Soldiers Reply To John kerry......

[Brett]

THIS IS THE FUNNIEST THING I HAVE SEEN IN A WHILE! I bet our Best of the Best Soldiers really enjoyed themselves responding to our most stupid of the stupidest American Senator, Jon Carry. Did I spell the name right? I had halp from the sign below.







In case you haven't heard:

John Kerry made the following comments Monday to students at Pasadena City College in California.
"You know, education -- if you make the most of it, 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."


In response, some of our men in green have provided the attached picture.

[R.Kelly]

thats great.......the worst part is that he said he was goin to apologize for what he said

[Ran]

[Sammich]

IRAK

[The Yousef]

i love the spin doctors.....

when i first heard the speech i knew he was talking about the presidency not the troops...it's the bloody right wing media spin doctors (granted i know there is left wing spin doctors too) that made this a big issue...

i hate politics....

COMMUNISM FTW!

[bdydrpdmazda]

Fuk him, ther R alote of verry wel edukated men and womens owt here and I am one of thim. Hes just madd he dont wen the elechun last yere.

[TeeJay]

naahahahahahaha fuckin great!!!!!!!!!

[bdydrpdmazda]

In all seriousness though, its no big deal, we didnt even here about it for a long ass time after it happened, I just knew he said something, until this thread I didnt know what it was he said.

[bdydrpdmazda]

i love the spin doctors.....

when i first heard the speech i knew he was talking about the presidency not the troops...it's the bloody right wing media spin doctors (granted i know there is left wing spin doctors too) that made this a big issue...

i hate politics....

COMMUNISM FTW!

I guess I can see how that could be taken as something it isnt.

[R.Kelly]

i love the spin doctors.....

when i first heard the speech i knew he was talking about the presidency not the troops...it's the bloody right wing media spin doctors (granted i know there is left wing spin doctors too) that made this a big issue...

i hate politics....

COMMUNISM FTW!

i could be wrong but he personally hasnt said anything about it being about the president, he has said that he wasnt sorry for what he said

[Brett]

I doo hop he runz fur presdent agin so I kin vote fur hem. Ha Ha

[BluesClues]

In all seriousness though, its no big deal, we didnt even here about it for a long ass time after it happened, I just knew he said something, until this thread I didnt know what it was he said.

I heard what he said today on the radio on the way to school. Everyone is just blowing what he said out of proportion. They are taking his words and twisting them. I feel of course they are doing to take the eyes off of Bush for the moment. When you have someone else to fuck up it is easier to point the fingers and make yourself look better. I FEEL what he meant by his comment he was reffering to the draft and those who don't go to school with eventually (not all) in up in the military and if you join right now, most likely you will be sent to Iraq. Once again this is just what I think and I know I am not the only one seeing as people called in (people in the military and veterans spouses) and felt the same way.

[The Yousef]

i could be wrong but he personally hasnt said anything about it being about the president, he has said that he wasnt sorry for what he said

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Sen. John Kerry has apologized for a "poorly stated joke," which the Massachusetts senator said was aimed at the president but was widely perceived as a slam on U.S. troops.

"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," Kerry said in a statement Wednesday.

"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 [was] never intended to refer to any troop," he said.

In the statement, the four-term senator continued to assert that the GOP was using the gaffe to distract voters from its own shortcomings.

"It is clear the Republican Party would rather talk about anything but their failed security policy," he said. "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."

President Bush and other Republicans had been calling on Kerry, the 2004 Democratic presidential nominee, to apologize to U.S. troops for telling college students in California Monday that if they didn't get an education, they would end up "stuck in Iraq." (Watch Kerry's falling star -- 1:53 )

The president denounced Kerry's remarks as "insulting" and "shameful" to U.S. service members. But Kerry insisted that his comment was actually a "botched" joke aimed at Bush, and he accused the White House and Republicans of trying to "distort" what he said for political advantage in next week's midterm elections.

One Republican who blasted Kerry's remarks -- House Majority Leader John Boehner -- found himself the target of Democratic calls for an apology Wednesday after comments he made defending Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld. (Full story)

"Let's not blame what's happening in Iraq on Rumsfeld," he said.

"The fact is, the generals on the ground are in charge, and he works closely with them and the president," Boehner replied.

Both Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean and Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid interpreted that exchange as an attempt to blame U.S. generals for failings in Iraq, and they quickly demanded an apology.

In response, Boehner's spokesman, Kevin Madden, said the Democrats' criticism was "an obvious and weak attempt" to deflect criticism from Kerry.

[BluesClues]

i could be wrong but he personally hasnt said anything about it being about the president, he has said that he wasnt sorry for what he said

Wrong! He wrote an apology letter to all those he may have offended.

[BluesClues]

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Sen. John Kerry has apologized for a "poorly stated joke," which the Massachusetts senator said was aimed at the president but was widely perceived as a slam on U.S. troops.

"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," Kerry said in a statement Wednesday.

"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 [was] never intended to refer to any troop," he said.

In the statement, the four-term senator continued to assert that the GOP was using the gaffe to distract voters from its own shortcomings.

"It is clear the Republican Party would rather talk about anything but their failed security policy," he said. "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."

President Bush and other Republicans had been calling on Kerry, the 2004 Democratic presidential nominee, to apologize to U.S. troops for telling college students in California Monday that if they didn't get an education, they would end up "stuck in Iraq." (Watch Kerry's falling star -- 1:53 )

The president denounced Kerry's remarks as "insulting" and "shameful" to U.S. service members. But Kerry insisted that his comment was actually a "botched" joke aimed at Bush, and he accused the White House and Republicans of trying to "distort" what he said for political advantage in next week's midterm elections.

One Republican who blasted Kerry's remarks -- House Majority Leader John Boehner -- found himself the target of Democratic calls for an apology Wednesday after comments he made defending Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld. (Full story)

"Let's not blame what's happening in Iraq on Rumsfeld," he said.

"The fact is, the generals on the ground are in charge, and he works closely with them and the president," Boehner replied.

Both Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean and Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid interpreted that exchange as an attempt to blame U.S. generals for failings in Iraq, and they quickly demanded an apology.

In response, Boehner's spokesman, Kevin Madden, said the Democrats' criticism was "an obvious and weak attempt" to deflect criticism from Kerry.

Reps for the good find

[ORGANIZATIONXIII]

insert foot into mouth..


LIRL! that shit is FUNNY

[R.Kelly]

Wrong! He wrote an apology letter to all those he may have offended.

i stand corrected....the thing that i saw on tv he said that he wasnt sorry but that letter must be new....so i was wrong

[4dmin]

REPOST

[~The_Duke~]

REPOST

damn paul you beat me to it ...

but funny none the less

[Jaimecbr900]

For the Kerry supporters:

Please explain how an education speech that ends with "....or you'll get stuck in Iraq...." is somehow tied to the Presidency and not a demeaning comment towards the military?????

BTW, not only the "right wingers" perceived his "slip" as wrong, they have now totally taken him out of his rally speech tour for Democrats. Several Democrats in some key races around the country that were supposed to have Kerry come speak at their rallies have now asked him NOT to come and chosen someone else. So it seems that his own party doesn't think his comment was too cool either.

He's an idiot that has no clue if he's a foot or horseback....ask him again tomm and he'll tell you something different I'm sure.....

[Ran]

Please explain how an education speech that ends with "....or you'll get stuck in Iraq...." is somehow tied to the Presidency and not a demeaning comment towards the military?????

I'm in no way a Kerry supporter, but I do know that his original message was supposed to read...

"...or you'll get us stuck in Iraq. Just ask President Bush."

That statement there you can easily tell is a bash on the President and not the military. Either way, what's done is done and there's nothing he can do about it.

[imbosile]

i stand corrected....the thing that i saw on tv he said that he wasnt sorry but that letter must be new....so i was wrong

Yea he said at first he wasn't going to, but then he decided he would. flip flopper, LOL.

[Jaimecbr900]

I'm in no way a Kerry supporter, but I do know that his original message was supposed to read...

"...or you'll get us stuck in Iraq. Just ask President Bush."

That statement there you can easily tell is a bash on the President and not the military. Either way, what's done is done and there's nothing he can do about it.

Well if that's true, although it's easy for them to say that NOW , then maybe he should've read what his speech writers wrote. Again, that's his idiocy. If Bush would've said it, we'd freaking have congressional hearings and calling for him to be impeached for treason.....

Again, the biggest sign that he screwed up (to me) is that his own party is now trying to keep him at arm's length and aren't being so quick to defend him, which doesn't sound to me like just a case of reading the wrong cue card.

[Brett]

i stand corrected....the thing that i saw on tv he said that he wasnt sorry but that letter must be new....so i was wrong

Thats what he was saying yesterday, that he refused to apologize, But I was glad to see he stepped up and did it.

[Brett]

He's an idiot that has no clue if he's a foot or horseback....ask him again tomm and he'll tell you something different I'm sure.....

That's what Kerry does best.....

[R.Kelly]

Thats what he was saying yesterday, that he refused to apologize, But I was glad to see he stepped up and did it.

im glad someone else heard that cus i was begginin to think i was crazy

[R.Kelly]

time to bring southpark into this "is it better to vote for the douchebag or the turdsandwich?" and "VOTE OR DIE!!!"

[quickdodge®]

THIS IS THE FUNNIEST THING I HAVE SEEN IN A WHILE! I bet our Best of the Best Soldiers really enjoyed themselves responding to our most stupid of the stupidest American Senator, Jon Carry. Did I spell the name right? I had halp from the sign below.







In case you haven't heard:

John Kerry made the following comments Monday to students at Pasadena City College in California.
"You know, education -- if you make the most of it, 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."


In response, some of our men in green have provided the attached picture.

Sorry, Brett. But this, too, is a repost. I posted this pic and article around the beginning of summer last year. Later, QD.

[SniperJoe]

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Sen. John Kerry has apologized for a "poorly stated joke," which the Massachusetts senator said was aimed at the president but was widely perceived as a slam on U.S. troops.

"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," Kerry said in a statement Wednesday.

"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 [was] never intended to refer to any troop," he said.

In the statement, the four-term senator continued to assert that the GOP was using the gaffe to distract voters from its own shortcomings.

"It is clear the Republican Party would rather talk about anything but their failed security policy," he said. "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."

President Bush and other Republicans had been calling on Kerry, the 2004 Democratic presidential nominee, to apologize to U.S. troops for telling college students in California Monday that if they didn't get an education, they would end up "stuck in Iraq." (Watch Kerry's falling star -- 1:53 )

The president denounced Kerry's remarks as "insulting" and "shameful" to U.S. service members. But Kerry insisted that his comment was actually a "botched" joke aimed at Bush, and he accused the White House and Republicans of trying to "distort" what he said for political advantage in next week's midterm elections.

One Republican who blasted Kerry's remarks -- House Majority Leader John Boehner -- found himself the target of Democratic calls for an apology Wednesday after comments he made defending Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld. (Full story)

"Let's not blame what's happening in Iraq on Rumsfeld," he said.

"The fact is, the generals on the ground are in charge, and he works closely with them and the president," Boehner replied.

Both Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean and Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid interpreted that exchange as an attempt to blame U.S. generals for failings in Iraq, and they quickly demanded an apology.

In response, Boehner's spokesman, Kevin Madden, said the Democrats' criticism was "an obvious and weak attempt" to deflect criticism from Kerry.

I don't really see this as an apology. He never states that he is sorry for what he said. He only states that he is sorry that we interpreted it the wrong way. It looks like he isn't taking responsibility for saying something, but rather it is our fault. That's kind of a cop out. If you are going to apologize for something, actually apologize for it and don't give us this kind of crap.

[thecrazyone]

What Kerry had written on his paper was: "you study hard, do your work, or else you get us stuck in Iraq". He was talking about our president, not our troops. He just left out the word "us". Do you honestly believe he would say something degrading like that on purpose? It was a slip of the tounge - NOTHING MORE - and if you think he meant to imply that our troops are stupid, I question YOUR IQ....

[SniperJoe]

What Kerry had written on his paper was: "you study hard, do your work, or else you get us stuck in Iraq". He was talking about our president, not our troops. He just left out the word "us". Do you honestly believe he would say something degrading like that on purpose? It was a slip of the tounge - NOTHING MORE - and if you think he meant to imply that our troops are stupid, I question YOUR IQ....

If that is the case, which I think would be reasonable, he should have simply said, "I misspoke, I apologize for that." He would have actually been claiming some responsibility for his actions. Either way, whatever he actually did (whether it was a simple screw up or completely intentional), he put himself in between a rock and a hard place. He is screwed any way you look at it.

[Ran]

What Kerry had written on his paper was: "you study hard, do your work, or else you get us stuck in Iraq". He was talking about our president, not our troops. He just left out the word "us". Do you honestly believe he would say something degrading like that on purpose? It was a slip of the tounge - NOTHING MORE - and if you think he meant to imply that our troops are stupid, I question YOUR IQ....

Freudian Slip (n.) - A verbal mistake that is thought to reveal an unconscious belief, thought, or emotion.

[Jaimecbr900]

What Kerry had written on his paper was: "you study hard, do your work, or else you get us stuck in Iraq". He was talking about our president, not our troops. He just left out the word "us". Do you honestly believe he would say something degrading like that on purpose? It was a slip of the tounge - NOTHING MORE - and if you think he meant to imply that our troops are stupid, I question YOUR IQ....

Then like Sniper said, he should've said, "oops, sorry folks that came out wrong.....let me try that again..."

But he didn't.....until conviniently a few DAYS later.

[Brett]

Sorry, Brett. But this, too, is a repost. I posted this pic and article around the beginning of summer last year. Later, QD.

How can you post an article last year when he just made the comment this past week?

[quickdodge®]

How can you post an article last year when he just made the comment this past week?

Lolol. Just messin. No one caught but you. Later, QD.

[Hulud]

i believe this is the 3rd or 4th time this pic has shown up on IA

[thecrazyone]

Team BushCo went bezerk over this to take the spotlight off the relentless bad news on Iraq. All of their indignation was completely fake. They knew what he was actually getting at.

The GOP are desperate. Dubyuh has famously said "I hear the voices".
The voices he is starting to hear now are saying: Supoenas...Investigations....Republican minority.....WarCrimes...
..Atrocities....Hague War Crimes Tribunal.....Genocide.........
Missing Billions.....Cronyism.....Downing Steet Memo.......Impeachment.....

His approval rating is at 34%. They are going to loose this election.
That's what this is all about.

[Vteckidd]

you posted kinda just contradicts itself. not all people in the military are dumb but i would go to say they definately aren't the brightest minds our country has to offer. seriously this by no means is putting down the job they do but you don't see people turning down Harvard/Yale to enlist.

enlist means NO COLLEGE DEGREE
OFFICERS have college DEGREES

Some people dont want to go to harvard or yale. thats my point, its THEIR CHOICE. and if their choice is to enlist an SERVE THEIR COUNTRY, thats as admirable as a college degree IMO. Arguing IQ levels based on personal choices is retarded.

so, take me for example. i had a 3.8 GPA in HS. i went to college, an never made over a 2.0. I HATED college. I didnt graduate, i dropped out, and found my way.

I tested at "genius" level on my IQ tests in HS. I also scored a 1360 on my SATs.

am i dumb?

I dont make $80,000 a year. hell on the BOOKS i make less than 30K as far as uncle sam is concerned.

am i dumb for being "lower middle class?

thats my point, the military has some GREAT benfits, retirement, and it appeals to certain people. why should that dictate their "smarts". So are you calling my father who was a USAF colonel "not the brightest mind the country has to offer"? he scored 1380s on his sats an was a mathmatician

i mean, what if i called all astrophysists dumb? or web designers idiots? or stock brokers morons?

i know some PRETTY FUCKING STUPID college graduates

[Vteckidd]

you posted kinda just contradicts itself. not all people in the military are dumb but i would go to say they definately aren't the brightest minds our country has to offer. seriously this by no means is putting down the job they do but you don't see people turning down Harvard/Yale to enlist.

enlist means NO COLLEGE DEGREE
OFFICERS have college DEGREES

Some people dont want to go to harvard or yale. thats my point, its THEIR CHOICE. and if their choice is to enlist an SERVE THEIR COUNTRY, thats as admirable as a college degree IMO. Arguing IQ levels based on personal choices is retarded.

so, take me for example. i had a 3.8 GPA in HS. i went to college, an never made over a 2.0. I HATED college. I didnt graduate, i dropped out, and found my way.

I tested at "genius" level on my IQ tests in HS. I also scored a 1360 on my SATs.

am i dumb?

I dont make $80,000 a year. hell on the BOOKS i make less than 30K as far as uncle sam is concerned.

am i dumb for being "lower middle class?

thats my point, the military has some GREAT benfits, retirement, and it appeals to certain people. why should that dictate their "smarts". So are you calling my father who was a USAF colonel "not the brightest mind the country has to offer"? he scored 1380s on his sats an was a mathmatician

i mean, what if i called all astrophysists dumb? or web designers idiots? or stock brokers morons?

i know some PRETTY FUCKING STUPID college graduates

[4dmin]

enlist means NO COLLEGE DEGREE
OFFICERS have college DEGREES

Some people dont want to go to harvard or yale. thats my point, its THEIR CHOICE. and if their choice is to enlist an SERVE THEIR COUNTRY, thats as admirable as a college degree IMO. Arguing IQ levels based on personal choices is retarded.

so, take me for example. i had a 3.8 GPA in HS. i went to college, an never made over a 2.0. I HATED college. I didnt graduate, i dropped out, and found my way.

I tested at "genius" level on my IQ tests in HS. I also scored a 1360 on my SATs.

am i dumb?

I dont make $80,000 a year. hell on the BOOKS i make less than 30K as far as uncle sam is concerned.

am i dumb for being "lower middle class?

thats my point, the military has some GREAT benfits, retirement, and it appeals to certain people. why should that dictate their "smarts". So are you calling my father who was a USAF colonel "not the brightest mind the country has to offer"? he scored 1380s on his sats an was a mathmatician

i mean, what if i called all astrophysists dumb? or web designers idiots? or stock brokers morons?

i know some PRETTY FUCKING STUPID college graduates

its easy to say you don't want Harvard when you can't get into Harvard... if you made 1300+ on SAT why not go to get a college degree and make 100,000+k if your capable of it? if you want to settle for less that yours business but your not in the armed forces so there is not point to this.

i know many people who have been in the military including family and the military isn't known for having the average brightest individuals this country has to offer. like i said people aren't turning down harvard to enlist.

you can call anyone idiots if you want... seriously politicians talk all the time about how lame our education systems our why don't you just come out and say TEACHERS are dumb? i would support that, many teachers only have a bachelors or you have parents home schooling their kids w/o degrees

when you have to lower your standards to enlist people and add waivers for criminals i don't think they are getting the creme of the crop? you mention your dad how many out of the 80+k troops enlisted this year will make USAF colonel ? please tell me the %.. i'm not a mathmatician but i would go to say less then 1%