e-mail. "Democrats have an opportunity to stand up for our troops but they instead are either justifying Kerry's comments or staying silent while accepting his money. Either way they are showing voters exactly what they think of our brave men and women in uniform."
Kerry got caught up in charges and countercharges with the president for saying earlier in the week when he told California students that if they did not do well on their school work they were likely to "get stuck in Iraq."
The Massachusetts senator has since said he was attempting to deliver a joke about the president but "botched" it.
"Of course I'm sorry about a botched joke. You think I love botched jokes?" Kerry said during an appearance on Don Imus' nationally syndicated radio program. "I mean, you know, it's pretty stupid."
Dean predicted during his own news conference that, if the election were held today, Democrats would win a majority in the House and would come close in the Senate. The only open question in the Senate, he said, was whether Democrat Claire McCaskill would defeat incumbent Republican Sen. Jim Talent in Missouri.
Democrats also are likely to pick up between four and six governors' offices, Dean said.
The president's unpopularity is a big part of the reason that Democrats are surging in the final week of the campaign, Dean said, comparing Bush to Richard Nixon.
"I think there's a lot of similarities between Nixon and Agnew and Bush and Cheney," Dean said. "They're both using the IRS for political purposes. They're both spying on people they don't like and not just terrorists, but also American citizens. Neither one of them particularly believes in judicial rights. They've both been dishonest with the American people."
Democrats will not try to even the score if they win control of the Congress, Dean said.
"I think what the American people want for us is to be pulled back together again and given hope again," he said. "You can't do that if you spend all your time trying to impeach the president."
Dean, who vied with Kerry for the presidential nomination in 2004, repeatedly sought to refocus the attention on Bush's remarks about Democrats and he rejected denunciations of Kerry's remarks by Republicans and even some Democrats.
"The voters want change. Change does not mean the voters like terrorists," Dean said. "He's (Bush is) out there using outrageous rhetoric and I think he'll be punished for it."
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Says the spokesman for the Blooper Party - Howard Dean
I'm sure Mr. Dean would be just as forgiving if President Bush made a similar blooper....
...not.
I see. And what's the reason that you never even made it to the semi-finals?
I'd like to hear a lot more about this "accepting his money". Did Kerry buy his way into favor and positive comment? Who took how much?
HF
There you go again Howie.
Democrat projection again
Recall that during slick willie's administration practically every conservative organization was audited. Vocal individuals were audited also.
Coincidence? I don't think so.
Uh, no.
Kerry dropped a Baby Ruth bar in the hot tub.
So "blooper" must be the medical term for pooping in one's own bowl of oatmeal.
This may be the most obvious statement I've ever read... And one that I've never seen before. Or thought of myself! It's amazing that I've never heard this one FACT stated so susinctly or clearly, ever. Thanks for opening my eyes to this!
Mark
The problem with this line is that we have already been there and done that. How is the current Democrat position now different then their opposition to the war in Viet Nam?
I see no difference. After creating a mess, a Republican steps in and attempts to clean it up, they turn on them (even when it would be in the best interest of the country to support the President) and do every thing they can so our enemies would win.
They are not anti-war. They are anti-Republican. They oppose the war only because a Republican is President.
The Democrats would gladly allow millions to die just so they can return to power. Doubt that, look what happened after they weakend President Nixon, and then cut off aid to South Viet Nam.
If the Democrats return to power, they will attempt to weaken this President, and then cut off all aid to Iraq.
This is as certain as the sun rising in the east. To deny it, does not make it any less true.
Beautiful post, you've got it all!!
Thanks
And thanks to John Kohn for the memories...
Now you need "Thanks For The Memories"!! Oh no, what did I day, more music!!
Let the toilet humor begin!
If I posted that one photo I could change the spelling of one word
Some FReepers here liked that photo
John Kerry is wearing the democrat raincoat..
Opened it up and EXPOSED the whole democrat partys BLOOPER...
Has anyone ever heard Merry Kerry tell a joke? Does anybody believe he would recognize a punch line if he tripped over one?
Kerry said exactly what he has led us to believe he thinks of our troops. Perhaps he intended to say it before he didn't intend to say it, and his brain couldn't relay the change of plans to his lips on time.
Here's a Kerry joke that might work: "I don't get no respect I tell ya, no respect at all. Don't anybody know I was in Vietnam?"
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