Kerry gives his opinion of our servicepeople in Iraq

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The irony of all of this is that he made this speech on the stump for Phil Angelides, Democrat for Gov of California, whose campaign is a textbook example of why Democrats lose elections

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"I sincerely regret that my words were misinterpreted to wrongly imply anything negative about those in uniform, and I personally apologize to any service member, family member, or American who was offended," he said in a written statement.

"As a combat veteran, I want to make it clear to anyone in uniform and to their loved ones: My poorly stated joke at a rally was not about, and [was] never intended to refer to any troop," he said.

http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/11/01/ker...arks/index.html

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"I sincerely regret that my words were misinterpreted to wrongly imply anything negative about those in uniform, and I personally apologize to any service member, family member, or American who was offended," he said in a written statement.

"As a combat veteran, I want to make it clear to anyone in uniform and to their loved ones: My poorly stated joke at a rally was not about, and [was] never intended to refer to any troop," he said.

http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/11/01/ker...arks/index.html

good

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"I sincerely regret that my words were misinterpreted to wrongly imply anything negative about those in uniform, and I personally apologize to any service member, family member, or American who was offended," he said in a written statement.

"As a combat veteran, I want to make it clear to anyone in uniform and to their loved ones: My poorly stated joke at a rally was not about, and [was] never intended to refer to any troop," he said.

http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/11/01/ker...arks/index.html

That's what he should have said yesterday, but I guess better later than never. Hopefully, he has learned his lesson that he has no comic timing.

Edited November 1, 2006 by mdyoung

[cmartyn 0]

I dunno, the kids he was speaking too all got a chuckle out of it. I think only folks with flags stuffed up there ####### took offence.

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I dunno, the kids he was speaking too all got a chuckle out of it. I think only folks with flags stuffed up there ####### took offence.

That include troops in Iraq?

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I just wanted to point out Gary, that Erekose didn't say that you opposed stem cell research, just that you felt passionately about the issue.

I believe the point being made is that continuity in the message being given by politicians is important and that even if you or I don't care about a single issue it doesn't mean that it doesn't count toward the collective pool of credibility when taking such measures. (That comment is non-partisan by the way.

That certainly is important.

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and anyway...um...didn't president bush and john kerry go to the same ivy league college??

i believe the president has a master's degree...so the joke was stupid anyway.

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and anyway...um...didn't president bush and john kerry go to the same ivy league college??

From The Boston Globe, in an article dated June 7, 2005:

During last year's presidential campaign, John F. Kerry was the candidate often portrayed as intellectual and complex, while George W. Bush was the populist who mangled his sentences.

But newly released records show that Bush and Kerry had a virtually identical grade average at Yale University four decades ago.

In 1999, The New Yorker published a transcript indicating that Bush had received a cumulative score of 77 for his first three years at Yale and a roughly similar average under a non-numerical rating system during his senior year.

Kerry, who graduated two years before Bush, got a cumulative 76 for his four years, according to a transcript that Kerry sent to the Navy...

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''I always told my Dad that D stood for distinction," Kerry said ...

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Like Kerry, Bush reportedly suffered through a difficult freshman year and then pulled his grades up.

Edited November 2, 2006 by Gupt

[bhajishah 4]

for being a humble democrat, he andhis wife sure come off as pompus rich hi brow snobby types, even more than i hate to say, than the Bush family

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for being a humble democrat, he and his wife sure come off as pompus rich hi brow snobby types

Because they are. Especially his wife. I wouldn't vote for him if he was the second coming of George Washington because of her.

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I think we have all witnessed the Democrats imploding once again.....

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for being a humble democrat, he and his wife sure come off as pompus rich hi brow snobby types

Because they are. Especially his wife. I wouldn't vote for him if he was the second coming of George Washington because of her.

What's not to like about Teresa?

Or would you prefer Hillary?

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AJ,how many times i have asked you to keep your personal fantasies to your self

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