How about John Kerry

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<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>Actually, he’s a Marine who served four years and is a constituent of Allen.</p>

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<p>So nice you have to post it thrice:</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.newsmax.com/images/stories/carry-large.jpg[/url]”>http://www.newsmax.com/images/stories/carry-large.jpg&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>I believe Driver said earlier that she would like to know what co. did this photo. Here it is:

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<p>source:<a href=“http://powerlineblog.com/archives/015725.php[/url]”>http://powerlineblog.com/archives/015725.php&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>MKM56 - thanks soo much for posting the above site - what a wonderful - and humorous article it is - imagine what 24 hours really CAN do :)</p>

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<p>There was a time when I was worried that if I didn’t get good grades, I’d be in a war zone real quick. The joke was a subtle one for those Males older than 57. </p>

<p>If I be a male and now female, I’d be thinking 2 years in the future inorder that the nation has the proper people power to serve in Iraq/Afgan or other countries. We are committed for at least 18 months when the secret ‘benchmarks’ are supposed to be in place. In the Nam era, regular army, draftees, only need to do one tour-1 year. The professionals today are getting a bit tired of being retoured-they know the odds are going to catchup with them.</p>

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<p>“you know, education, if you make the most of it, you study hard, you do your homework and you make an effort to be smart, you can do well. If you don’t, you get stuck in Iraq.” </p>

<p>So now Kerry is saying by implication he had no problem with invading Iraq, just getting “stuck” there - even though he has constantly accused Bush of dishonesty about the initial invasion?</p>

<p>The better interpretation of Kerry’s remarks is based upon a plain meaning of of what he said. His audience is community college students and he’s no doubt talking about THESE students potentially getting stuck in Iraq should they not perform academically. Kerry, if he is to be believed, is accusing Bush and his advisors of being a bunch of academic flunkees (Dr Rice included) - which is nonsense because Bush is undergrad Yale and MBA Harvard with better SATs than Kerry who has a JD from Boston College Law - and they both did approx equal at Yale - both C students, if anything with Kerry the better labeled the flunkee with his 4 D’s his freshman year</p>

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<p>Not only is John Kerry an insensitive elitist prig who doesn’t know what a proper apology looks like (hint: the word “if” is never in a proper apology); BUT he is also a liar.</p>

<p>First, on Imus in the Morning, immediately after his comments have become publicly known, Kerry CLAIMS he said ‘get US stuck in Iraq’. Video proves him to be lying. How embarrassing that would be if the mainstream press would deign to cover that little nugget.</p>

<h2>Then, he releases what he claims is the original text of what he intended to say. EXCEPT, advance copies of his prepared remarks were given California Democratic Party officials who were attending the community college event and even THEY say the advance copy and the later release are not the same. From The American Spectator:</h2>

<p>"Kerry, though, claims he mangled the joke. On Wednesday a Kerry Senate staffer released to CNN what was claimed to be the actual text of Kerry’s joke. It read: ‘I can’t overstress the importance of a great education. Do you know where you end up if you don’t study, if you aren’t smart, if you’re intellectually lazy? You end up getting us stuck in a war in Iraq.’</p>

<h2>‘I don’t recall it reading that way on Monday,’ says a California Democrat Party official, who saw what he says were advanced prepared remarks for Kerry’s appearance at the rally for the party’s gubernatorial candidate."</h2>

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<p>Bush has mangled more words in the past six years than Kerry has spoken. LOL!</p>

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<p>Thanks, MKM. It’s interesting, as Powerline notes this morning, that the Minneapolis Star-Tribune didn’t publish that photo, despite the obvious local connection. In fact, after perusing the morning papers online, I haven’t found a single major paper except for the NY Post that published this picture, clearly the hottest news of the day, one of the pictures of the year, and the clearly the thing that forced Kerry’s belated “apology.”</p>

<p>Media bias can be as much an act of omission as of commission. Those who maintain that media bias is a myth should ask themselves this question: If the soldiers had been pictured holding a banner that read “You’re OK with us, John Kerry–we know you were just joking”–don’t you think it would have made the front pages of all the major newspapers?</p>

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<p>Once again Allmusic misses the point of one of my posts…lol!</p>

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<p>Ya, ya, I am just too dumb to comprehend what LDmom says.</p>

<p>Okeedoke!</p>

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<p>Why do people care about Kerry at this point? There are so many important election issues out there. Kerry, as noted above, is a failed presidential candidate and isn’t running for anything now. The folks in MA have the constitutional right to vote him out – or keep him in – when he is up for reelection. </p>

<p>Like so many things, this is blown out of proportion. He doesn’t represent the entire Democratic party. I just hope that all of today isn’t spent parsing Kerry’s apology. </p>

<p>And I don’t believe that an apology has to use the word, “sorry,” as Tony Snow suggested 15 times on the news since this story broke. According to a book I use, “Personal Notes, How to write from the Heart for any Occasion” using the word “sorry,” is often used as a “perfunctory word” and often offered to close the subject. Among other approved apology constructions is “I apologize…” and a statement about “regret.” Seems to me that the Kerry apology was etiquettely adequate. IMHO</p>

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<p>Allmusic, I agree that President Bush has a record of mangling the language. That’s why I still have some doubt about the idea that KERRY mangled his “joke.” He has a history of saying what he thinks, without concern for the feelings of our servicemen. So, I’ve given him the benefit of the doubt, but I still think he said what was in his heart at the time.</p>

<p>Even if he meant to say that Bush got us “stuck” in Iraq, what does that say about our all-volunteer military? Is he implying that they are too stupid to know what they are volunteering for? There’s just no way for Kerry, and I think most Democrats, to shimmy their way out of their general lack of support for National Defense.</p>

<p>Driver, H and I talked about the missing photo over coffee this morning. We aren’t surprised that the Boston Globe chose not to run the photo, but I think it’s just another example of their Pravda-like approach to journalism.</p>

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<p>Allmusic - you aren’t dumb. In fact you are downright clever in picking and choosing words from posts and focusing like a heat-seeking missile on ONLY want you want to emphasize.</p>

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<p>Well, here is more support for the notion that Kerry was just saying what he was really thinking.</p>

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<a href=“http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/politics/elections/15908705.htm[/url]”>http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/politics/elections/15908705.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>I think his many comments over the years support his general disdain for anyone in uniform and his accusations of war crimes against US troops.</p>

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<p>sjmom is right; Kerry has the ‘history’ when it comes to patronizing views of the military. From the AP:</p>

<p>WASHINGTON (AP) - During a Vietnam-era run for Congress three decades ago, John Kerry said he opposed a volunteer Army because it would be dominated by the underprivileged, be less accountable and be more prone to “the perpetuation of war crimes.”</p>

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<p>sorry…crossed posts with you sjmom</p>

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<p>wow, you need to go back to 72, froma guy that SERVED…while you ignore the chaos NOW in a war you all want…wow wee</p>

<p>getting a bit despereate i see</p>

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<p>I also think an apology isn’t required to have certain words as long as the apologizer takes ALL responsibility for the offense. In Kerry’s case, by stating “I sincerely regret that my words were misinterpreted”, he is basically saying ‘I’m sorry the rest of you screwed up’. </p>

<p>Again, Kerry just thinks he is the most clever guy on the block and the rest of us are a tad slow. </p>

<p>btw…I ‘sincerely regret’ the urge to parse … ;)</p>

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<p>CGM - just google the words Kerry and apology. No need to go back to '72 for confirmation that this guy constantly offends. For pete’s sake, what did the Sikhs ever do to Kerry btw?</p>