Senator Kerry To Travel To Iraq [Barf Alert]

AP via CBS4Boston ^ | Dec 12, 2006

[jdm]

(AP) WASHINGTON Sen. John Kerry, whose botched joke about U.S. troops in Iraq dealt a blow to his presidential ambitions, will travel to Iraq this weekend to meet with soldiers, political leaders and military officials.

"I've talked to plenty of guys who've come back from Iraq, who are there now, who understand exactly what happened," Kerry said of his joke in a telephone interview Tuesday with The Associated Press. "They laugh at it."

The Iraq stop will be part of a nine-day Mideast trip that includes stops in Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria and Israel.

A week before the midterm elections, Kerry told a group of California students that individuals who don't study hard and do their homework would likely "get stuck in Iraq." He said he meant to say "get us stuck in Iraq," but the botched joke intended to criticize President Bush forced the senator to apologize and then lay low for the remaining days of the campaign.

The Massachusetts senator, who was widely criticized for the quip, said he'd be happy to apologize to any soldiers he encounters in Iraq who don't understand what happened.

"For anybody who misunderstood (the joke) or got only the White House presentation of it, I'd apologize, obviously," he said.

Kerry will spend the latter part of his trip with a potential presidential rival and fellow member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Christopher Dodd of Connecticut. Sen. John McCain of Arizona, considered the Republican front-runner in the 2008 race, also plans a trip to Iraq.

[dighton]

Every word out of his mouth is a LIE.

“Teresa, darling, how can you even think my love for you is about the money?”

[maxwellp]

I just hope military commanders don't make our soldiers, Marines, etc. show up to greet this creep.

[Sen Jack S. Fogbound]

He won't go any further than Jim Baker did! Never outside the "Green" area!

Then he will come back telling how he had to dodge bullets, bombs, etc!

[OldFriend]

Seems there is a traitors R us group tho.

[Doctor Raoul]

Only question is, "How many Purple Hearts will he claim?"

[abishai]

And just like Cambodia, it is the Christmas season.

[Doctor Raoul]

Hope the first troop he meets says, "Welcome to Cambodia Santa..."

[Vinny]

ROFL

[MikeA]

Nice of Kerry to want to spend time with all those slackers and morons who were D and F students in school and couldn't get "real jobs," according to him.

[Vinny]

ROFL

[mystery-ak]

Please go to my son's base, he's waiting for you.

[Revolting cat!]

Tayraysah is praying for a roadside bomb miracle (translated from Portuguese): "Lord, I've had enough of this looser who made me eat chilly at Denny's. Send me a brand new young gigolo."

[TXBlair]

"...apologize to any soldiers he encounters in Iraq who don't understand what happened."

who don't understand what happened...gee, Senator Jackass just can't stop calling our troops retards. Swell.

[LasVegasMac]

Keep talking, butt face boy.

You will do it again.

POS.

[Issaquahking]

ROFLMAO!!! You got his number to a tee.


He doesn't give a damn about the troops, peoples or anything but jon carry. He's too stupid to begin to understand what is in play, I feel sorry for the troops that they have to tolerate this loser.

[OldCorps]

What an absolute fraud.

The sad thing is that 49% of the electorate voted for this obvious fraud. Or that we, as a nation elected Klintoon, a draft dodger.

[popdonnelly]

Kerry is a despicable traitor. He was in 1970, and he is now.

[Chode]

booo...


Yooo Hooo... I'm over HERE!!!

[RDTF]

even the few DemoRats in the military can't stand him. I hope some of them take a stand and make a point that we are able to find out about.