Posted on 12/12/2006 8:13:32 PM PST by STARWISE
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.
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What he really ought to wear is a hempen necktie.
"Sen. John Kerry, whose botched joke about U.S. troops in Iraq dealt a blow to his presidential ambitions..."
So it's a fact now that it was a "botched joke"?
He got a pocket full of diplomas from some diploma mill in his state to hand out.
Hannity & Colmes on Monday had Hannity's meeting with some US troops in Iraq during his recent trip there. One of the black officers Hannity spoke to took Kerry's remarks as an insult to the troops, and seemed to be saying that opinion was widely held.
What's the over/under on how many times Kerry is going to say, "You know I served in Vietnam"?
Thanks for the ping, and I agree with you.
It isn't lady like, for me to say what I really hope for.
bump
"I've talked to plenty of guys who've come back from Iraq, who are there now, who understand exactly what happened,"
He just can't hide his superiority complex and his condescending attitude. So anyone who doesn't buy his fake story about a "botched joke", yeah, right, is just too stupid to get it. What happened to his "I APOLOGIZE TO NO ONE"....now that was probably what he really thought.
He'll probably spend he rest of his days thinking we were just all too beneath him to understand his greatness. What a close call that this preening poser almost made it to president.
Sadly, John Kerry's presidential hopes are le canard mort, n'est ce pas?
It would have been so much fun antagonizing this humorless faux hero about his long-lost form 180 (and the circumstances surrounding his original discharge circa '72.
Kerry's grand lie about the black ops in Cambodia (seared into his memory, no less) would have been fun to bring up on a daily basis, as well.
What brought this pretender down? Dissing our brave (and intelligent) military. Kerry let his true feelings slip, and he'll never,ever live it down. And botched lies won't help him.
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NO SHAME Kerry PING!
Sounds like kerry is going to do a repeat of his Madam Bihn meeting only this time with the jihadanazi's.
OMG that too rich
Boy Senator Kerry must had nads go to lion den LOL!
OH MONK you going love this and I think this thread need your art
Oh, gag! What a POS....it makes me furious! He's going to "use" our brave soldiers for his photo ops....and they won't have any choice but to comply! I despise this! Watch that sniveling coward come back and go to CNN and call our heros baby killers and worse! He's a backstabbing, lower than a snakes belly, gutter dwelling COWARD!
grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
He thinks WE are the ones who are dense! We are the "little people", doncha know. His disciples did their best to cover his sorry a$$, but it doesn't take a genius to get it. He was talking to a group of COLLEGE STUDENTS. As Teddy would say: "HELLO?"
Of course, like any worthless liberal elitist.....he blamed his lame, stupid, hurtful comments directed at those who have more bravery in a baby toe-nail than he can ever imagine having in his entire petty, miserable life....on the White House and the "Republican attack machine".
This man is a great disgrace to the USA. He should be tarred, feathered, and ridden out on a rail.....right into the Atlantic Ocean!
......."and that's all I have to say about that".....
Did Kerry serve in Vietnam?
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