Instead of “Standards,” shouldn’t that say “Better Than You?”

We see people through an American lens because we are AMERICANS!
woodman on September 6, 2007 at 10:34 PM

My thoughts exactly. Also, I’m very content with that fact.
Unlike John Kerry (who may see the world through a French lens), I’m proud of my country.
Exit question: I missed the Euro country where that conference took place, but could Mr. Kerry please (oh, please!!) remain there?

Everyone knows the Kerry video is from January, right?

Short term memory, and selective.

I just thought the Gore speech was over the top appalling. Good get on the Emanuel thing. . . after the Kerry incident earlier, I thought that the Democrats no longer believed that politics ended at the shore. We are all Americans and we should be proud to be Americans and tell everyone everywhere else how great it is to be American.

It was actually Feb 2006. Here’s MM’s take on the ‘proud American Gore in Saudi Arabia. Caution, it is offensive to people who love America.

See if you can find the clip of Al Gore in Saudi Arabia about 4 or 5 years ago talking about how bad the US is. That one was much more offensive.

I remember posting a blog on a local fox news website about this John Kerry incident earlier this year. I basically said the same thing this congressman said. Most of the people on there said, ‘no, that’s not right. today wherever you speak doesn’t matter’.

Of course it is just another brick in the wall of my view of the intelligence of the populace. Sometimes it isn’t worth arguing when you are SO right.

I didn’t look at the president’s statements here as critical of America so much as in support of the Iraqi government. . . where actually I’m in agreement with O’Reilly on this one. I think we should get rid of this current Iraq government and have new elections.

Who was it that said “immigration is the highest form of flattery”?

This man is not an American. This man is a traitor. This man hates everything that America stands for. This man is our enemy. This man and his ilk need to be resisted at every turn.

Out of curiosity I tried to track down the earliest mention of the phrase. It looks like Teddy Roosevelt (Republican!) said it first. I’ve found two different references to him using it, with the first instance being in 1903:

We come here as patriots remembering that our party lines stop at the water’s edge.

~Theodore Roosevelt, May 1903

“Their most noteworthy agreement was a resolution to adjourn for summer vacation”

He has the balls to say that when they tried to rush through the shamnisty bill so they could go on vacation. What a moron!

I think ya’ll are missing the point of the post.

That quote was from a letter by Rahm Emanuel (D) said when Bush criticized congress while in Iraq or something. After Kerry, Kucinich, Pelosi etal have criticized Bush on foreign soil, he’s got the gaul to say “politics stop at the water’s edge”

Hypocrisy at its juiciest. Did he complain about the other comments? Of course not.

lorien1973 on September 6, 2007 at 10:05 PM

Bingo!

Allahpundit on September 6, 2007 at 10:08 PM

Also, haven’t read all the comments, so perhaps someone mentioned this, but I see some aren’t aware (you may need to add a note to the post AP), the Kerry clips is from a while back… seems like 6 months ago at least.

The President is way too nice and indulgent with them. They need this kind of needling at least weekly.

Do as we say, not as we do

lsutiger on September 6, 2007 at 10:13 PM

“OK for me, but not for thee.” Typical liberal double standard.

“It has long been the custom that members of Congress do not go overseas and criticize the president — that partisanship ends at the water’s edge.”

Bullsh*t. When is the letter of condemnation coming for Kucinich blasting Bush in Syria?

Allahpundit on September 6, 2007 at 10:11 PM

I must have missed it back in January. But, I feel the same about it either way. That Kerry’s comments happened in January makes the irony and hypocrisy even greater.