St. Cloud Officer in on Joke on Kerry

St. Cloud Times ^ | Kari Petrie

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One of the men in a buzz-generating photograph taken in Iraq is a St. Cloud police sergeant, St. Cloud Police Chief Dennis Ballantine said.

Marty Sayre is one eight soldiers in a photo poking fun at Sen. John Kerry that is making the rounds on the Internet. The photo shows the National Guard soldiers holding a sign that says “‘Halp us Jon Carry — we R stuck hear N Irak.”

The sign is a riff on comments Kerry made Monday to a group of college students. “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, “ he said.

The comments immediately became fodder in a heated midterm election battle that has focused on the war in Iraq.

Kerry later said it was a bad joke and apologized to anyone he offended.

Ballantine said he received an e-mail from Sayre, who said he was in the photograph. Sayre wrote that the photo was meant for family and friends and was surprised by the attention it has gotten, Ballantine said.

Ballantine said he was happy to see the photo, because it’s proof that Sayre is alive and well.

Ballantine also pointed out that Sayre has a bachelor’s degree.

[MozartLover]

No apologies necessary. It's worth it to be able to see those beautiful faces!

[Grampa Dave]

What the US Army recruiting poster under "President" Kerry would look like:

Our brave warriors n Irak respond to Jon Carry"

Kerry is no different re his hatred of a strong America and our warriors than 99.9% of the rats in congress. Every rat running for election should have to face a copy of this banner everytime they show their treasonous faces. Pelosi, Murtha, Clintoon, Boxer, Kennedy, Durbin, Levin, Rangle, Reid and other rats in congress hate our military and a strong America. Just look at their voting records the past two years as President Bush pointed out this week.

Kerry is shown leading his fellow hate America and our military Rats to their final destination in American Politics:

Vote against all traitors this election day. Support our troops and their CIC, President Bush.

[weegee]

It's not a political statement. It's a joke.

There is no advocacy for or against the politician John Kerry. Just ridicule of his statement.

[Kate of Spice Island]

TY for both the bigger pic & the well wishes.

FYI, it was chest pains secondary to the (small) ulcer which was secondary to the GERD. For extra fun, it all may have started or was further irritated by Meckel's diverticulum, which is now not flared up. [At least we know that Meckel's (or sometimes spelled Merkel's) is there and can try to avoid further problems of all of the above.] Sure glad it wasn't my heart at such a young age.

[MindBender26]

>Ballantine also pointed out that Sayre has a bachelor’s degree.

Hey, Senator Kerry, BOATILAM!

[Panzerlied]

"Kerry later said it was a bad joke and apologized to anyone he offended."

Oh really? If that's the case can you tell me what the joke was, Kari dear?

[Kate of Spice Island]

kate I think everybody has seen it. I forwarded on to my son with 10 minutes of it hitting FR and he had already received it 3 times lol.....We are still passing it on to others

LOL!

Today is the first day home and it is taking forever to get through my e-mail. I am sure it will be there somewhere and I plan on sending it to all of my favorite military guys and friends.

[TomGuy]

There is no advocacy for or against the politician John Kerry. Just ridicule of his statement.

It looks to me as if they are exercising their First Amendment right: The one that allows citizens "...to petition the government for a redress of grievances."

I would stay that banner is a very large 'petition'. And their grievance is stated in that very large 'petition'.

lol

[GaltMeister]

Hilarious.

Jon Carry said he was just making a joke, but he has become The joke! LOL

[TomGuy]

Jon Carry said he was just making a joke, but he has become The joke!

True.

It reminds me of the old BeeGees song, "I started a joke...":


I started a joke, which started the whole world crying,
But I didn't see that the joke was on me, oh no.

I started to cry, which started the whole world laughing,
Oh, if I'd only seen that the joke was on me.

I looked at the skies, running my hands over my eyes,
And I fell out of bed, hurting my head from things that I'd said.

Til I finally died, which started the whole world living,
Oh, if I'd only seen that the joke was on me.

I looked at the skies, running my hands over my eyes,
And I fell out of bed, hurting my head from things that I'd said.

'til I finally died, which started the whole world living,
Oh, if I'd only seen that the joke was on me.

[longtermmemmory]

I can't tell everyone how many times I was emailed this picture from different sources.

The MSM is 100% clueless how much this energized conservatives AROUND THE PLANET.

[rwfromkansas]

I hope this photo helps us....the Fox News story just on a few minutes ago is grim....basically we will lose 3 seats in the Senate for sure.

[Max in Utah]

I hereby propose that "Jon Carry" shall henceforth be the approved spelling of the name of a certain Massachusetts senator, otherwise referred to as "Lurch".

[RobbyS]

Talk about the worm turning, this "worm" is already eating the corpse of "Jon Carry's" presidential hopes. Where do I send these guys a medal! Kerry makes Hill seem like Lincoln.

[SoldierDad]

I can't speak to Sayre's B.A. GPA, but I graduated Suma cum laude with Honors in my major, and I'm able to definitively determine on my own what Kerry's words meant. And, I have a son, a nephew, and a shoestring relative niece (brother-in-law's niece) presently serving in Iraq, with another nephew scheduled to go back for a second tour in June. His comments were a complete afront against our family, and I'M MAD AS HELL ABOUT THIS!

[RDTF]

I decided to borrow this brilliance as my new tagline

[JamminJAY]

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

(cont.)
"Just like me. Before I left my wife and kids to marry rich. All this happened to me before I was against it."

[CedarDave]

Applaud the Troops

[Man50D]

The RATS are trying to spin the intent of the soldiers by saying the soldiers were showing they understood Kerry was joking. LOL!!!!!!!!!!

[EGPWS]

Minnesota bump!