John Kerry says it's time to move on from his botched joke on Iraq

IHT ^ | Nov 30, 2006 | Staff

[wouldntbprudent]

WASHINGTON: Enough with The Joke, John Kerry says.

The Massachusetts senator and former Democratic presidential nominee said Wednesday night that it is time to move on from his botched attempt at humor before the Nov. 7 congressional elections.

Kerry had said people might get "stuck in Iraq" if they do not study hard and do their homework. He said he was trying to poke fun at President George W. Bush, but Bush and others accused him of criticizing the troops.

"This is getting silly," Kerry said on CNN's "Larry King Live." "The country needs to think about a policy that has young men and women at risk on a daily basis that is not working."

[juliej]

It's time to "move on" from John Kerry - he is uniquely untalented.

[supremedoctrine]

Yeah, you know it's time to move on when you're compared to Michael Richards too often.

[george76]

[He Rides A White Horse]

It wasn't a joke....that's the inherent problem for him. He meant it.

[He Rides A White Horse]

Kerry and others 'support' the troops. Nonsense. They sound like the Muslims. For example:

Imam Salim: We are really sorry about 911, but

Imam Kerry: We support the troops, but

[He Rides A White Horse]

On a related note, it seems strange that only democrat presidents have that "3 initials" affectation -- FDR, JFK, LBJ.

So do serial killers. They always seem to have that three name thing going on also.

[oldenuff2no]

Skerry is the worst joke of all but he refuses to go away.

[He Rides A White Horse]

Liberals support the troops. Especially the 'troops' that don't wear uniforms, have no distinguishable insignia establishing them clearly as combatants, hide among civilian populations, and report to no clearly delineated command structure.

[PhilDragoo]

Study hard or you'll get stuck in Cambodia Christmas Eve.

[He Rides A White Horse]

Skerry is the worst joke of all but he refuses to go away.

I wonder if Michael Richards claimed he was merely joking, I wonder how many folks in the mass media would go to bat for him.

Being a liberal means never having to say you are sorry..........as a matter of fact, the media will launch a public relations campaign on your behalf. Shoot, you won't even have to ask them to do it.

[Bonaparte]

"They always seem to have that three name thing going on also."

Maybe what they have in common is self-aggrandizement and delusions of grandeur.

[He Rides A White Horse]

That would be my guess.

[He Rides A White Horse]

Maybe what they have in common is self-aggrandizement and delusions of grandeur.

I'll reiterate it again; Kerry was not joking.

This is a guy who threw his medals over the White House fence, then came up with some lameduck excuse about them being reproductions, and not the actual medals.

[JasonC]

OK. If you study hard and stay in school, you can grow up to become president. But if you are a useless dufus and can't tie your own shoes, then you can mangle jokes for the rest of your life and be the laughing stock of the whole nation.

[Bonaparte]

"... Kerry was not joking."

I think everybody knows that.

[He Rides A White Horse]

"... Kerry was not joking."

....of course not Bonaparte,,.....but never underestimate the ability of the mass media to produce and market a lie for mass consumption.

[AngelesCrestHighway]

Kerry...Go to Hell!

[garyhope]

Jon Francois Carry, the gift that just goes on giving.

Jon Carry, just doin' the work smarter (? or at least not QUITE as stupid) Dimwit-o'craps don't want to do.

[roaddog727]

It's time for J F'n K to move on to other things.

[oneolcop]

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