Posted on 01/24/2019 7:53:13 AM PST by Liberty7732
There was a time in our nation’s history when speaking ill of one’s country while overseas was shunned. There was a time when politicians made it a point to keep their negative comments about the President at home and tried to not criticize their fellow citizens while they were in foreign soil.
That time has long since past.
As best as I can tell, the turning point was the election of President Bill Clinton. While he worked with Sen. William Fulbright, Clinton became deeply involved in antiwar activism. By 1969, Clinton found himself in England shamefully organizing antiwar protests in London against his home country. Clinton’s opponents brought his activities to light during his first presidential run. The talk at the time was of the deplorable nature of an American who would go to a foreign country to air out America’s internal conversations and cast his country in a negative light.
For any other politician, Clinton’s conduct of foreign, antiwar activism would have been the death knell for a presidential bid, but it wasn’t for this saxophone-playing, shades-wearing, “cool” womanizing politician. Bill Clinton was untouchable, and his past indiscretions were not about to slow him down.
Those of us on the right looked at such disrespectful behavior with scorn and were distraught at the direction we foresaw the nation’s standards going.
Enter John Kerry. His rancid behavior was, in many ways, the obverse of Bill Clinton’s.
Kerry was a Vietnam veteran who came back to the United States and spoke ill about his fellow veterans claiming to have witnessed atrocities that he was not in a position to have seen. His commentaries were so unsubstantiated that Congressman Joe Wilson called it “one of the worst public slanders ever against the valor and character of the American military.”
Kerry, of course, lost his presidential bid, although it was likely due to his exaggerations of his military service rather than his performance before the senatorial committee in 1971.
Since that time, however, it has become acceptable for our nation’s leaders to speak ill of the United States while abroad, a behavior that was likely perfected by President Barack Hussein Obama during his apology tour and ongoing belittling of the country he purported to lead.
And there is no sign of this kind of disgraceful behavior stopping; the latest manifestation of it being the conduct of Kerry himself. On Tuesday, during his trip to Davos for the World Economic Summit, Kerry did not pass up any opportunities to speak ill of his country. When speaking of his President’s absence, Kerry falsely claimed that it was because the President did not care about those in attendance. (President Trump did attend last year’s meeting and was criticized for that, too.) In fact, it has been meticulously documented that the President canceled his trip to Davos because of the inappropriateness of his attendance in light of an ongoing government shutdown.
When analyzing President Trump’s reasons for withdrawing the United States from the Paris Climate Agreement, it was not good enough that Kerry should voice a policy disagreement with the President, rather he claimed that the President had lied about the agreement, what it did, and what it did not do.
And most egregiously, when asked what message he had for the President of the United States, Kerry simply said, “Resign.”
Clearly, Kerry’s conduct is revolting, but worse yet, the direction in which he, Bill Clinton, and (lest we should forget) Jane Fonda sent the etiquette of overseas political discourse has hurt and continues to damage our nation. There are certain observations that are best made within the ambit of our nation’s borders and not while away from home so that our enemies can capitalize on our discord.
For those who understand the necessity of upholding this standard, it is high time we demand a return to a reality where such demeaning behavior while in a foreign country is once again eschewed.
Kerry is a Nobody why is he there and who’s paying
Kerry deserves everything about Teresa Heinz except the money. I hope she writes him out of her will.
Annnd ... there’s Kerry - wearing his “Jingus Con” mask again,
Kerry is a Nobody why is he there and who’s paying
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He is probably there to represent Iran. After all, his daughter married one of their people.
There once was a man named Kerry,
With liberal ideas quite scary,
When placing a vote, in Congress we note,
His word, ‘twas often contrary.
There once was a man of the Bay,
Whose moniker was J.F.K.,
While lounging in ‘Nam,’
From the V.C. he ran,
But later claimed: “I saved the day.”
There once was a skunk from Cape Cod,
Whose hallmark was libel and fraud,
When making a joke ‘bout military folk,
The media gave him a nod.
There once lived a cad named Kerry,
Who used humor often contrary,
While telling a joke,
On one foot he’d choke,
With the other he’d limp home to Teri.
There once was a Dem named John,
Whose words oft changed with the dawn,
Could never be trusted
By Swift Vets was busted,
And now he’s just tagging along.
There once was a pol from France,
Whose excretions were so far advanced’
While laughing of others’ misdeeds in the gutters,
He’d often soil his own pants.
There once lived a Frenchman named Ker,
Whose pleasure was bad commenter,
While spinning a word, of limerick unheard,
He fell flat upon his derrière.
There once was a gigolo from France,
With noble estate so advanced,
While mining the gutter, to slander another,
But never his faults would he chance.
There once was a Pike named Kerry,
Whose scruples were not kosher very,
While dining on pork, in Congress with fork,
His meat was a Hun named Teri.
Not Fonda Kerry
He’s a disgrace where ever he is. . . . .
Jean Carie
...especially Paris in 1970.
Another usurper. Not as dangerous as nattering Nancy as he is too stupid to be taken too seriously.
An American Disgrace in Davos....
An American Disgrace any place he goes !
LOL! Those were excellent!
Did he fly commercial? Or military.
Maybe his flight back might get diverted or cancelled.
If the shutdown is still going on when he returns, I hope TSA gives him a proper welcome home full body cavity search and 3 days of debriefing on his activities, just to show that they’re still willing work hard, even though all of John F. Kerry’s friends, don’t want them to be paid.
WHY is this deadbeat loser even at that gathering? I assumed it was for current dignitaries from various countries. These people have never learned to just sit down and shut up. Or is it because they can’t stand being out of the limelight?
At what point does running to other countries and blaming American for everything violate the Logan Act’s prohibition against undermining our foreign policy?
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