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Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) says comments he made Monday that appeared to imply that American troops were uneducated were a "botched joke" intended to insult President Bush.

http://www.worthynews.com/news/cnsnews-com...20061031d-html/

As many gaffes as this man has made, he really should give up public speaking. He's not good at it.

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And your point is? My husband is a Korean Veteran and was in heavy combat for 14 months. He was shocked and sickened by what this man said. How anyone could read that this about the President and n

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John Kerry is a Vietnam war veteran.

And he's said repeated remarks about the military since he got out of vietnam. Not all vets get out liking the military, some tend to hate it afterwards. Therefore it's not a stretch of the imagination to think that he might have taken that turn. I don't know if Kerry is one of them, but he's managed to insult the military on several occasions (assuming this wasn't one of them). It's not an irrational assumption for someone to hear Kerry's original statement and think he was saying the military was stupid...thats what it meant the way it came out...

Unless we consider another option that neither side has considered or put forward which actually makes more sense. He now says he messed up and it was supposed to be an insult to Bush. I doubt this due to the fact that it wasn't a single word he dropped but a whole phrase. The man ran for president, he's not necessarily green at giving speeches. He knows how to read and he's given some reasonably decent speeches in the past. A gaffee of that magnatude just doesn't compute. He can of course use the controversy now as an opportunity to slam Bush, because the media will kill any politician who makes such a snafu...but it seems more opportunistic than realistic to me...

I think it wasn't a slam at the president, or the military. he was making a speech on education and I went back and looked at the context. At one time, many people who would not be able to finish high school due to financial circumstances (having to work to support a family) or who would not be able to go to college (no money) always had the option of going in the military. I think the comment is a throwback to a time when people without an education could get a job in the military and eventually, hopefully, also get an education there. Or learn a skill that would get you a job on the outside without an education.

I dislike Kerry and I dislike Bush about equally...so I would consider this an unbiased opinion :wub:

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Wow, I never knew Gomer and John Kerry favored so much:

Gomer

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Gomer's just innocently confused...

Kerry looks like he sat on a pineapple

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As many gaffes as this man has made, he really should give up public speaking. He's not good at it.

Yep, he's the Barney Fife of politics, lol! But at least Barney was honest, lol!!!! Maybe he reminds me more of Mr. Furley, the character Don Knotts played on Three's Company! :laugh:

Gomer's just innocently confused...

Kerry looks like he sat on a pineapple

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Be careful-you might give him an idea to get another purple heart! :blink:

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I am no fan of Kerry but here is an interesting article at USA TOday.

The point Kerry makes, "...a volunteer army with our present constitutional crisis takes accountability away from the president and put the people further from control over military activities."

If there were a draft military the people would be more concerned as to how those troops were deployed.

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um...people...

I don't like Kerry at all either...but it seems to me in reading this...that the posts are no better than the ones people write when bashing Bush.

As Christians is this really right? :emot-highfive:

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um...people...

I don't like Kerry at all either...but it seems to me in reading this...that the posts are no better than the ones people write when bashing Bush.

As Christians is this really right? :wub:

Kerry made a statement that made our soldiers out to be stupid and uneducated. Then he refused to apologize. Then he claimed it was a joke that was misinterpreted and mispoken. Even in his so-called apology, he won't admit he slammed the troops. If he would simply admit he had made a mistake in calling the military uneducated and apologize, I can't speak for everyone else, but I would let it go. We all make mistakes, but Kerry has yet to admit to what he did, and keeps claiming it was a misunderstanding over a botched joke, and only the very naive believe that.

Its alright to call him on his actions thats not what Im saying.But people are going beyond that and making fun of him.I just think its a lil unChristian.

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[O]ut of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh. --Matthew 12:34

Does this apply to President Bush?

So now you are going to make this a Bush bashing thread?At least leave attacking him out of this thread please.

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I think Most High has a little crush on John Kerry...... :noidea::thumbsup::shocked:

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Well, he is kinda cute....... :noidea:

:emot-questioned:

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