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When any form of government in the U.S. becomes
destructive. Isn't the right of the people to alter or abolish it.He at this time is transporting large armies of mercenaries to complete the work of death,desolution,and, tyranny. Already begun with circumstance of cruelty.Paralleled in the most barbarous ages and
totally unworthy the head of a civilized Nation.

Carolyn, I can only say that you are profoundly stupid to have gotten things so backwards. It is the republicans who are using the troops as pawns to achieve their objectives. It is they who started a war on false pretenses. And you accuse the democrats of treating the troops as pawns, but have nothing to say about the republican administration? It is people like you that allow the republicans to continue to be elected when their policies are only beneficial to the richest 1% of Americans. Are you one of those 1%?

There is a very obvious trend that everone should clearly note, John Karey and the party he represents is totally opposed to supporting those who are willing to protect our freedom, our home land and all of the basic foundation for a thing that we call democarcy. To me it is an insult that the Democratic Party has the gall to use democarcy as the root word for the name of their party. When you look at the likes of Kary, Clinton, Rangle, Polosi and Gore, you have got to be kidding me that you would want these totally gutless individuals to influence the future of this country and the future of our children. Not one of these anti-American politicians, are smart enough to have the common sense to see beyond their own personal ideology and understand the needs of the American people. How sad is it to think these stand for nothing individuals are in our nations capitol.

I do not care what Kerry thinks of the troops or himself. I only care that the office of president and vice president has been hijacked by cold blooded murderers of our troops and innocent Iraqis. The victory Bush and Cheney seek is the iraq oil fields. Make no mistake about it.

John Kerry is a disgrace to the US and to the military. Yes, he served and his followers call him a veteran of distinction but I call him a veteran of treachery and lies. He thinks he is better than anyone else, an elitest for sure. I just can't imagine what it would be like if this idiot would have won the election. You can say what you want about President Bush, and I know there are some that hate him worse than Bin Laden, and that is a shame, but at least President Bush has character, something that Kerry and most Democrats lack.
Whatever you think about the war and President Bush I am glad he is the Commander in Chief, I can't imagine a bumbling idiot, who can't control his mouth for the hatred of the military like Kerry, would be leading this country right now, but maybe we wouldn't even have a country now if he would have won the election.
President Bush has only one objective and that is to keep the American people safe and no matter what your political views are you can not deny that. After all the government was formed for the protection of the people and not for handouts. The war in Iraq is protecting us here or would you rather they be bombing your backyard or driving a plane into another skyscraper? It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure it out. If our brave young men and women were not over in Iraq fighting then you pacifists here in the states might have to be cowering in your homes thinking maybe you and your family would be next to be under attack. These muslims mean business and don't you think if our guard was left down they wouldn't step right in and take over this country. They have done it in France, Germany, and are trying to in Great Britain, but thank God Austrailia has put a stop to it and told them to leave if they couldn't live by their rules.
Get over the 2000 and 2004 elections. President Bush has done a fantastic job with defending us, protecting us, the economy, the deficit, and I could go on and on but when you only hear the leaning left sided media I can understand why you can't.

This morning I sent my husband of 10 years, and fathers to our two beautiful children, to Iraq. He is going proudly, as he always does. After he got out the door, I turned on ABC Good Morning America, as I always do, to hear the remarks that John Kerry said yesterday in regards to the military.

I feel his remarks are a reflection of how the Democrats really and truly see our military personnel . . . As pawns in a political game. Dumb, expendable tools to gain political points. I have never seen any sincere respect given to our military personnel from any Democrat.

It has also been my observation that the sentiments and feelings in regards to Democratic support are mutual among most troops who follow the orders of their officers and leaders - Democratic leaders only offer lip service. Not only in war time scenarios. During the eight years of Clinton the lack of military support was at an all time high. Downsizing, budget cuts ...yada . . . yada . . . We’ve all seen and heard the stories...

I realize that Kerry served our country long ago . . . he knows how it worked - how things were structured and how things used to operate. And maybe his remarks are derived from what he really thought of the people he served around and with during his time of service. After all he did protest the war back then too. I believe there are similar remarks on the books about the troops of the war of that decade as well?!

It is a different world and a different armed service. These men and women are not only brave. They are smart. They are technically, emotionally, spiritually, intellectually, physically challenged every day and still coming up with the latest and greatest in the defense techniques which defend our country. They fly, drive and operate the most mechanically engineered machines and pilot/charter the most advanced aircraft, aircraft carriers, tanks, and vehicles. They are protected by the best armor and shoot the best guns! And they are doing all of it with less. Only the best with what the budget will allow -Thanks Clinton!

Well, my husband just called to say his last goodbye before taking off (he is a pilot, flying the C-17 Globemaster out of Charleston AFB, SC) for Iraq. He was in a good mood as they only have two stops stateside before he heads on a 8.5 hours (looks like they will have a strong tailwind) flight to Germany then a “quick-turn,” 7.5 hour flight out of Germany to the dessert. He is hauling care packages for other deployed spouses so that slows him down a bit . . . but he is happy to do it. I packed him a lunch so he should make it ok . . . I hope the letters from his daughter and the scribbling from his son I put on the top of his lunch box don’t upset him as he knows he wont see them for until after the new year. One bachelor degree, two masters degrees, aircraft commander of two major airplanes later . . . always proud to serve.

This child-like bickering election mess is such an embarrassment for our country. I believe, "freedom of speech" in our country is totally out of control.. and doing the country in. Our forefathers wanted to ensure our liberties, but I am also sure they had no idea how abusive our liberties would evolve. They, had no idea they needed to add, ... IN A RESPONSIBLE MANNER! But since the participants are all adults, should'nt that be a given? NOT today. So it needs to be spelled out now.

Too much TV, ( driven by the media ), has produced real life soup operas and sitcoms, with better writting, ( read tacky and irresponsible ), than any one writer cold dream up themselves.

The WORLD outside our boarders is laughing at the rediculous shananigans going on in our country. The total lack of respect for America, our President, our troops, our poor, each other.. even the alien workers, all within our OWN BOARDERS!! It is abosolutely sickening. HOW can we expect to keep, or let alone gain back, any worldly respect, when we cannot even muster ANY, for our leaders, and representatives WE put in office, nor, each other. It is astounding. I dont want to hear any, "I didnt vote for'em crap either, I am talking about the system as a whole! ).

PEOPLE, get the BIG picture.. WAKE UP! the anti American "everyones" fighting us on the ground for whomevers for whatever reasons, are gaining ground against us, NOT by what we are doing over there, so much as by WHAT a fiasco we are displaying over here! No unity, yes our President has made HUGE mistakes, he was confronted with uncharted terrain, in a world where FAIR tactics no LONGER exist and rules are no longer even followed. No one else has had to deal with what he has faced, ever. So yeah, POOR decisions were made, some based on lies, lives are being lost, it sucks. BIG TIME.

BUT if we dont get our responsibilities AND PRIORITIES in order, and stand behind our military, ( even IF while biting our tongues ), and show SOME sort of coherent backing of OUR beloved country's actions, regardless of personal feelings, we will be sunk, mark my words. We change up, and pull out, and run with our tail between our legs, we might as well open the boarders wide too, because they, ( meaning destroyers of whomever from wherever ), will be here, like it or not. ( franky, it appears WE ARE , our own destroyers! at this point just look at what is highest rated on TV! Reality- blablabla.. thanks media! ).

We have NO self discipline, or respect for athority in our schools, thanks to, in my opinion, the media, and video games, and television, and who are the role models responsible? Our Government of elected officials and the media? IF THEY were not before, They ARE NOW, for THEY, have no self discipline either, but even worse, no self respect, PROVEN by what is reflected in what they say ABOUT EACH OTHER. Our congress is like an out of control kindergarten class.. and our lovely media, puts it on the air for all the world to see... AND THE WORLD IS HAVING THE LAST LAUGH. We seem so dense as to not even notice, we are so wraped up in the laughable chaos of our on making.

EXPRESS and USE our liberties in a RESPONSIBLE RESPECTFUL MANNER, and the world will respect us. Radio hosts to news casters, to congressmen to, our glamorous movie stars... show some decency, and respect for crying out loud. If you have nothing good to say... SHUT IT UP, and THINK of the all consequences and ramifications what you say may have on the world stage both positive and negative BEFORE SAYING IT. THEN, try to find something worthy and meaningful to say..for the better for ALL!! Quit BASHING each other.. otherwise, the joke is on us ALL, AS A COUNTRY, collectively, regardless of the outcome.

WE ARE NOT THE JUDGE of who is doing right or who is doing wrong. Giving an opinion is wonderful, when done resposibly, not acting as if you are some kind of diety. NO ONE, appointed YOU, or any of us as "the judge" of life. Have faith in that, and to those of you who say you have no faith, well DUH!!! you have to have FAITH in the fact that you dont!, so you DO have faith in something.

Now start showing respect for your fellow MEN.. and WOMEN..
and ACT DECENTLY, with some HUMILITY... and try to grasp what this country REALLY IS ALL ABOUT, before we lose it all.

Now FORGIVE, quit the blame game, as Americans, by default or whatever, we are ALL RESPONSIBLE for our collecive actions, so behave and act like mature adults. WE CAN change the situation in a RESPONSIBLE MANNER WITH DIGNITY, and SELF RESPECT.. not like some comic sitcom for the world to enjoy at our expense, as we have been..

ALL OF YOU, from the President to the News Media, the stars, the Radio hosts, even to the migrant workers... for YOU TOO, chose to be here, and everyone in between, even terrorists that may be within our boarders, did I miss anyone? NOW... Take a deep breath.. relax, let it out.. AHH GOOD... now TREAT EACH OTHER, THEY WAY YOU WOULD WANT TO BE TREATED, ****UNDER A N Y CIRCUMSTANCE...**** at least TRY!
and watch the magic happen... it is THE ONLY WAY any sense of PEACE is going to happen, so DO IT!

Now ISRAEL, pay CLOSE ATTENTION!! ISRAEL, HELLO.. KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK!! GIVE THE OCCUPIED TERRITORIES BACK LIKE THE U.N. RESOLUTION TOLD YOU TOO 30 YEARS AGO if YOU want ANY respect on the world stage, and BEFORE, you expect ANY OTHER COUNTRY to HONOR THEIR U.N. RESOLUTIONS! ***DO IT YOURSELF****
And SHAME on the US, for not demanding they do the same, and even MORE shame for BACKING their FARCE! (for whatever reasoning!! it WONT WORK!! )
This whole mess could actually end soon, if you resolve the reason for it all beginning in the first place. duh!

now.. PAY ATTENTION each and every one of you, AND DO WHATS RIGHT FOR THE BETTER FOR ALL INVOLVED, NOT JUST for YOUR SELFISH SELF!

Think BIGGER, for the worlds existance depends on it now.

thank you for reading

now GET WELL AMERICA one person at a time, at once.

with love, BECAUSE DESPITE IT ALL, I STILL..

love YOU America, and it is with my deepest love.. this was written.

tom

ps.. hey Sheehan, howeveryouspellit.. so now your gonna make millions off your book eh? What say donate ALL THAT moola to an education fund for all the kids, of daddies and mommies lost in this ugly war... to honor the life of your son? OR, if you already have, and i dont know about it, i am happy for you.. for it will make up for your, in my opinion, disrespectful actions too. Its not that I disagree with you, I disagree with the total lack of respect your method shows towards our servicemen, our country as a whole really, to try and make your point. All the tax dollars being used on your behave for your protection too. ( not speaking of the war either, crowd control? guards? in our courts? ). For me, your actions are an embarrassment as an American in the world. Our liberty of "free speech', abused through lies, by our President it appears, and abused by your irresponsible actions which harm our troops in ways not realized or measurable, but, in my opinion, puts you equal to him in misdeed, if that is really what it can be called. No wonder those fighting our troops appear to be winning. The louder we yell it is a stupid war bring them home, the louder they will kill us, until we do. Try the flipside for a while.. it may work..

And finally, Mr. Kerry and those ascribing to your "opinions", you all are the definition of irresposible "free speech". AND IF YOU CANNOT SAY WHAT YOU REALLY MEAN BY NOW, the FIRST TIME OUT OF YOUR MOUTH, May I suggest a new line of work, before you wind up stripping America of what little respect it has left world wide. If I spoke out in kindergarten,with the disrespect you do freely on a regular basis, I would be in a corner with a dunce cap on. YOU SHOULD BE TOO, IN A HALLWAY IN CONGRESS! Thank the universe, you guys dont wear wigs like the Brits do! Or the US Congress would be Monty Pythons Flying Circus. well actually... oh.. ok ill stop.

As a ex Marine & a Democrat Kerry needs to apologize to Veterans. The Democrats were doing soo good recently & Kerry had to screw it up by offending all who served by calling us uneducated. He needs to go back in his hole & keep his mouth shut! Because of my service I have been able to give a college education to my three children. He insulted me for being a Marine!

Kerry should apologize to all the troops past and present but we should not hold our breath. Kerry is not a true patriot of this United Stated, not with his vile attitude towards our brave and noble troops. John Kerry branded the Vietnam troops as war criminals and by doing that, he handed the enemy all the validation they needed to torture and execute the captured soldiers. He actually was a great press agent for the spread of his anti-American propaganda by stating the soldiers were baby killers, rapists, torturers and murders of the defenseless South Vietnamese civilians. That gave the Viet Cong the logic that they could do anything to our soldiers. He portrayed the American soldiers as barbaric! He slandered an entire generation of soldiers who fought in Vietnam; he continues to do the same to our brave men and women in Iraq. He was able to dupe the American people in the 70’s, which propelled his public career. The American people are too smart to fall for his dishonesty twice. Kerry should apologize to the troops. Without them, he would be hiding in a closet praying some soldier will save him!

OK, I get it.

john Kerry was FOR the military BEFORE he was AGAINST them?

Well, we all know how well THOSE type of misunderstandings work out for John Kerry.

All the GOP needs to do is hammer home in every Republican candidates' commercials over the next 7 days is a screen shot of John Kerry insulting the troops.

Thank GOD this man lost the Presidential election.

No longer will democrats be able to hide their disdain of our military with the help of the liberal-loving media. John Kerry just keeps outing them!!!

Karl Rove should be sending Kerry a thank-you card tomorrow.

Let's just think - what would the response be if Bush or a Republican had said this... What would the media be doing now? What would Kerry say? The point is even if (and a big IF here) he did misspeak, he still owes the troops an apology - that's just common courtesy, to say "oh, I told a botched joke, I'm sorry, I was wrong." But will he do that? Nope.

And this whole thing has exactly what to relationship to the election? If the battle in the last few days is "who like the troops best" then both parties are going for the moron vote. Intelligent or even just moderately aware voters have already made their choices; only the dregs remain undecided.

Sorry if that's "elitist" but let's face it, some people are just dumb.

Words are what they are- you can't take them back. in addition kerry's comments play right into the conventional wisdom that liberals have a deep seated disdain for the military and in fact have a distrust for it. ( Remember 2000 and the attempts to stop military ballots???)

Who cares about John Kerry? He's 2 years ago's news. He's will forever be remembered as just a failed presidental cantidate. He should just fade away like Bob Dole or Fritz Mondale.

Sen. Kerry's claims that he did not intend to defame the members of our armed forces would be more believable if he did not have a history of defaming our troops. For example, in his infamous 1971 speech before Congress Sen. Kerry falsely claimed that most Vietnam veterans were war criminals:

"... not isolated incidents but crimes committed on a day-to-day basis with the full awareness of officers at all levels of command....

...they had personally raped, cut off ears, cut off heads, taped wires from portable telephones to human genitals and turned up the power, cut off limbs, blown up bodies, randomly shot at civilians, razed villages in fashion reminiscent of Genghis Khan, shot cattle and dogs for fun, poisoned food stocks, and generally ravaged the countryside of South Vietnam in addition to the normal ravage of war, and the normal and very particular ravaging which is done by the applied bombing power of this country."

See http://www.richmond.edu/~ebolt/history398/JohnKerryTestimony.html

Also, it is ironic that Sen. Kerry would now claim that he was attempting to mock Pres. Bush's poor school performance when, according to the Boston Globe, Sen. Kerry earned a lower grade average at Yale than Pres. Bush.

See http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2005/06/07/yale_grades_portray_kerry_as_a_lackluster_student/

Sen. Kerry should admit he was wrong and apologize for his recent and past comments maligning our Armed Forces.

Democrat candidates should make it clear that they beleive that members of our Armed Forces in Iraq are performing an honorable and noble mission and that all Americans are grateful for their service and sacrifice.

So let's assume Kerry really did botch a joke on Bush...did not Bush average a C at Yale, where Kerry only had a C- at Yale? Who's the dummy?

Would someone in the Democratic party PUHLEEZE tell Kerry to SHUT UP - in 1 day with one of his typically stuped verbal blunders he is undoing months of work by people who are trying to change our course to a better path for everyone. This man is out of control. Pelozi - please - put a muzzle on him.

What a spin on John Kerry, read the transcripts and you see John Kerry was talking about Bush's stupidity it had nothing to do about the soldiers. But what do we expect from the spinners,they are so desperate to keep power they need anything to distract. Shame on you Republicians using our troops for your win.

He is a disgrace. A man who got his butt kicked by "an uneducated" hick, now is reduced to pyscho-babble. Of course, he was not talking ablut Bush at the time...People can make up all the rationales in the world for him. We know what he stands for, what he means and in the end, he is a nobody within his own party.....

That's one surprising October surprise.

"By JAKE TAPPER, MIKE CALLAHAN and AVERY MILLER
WASHINGTON, D.C., Oct. 31, 2006 — For weeks, Republicans on the campaign trail have been looking for something — anything — to talk about other than the record of the Republican Congress and the way the Bush administration has conducted the war in Iraq."

This LEAD SENTENCE on the developing story of Kerry's faux-pas sounds an awful lot like an editorial. AND. And, I would dispute it. It's not that the Republicans haven't had things to talk about, it's that they haven't found anything compelling enough (until Lurch provided it) to take public attention away from the frantic spinning of the driveby media. How many days did Macaca drive the news cycle. Hmmmmm?

Kerry is an embarrassment to this country and to the human race. As a retired Navy Veteran with 23 years of service, I am HIGHLY insulted by his comments and the hatred for soldiers, sailors and airman he spewed with his disgusting "opinions".

Bush gets in a war that should have never been. John Kerry words may need clarification...however his judgement is correct. I ask you which is the major fault! steppping in it or ??? you get the idea.

Thanks for helping Republicans make this incredible non-story into one Tapper. No wonder the old media is precipitously declining. Because idiot reporters like you can't figure out how to report news without reading one side or the others talking point of the day. This faux outrage is so blatantly a poltical stunt it's ridiculous. God forbid anyone in the news business use their brain. Believe me when I say (and I would say it to your face, if we were having coffee) you and everyone like you in the news have FAILED the public. You are a miserable and worthless failure and contribute to the decline of America. Quit chasing the Washington coctail party talking points and give the public some actual, thoughtful news. You hack.

DKNY

Sorry to be unclear. Having served I have less intellect than others.

Kerry is as addled by elitism as Gibson was by liquor.

At least Gibson had the humility to apoligize and try to fix his problem.

For four years Kerry and other democrats have been trying to convince Americans and the world that President Bush is less than his/their intellectual equal.

Kerry continually proves himself wrong.

After three tries he can't even get his spin right.

Oh by the way did you know he served in Viet Nam?

If you don't think Kerry said anything insulting, break this down just a bit. Before one ends up in Iraq, one has to join the military. Thus, Kerry's statement can be construed as: "do well in school, or you'll have to join the military."

To which, one might logically ask, "what's wrong with joining the service?"

To most Americans, absolutely nothing. To Kerry, it is clearly a sign of mental deficiency or desperation.

Well, when I took a leave of absence from a top-20 business school to do my tour of duty, I definitely was not desperate, and I definitely did well in school.

Thus, I must ask. Senator Kerry: Why do you assume I'm an idiot?

flyover, I have no idea what you are talking about. Does Kerry have a drinking problem? Please explain.

And for those of you who, incredibly, believe Kerry intended to disparage the troops, I can't imagine the bile you must feel for the man who has led thousands of them to their death in an unprovoked war. You must really loathe that guy.

Wow. Some of you GOP supporters are really grasping at straws. It is so obvious that Kerry didn't mean to slam the troops. . .that his words came out wrong. Heck, Bush does it EVERYDAY. Besides, Kerry is not up for re-election. BTW, republicans aren't the only one's who served in foreign wars. Since when do republicans act like they are the only ones out there? The current prez was AWOL during the vietnam war! He never served! And he is responsible for the lives lost in Iraq!

Note to DKNY:

John Kerry has a history of disparaging troops by the comments he has made in the past. Comments, that are on the record. It's just more of the same. This man needs to stop undermining our troops and this country. When he and the many others in his party undermine our troops by making stupid comments like this, they are enlivening our enemies that want to destroy us.

Kerry spoke his heart in the same way that Mel Gibson did.

Both are drunken intolerant ignorant pathetic people. Kerry needs to head to rehab so that he can get over his hatred of our military and that nasty addiction to elitism.

So Kerry for mis-speaking owes the troops an apology. But Bush for deliberately misleading the world and the US into a Driven-By-Commercial-Interests-of-Halliburton War in Iraq, does not owe one?

As they said about Mark Foley and Ted Kennedy, Kerry's actions "did not kill anyone".....?

Cyn

THIS JUST SHOWS THE AMERICAN PUBLIC HOW DEMOCRATS REALLY FEEL. THESE HEROS PUT THIER LIVES ON THE LINE DAILY FOR OUR FREEDOM. AMERICANS NEED TO WAKE UP, COME FORWARD, AND VOTE! CAN YOU IMAGINE IF DEMOCRATS WERE MAJORITY? TERRORISTS WOULD LOVE IT. WE WOULD ALL BE FREE GAME FOR THE TERRORISTS!....TO OUR SOLDIERS OUT THERE, WE ARE PROUD OF YOU!.....HOME OF THE FREE LAND OF THE BRAVE!!!

MARISA
DALLAS, TX

I see, it only qualifies as news if the news is bad for Republicans.

Senator Kerry does not owe an apology to the troops serving in Iraq "...because they are patriots and not because of any deficiencies in their education." Senator Kerry wasn't referring to them, so he couldn't possibly have insulted them.

In the Kerry quote being sent around (taken out of context), it is not clear if he was referring to the uneducated people who have few options other than to join the military, or to the uneducated politicians who sent them there.

It is only the right-wing attack blogs that are trying to make something of this. It is too bad that ABC chooses to report everything they say as if it's news.

I cannot believe this qualifies as news. Even the most rabid Republican would have to acknowledge that Kerry did not intend to disparage the American troops, just as I don;t think Bush is really concerned about North Korea's Noo-Q-lar bombs. This is not a story. It is entirely fabricated.

Rusty,

When a man runs for public office he opens himself up to that type of scrutiny. I know it is difficult for you to understand, but Democrats are also responsible for their words. If Sen. Kerry can't make himself understood - is that the fault of the speech, the listeners, or perhaps - Senator Kerry himself. Spare me your tripe, hack.

Good lord, Jake....are you hoping for a Christmas card from karl Rove this year or something? Maybe they'll ask you to jump out of a cake wearing nothing but a thong and big smile for the President's next birthday bash.

Why, after 103 have died this month in Iraq, is THIS the top story on ABC's web-page? Do you folks report any news anymore? Or do you only report spin?

Seems obvious that Kerry's remarks were directed at the Idiot-in-Chief - and NOT the troops, as the desperate Neocons have distorted.

I remember when I used to think McCain had integrity -- now, he just jumps on whatever bandwagon issue looks good to him. Disappointing.

Kerry's statement is a non-issue. ABC is scraping the barrel to give some help to the GOP today.

Thanks Senator Kerry! You would think he would tire of the taste of his own shoe leather after a while ! GO President Bush! Go Republicans!!!

From a Georgia independent

Kerry trips over his own words then immediately starts to blame conservatives. Get over yourself Kerry, do the correct thing and apologize!

There are the Democrats again, making assumptions about the military. What they don't understand is that a great majority of them volunteer because they care, not because they cannot do anything else. I have a cousin serving in IRAQ because he believes in the cause. He even reinlisted knowing that he would go back. He is a smart young man that was top in his class and a good athlete and his father is rich.

These men and women are heros, not the zeros the Liberals always paint them like. 99% of them are not serving as a stepping stone to a political career.

Wow. Jake, you're either nakedly partisan or a complete moron not to realize that Kerry was talking about that C Student from Yale that became Commander in Chief who got stuck in Iraq. So which is it?

This is so bizarre. His statements were ambiguous, barely intelligible. And for the record, I don't fault him for that. Oral speech is imprecise relative to written speech. It appears that he was being conversational. And to the people who are bitching about him putting his foot in his mouth - you want the world to parse each of your sentences? you think you're never ambiguous??? This is so dumb.

And correct me if I'm wrong but going to college and serving in Iraq are disjunctive propositions. You can't do them both, at the same time anyway. Right??? Wasn't Kerry just pointing out the obvious?

The reaction just demonstates the extent to which Bush has polarized the nation. People hate each other so much that they'll jump on any excuse to throw stones. Kerry of all people doesn't deserve this.

Just wondering, who gave Kerry the right to make comments against the troops. As I recall, he thought so much of the military that he chose to throw his medals on the steps of the White House. Respect must be earned, not demanded, Mr. Kerry!

Interesting the responses...the first thought I had...Bush bragged about being only a "c" student in his address at LSU...perhaps he wasn't able to keep us out of Iraq because he didn't study enough, know enough, or learn enough.Q

"GOP hoping to make this the story of the day"? How about Kerry? Did he have anything to do with making it the story of the day? Arms getting tired from carrying thier water JT?

I was taken aback by that comment as well, at first. But I completely understand his meaning behind it. My son is in the Army and is well educated. He is very patriotic and chose to serve his country, which is something he grew up wanting to do. It just so happened we are in a time of war when he was finally able to serve.

It is sad the attacks everyone feels necessary to make on both sides of the political spectrum. Everyone is so quick to attack that everyone else is quick to react instead of questioning the attack to begin with.

And it looks like they will, with all the traction it's getting! Maybe shomeone should tape Kerry's mouth shut until after the election!