Posted on 11/03/2006 8:51:57 AM PST by grandpa jones
BY RONALD R. GRIFFIN Friday, November 3, 2006 12:01 a.m. EST I missed the joke. You must forgive me, for there just is not a lot of room in my life for even good jokes--and there is absolutely no room for "botched jokes"--when the subject of the joke is my son who was killed in Iraq. I know exactly what came out of Sen. John Kerry's mouth, and in those words there is no interpretation required. His attempt to convince us--and, I believe, to convince himself that that there was really a botched joke buried deep within his insult is in fact a reaffirmation of his ever-present condescending nature. He actually believes that we are stupid enough to agree with him and start laughing simply because he said it was a joke. Mr. Kerry said exactly what he meant and meant exactly what he said. In those words Mr. Kerry did in fact wash completely away the facade of his support of our magnificent troops and revealed for all to see his true colors. All one had to do is look into the face of Mr. Kerry as the last word came out of his mouth, and it was painfully obvious that he knew that he had just disparaged the entire military. As the firestorm grew, the calls for an apology filled me with unease. It is not up to him to determine if an apology is in order. That decision most certainly rests with the millions of individuals he offended, and then they would decide if they were going to accept one or not. As Sen. Kerry began his soon-to-be-reversed "I apologize to no one" rebuttal to a call for an apology, I was driving by the memorial built in honor of Kyle, my son,
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I can't get over the emotions that kerry's remarks have stirred in me. I haven't slept. I just want to strike back in the only way that I know how. With the keyboard.
Thank you for your kind words.
Go Navy.
I miss you, Pops.
First I am sorry about your sacrifice and that of your son, but because of him and others before and those that come after, I can write this to you without the fear of someone coming to take me away to a re-education camp, or worse.
What you said about John Kerry could not be more right on the money, the man is a traitor and should be treated like one.
Grandpa, I realize that you didn't write the article, but I forgot to address it to Mr. Griffin.
Blurred eyes here.
Yes...to your keyboard. Even if the only way we can do it is to vote, we each have to have a way.
I live in Massachusetts, so I have an opportunity to be able to address Mr. Kerry that others don't...I am a constituent, and will exercise that right.
John Kerry can attempt to apologize in as many forms and as many times as has the breath but he can be assured that the pain that he has inflicted upon this wonderful woman will forever be part of the pain that she endures each day and in reality there was no reason for it to happen.
That about says it all.
WSJ has a comment section if you would like to address your remarks directly to Mr. Griffin. Just follow the link to the original article, and scroll down to the bottom "your comments". Warm regards,
nuke (gpj)
This editorial really needs to be read in full.
Jon Carry is a despicable human, and an American piece of filth.
...If you don't mind, I'd like to post that.
Let's not forget that Clinton Cabinet member Donna Shalala said that, paraphrasing, "...We didnt send this nation's best & brightest to VietNam...."
Her 'correction' was she meant to say t"the kids of the best & brightest...."
YEAH, RIGHT...
This is what they really believe.
I'd like that posted everywhere. Please do it.
I started a thread a couple of days ago with it but I put it in vanity and it didn't go anywhere.
Man, that was awesome, it surely needs its own thread.
Thank you so much, I am emailing it to friends and family.
The lyrics are here:
http://www.brutallyhonest.org/brutally_honest/2004/11/homeward_bound.html
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