Don’t have him apologize, force him to campaign for his fellow Democrats. He must stand and fight for what he believes in…Don’t back down Kerry, we are behind you.

right2bright on November 1, 2006 at 6:30 PM

John Kerry – say what you mean, mean what you say. You are the wind beneath the wings of all those you campaign for.

You are the RNC’s greatest weapon!

Riehl World View

Breaking: Retired General calls for Kerry to resign.

While many Democrats like John Tester and Harold Ford, Jr. are attempting to distance themselves from John Kerry, who apparently doesn’t have a simple apology seared into his ex-p…

That’s why I voted for Santorum. I wish I had been home to be there.

I don’t see why there is a need to be fair, analytical or delve into the context of his speech.

…Kerry’s record, and those of some of the Supreme Soviet of the Democratic Party, would not stand the scrutiny. Their credentials for members of the hate-America-Left are secure…their credentials as misunderstood patriots are less so….

Kerry is an egocentric, narcissist that knew exactly what he was saying and he meant it. The two-bit elitist, gigolo is beyond contempt.

…good…he’s in the right party, then….

Great comments. I could not agree more. Why would anyone take the word of a Kerry aid on this issue, or any other for that matter? There is only one reason for them to delay the release of the full speech: to tweak it.

Pay no attention to so-called conservatives afflicted with Victory Derangement Syndrome or VDS.

He’s brought Hillary Clinton and the RNC together! Hillary: “Sen. Clinton visits Kingston, says Kerry should apologize” RNC: “Video: New RNC ad calls on Kerry to apologize”……

And the distancing has begun. According to the Drudge, the Democrat running in Iowa has asked Kerry not to help him out.

Will Bob Casey follow suit, I wonder

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My cousin is in Iraq, and he’s way smarter than Kerry.

bookwurm322 on November 1, 2006 at 1:56 PM

Wonder no more.

As a 46 year old, bachelor degreed, 6 figure salary, father of 3 (2 in College), Naval Reservist who could be mobilized and sent to Iraq at anytime – I’d say it’s about damn time.

Regarding the transcript, doesn’t anyone have the tape from the TV station? Can’t that simply be transcribed?

I think the idea is to get the transcript made prior to the speech -the one he used to prepare before going on stage. That would indicate what he intended to say and answer the question about wether or not it was simply a botched delivery.

My cousin is in Iraq, and he’s way smarter than Kerry.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lT0OE0tuA1A

“we’re here to talk about education, but i want to say something before…:”

so, no. even if he was making a bush joke just seconds before, it wasn’t what he was talking about when he said, “or else YOU get stuck in iraq”

Well, I don’t think that sort of comment is helpful.

http://www.kfi640.com/pages/podcastlogin.html

Did anyone happen to catch Tony's press conference today? There were many reporters out there acting as apologists for John Kerry. Perhaps they should be asking why Kerry hasn't apologized to the troops. Remember when the media was all over Pre…

And if he really just meant it to be about Bush, he’d have gone back, watched the tape, said “oops, I fu**ed up!”, then he would have come out and said “I’m not going to sink to the level of these Republican smear artists… I do however concede that my comments weren’t clear at all and I apologize to any of the troops or veterans who may have thought I was insulting them. I believe they are the smartest and bravest military we’ve ever had, etc.” The fact that this is all politics to him only reaffirms the obvious fact, that this was troop bashing, not Bush bashing.

Agreed. I think his completely defensive response lends credence to the charge that he did indeed mean what he said, and only later realized that he had inadvertantly allowed everybody to see what he really thinks of our troops – which is consistent with the other times he’s offered his opinion on our troops. He’s certainly not deserving of getting the benefit of the doubt.

Regarding the transcript, doesn’t anyone have the tape from the TV station? Can’t that simply be transcribed?

Or, better, yet: posted.

I think the bigger issue now is not whether or not his statement was a misconstrued, botched joke. The issue is why he went ballistic and absolutely refused to apologize for his statement, whether he meant what he said or not. The fact remains that he did in fact say something horrible.

Just for the record, I have heard the slightly longer version of this faux pas and it did not seem to me that he was talking about Bush. And I too saw the smirk. Also, a few in the audience chuckled, but more gasped.

Locked.