It was a non-apology. He said he was sorry because he had been misinterpreted. He never said he was sorry for the comment. Typical Kerry doublespeak. The worst part of it is that the main stream media are letting it go at that.
Pilgrim - 09:11pm on 11/01/2006
John Kerry was in Vietnam? Have we heard that before.
It was a non-apology. He said he was sorry because he had been misinterpreted.
I think it was more like he’s sorry we’re too flippin’ stupid to get the joke.
The worst part of it is that the main stream media are letting it go at that.
The worst part IMO is that they are saying he apologized without ever covering what he said in the first place. (At least CNN Radio news).
Any more misleading propaganda vids up your sleave?
likwidshoe - 04:11am on 11/02/2006
“I personally apologize to any service member, family member, or American who was offended.”
If that’s not an apology, I don’t know what is. Seriously, if this is the best you guys can come up with, Tuesday should bring good news for the Democrats.
Chad - 05:11am on 11/02/2006
He’s sorry alright.
A sorry ass.
At least we won’t have to look at this sorry excuse for a man in the 2008 election.
Oh, I’m sorry, was I being politically insensitive. Maybe you just misunderstood what I was saying.
My bad.
Mickey - 05:11am on 11/02/2006
Chad tries to pull a fast one, If that’s not an apology, I don’t know what is.
You spin. Spin spin spin Chad! Why do you quote it like that was the full thought and sentence? Why not quote the whole sentence? We know why.
You left off the qualifier. Here’s the full quote:
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 never intended to refer to, any troop. 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.
In other words: I’m sorry that you guys were stupid.
It’s not an apology Chad.
Seriously, if this is the best you guys can come up with, Tuesday should bring good news for the Democrats.
Yeah yeah yeah. We’ve heard this before every election. Go ahead and read what was written in 2004. You guys were supposed to be a shoo-in, remember?
likwidshoe - 05:11am on 11/02/2006
So let me get this straight, you want him to apologize for something he didn’t even say? Something that a bunch of backward-thinking, nuckle-dragging, mouth-breathers infered because they didn’t understand?
Ah well, anything to keep people’s mind off of the real issues I suppose - the massive failure of the current party in power. Where’s Bush’s apology for lying about WMDs and killing 3,000 American soliders as a result?
Yeah yeah yeah. We’ve heard this before every election. Go ahead and read what was written in 2004. You guys were supposed to be a shoo-in, remember?
A few well placed, rigged elections in Ohio and Florida aren’t going to work this time.
Chad - 05:11am on 11/02/2006
Posted by SC&A
It doesn’t really matter if he “really meant” President Bush or not. Kerry has just demonstrated that for all of his vaunted “nuance” and supposed intelligence, he’s not really ready for prime time. The guy who spent 20 years in the senate moving no real legislation beyond “special days for special people” might be a smoother speaker than Bush, but he’s got his own deficiencies in the speaking area, and he’s showcasing them.
There is an art to good politics and there is a rule, too - and it’s a really simple one, but so many politicians can’t follow it, particularly if they have delusions of genius. The Rule goes like this: If you screw up, whether because you’re an idiot, or you’re just having a bad day, or a mic was left on - whatever - and you say something deplorable (even if it just sounds deplorable but you meant it well…) you admit it, you make a joke at your own expense and you apologize - even a half-assed apology will usually do.
In fact, he’s not worthy to shine the shoes of any of the men and women serving honorably in Iraq, regardless of whether they have an ivy league degree, or a simple GED diploma, because the ignorant crap that comes out of his mouth proves he is nothing but a flip-flopping knucklehead who seems to be too stupid, too caught up in his insecurities and his Beacon Hill pretensions, and just plain too dishonorable to even understand what our military men and women are doing…or that it takes some serious smarts to cover men from a crippled chopper and then land it safely (or to fly a fighter jet) and it takes enormous personal courage to put yourself at risk to save your platoon.
What stunning disrespect to our military men and women by a man who clearly has no regard for their service and too much regard (though little self-respect) for himself.
John Kerry is a counter to the argument that “the military instills discipline and makes you grow up.” He’s never managed it. All he is, is one more boomer who is nothing but a perpetual, petulant adolescent.
While he is free to make the ‘joke,’ others are just as free to be repulsed by his attempt at humor.
In fact, Mr Kerry may have done the Democrats a favor. They finally have an excuse to get rid of him and other candidates cut of the same cloth. Historically, Democrat candidates were ‘of the people.’ Kerry is a pretend blue-blood (living off his wife’s fortune) that has yet to decipher that the Kennedy clan political successes were achived because the Kennedy’s were portrayed as ‘real people,’ despite their wealth and because the Kennedy’s were seen to be icons to which every American could aspire.
There is no long list of anybody wanting to be just like John Kerry.
Mickey - 05:11am on 11/02/2006
Chad assumes, So let me get this straight, you want him to apologize for something he didn’t even say?
I don’t want him to do anything Chad. I could care less at this point. Kerry has been insulting the military and it’s men since the 1970’s. All it has gotten him is anger from our military and contempt at the polls. It hurts Democrats every time he opens his mouth. I hope he keeps on talking.
Something that a bunch of backward-thinking, nuckle-dragging, mouth-breathers infered because they didn’t understand?
Well that’s mature. Perhaps you’re projecting here because I just quoted Kerry (something you didn’t quite do). What he said both times is pretty obvious.
What is it with the knuckle dragging charge anyways? Is that something you learned on the playground?
Ah well, anything to keep people’s mind off of the real issues I suppose - the massive failure of the current party in power.
It’s always the Republicans’ fault, isn’t it?
Where’s Bush’s apology for lying about WMDs and killing 3,000 American soliders as a result?
There was no “lying” and Bush didn’t kill any American soldiers.
Oh wait! The whole world was lying and this idiot named Bush convinced them, before he was even President, that Saddam had WMDs. It’s all a conspiracy!
A few well placed, rigged elections in Ohio and Florida aren’t going to work this time.
You got proof or is this just another one of your paranoid conspiracies?
Btw - Bush won Ohio because of people like me voting for him in Ohio. (Here’s your cue to huff and puff, invent some more wild conspiracies, and call me names.)
It was a non-apology. He said he was sorry because he had been misinterpreted. He never said he was sorry for the comment. Typical Kerry doublespeak. The worst part of it is that the main stream media are letting it go at that.
John Kerry was in Vietnam? Have we heard that before.
I think it was more like he’s sorry we’re too flippin’ stupid to get the joke.
The worst part IMO is that they are saying he apologized without ever covering what he said in the first place. (At least CNN Radio news).
WHAT’S SO FUNNY?
What the hell was he thinking?
What the hell was he thinking?
What the hell are you thinking?
Any more misleading propaganda vids up your sleave?
If that’s not an apology, I don’t know what is. Seriously, if this is the best you guys can come up with, Tuesday should bring good news for the Democrats.
He’s sorry alright.
A sorry ass.
At least we won’t have to look at this sorry excuse for a man in the 2008 election.
Oh, I’m sorry, was I being politically insensitive. Maybe you just misunderstood what I was saying.
My bad.
Chad tries to pull a fast one, If that’s not an apology, I don’t know what is.
You spin. Spin spin spin Chad! Why do you quote it like that was the full thought and sentence? Why not quote the whole sentence? We know why.
You left off the qualifier. Here’s the full quote:
In other words: I’m sorry that you guys were stupid.
It’s not an apology Chad.
Seriously, if this is the best you guys can come up with, Tuesday should bring good news for the Democrats.
Yeah yeah yeah. We’ve heard this before every election. Go ahead and read what was written in 2004. You guys were supposed to be a shoo-in, remember?
So let me get this straight, you want him to apologize for something he didn’t even say? Something that a bunch of backward-thinking, nuckle-dragging, mouth-breathers infered because they didn’t understand?
Ah well, anything to keep people’s mind off of the real issues I suppose - the massive failure of the current party in power. Where’s Bush’s apology for lying about WMDs and killing 3,000 American soliders as a result?
A few well placed, rigged elections in Ohio and Florida aren’t going to work this time.
Posted by SC&A
It doesn’t really matter if he “really meant” President Bush or not. Kerry has just demonstrated that for all of his vaunted “nuance” and supposed intelligence, he’s not really ready for prime time. The guy who spent 20 years in the senate moving no real legislation beyond “special days for special people” might be a smoother speaker than Bush, but he’s got his own deficiencies in the speaking area, and he’s showcasing them.
There is an art to good politics and there is a rule, too - and it’s a really simple one, but so many politicians can’t follow it, particularly if they have delusions of genius. The Rule goes like this: If you screw up, whether because you’re an idiot, or you’re just having a bad day, or a mic was left on - whatever - and you say something deplorable (even if it just sounds deplorable but you meant it well…) you admit it, you make a joke at your own expense and you apologize - even a half-assed apology will usually do.
In fact, he’s not worthy to shine the shoes of any of the men and women serving honorably in Iraq, regardless of whether they have an ivy league degree, or a simple GED diploma, because the ignorant crap that comes out of his mouth proves he is nothing but a flip-flopping knucklehead who seems to be too stupid, too caught up in his insecurities and his Beacon Hill pretensions, and just plain too dishonorable to even understand what our military men and women are doing…or that it takes some serious smarts to cover men from a crippled chopper and then land it safely (or to fly a fighter jet) and it takes enormous personal courage to put yourself at risk to save your platoon.
What stunning disrespect to our military men and women by a man who clearly has no regard for their service and too much regard (though little self-respect) for himself.
John Kerry is a counter to the argument that “the military instills discipline and makes you grow up.” He’s never managed it. All he is, is one more boomer who is nothing but a perpetual, petulant adolescent.
While he is free to make the ‘joke,’ others are just as free to be repulsed by his attempt at humor.
In fact, Mr Kerry may have done the Democrats a favor. They finally have an excuse to get rid of him and other candidates cut of the same cloth. Historically, Democrat candidates were ‘of the people.’ Kerry is a pretend blue-blood (living off his wife’s fortune) that has yet to decipher that the Kennedy clan political successes were achived because the Kennedy’s were portrayed as ‘real people,’ despite their wealth and because the Kennedy’s were seen to be icons to which every American could aspire.
There is no long list of anybody wanting to be just like John Kerry.
Chad assumes, So let me get this straight, you want him to apologize for something he didn’t even say?
I don’t want him to do anything Chad. I could care less at this point. Kerry has been insulting the military and it’s men since the 1970’s. All it has gotten him is anger from our military and contempt at the polls. It hurts Democrats every time he opens his mouth. I hope he keeps on talking.
Something that a bunch of backward-thinking, nuckle-dragging, mouth-breathers infered because they didn’t understand?
Well that’s mature. Perhaps you’re projecting here because I just quoted Kerry (something you didn’t quite do). What he said both times is pretty obvious.
What is it with the knuckle dragging charge anyways? Is that something you learned on the playground?
Ah well, anything to keep people’s mind off of the real issues I suppose - the massive failure of the current party in power.
It’s always the Republicans’ fault, isn’t it?
Where’s Bush’s apology for lying about WMDs and killing 3,000 American soliders as a result?
There was no “lying” and Bush didn’t kill any American soldiers.
Oh wait! The whole world was lying and this idiot named Bush convinced them, before he was even President, that Saddam had WMDs. It’s all a conspiracy!
A few well placed, rigged elections in Ohio and Florida aren’t going to work this time.
You got proof or is this just another one of your paranoid conspiracies?
Btw - Bush won Ohio because of people like me voting for him in Ohio. (Here’s your cue to huff and puff, invent some more wild conspiracies, and call me names.)