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Kerry
says sorry for "botched joke" (Below)
Before listening to John Kerry's excuses for saying it, please watch and hear for yourself. You decide.
Watch
the 20 second 10/30/2006 video of Senator John Kerry insulting today's men and women in uniform at:
John Kerry destroyed the morale of many troops in the field
during the Vietnam War, and he is doing it again.
UNDER
THE U.S. CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT 14.
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Congressman John Murtha of Pennsylvania is even more
open than John Kerry, when it comes to trying to destroy our troops' morale. Learn how Congressman Murtha openly
supports Code Pink, a radical anti-war group, who supports America's enemies.
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The United States Congress must start using the 14th Amendment
of the United States Constitution to clean House and the Senate of saboteurs.
"Congressmen who
willfully take actions during wartime that damage morale and undermine the military are saboteurs
and should be arrested, exiled, or hanged."
President Abraham Lincoln
Kerry says
sorry for "botched joke"
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic Sen. John Kerry apologized on Wednesday for a "botched joke" that had drawn fire from
President George W. Bush and dominated debate in the last days of a bitter fight for control of Congress.
Kerry said his remarks about Iraq troops to a college crowd in California were aimed at Bush, not the military, and canceled campaign appearances on
behalf of Democratic candidates to avoid becoming a bigger distraction.
Polls ahead of Tuesday's congressional elections show Democrats are poised
to win power in the House of Representatives for the first time since 1994 and could threaten Republican control of the Senate.
Kerry told the students that if they studied hard they could do well, but
if they didn't "you get stuck in Iraq." His office said he neglected to add the punch line: "Just ask President Bush."
"I said it was a botched joke. Of course, I'm sorry about a botched joke,"
Kerry, who had refused to apologize on Tuesday, said on the "Imus in the Morning" radio show on MSNBC.
Bush and his Republicans, eager to switch the campaign debate from the war
in Iraq and questions about Bush's leadership, seized on the remarks as an illustration of why Democrats should not be trusted
with national security.
"He is a liberal, a leftist, and this is the typical attitude they have toward
our military," House Republican Leader John Boehner said on Fox News. "It goes to show you what liberal Democrats would do
if they were to take control of the House and Senate."
Democrats must pick up 15 House seats and six Senate seats to gain control
of both chambers.
A series of Reuters/Zogby polls released on Wednesday showed Democrats leading
in 12 of 15 key House districts polled. Democrats are favored in several other races not polled. Another three dozen House
races are considered competitive.
'INSULTING, SHAMEFUL'
Voter disillusionment with the Iraq war, Bush's leadership and the Republican-led
Congress have fueled the Democratic surge this year. Republicans rushed to change the topic and draw attention to the comments
by Kerry.
"The senator's suggestion that the men and women of our military are somehow
uneducated is insulting and it is shameful," Bush told a campaign rally in Georgia on Tuesday.
Kerry, a decorated Vietnam veteran who lost the 2004 presidential race to
Bush after his military record was questioned, reacted angrily to the Republican attacks and initially refused to apologize.
White House spokesman Tony Snow said Kerry's failure to do so on Tuesday was
the reason it blew up into a broader debate.
"We're not the one who whipped this up into a big issue. Senator Kerry did
so yesterday. He's the guy who put the gasoline on the fire," Snow said on CBS.
For voters, the Kerry flap had the familiar ring of the 2004 presidential
campaign. The Massachusetts Democrat is not running for any office this year but is a possible 2008 presidential contender.
"I'm not offended, but this is why John Kerry lost the election," said Jana
Cook, a 43-year-old advertising executive and mother of two in Olathe, Kansas. "He was perceived as an elitist and those are
the kind of statements an elitist makes."
Democrats were eager to move on with the campaign. Democratic Rep. Harold
Ford (news, bio, voting record) Jr., embroiled in a tight Tennessee Senate race with Republican Bob Corker,
criticized Kerry but said there were bigger issues.
"Whatever the intent, Senator Kerry was wrong to say what he said. He needs
to apologize to our troops," Ford said in a statement. "However, Senator Kerry's words don't alter the fact that the stay-the-course
strategy pursued by President Bush and supported by Bob Corker isn't working."
(Additional reporting by Thomas Ferraro in Washington and Carey Gillam in
Kansas)
UNDER
THE U.S. CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT 14.
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STORIES
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John Kerry: U.S. Soldiers Not 'Smart'
American Legion to Kerry: Apologize Now
McCain: Kerry Should Apologize
Bob Novak: John Kerry is 'Almost Hysterical'
Sen. John Kerry: 'I Apologize to No One'
"Congressmen who
willfully take actions during wartime that damage morale and undermine the military are saboteurs and should be arrested,
exiled, or hanged."
President Abraham Lincoln
What do you think President
Lincoln would do about military men and women doing the same things?
Military
men or women who willfully take actions during wartime that damage morale and undermine the military...
John Kerry did these same things in 1970, 1971, 1972...
And now the clown does it again.
Watch
the 20 second 10/30/2006 video of Senator John Kerry insulting today's men and women in uniform at:
John
Kerry should be removed from the United States Senate,
based
on the 14 Amendment of the United States Constitution.
Amendment
14
3. No person shall be a Senator or Representative
in Congress, or elector of President and Vice-President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or
under any State, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or
as a member of any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of
the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies
thereof.
But Congress may by a vote of two-thirds
of each House, remove such disability.
UNDER
THE U.S. CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT 14.
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Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2006 1:45 p.m.
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John Kerry: U.S. Soldiers Not 'Smart'
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2006/10/31/135841.shtml?s=al&promo_code=27C7-1
Sen. John Kerry has sparked outrage by suggesting that U.S. troops in Iraq
are uneducated and not "smart.”
At a campaign event for California gubernatorial candidate Phil Angelides
at Pasadena City College on Monday, the Massachusetts Democrat and Vietnam veteran said: "You know, education, if you make
the most of it, if you study hard and you do your homework, and you make an effort to be smart, uh, you can do well. If you
don’t, you get stuck in Iraq.”
Kerry’s troop-bashing remarks belie the truth about the educational
level of U.S. troops. According to figures readily available on the Internet, 99.9 percent of the enlisted forces have at
least a high school education, 73.3 percent have some college, 16.2 percent have an associate’s degree or equivalent
semester hours, and 4.7 have a bachelor’s degree.
What’s more, over 85 percent of field grade officers have advanced degrees
– 70.7 percent have master’s degrees, 12.1 percent have professional degrees and 2.5 percent have doctorate degrees.
"Senator Kerry not only owes an apology to those who are serving, but also
to the families of those who’ve given their lives in this,” White House press secretary Tony Snow said regarding
Kerry’s remarks.
"This is an absolute insult.”
Sen. John McCain, another Vietnam veteran, also called on Kerry to apologize,
saying: "The suggestion that only the least educated Americans would agree to serve in the military and fight in Iraq is an
insult to every soldier serving in combat.”
Kerry on Tuesday tried to deflect the criticism by issuing a statement accusing
Snow and "assorted right-wing nut-jobs” of distorting the remarks "to divert attention from their disastrous record.”
He added, in a seeming non sequitur: "I’m sick and tired of these despicable
Republican attacks that always seem to come from those who never can be found to serve in war, but love to attack those who
did.”
Critics like Vietnam veteran John McCain, Mister Senator?
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Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2006 4:08 p.m. EST
Sen. John Kerry: 'I Apologize to No One'
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2006/10/31/161824.shtml?s=al&promo_code=27C7-1
Sen. John Kerry has refused to apologize for his remarks suggesting that U.S.
troops in Iraq are uneducated and not "smart,” instead charging that the White House has deliberately misconstrued his
comments.
At a Tuesday afternoon press conference in Seattle, Kerry said "I apologize
to no one” for what he categorized as criticism of the Bush administration’s Iraq war policy.
Kerry touched off a storm of protest when he told a college audience on Monday
that "if you study hard and 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.”
The comments drew demands for an apology from Sen. John McCain, the National
Commander of The American Legion, and others. White House press secretary Tony Snow called Kerry’s statement "an absolute
insult.”
But at his press conference, Kerry tried to give his remarks a tortuous spin,
saying in effect that what he meant was if you’re like President Bush and you don’t do your homework – listen
to advice from others – before committing American troops, "you end up in Iraq.”
He also claimed that the White House understood what he was trying to say
yet sought to "distort” his comments.
As NewsMax reported earlier, 99.9 percent of the enlisted forces have at least
a high school education, and 73.3 percent have been to college.
Among commanders:
Gen. Peter Pace, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, is a graduate of
the U.S. Naval Academy, has an MBA from George Washington University and has taken courses at Harvard.
Gen. John Abizaid, Commander of U.S. Central Command, has a master’s
degree from Harvard.
Gen. George Casey, Vice Chief of Staff in the U.S. Army, has a master’s
degree from the University of Denver.
Brigadier Gen. Mark T. Kimmitt, U.S. Central Command’s deputy director
for strategy and plans, has earned degrees from the United States Military Academy, Harvard, the National Defense University,
and the United States Army Command and General Staff College.
It bears noting that our commander in chief, President George W. Bush, who
has earned degrees from Yale University and Harvard University, is the only U.S. president to have earned an MBA. He's also
proved himself "smart enough" to defeat John Kerry in the 2004 presidential election.
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Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2006 3:23 p.m. EST
Bob Novak: John Kerry is 'Almost Hysterical'
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2006/10/31/152605.shtml?s=al&promo_code=27C7-1
John Kerry certainly came out swinging at Republicans with his press conference
on Tuesday, and while the TV airwaves and Web logs are now ablaze with commentary, Robert Novak cut through the hoopla on
Fox News with this simple statement: "I think the biggest damage was done to his presidential campaign because I don’t
think he looked very presidential with his performance.”
Novak also opined that it was never a good idea to "let politicians ad-lib
too much ... particularly when they’re like John Kerry.”
He explained that Kerry, while in Los Angeles, "sees all these kids there
and he says, ‘You gotta study. What’s the worst thing that can happen to you if you don’t study? You get
stuck in Iraq.’
"He wasn’t trying to insult the troops, he was trying to make a point
and it was stupid,” said Novak. "Now, there are two things [Kerry] could have done. He could have said, ‘I apologize,
I misspoke,’ or he could go on the offensive. Why did he go on the offensive?
"He has been under terrific criticism inside the Democratic Party for not
reacting more vigorously to the ‘Swift Boat’ attacks on him. This is something he lives with every day.”
Novak added that Kerry said twice in his press conference that he wasn’t
going to "let this happen again,” meaning, according to Novak, "I’m not going to be a weakling again.”
Fox News anchor Jane Skinner said that it looked like we weren’t going
to get "what some people were hoping for – even if it wasn’t an apology ... maybe an admission that everyone is
misunderstanding him.”
Novak said, "One of the press conference questions was would he express regret
... he’s not going to do that. This whole business of the Swift Boat veterans is something that weighs on him. He thinks
that if he had reacted more vigorously he’d be president of the United States right now.
"I don’t think it’s true, but John Kerry thinks it’s true
and therefore there is this almost hysterical mode where he repeats himself over and over and over again. I really believe
it hurt his presidential prospects.”
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Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2006 3:29 p.m. EST
American Legion to Kerry: Apologize Now
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2006/10/31/153527.shtml?s=al&promo_code=27C7-1
The National Commander of The American Legion called on Sen. John Kerry to
apologize for suggesting that American troops in Iraq are uneducated.
"As a constituent of Senator Kerry's I am disappointed. As leader of The American
Legion, I am outraged," said National Commander Paul A. Morin.
The commander said the callous comments by Kerry ripped open wounds caused
by previous comments made during the Vietnam War, when Kerry returned to the United States and accused U.S. military of unspeakable
atrocities against civilians in southeast Asia.
"A generation ago, Sen. Kerry slandered his comrades in Vietnam by saying
that they were rapists and murderers. It wasn't true then and his warped view of today's heroes isn't true now."
While addressing a group of college students at a campaign rally in Pasadena,
Calif., Monday, Kerry suggested that they receive an education or "if you don't, you'll get stuck in Iraq."
Kerry's comments have been rightly criticized by the White House, several
U.S. senators and congressmen, military heroes and families. Morin, in a prepared statement, defended the honor of the U.S.
military in the face of Kerry's remarks.
"While The American Legion shares the senator's appreciation for education,
the troops in Iraq represent the most sophisticated, technologically superior military that the world has ever seen," Morin
said. "I think there is a thing or two that they could teach most college professors and campus elitists about the way the
world works.
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Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2006 8:31 p.m. EST
McCain: Kerry Should Apologize
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2006/10/31/203529.shtml?s=tn
Democratic U.S. Sen. John Kerry drew election-year fire from fellow Vietnam
War veteran Sen. John McCain on Tuesday for saying college students could "get stuck in Iraq" if they do not study hard.
McCain, an Arizona Republican who has had an amicable relationship with Kerry,
said Kerry "owes an apology to the many thousands of Americans serving in Iraq, who answered their country's call because
they are patriots and not because of any deficiencies in their education.
"Americans from all backgrounds, well off and less fortunate, with high school
diplomas and graduate degrees, take seriously their duty to our country, and risk their lives today to defend the rest of
us in Iraq, Afghanistan, and elsewhere.
"They all deserve our respect and deepest gratitude for their service. The
suggestion that only the least educated Americans would agree to serve in the military and fight in Iraq, is an insult to
every soldier serving in combat, and should deeply offend any American with an ounce of appreciation for what they suffer
and risk so that the rest of us can sleep more comfortably at night.
"Without them, we wouldn't live in a country where people securely possess
all their God-given rights, including the right to express insensitive, ill-considered and uninformed remarks.”
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