<p>"Opie, why aren’t you saying, “Good job!” to the DoD? "</p>
<p>Pat Tillman. do I need to say more?</p>
<p>“4.7 percent of enlisted forces have a bachelor’s degree and 49% of officers. Makes it pretty clear, doesn’t it, who ends up being cannon fodder, doesn’t it?”</p>
<p>John Kerry would agree - basically a bunch of uneducated dupes acting as cannnon fodder. I’m glad the libs have made it absolutely clear what they think about our fighting forces</p>
<p>WOW!!! a public apology!!! at least Kerry has some **lls :)</p>
<p>Where’s the apology? Are you talking about his “botched joke” remark?</p>
<p>On the news - 5 minutes ago - a statement from Kerry was read - ie. public apology about his ‘‘poorly delivered joke’’ yesterday - the the military - the public - to all Americans who were offended by his ‘‘botched joke’’!!!</p>
<p>Was he apologizing that his so-called “joke” was poorly delivered? ;-)</p>
<p>when I can find it posted I will try to put it here - It was on NBC news/Boston area - 4pm edition</p>
<p>"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. </p>
<p>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. </p>
<p>It is clear the Republican Party would rather talk about anything but their failed security policy. I don’t want my verbal slip to be a diversion from the real issues. I will continue to fight for a change of course to provide real security for our country, and a winning strategy for our troops."</p>
<p>When you issue an apology, don’t you say, “I’m sorry” or “I apologize?” Not, “I sincerely regret that my words were misinterpreted . . . ?”</p>
<p>In other words, “it’s you dopes out there who can’t understand the subtle nuances of what I was really saying.”</p>
<p>Kerry doesn’t seem to be apologizing to anyone. Instead, he’s ranting (and I mean ‘ranting’) about how this debacle of his is somehow the White House’s fault and he won’t ‘stand for it’. He’s in the midst of a post-debacle debacle as we post.</p>
<p>Still after his ranting and raving yesterday and last nite - I really didn’t believe he would ever ever take any responsibility at all - this is at least something in that direction - he is still an IDIOT - ooo well :D</p>
<p>Ok - I will admit that apology is the wrong term - me bad - but for him to recognize ANYTHING he has ever done wrong is something - gggrrrrrr!!</p>
<p>Tho he does state - ‘‘I personally apologize…’’ :D</p>
<p>IMO, ucsd ucla dad has hit on the key point here. It seems to me that if Kerry had laughed at himself and said, right off the bat, something along the lines “Oh wow, that really sounds bad. I guess I’m no David Letterman; I left off the punchline!”, this issue may have died away after a while. Instead, he puffed up like the arrogant cad he is, and ranted about not taking any criticism from ‘stufffed suits sitting behind desks’. The more I think about his inappropriate response to the completely predictable criticism, I wonder if I am being too lenient when I lean toward believing his aides.</p>
<p>Does anybody think Kerry would have hesitated for one second to use a slip-up like this against Bush or any other political opponent? The phony anger falls pretty flat, I think.</p>
<p>I can bet Kerry got his wrist slapped and his toes stomped on by Ted Kennedy - to make sure some type of apology was made - his big brother was certainly watching…</p>
<p>"IMO, ucsd ucla dad has hit on the key point here. It seems to me that if Kerry had laughed at himself and said, right off the bat, something along the lines “Oh wow, that really sounds bad. I guess I’m no David Letterman; I left off the punchline!”</p>
<p>Oh I agree that would have been a much better response, but he’d have muffed that up too. I can’t figure out why we care - he’s a failed presidential candidate who is unlikely to get nominated again.</p>
<p>I don’t think he meant to be malicious, I think his apology was adequate, but not nearly as effective as it could have been.</p>
<p>You are correct, he will not get nominated again. In any state but MA his political career would be over, but I lived in MA too long to think this will do him in there. (Don’t get offended, Marite. I loved living in MA)</p>
<p>The sad thing is this overshadowed george allen’s staff handling of a heckler. They’re lucky as a little bit farther and the three of them would have put the guy through that window and into a hospital.</p>
<p>I know of at least one politican that is thanking his lucky stars for J. Kerry’s remarks. It completely took away any attiention for this unwarranted physical attack. Ah Virginia, what will you do?</p>
<p>“The sad thing is this overshadowed george allen’s staff handling of a heckler. They’re lucky as a little bit farther and the three of them would have put the guy through that window and into a hospital.”</p>
<p>Let’s tell the whole story. The “heckler” Mr. Stark, is a political operative who engaged in a public set-up and arranged for a great photo-op.</p>
<p>I am SO SICK of these stuffed shirt blowhards. All of them! They should hear what idiots they sound like, blabbing on and on. And then getting all huffy and puffy DEMANDING apologies. It really is sickening.</p>
<p>Why can’t we have NORMAL people in our government??? I know - it’s all about campaign finance…but really. I’m so sick of the lot of them.</p>
<p>“The “heckler” Mr. Stark, is a political operative who engaged in a public set-up and arranged for a great photo-op.”</p>
<p>I know what he was, zooz, what I am trying to figure out is how he was able to throw himself down to the floor and make it “look” like he was being manhandeled by three guys. I didn’t say I approved of his methods, but beating the guy up or roughhousing him has what place in the situation? </p>
<p>He didn’t resist. They were stupid to rough him up and I as said, they are lucky Kerry can’t tell jokes right now or that would be issue #1.</p>
<p>A funny reply:</p>
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<p>^^ toblin - your URL is pointing to your hard drive rather than the internet</p>