It's about time someone just came out and said it. John Kerry is an American hero, not only on the battlefield, but also in his public service to our country.

CROOKED republicans in Ohio stole the presidency from him.

I'd love a time machine to know where we'd be right now, after 911, in a Kerry administration.

Yes he creates controversy with his public gaffs. For the party to snub him is inexcuseable, but sadly politically correct.

Kerry wouldn't contest Ohio. He hid after the George Bush is an idiot gaff, and now he accepts his fate in politics. Now I know why my dog loves me so much. Loyalty.

Kerry lost in 2004 because he's unelectable for a frontline position like president. He says offensive things, he does offensive things, and although he may be a very nice person for all we know, he always seems to be in the wrong place doing the wrong thing, on film. Remember the book, "The Peter Principle"? Kerry has risen to the level of his own incompetence and he is as high in politics as he will ever go.

Kerry lost in 2004 because he's unelectable for a frontline position like president. He says offensive things, he does offensive things, and although he may be a very nice person for all we know, he always seems to be in the wrong place doing the wrong thing, on film. Remember the book, "The Peter Principle"? Kerry has risen to the level of his own incompetence and he is as high in politics as he will ever go.

John Kerry calls Bush an IDIOT.

He claims he was lied to by Bush, and voted to send American troops into Iraq.

That speaks volumes about John Kerry, that he can be bamboozled by an idiot on an issue as critical as going to war.

Someone like that should never be in a position power

Americans still support John Kerry and we know how politics sometimes can twist things around.
John Kerry would never do anything to hurt our troops, unlike the president, Kerry has a clear plan for Iraq and I would vote for him today.
KERRY 2008

The only thing good that came out of this election is we won't have to worry about John Kerry running every again for President. Good riddance!

How childish of Sen. Schumer. That is the kind of idiotic self-importance that I was hoping the Democrats would NOT bring to the new Congress.

Too bad they start out this way. It doesn't bode well for a good and effective Dem leadership. It bodes well for pettiness.

If this is true Schumer has absolutely no class. John Kerry is not only a war hero, but the man the majority of Democrats chose as their leader. No one other than the people in NY chose Shumer.

John Kerry also did more to keep people involved after the defeat in 2004 than anyone else. I know several people other than myself who became more involved than we ever were before due to John Kerry's plea to stay involved.

The main issues in this election were corruption and Iraq. On Iraq, it is Kerry, not Schumer, who was a leading voice. Many Republicans, Democrats and pundits are now saying, as John Kerry said in April, that a deadline is needed to make the Iraqis stop feuding and get their country together.

Whether given credit or not, it was Senator Kerry who led on this at a point where the esteemed leadership preferred staying silent. Senator Kerry was fight when he said that it would be wrong to stay silent when soldiers were dying for a failed policy. That is true morality - not calculating the electoral cost. There would have been no Democratic amendment if not for Senator Kerry. Would the gains have been as high if the contrast between the parties on Iraq were less defined?

Also, today General Pace essentially acknowledged that the means of dealing with terrorism that Senator Kerry defined in 2004 is correct and their current plan. Need I mention he was right on Afghanistan.

So, Shumer can fume about a smear of a distorted joke - but he has contributed far less statesmanship to this country than Kerry did by age 27. He will never compete as a hero, person or politician.

If this is true Schumer has absolutely no class. John Kerry is not only a war hero, but the man the majority of Democrats chose as their leader. No one other than the people in NY chose Shumer.

John Kerry also did more to keep people involved after the defeat in 2004 than anyone else. I know several people other than myself who became more involved than we ever were before due to John Kerry's plea to stay involved.

The main issues in this election were corruption and Iraq. On Iraq, it is Kerry, not Schumer, who was a leading voice. Many Republicans, Democrats and pundits are now saying, as John Kerry said in April, that a deadline is needed to make the Iraqis stop feuding and get their country together.

Whether given credit or not, it was Senator Kerry who led on this at a point where the esteemed leadership preferred staying silent. Senator Kerry was fight when he said that it would be wrong to stay silent when soldiers were dying for a failed policy. That is true morality - not calculating the electoral cost. There would have been no Democratic amendment if not for Senator Kerry. Would the gains have been as high if the contrast between the parties on Iraq were less defined?

Also, today General Pace essentially acknowledged that the means of dealing with terrorism that Senator Kerry defined in 2004 is correct and their current plan. Need I mention he was right on Afghanistan.

So, Shumer can fume about a smear of a distorted joke - but he has contributed far less statesmanship to this country than Kerry did by age 27. He will never compete as a hero, person or politician.

Wow, steeltom, I've never seen anything quite that stupid in print before.

Thanks for making my day. It's nice to know that the liberal base really thinks that way. They should have no trouble discrediting themselves in the next year or two.

Kerry is far from a hero, having been dishonorably discharged from the military after collecting Purple Hearts for paper cuts in 'Nam and conducting himself in a treasonous manner thereafter.

He would have been a disaster as President and proves that daily as an absentee Senator.

Snubbing Kerry might be the first thing the dimocrats have gotten right in a century.

steeltom, I wish you had that time machine. Maybe you would take a few of your friends with you.

Kerry is an embarrasement to the uniform he once wore. To call him a military hero after he threw his medels over the fence is a farce. The fact that he met with North Vietnamese officals during wartime makes him a traitor. Him coming to the podium to accept his partys nomination and soluting was an insult to the armed forces. He ran from the military after he returned home, now embraces it when it it suits him. Hero? Hardly. Fool at best.

steeltom=moonbat

What on Earth Did Schumer Say to Kerry??? He said "get the heck away from us, you're an idiot." I for one am quite pleased to see that even the Dems can see through Kerry's junk. I cannot wait to see him gone forever.

Senator Kerry moved aside for a picture of the Seanate leadership. He isn't part of this elected group so I fail to see what the deal is here other than trying to creat and spread a rummor that is false. Grow up and get a life. Sometimes we're asked to be in a picture sometimes were not.

If this is true Schumer has absolutely no class. John Kerry is not only a war hero, but the man the majority of Democrats chose as their leader. No one other than the people in NY chose Shumer.

John Kerry also did more to keep people involved after the defeat in 2004 than anyone else. I know several people other than myself who became more involved than we ever were before due to John Kerry's plea to stay involved.

The main issues in this election were corruption and Iraq. On Iraq, it is Kerry, not Schumer, who was a leading voice. Many Republicans, Democrats and pundits are now saying, as John Kerry said in April, that a deadline is needed to make the Iraqis stop feuding and get their country together.

Whether given credit or not, it was Senator Kerry who led on this at a point where the esteemed leadership preferred staying silent. Senator Kerry was fight when he said that it would be wrong to stay silent when soldiers were dying for a failed policy. That is true morality - not calculating the electoral cost. There would have been no Democratic amendment if not for Senator Kerry. Would the gains have been as high if the contrast between the parties on Iraq were less defined?

Also, today General Pace essentially acknowledged that the means of dealing with terrorism that Senator Kerry defined in 2004 is correct and their current plan. Need I mention he was right on Afghanistan.

So, Shumer can fume about a smear of a distorted joke - but he has contributed far less statesmanship to this country than Kerry did by age 27. He will never compete as a hero, person or politician.

Some say that our president is not the sharpest knife in the drawer. However, based on the results of the military intelligence tests taken by Bush and Kerry, it appears that Bush's IQ is a whopping 10 points higher than the Heinz groom.

Can anyone still bemoan Kerry's loss after his performance in this last election?

Turns out that our brilliant nuancer is not such a genius after all.

Kerry
was never a true leader in the Democratic Party and the public diss is the just desserts for how out of touch he is with thie beloved country.

Wow! Has ABC suddenly become the National Enquirer reporting on things that may or may not have been said in the halls (literally) of congress?

I guess I shouldn't be shocked. Real journalism has been dead in America for quite some time now. What we are left with are gossip columnist wanna-be's who are either too lazy or too stupid to actually report the news.

Shame on you ABC allowing this kind of "reporting" to be associated with your name.

A lot about nothing. Probably Schumer was in a hurry because he was going to a leadership press conference or whatever.

Is this the gossip gazette or a serious magazine? As you say, you do not know, so why publish.

"I'd love a time machine to know where we'd be right now, after 911, in a Kerry administration."

The US would be part of Quebec and would have surrendered to the UN by now.

Kerry is an idiot, and the Dems understand that simple fact. His political career is over as per the Dem leadership.

Hey steeltorn,

Just to let you know Kerry lost the 2004 election, yet 911 occurred on Sep 11, 2001 so what was your point???? And no he is not an American hero just a political hack who served just long enough (3 purple hearts, no hospital stay or time off) to convince people like you he was a hero!!!!

Just to let you know Kerry lost the 2004 election, yet 911 occurred on Sep 11, 2001 so what was your point???? And no he is not an American hero just a political hack who served just long enough (3 purple hearts, no hospital stay or time off) to convince people like you he was a hero!!!!

Why didn't Kerry just call them chickenhawks?
The leftymeme is that no one can have an opinion unless they served in combat in Vietnam.

Good Kick Kerry to the curb.
Hes guilty of treason and should
be ostrasized even by the dimocrats, they follow suit no
plan no loyalty

John Kerry give me the creaps. I would not want him in any of my photos as well.

Kerry is a Bonesman stooge who rolled over for the election theft in '04 and tried to sabotage this one.

"Do you know General Russell?"

Your article titled "What on earth did Schumer say to Kerry?" is exactly why I do not trust reporters any longer. You gave me the facts, but rather than allow me to come to my own conclusion with them you choose to tag your opinion at the end. We are capable of coming to our own conclusion. Just give us the FACTS. PLEASE!!! When will this opinion based reporting end?

John Kerry has become the Michael Dukakis of the modern day Democrats. What a goof. He always believed he was smarter than Bush (although his GPA at Yale was actually lower than Bush's), yet every time he opened his mouth, his foot went straight into it. Bush may have had more verbal gaffes, but Kerry's were far more stupid.

He is a has-been, and needs to stay out of the public eye if he doesn't want to cause any more damage to the Democratic party.

New term in the Webster dictionary coming out soon. Swift boating: [swift boh-ting] 1.The revealing of another persons conduct from a past time through the use of verifiable documentation, truthful witness accounts, and/or any other form of undeniable facts to discredit that person for political purposes. 2. A truthful statement or report that can not be intellgently disputed that puts a politician in a bad light. Unlike slander which are false statements or reports. The only bothced joke in America is John Kerry and I hope Democrats never find this out.

We wouldn't have a "post 911" Kerry administration, had the Sumprere Court not selected Bush over Gore.

It's amazing to me that masses of people who watch a political commercial over and over, believe it, and then vote that way. What sheep!

As a former Marine and Desert Storm vet, and the son and grandson of WWII and Vietnam veterans, I can say that no one in my familiy or anyone I have ever met who served in uniform has ever had a good thing to say about Kerry. His words regardless of his intent have an effect and that effect is for what he is remembered. This is exactly like hearing the phrase "I support the troops but not the fight" - if the troops support the fight by re-enlistng at record highs, how is your support beneficial to the troops when they obviously believe something different about the fight.

I'm so tired of the birth-right American who will do nothing for this country but offer rhetoric to the problems and who believes they have the best interest of the military at heart but opposed what the military does. It's like some of you out there are for the troops before you are against them...or vice versa.

Kerry is the definition of a botched joke and his fellow (D)s recognize that.

Kerry is not very bright. What is amazing is how he has advanced so far in politics. To nominate him for President, the Democratic Party must have a death wish. Let's hope they put him up again.

Crimeny, this is considered a story?

A bored reporter's speculation about what MIGHT have been whispered by someone walking down the hall to someone who walked out a door into the hall?

I had to look at the byline to make sure this wasn't written by Matt Drudge.

Kerry is no longer a useful idiot. It's about time that he goes away. I'm surprised the American public has tolerated this true American Traitor for this long.

John Kerry is not electable....but he is a good senator and indeed, a war hero. Chuck Shumer is an intellect but neither a good senator nor a hero. If John Kerry had the grace to step aside then good for him and only more evidence of what is wrong with Shumer.

"do your homework, get good grades and you can marry up, live off of the efforts of a deceased Republican and be a no-show senator"

Why an admitted war criminal and confirmed liar serves in congress speaks volumes about the people who send him there.

The fact that foolish voters in Massachusetts keep sending John Kerry to congress is mindbogling beyond belief. Explained by the possibility that those who vote for him are as dishonset.

I think it's newsworthy. I think Schumer's dismissing of Kerry in the leadership shot while it might not be front-page news, is certainly a speculatory way of discerning the pulse of the party where Kerry is concerned. I think attention to details like this are crystal ball predictions of things to come. Having said that, it would appear the democrats no longer require the services of the bumbling, awkward, Herman Munster-looking John Kerry.

Tom Vaitys- Sen Kerry has the God- awful habit of being right in all the wrong ways and wrong in all the right ways.

Sure he's been pretty spot on in a lot of assessments- notably that we have shortchanged law enforcement ability to combat terrorists by favoring funds to Iraq. Frankly the war in Afghanistan should have been the real ball game because Bin Laden has been there and not in Iraq.

BUT 30 SOME YEARS AGO...

Kerry sealed his fate by desecrating the uniform- he did that at a time when it was politically expedient to do so. Times Change. Despite the fact that he was a combat veteran- he turned his back on the uniform- not privately mind you- but with such extreme candor and vividness so as to permanently encapsulate him in that position and define him so ever since.

At the time Kerry may have been a crusader of his convictions- unfortunately for him he is now a convict of those convictions as well.

Aside from that- Kerry lost the Democrats the 2004 Presidential bid. Most likely by refusing to nominate Bob Graham of Florida as VP (a serious heavy hitter) Kerry opted for the junior Senator with less clout and experience.

Anyways-The Result Equals- If Kerry is in the Democratic leadership then Democrats look anti military and soft on terror. Kerry has no centrist credentials- and we carried the day at the booths for once!

With Kerry out of a leadership gig he’s not a liability.

I highly doubt that soft, left, anti military and non closer is the look and label Chuck is looking for.

Kerry, including the time of his "accident", helped put the Dems over the top in '06. From the money he gave and helped raise, to personal appearances, to the "accident's" drawing the nation's attention back to Iraq, to forcing cowboy bush to respond to his after "accident" attack by stating unlimited support for Rumsfeld and Cheney, nobody aside from George W himself did more.