A man who remembers everything and learns nothing (VDH with more on Kerry)

NRO Corner ^ | 11/01/2006 | Victor Davis Hanson

[Uncledave]

A man who remembers everything and learns nothing. [Victor Davis Hanson] One of the things I love about America is the spontaneous brilliance and humor that undermine all pretension. No better example was that wonderful banner from our brave and ingenious soldiers in Iraq, blaring:

"HALP US JON CARRY-WE R STUCK [backwards k] HEAR N IRAK."

20 million Americans must have seen it all over the Internet, and nothing sums up the nothingness of Kerryism better than those smiling soldiers. After seeing that, no wonder he's offering deer-in-the headlights apologies. This is a man who remembers everything and learns nothing.

Then there was the finger-in-the wind initial Democratic response: their supposedly slight ill breeze suddenly became a Katrina hurricane, and, Presto!, they were all over the airwaves demanding from poor Kerry the apologies that just a few hours ago they thought were not necessary.

As for Kerry — how quick the 24-hour metamorphosis from smugness to defiance to purported contriteness! At his earlier blame-the-wing-nuts-and-Rush-Limbaugh press conference, he thought he was a strutting, strong-jawed Napoleonic general leading his troops to rout the evil Bush-Cheney Prussians, and then, alone, suddenly turned around — and Mein Gott in Himmel!! — his Old Guard was heading for the hills.

[Excellence]

Oh, good one!

[MEG33]

"Sickening Snooty Boob"

[blue-duncan]

Anybody know what "and Mein Gott in Himmel!!" means? Is that like "holy sh-t"? It sounds great for those special occasions when no one else is around to see the colossal mess you have just made.

[proud American in Canada]

And it was on the front page of the New York Post.

[roses of sharon]

Yes, the Kerry/Dems/MSM party have been trash-talking the mission, the military, and the CIC for 4 years, and prolonging enemy hopes.

The troops are finally getting a measure of revenge.

[sleepwalker]

I have been thinking that the appropriate reference for John Kerry is Marie Antionette, and her famous line;

Let them Eat Cake

Can someone photoshop Kerry as Marie Antionette?

[bitt]

Lying Traitor Ping

[doug from upland]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yeYRWk-RMwk

[Valin]

His apology was a non-apology.."it is YOUR fault if you are upset" type of apology.


Well it is you know. If only I would've studied harder in school, then I would get the joke.

[bitt]

I am proud of you.

see Doug's latest - the best ever!

[AxelPaulsenJr]

We have got to learn how to play this game better.

Amen! And I think we are learning.

[Enterprise]

"Anybody know what "and Mein Gott in Himmel!!" means?"

"My God in heaven."

[Doc Savage]

Funny, I'd feel better if every leftist, liberal, socialist, communist and terrorist were dead!

[Paradox]

Don't forget that the gigolo also went after Tony Snow.

Someone tell me please, did any major Republican Senator, heck, ANY Republican Congressman, ever go after any of Clinton's Press Secretaries?

[DollyCali]

Oh wow doug.. I was smilin' thru the tears... that is special and so are you. Thanks for sharing your creative & clever talent with us..

appreciate the ping bitt

will be sending this out to my email buddies..

/d

[blue-duncan]

Thanks. It must be the same invocation in any language.

[maryz]

It wasn't till that picture was posted all over the Internet that Kerry decided to make that apology

Like they say, "Laughter is the best medicine!" ;-)

[maryz]

Calling him a stuffed shirt standing behind a podium

No, no -- your grasp of colloquial English is getting in the way. Kerry called him a "stuffed suit"!

[hsalaw]

Anybody know what "and Mein Gott in Himmel!!" means?

"My God in Heaven." Similar to our "Dear God!!" exclamation. Or "good grief!"

[Matchett-PI]

More that the 150 million ought to see: