Here’s the video of W’s fiery response to Senator Kerry’s disparaging of our troops.
All we need now is for Zell Miller to challenge Kerry to a duel like he did Chris Matthews back during the Republican National Convention in 2004 ![]()
Speaking of Chris Matthews, Greg Tinti has video of Matthews trying to convince his audience that Kerry didn’t mean it the way it sounded.
Oh, and did you see that the Kerry campaign is trying to spin this as a bungled joke? I’d say the bumbled joke was his 2004 campaign and his consideration of another run. BTW, the “botched joke” was supposed to imply that if you weren’t well educated, you’d end up sending troops into Iraq like Bush did. Is that supposed to mean Kerry is smarter than Bush? Uh … wrong.
Update: Johnny Dollar has Keith Olbermann’s reaction to what Senator Kerry said and the WH’s response to the Senator’s remarks - you won’t be surprised.
Update II 10:46 PM: Brucy Braley, Congresional Democratic candidate in Iowa, has asked Kerry to cancel an upcoming campaign visit, calling Kerry’s statement on US troops inappropriate. Kerry’s probably relieved, as that will be one less place he’ll be asked about his comments, and also - I doubt he’s forgotten what a poor turnout he had when he was in Iowa back in August.
On a related note, Hugh Hewitt is reporting that Kerry has cancelled all campaign stump functions for tomorrow.





Kerry claims his disgusting insult to the troops serving in Iraq was “a botched joke about the president.” The only botched joke is Kerry himself. Personally, I think Kerry is an no-good opportunistic SOB whose colossal ego keeps writing checks his meager intellect can’t cash. He owes every single man and woman who has ever served in the US military a sincere and abject apology, after which he needs to step down from his position and vanish into the obscurity he so richly deserves.
Comment by CavalierX @ 10/31/2006 - 9:36 pm
it probably was a botched joke, but since he doesnt have the guts to face it like a man, we will never know.
Comment by Karl @ 10/31/2006 - 10:05 pm
Botched joke or Freudian slip, or both? If it was a botched joke, that doesn’t get him off the hook, as the “joke” he seemed to be intent on making was almost as reprehensible and stupid as the comment he actually managed to make.
Comment by Severian @ 10/31/2006 - 10:09 pm
It wasn’t a botched joke. That’s the usual dishonest leftist spin. What happened is that Kerry thought he was in an audience of moonbats, so he dropped the usual pretenses and spoke his true feelings. Unfortunately for him, the D student forgot the cameras were rolling.
Scratch the surface of almost any liberal and you’ll find elitist arrogance and a disdain for the uniformed services. My girlfriend works in a federal office building in Philly, with a Marine recruiting center right down the hall. There’s a moonbat in her office who never ceases to mock the Marines as dumb, inferior hicks - not to their faces, of course.
And remember, Bill Clinton said he ‘loathed’ the American military. So the only surprise in all this is that Kerry dropped his ’support the troops’ mask for a second and went into moonbat blurt mode.
Comment by Great White Rat @ 10/31/2006 - 10:34 pm
The Swiftboat Vets called out this long-faced, sad-sack lefty loser long ago. Once a phoney ‘war-hero’, always a phoney ‘war-hero’? Who knew?
Comment by CZ @ 10/31/2006 - 11:02 pm
Can anyone say, “Tipping Point”?
Now the REAL election campaign begins.
Anyone out there still seriously thinking about sitting this one out and sending a message to the Republicans?
Comment by The Last Patriot @ 11/1/2006 - 1:20 am
How would have thought Kerry would be working for the Republicans…
Because he sure gave the Republicans a gift in his statement, he made himself an idiot, and changed the stories of Foley, and other sexual stories on the blogosphere to his rediculous comments right before an electtion, essentially calling all military people stupid and uneducated.
Thank you Kerry, you may be the deciding issue to turn things around in some places.
Comment by sanity @ 11/1/2006 - 9:26 am