Kerry vs. Republicans

"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. And if you don't, you get stuck in Iraq.”

The now infamous words spoken by Mr. John Kerry…. He claims it was a botched joke, taking aim at the president. This is the one-liner Kerry should have delivered:

“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.”

Yes, this joke on Bush was poorly delivered… since you know all the Republicans & brain-dead Americans will be up in the Dems faces about it.

Well, as the aftermath of this drama unfolded, Repubs managed to say over & over again how brave soldiers are in Iraq, you shouldn’t call them uneducated blah blah blah. Kerry stood by his remark, and refused to apologize! Here is what he had to say in response to press secretary Tony “I’m a Chump” Snow‘s demand for an apology.

“If anyone thinks a veteran would criticize the more than 140,000 heroes serving in Iraq and not the president who got us stuck there, they're crazy. This is the classic G.O.P. playbook. 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.

I’m not going to be lectured by a stuffed suit White House mouthpiece standing behind a podium, or doughy Rush Limbaugh, who no doubt today will take a break from belittling Michael J. Fox’s Parkinson’s disease to start lying about me just as they have lied about Iraq. It disgusts me that these Republican hacks, who have never worn the uniform of our country, lie and distort so blatantly and carelessly about those who have.

The people who owe our troops an apology are George W. Bush and Dick Cheney who misled America into war and have given us a Katrina foreign policy that has betrayed our ideals, killed and maimed our soldiers, and widened the terrorist threat instead of defeating it. These Republicans are afraid to debate veterans who live and breathe the concerns of our troops, not the empty slogans of an Administration that sent our brave troops to war without body armor.

Bottom line, these Republicans want to debate straw men because they’re afraid to debate real men. And this time it won’t work because we’re going to stay in their face with the truth and deny them even a sliver of light for their distortions. No Democrat will be bullied by an administration that has a cut and run policy in Afghanistan and a stand still and lose strategy in Iraq.”

Way to Go Kerry! Finally, the man we all sought after in 2004. At last someone is willing to shove it at the Republicans…. I enjoy seeing Kerry passionate, and say the words we are all thinking. Personally, this speech presented Kerry at his best. He has nothing too apologize for, his original quote spoke the truth botched or not, and Cheney/Bush should be apologizing for killing innocent victims in an unwarranted war. What gives the Republicans the right to demand an apology from a Democrat for a disastrous war that Bush forced us into. Obviously, the Repubs have zilch going for them, this is their chance to pound the Dems.

Also, if it’s not Kerry’s comments, the conservatives will take someone else’s words out of context and use it against their opposition. We’ve seen this happen many times before. Besides the GOP always is saying despicable things, but whenever someone fights back, they all cry hysterically & won’t let any remark die. The Republicans are hypocritical and we need to take pleasure that Kerry stood his ground.

In spite of all this nonsense, Today Nov. 2nd Kerry issued an apology for anyone that might have been offended by his words. I understand why Kerry apologized, but it’s not necessary. Nonetheless, lets keep up the optimism and think of all the media outlets in the States that will cover this story allowing Americans to hear a description of the failure we call “Democracy” in Iraq. Maybe by default a few undecided voters will be influenced.
http://www.johnkerry.com/news/releases/release.html?id=33