Tony Snow Reads Kerry Quote Into the Official Record

The Left pretends to be middle of the Road, they all made a deal to shut up so know one would get how wacky they are, and their last Presidential Candidate proves who he is and where the Party stands..

Kerry’s remarks are out there and he can’t obfiscate and even though the Driveby Media will shill for him all America heard him!!!!
Elitist, condescending and arrogance by Kerry, Main Stream Media and Democrats, but with 20 million hearing it and 14 million reading it, there is no twisting the meaning!!!!

I just read on your website the remarks john kerry made. he made no mention of President Bush or any politcal entity. he has insulted me also as I am a former service member. I would like to know how tony Snow or any one else twisted kerry’s comments in any way. In my opinion, abc is just despicable and warped as kerry. By the way, I was against a war in Iraq or any other form of nation building. I also am not a republican. I damned sure am not a socialist democrat. Read this if you dare, you spineless, lying whiny butt.

Kerry obviously was talking about Bush…who is the one “stuck in Iraq”. Why in the world would Kerry insult U.S. troops for no good reason? The Republicans are creating straw men to knock down since they want to avoid dealing with the reality of their failures. Tony Snow is nothing but a hairstyle in search of a brain.

Tom Vaitys- Yeah that was a bone-headed statement by Kerry. On the other hand Cheney, Tony Snow, Rush Limbaugh have no military background in a combat/war zone. They dodged the draft through loopholes. I’m sure they are mighty proud of that.
On the other hand Bush and Rumsfeld got to fly around a little while inside the U.S. The closest experience they had with shooters was at a Stateside Airbase Bar.
Sadly this administration squeezed the one (decent) guy who had experience in a combat/war zone- Colin Powell.
So of course they will jump on Kerry- why not what else do they have to talk about?
What a shame it is that this administration is so in love with hearing itself talk rather than provide workable solutions. The hypocrisy in this Administration is stunning. Why Moderate Republicans and Fiscal Conservatives have not yet revolted is amazing.
I think this round of voting goes to the Boneheads and not to the Hippocrates.
Sadly this administration squeezed the one (decent) guy who had experience in a combat/war zone- Colin Powell.
What a shame it is that this administration is so in love with hearing itself talk rather than provide workable solutions. The hypocrisy in this Administration is stunning. Why Moderate Republicans and Fiscal Conservatives have not yet revolted is amazing.
I think this round of voting goes to the Boneheads and not to the Hippocrates.

Are you kidding me? John Kerry’s comments have nothing to do with Hippocrates or Boneheads, he is a horses a@@, period. No matter what party you support, you cannot possibly defend this elitist moron. There is no way to possibly spin this in a positive manner. He made his bed and now he can rot in it!!

Well, aren’t we “Stuck in Iraq?” For god sakes, he meant George Bush! and anyone with half a brain could understand that.
The person who owes the apology is George Bush to all the soldiers “Stuck” over there, doing 3 terms and to all the families who have lost loved ones.
George got us into it, and now he has no way of getting us out — it’s a mess and now the PM of Iraq is calling the shots in Sadr City.
John Kerry does not owe anyone an apology. George Bush owes the apology.

lets be serious, kerry was right, did you hear rumsfelt today, there will be a troop increase, not long before a draft and guess what, no education, you go to iraq period, where did kerry lie, it is the repubs just dont want the cat out of the bag until after the election, where we will hear stay the course and a draft.

Oh poor Republicans–now they want to stand up for the troops? Kerry was right to say that if you don’t get a good education, you could end up having to join the military and get sent to Vietnam, Iraq, or wherever by the absolute idiots that run the military. I’m fed up with half-witted service personnel that would rather send their own children to die for a lie than admit they should’ve been smart enough to see when they were sold a bad deal. If you don’t get educated, you have limited choices. Vets, don’t pull the patriot card and act the hero because you’re not. You’re just a guy that had to do a crummy job, and you’re not any better than the rest of us. If you’re not smart enough to figure that out, you probably shouldn’t be carrying a piece.

Yanni-At least Kerry went to war. Bush records are MIA and he never went to war. As a guy whose brother and nephew went to serve I don’t need guys who got out of service (bush and others)telling us what we need to be offended about. At least Kerry stood up and served I don’t care what swiftboot who backed a guy who used power to stay out of combat say. Swiftboot please Not to Swift I say!

I’m just wondering who appointed McCain as spokesperson for all those serving in Iraq.
Also, I’m an American and I’m not “deeply offended” by Kerry’s comments.
Just like the GOP project their beliefs onto everyone.

I served two tours in Vietnam and I’ll say the same thing as John Kerry: Stay in school or you’ll wind up in Iraq. It’s about time our politicians who we trust to lead us, stop betraying the youth of America by sending them to die for their own political gain. What’s insulting to our military are people like Cheney, Tony Snow, Karl Rove and Wolfowitz who didn’t have the backbone to put on our country’s uniform and be proud to carry our flag into battle. These types including Snow, Limbaugh, Hanmity and others choose to instead hide behind our flag and denigrate those who are willing to die so they can carry on their with their own cowardly lives.
My son served in Iraq but I guarantee that my grandson will never risk his life to die for this generation of second-rate politicians. Keep talking John Kerry, John Murtha. I’ll follow you into battle, not these clowns.

why somebody who used to liken our soldiers to Mongol Hordes would ever apologize for merely calling them retarded is anybody’s guess:

According to the first Globe article, the pre-released text of the speech shows what the joke was written as:
“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. Just ask President Bush.”
Too bad only one media outlet has even bothered to try to verify Kerry’s claim that it was, in fact, a botched joke.
The disingenuousness on this, especially now McCain, is both horrific and entirely predictable.

Actually they weren’t “privy” to the same info, they were in fact as misinformed by this admin. as the rest of us.
This new Kerry thing is just the old switcheroo slight of mouth bull that this admin. has been perpetrating all along.
I am very disturbed that Sen. Mccain who was himself a target of this machine in 2000 would back this diabolical political garbage.
I would have voted for him, but now I’m not so pleased with his turning into just another Bush peon.

(((Assumptions/Ground rules: “In Iraq” is taken to be equivalent to “in the military and in Iraq” in this context; i.e., no Halliburton employee is being addressed, even though some are “in Iraq”. This is interesting, because Kerry didn’t say being dumb would necessarily put you in the *military*, only that it would put you in *Iraq*; then many commentors *assumed* he was talking about the military and took his remarks to be insulting, but I digress …))) Here’s a *logical* viewpoint that I haven’t seen discussed: What Kerry said was (to paraphrase): “IF you’re dumb, THEN you end up in Iraq.” He did NOT say the reverse: “If you’re in Iraq, then you’re dumb.” The first statement DOES NOT imply the second; having made the first statement does not entail an apology for the second. Logically, even if the first statement were true, it’s possible that there are NO dumb (military) people in Iraq. So asserting the first statement does NOT imply that the military are dumb; at worst it implies that SOME people in Iraq COULD BE dumb. And it also implies (empirically, not strictly logically) that the PROCESS by which people end up in the military (and thus “in Iraq”) will put you in Iraq if you’re dumb, which is essentially what Kerry pointed out in his after remarks. This is a difficult point to get across since a high percentage of commentors already “know” what Kerry stands for and what he “really meant”, and are reacting to this. But it’s not what he said.

Good luck to all you brain-washed Republicans. Never mind that you were sold a bill of goods about WMDs, never mind the propaganda about the welcome mat of flowers and smiles welcoming us, despite the warnings and realities presented then, never mind the manipulation of the press, or the fact that we as “stuck in Iraq” and have earned the enmity of the people there because we have a brain-dead president and administration that can’t admit a mistake. Blame the Dems or the Democrat party– even if the adjective is “Democratic” for you dummies out there. Heck, let the Republicans win another round and you can celebrate the beautiful victory in Iraq without the criticisms of the Dems or Kerry–if you can get yourselves out of it. As far as Tony Snow–who joins of great team with McClellan & Flieshirt–Kerry didn’t get it quite right. It should be “a stuffed suit behind a podium” and spewing propaganda. Good luck.

Broed,
Anybody who says that they are “NOW GOING TO VOTE” but were previously planning to abstain prior to Kerry’s mis-spoken comments is full of crap. Their disingenious proclamation of being reinvigorated to vote in an effort to stand up and be heard – because of what “Kerry and Democrats ‘really’ think” is a bogus claim. They were always going to vote. Been chomping at the bit and would have likely been first in-line to pull the Republican Party lever. It’s a “get out the Vote” tactic and a sham to suggest otherwise.

Questions for John -
(1) Are you implying in “the rest of us” that you have not served in the military?
(2) Are you implying that there is not any person in the current military who did not think of your benefit as they decided to fight? or Are you saying that even if they are fighting for your benefit that it is not truely for your benefit (because it is a lie) and therefore deserves no merit of being concidered a “higher” occupation?

STUCK IN IRAQ
According to John Kerry, he
botched a joke aimed at George
Bush.
He claims that he was trying to
make the following point: Because
George Bush failed to do his
homework, we are now stuck in Iraq.
After we bash Kerry for his stupid
joke, perhaps we should ask the
question: Did George Bush do his
homework?
Bush under estimated the terrorist
threat in Iraq, despite the fact
that he went there to fight
terrorism. He under estimated the
threat of sectarian violence,
despite the fact that Iraq is
composed of three ethnic groups
who hate each other. And he under
estimated the number of troops
needed in Iraq, ignoring the
advice of a number of his top
military people. As a result,
there was no adequate plan to win
the peace in Iraq, and no adequate
means to secure that peace.
It sure seems like George Bush
failed to do his homework.
And if that is the case, perhaps
George Bush should apologize to
our troops for that failure. They
are paying a heavy price because
of it.
And so is our nation.
It could be that this issue boils
down to the following: “botched
joke by John Kerry” versus
“botched policy in Iraq by George
Bush”.
And here’s a troubling thought.
If George Bush failed to do his
homework on the terrorist threat
in Iraq, did he fail to do his
homework on the terrorist threat
in America? (Keep in mind that
he’s gotten D’s and F’s from the
bipartisan 9-11 Commission.)

Of course Bush has a plan to get out of Iraq. In ’09 he goes back to Texas and leaves his mess for others to clean up. The rest of his team from Rumsfeld to Rove will simply fade away pocketing their spoils. One thing is certain, none of this bunch will reemerge as respected elder statesmen as so many before them has. Believe me, there’s no Eisenhowers, Trumans, Clintons or Carters in this bunch.

I worked hard, got an education, did all the right things…and I got stuck in a blue state (Michigan).