Kerry blows off again
 

John Kerry, who considers himself the No. 1 supporter of our troops in Iraq, appeared yesterday at Pasadena City College to campaign for Phil Angelides, Democratic challenger to California's Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.

YouTube has video:

"You know, education--if you make the most of it, you study hard, you do your homework, and you make an effort to be smart, uh, you can do well. If you don't, you get stuck in Iraq."

What a stirring call from this war hero and patriot.

Part 2
 

Kerry: The Mature Alternative to Howard Dean

Washington--Senator John Kerry issued the following statement in response to White House Press Secretary Tony Snow, assorted right wing nut-jobs, and right wing talk show hosts desperately distorting Kerry's comments about President Bush to divert attention from their disastrous record:

"If anyone thinks a veteran would criticize the more than 140,000 heroes serving in Iraq and not the president who got us stuck there, they're crazy. This is the classic G.O.P. playbook. I'm sick and tired of these despicable Republican attacks that always seem to come from those who never can be found to serve in war, but love to attack those who did.

I'm not going to be lectured by a stuffed suit White House mouthpiece standing behind a podium, or doughy Rush Limbaugh, who no doubt today will take a break from belittling Michael J. Fox's Parkinson's disease to start lying about me just as they have lied about Iraq. It disgusts me that these Republican hacks, who have never worn the uniform of our country lie and distort so blatantly and carelessly about those who have.

The people who owe our troops an apology are George W. Bush and Dick Cheney who misled America into war and have given us a Katrina foreign policy that has betrayed our ideals, killed and maimed our soldiers, and widened the terrorist threat instead of defeating it. These Republicans are afraid to debate veterans who live and breathe the concerns of our troops, not the empty slogans of an Administration that sent our brave troops to war without body armor.

Bottom line, these Republicans want to debate straw men because they're afraid to debate real men. And this time it won't work because we're going to stay in their face with the truth and deny them even a sliver of light for their distortions. No Democrat will be bullied by an administration that has a cut and run policy in Afghanistan and a stand still and lose strategy in Iraq."

He's bitter.

So that makes what 6 or 7 completely asinine statements by Kerry, to what, 800 or 900 by Bush? Kerry really going to have to step it up if he hopes to make a dent in Bush's lead :P

Hahahahaha!

But seriously, if you reference a youtube video, provide the link.

The difference is, a dumb statement by Bush involves saying "internets" or "the google" but a dumb remark by Kerry insults U.S. troops.

As a military wife, I was highly offended by Kerry's asinine comment. It is so typical of his ilk yet it makes it no less insulting.

As insulting say, as making a joke about combat wounds/casualties in front of the wounded?

"As you can possibly see, I have an injury myself—not here at the hospital, but in combat with a cedar. I eventually won. The cedar gave me a little scratch."

Pres. George W. Bush, after visiting with wounded veterans from the Amputee Care Center of Brooke Army Medical Center, San Antonio, Texas, Jan. 1, 2006

Yes, because Bush trying to belittle himself to get a laugh out of troops is similar to him calling them stupid. Good call. Typical liberal response, one of their own makes a completely disrespectful statement, and then goes off the deep end about Republicans, and liberals simply go, "well Bush is worse." I can't wait for Tuesday.

Ah yes, I forgot, I'm a liberal :D

Hey, both of the jackasses made disrespectful comments - why should either get a pass? But in the case of jokes that insult the military - one of these tools served in combat; the other didn't - so the jokes coming from one are tolerated a hell of a lot less.

At least when our past PM made a "joke" like that, the Padre had the balls to tell him to STFU and show some respect for the wounded. So far Harper has managed to avoid sticking his foot in his mouth... of course he hasn't visited the wounded yet - that'll come next weekend I'm sure, unless the PCs have wrangled up some competent PR people.

Funny RA, after a search the only people angry about Bush's comments seem to be liberal bloggers...The fallout from Kerry's comments has already surpassed that.

I don't think Bush trying to ease a soldiers situation with a little humor is nearly the same as him calling them uneducated and dumb.

I've noticed as the older I get, and the busier I get with actually living an adult life, this stuff becomes less and less important. Not the actual political process, because I am an informed voter, but the constant bickering.

"Every time Kerry speaks he fires another shot into his foot. Now - if only he could turn all those self-inflicted shots into more purple hearts..."

A Democratic congressman told ABC News Tuesday, "I guess Kerry wasn't content blowing 2004, now he wants to blow 2006, too."