John Kerry insulting our brave troops

[LovemyNokia1]

well they're dropouts !! gotta be honest c'mon guys !!

[XFGDude]

Kerry is a worthless coward. He dares to call people who put their lives at risk for their country terrorists when he sits at home in his fancy little suit sipping champagne.

[sheptropremix]

He did not insult the troops at all. you piece of shit. the troops shouldn't be in iraq at all. The iraq has a parliament and a government let them sort the issue with the ongoing feud between shia and sunnis. leave america out of this.

[darkbladex080]

hes saying if u dont do good in school u go to the military and hes saying there stupid.

[MajorKoenig2]

what a fucking dumbass traitor, fucking liberals

[marker853]

well he is right alot of the people serving in iraq dont have an option to go to school or college so they enlist

[RockinElves]

I think he meant that people who don't really have the option of going to college or

getting good jobs end up being in the army to get oppurtunities they wouldn't have had.

Probably average students who don't have a good chance of becoming Doctors and Lawyers, but more likely to learn a trade.

I don't think he meant that all the soldiers are idiots who were lazy and got straight F's all through school. That's ridiculous. And, some people actually like being soldiers.

[Scotty7617]

I guess I must be one of the RATS the idiotic poster was referring to because I can still only see an insult to George W. Bush from Kerry and not an insult to US troops, even in the 48 second version.

[Scotty7617]

Where on earth did you get the impression that the US president can do whatever he feels like?

[tonymontanamofo]

look bush is doing what he thinks is best and he is not outside of his athority and i'm getting a little tired of this niether one of us is going to change what we think cause someone posted a comment on youtube i support bush i no we are a minortiy at the moment but bush has integety and is moveing us is a better leader then kerry would have been. the mjority dosen't lways know whats best so we need leaders to lead and followers (like kerry) to follow. i'm done(ish) peace man and vote in 08

[Scotty7617]

You are correct. He is doing what he thinks is best...for him and his corporate buddies, NOT for the country.

[Scotty7617]

I watched the ten second one, and he wasn't insulting the troops. I watched this 48 second one. I still couldn't find the part where he insults the troops.

[tonymontanamofo]

so when he said that people that do bad in school end up in iraq he was really making fun off bush because.............. bush ended up in iraq? i see it all makes sence

[Scotty7617]

Yes, genius. He was talking about Bush. He meant Bush didn't do his homework and didn't study hard and therefore got stuck in Iraq.

[tonymontanamofo]

kerry voted for war before he was aginst it and be for he supported it agian before he disaproved of it. kerry is a dumbass ethier way for wording it wrong, and he has been known to piss off soilders in vetnam (swift vets was one of the biggest reasons he lost in 04)

[Scotty7617]

I'm well aware Kerry voted for war, as did many other Democrats. They did on the intel that Bush gave them, and also because they're scared of being called weak on defense.

[tonymontanamofo]

bush is seen as a big idiot how can he pull off a skeem so grand and kerry has his own intel. that's what i like about bush he dosen't care about polls( at all) he just dose what he thinks is right hes a leader not a politiion. i'll agree with you tat kerry dose not hate the troops but it's still fun to laugh at others mistakes bush's to

[Scotty7617]

Bush is only an idiot when he tries to speak. Stupid people can't deceive a country into believing that an unwinnable war for corporate profit is a good thing. Though it's not just Bush, it's all the people working behind the scenes.

You like that about Bush? That he says "Fuck what the American people want. I'm going to do whatever the hell I feel like."?

[Scotty7617]

No, you see that's actually a very bad thing. Bush works for us, NOT the other way around, although he doesn't seem to think so.

Wow, imagine that. A president who cares about polls and actually does what the people want. That sounds a lot like this little thing called democracy.

[tonymontanamofo]

wars are not won by what the people think in the middle orwe'dhave vietnam allover agian

wake up it'snot a democray it's a demicratic republic.

we vote who gets the job not how he dose it

democrracy'sonly work in small civilisations america is hardly small

i ratherhae a prez with real beliefs then someone that just want's people to like him

we don'tneedsomeone that conforms to society cause society sucks as a whole

if sciencewas based on popular vote we would get no where

[Scotty7617]

Democratic republic still is the same. The leaders work for the people.

Once again, so you don't mind that Bush doesn't care what the people think? That he just says "fuck them."?

Bush works for us. When he does things that are not in the country's best interests, liek the war in Iraq, then he has to change.

[tonymontanamofo]

bush is not require to do what people wantwhen we elect him e give him a job he can complete it how he wants it would be in his best intrest to do what we want but he is not required under any thing to loisten to anyone after he is elected

[Scotty7617]

Okay, what country are you talking about? I know its NOT the US. The president is put into office by the people and he is required to serve them and do what is in their best interests.

No, he certainly CANNOT do it however he wants, and he is definitely required to listen to the people. I think you're confusing the US with Nazi Germany or fascist Italy.

[misayo85]

Have you ever heard of a little document called the Constitution? How about the Bill of Rights? Oh, but I guess those are not at all important in a DEMOCRACY!

[tonymontanamofo]

the constitution is what gave our congress bush and the supreme courts the abillity to govern how they see fit. you twat this is a democratic republic not a demcracy which means we elect people to act for us, instead of us choseing everything you. bush can dowhat ever the constitution gants him the pwoer to do if it pisses off 100% of the population because he dosen't take votes before he acts he dosen't say will ppl like me if i do this he dose what he thinks is best which makes him a leader

[misayo85]

Bush fudge packer. Why don't you go suck on Bush's bush to get more of your great ideas you dumb facist fuck. You are the downfall of our country. Lies and this illegal war is not in the constitution you idiot. It's pretty obvious Bush doesn't give a shit about you or anybody else for that matter. Wake up you stupid ass hole. Look at how fucked the economy, not to mention how many lives have been lost in this illegal war. I've served my country proudly, what the fuck have you done?!

[Scotty7617]

I love the way the neo-cons took Kerry's insult of Bush and turned it into an attack on the troops. Though Kerry did word this statement pretty badly.

[Scotty7617]

I love the way the neo-cons took Kerry's insult of Bush and turned it into an attack on the troops. Though Kerry did word this statement pretty badly.

[roscoe85cj]

Hap mi Jon Carry .. I stuk in Ninny Pisslosi's azz crack and cunt git out !

[roscoe85cj]

Sometimes I wish I had terminal cancer just so the Make-A-Wish Foundation could grant me 5 minutes in a locked room with any 10 of these sorry america-hating libshits

[bananacreamanarchy]

I wish you had terminal cancer too. America would be so much better off without gullible flag-crazed war-lovers like yourself. This totally unnecessary Iraq war adventure is costing us 12 billion dollars a month, to say nothing of the lives destroyed.

[roscoe85cj]

wow, another code pink pussified fuckdrip steps out of the shadows .. and since you focused on the cost of fighting terror networks, I suppose you think it would be better spent on any number of 'entitlements' to benefit lazy do-nothing crybabies like yourself ... now you, hussein obama and his knappy-haired ho of a wife had better get back to church for a down-home America Hating rhetoric eh? ..

[bananacreamanarchy]

The money we are wasting on bush's useless and gruesome fantasy war (12 billion dollars per month) is money that we are NOT spending on the medical, educational, infrastructure, technological, and alternative energy needs of our fellow Americans. It is called the "opportunity cost".

It is a shame that 5 years after we invaded a defenseless country, there are still losers like yourself who want the war to go on and on and on. You must really hate america.

[roscoe85cj]

ZZzzzzzz .. zzzz .. kum-bye-yawn mofo ... get a clue moron, if you can't afford one then try Rent-A-Center .. if you think radical islam just wants to play paddycake and wouldn't hesitate to drop a dirty bomb (even right in the middle of your queer pride parade)then think again doofus.

[bananacreamanarchy]

12 billion per month. That is how much the war in Iraq is costing. Makes ya wonder why we had to go and invade a defenseless country, run by a secularist and former US-ally, like Saddam Hussein.

[Wally4363]

How to fail as a politian. #1 - Open Mouth. #2 Insert Foot. #3 Career Over. Lets no forget Dukakas (sp) back in the 80's and the Marines in Beruit comment he made.

[goat909295]

APOLOGIZE NOW, MR. PRESIDENT!!! George Bush says women in uniform are only allowed in for their BOOBS. It's the guys who provide the smarts. See YouTube "George Bush at his best." YOU CHAUVENIST PIG!!! AAARRRGGGHHH!!! Apologize, you swine.

[Skyluna07]

I believe Kerry was talking about Bush & his boys fixing & picking their facts to get us in a pointless war that kills young fighting men & civillians for no other reason then Rumsfeld & Bush are stupid idiots.

[deftdrummer]

fact of the matter is that fewer and fewer educated troops in Iraq feel they should be there. I think something like 50% last I read? Did anybody stop to think that he is referring to being "in" Iraq as in, in-volved with the situation? Nope, everybody has to take everything so literally which is why we have an idiot running the country along with a bunch of strict bible interpreters. Sheesh!

[foureyedmonsters]

He didn't insult the troops, he insulted bush and the state of the confusion bush has about about how to get out of Iraq. He's trying to save the troops lives by challenging why we are still there.

[foureyedmonsters]

He didn't insult the troops, he insulted bush and the state of the confusion bush has about about how to get out of Iraq. He's trying to save the troops lives by challenging why we are still there.

[shigsho]

Why have the democrats stopped taliking about Harry Truman and John F. Kennedy?? It's because the current democrat party now views Kennedy and Truman as war mongering extremists. The democrat party has been kidknapped by anti-American liberals.

[coolriver56]

A joke, please... words have meanings and there words are clear. Look at the faces of those behind him they didn't think it was a joke. But oh yes Kerry is a democrate and can do no wrong.

Listen to the troops they don't think it was a joke, listen to the parents of those brave soldiers that have died they don't think it was a joke. It is Kerry speaking his beliefs.

[BTape]

I dunno, to me it's always sounded like he was just attacking Bush. That's still poor character, but it's not out of the ordinary and certainly not the big problem it has been made to be. Kerry dug himself a hole by taking so long to clarify his joke and failing to appologize, though.

[shigsho]

His apology is out and he blames the LISTENERS. Looks like everyone who heard his comments MISINTERPRETED them. Once again he is right and the worlds wrong. This is no apology.How about a real one?

[SeaDog2006]

Kerry botched a joke, but Bush botched the entire war. The voters aren't as stupid as you think.

[katzeye001]

LOL! That was not a botched joke! And the dumb ass media is tryin to spin it so that it's the White House's fault that he said it? PLAEESE!

According to his own words he should be in Iraq! And, NO he is not right. Did you forget about Sept 11? Were those people not innocent. Forget about the American's that were killed in the ATTACK on our soil. Let's just cut and run and let him come on back. Will you libs be happy then?

[fhhtrh2345]

You idiot.  You need to show what he said before that quote. Jesus.

[Giuliani08]

Look at the faces of the folks behind Comrade Kerry. They were not thinking his "joke" was very funny.

He probably sang a communist song in praise to Kim Jong Ill right before he insulted the brave men and women fighting in Iraq (again).

Keep talkin' Kerry. I'll be pulling the Republican lever. Hard.

[lucenthinker]

Slick. Real slick Mr. Heinz. Of course it was a botched joke, but Americans are too stupid to care about context - so lets just have a big ol' shouting match from both sides. Chaos. Yell yell yell.... yell yell yell, some side wins the election, we're still a nation in free-fall. It doesn't matter who has their hands on the controls when a plane hits the ground.

[eaeaear]

I have always voted Democrat in the past, but, my party has been hijacked by the extreme left, they bash the military, they make a mockery of God, they kill children, raise taxes, and are weak on defence.

This year im sending a message, im going to vote Republican.

[khaynu]

I would love to see someone play the full speech. No not the part you have here which only shows what was said after the line but the part right before it. That when put into CONTEXT you see he was directing his "joke" toward Bush and NOT the troops. Even if it didnt come out right the crowd understood hence why they laughed because they new the CONTEXT of his point. Hello people do your research and find out the facts!

[clemtoe]

kerry verbally signifies that he is changing course from whatever he was speaking of prior...

"we're here to talk about education, but i want to say something before..."

so, no. even if he was making a bush joke just seconds before, it wasn't what he was talking about when he said, "or else YOU get stuck in iraq."

[doinkclown]

they laughed? if it was actually directed TOWARDS bush, they would have been cheering. not that "*shocked/silent* i think i'll chuckle to make the awkward silence go away"

[russdetwiler1981]

If you think this is a botched joke, you are very stupid. He is reading off a sheet of paper. What an asshole!! Now he and the media are trying to cover for him. Shameful...

[ash2356]

How could Kerry talk about Bush's education? Didn't Kerry and Bush both go to Yale and didn't Bush have a better GPA than Kerry?

[Taharca]

He was right. But definitely wrong for saying it. Bonehead move. Looks like he's not winning on '08.

[nodem2]

Lest we forget, it was libeling our troops in Vietnam that made Kerry famous and started him on his brilliant career. And he hasn't let up since. In fact, it was only a few months ago Kerry called our troops in Iraq "terrorists." Mr. Kerry hates our country and our military so much he almost makes John Murtha seem patriotic.

[nodem2]

A Democratic Congressional candidate from Iowa is canceling a campaign event later this week with Senator John Kerry.

[StayDry]

Isn't he referring to Bush and how , beause he is uneducated, got us all stuck in Iraq and not saying that tropps in Iraq are dumb? I guess I'd need to see the whole clip.

[nodem2]

President Bush had higher grades in college than Kerry. Bush partied and Kerry supposedly studied. What does that say about how stupid Kerry is? And the troops hate Kerry's guts, as do I.

[macsdaddy1]

If Lurch is referring to an "uneducated" Bush, he better check his cumulative GPA. Bush had a higher cumulative GPA than Lurch at Yale.

[mth71]

hahahaha. Looks like the republicans will keep the house and senate. Thanks Kerry!!

[brockpetrie]

Poor people fight rich men's wars, thats just how it is. Kerry is right

[nodem2]

Additionally, in the most recent edition of Population Representation in the Military Services, the Department of Defense reported that the mean reading level of 2004 recruits is a full grade level higher than that of the comparable youth population.

[s7rugg1e]

Nice comment.

[carolina99]

But we all knew that anyway.

[carolina99]

John Kerry is a disgrace to the Senate, the state of Massachusettes and the United States of America.

[clemtoe]

wow. he really thought that was clever and poignent all wrapped in one.

and now he's lying about it.

[renegaderacer]

How did rove get him to say that? Will those damn republicans stop at nothing.

[tangoakathx]

I was hoping this would shed some light on what he was talking about leading up to the comment.

[salmalone]

Kerry Swiftboated himself this time

[salmalone]

You could end up like Kerry. A Traitor and a Loser!

[karldotcom]

California is 47th in Education....used to be one of the best!

[YouAreBeingLiedTo]

Hmm. People laughed, so I guess it was an attack on the President. Of course, they could have just thought that such a comment about the troops was funny. I don't think Kerry would say that about the troops, because he was in the Navy. It just doesn't make sense. Of course, Kerry is not the brightest bulb out there, and a lot of the stuff he says and does doesn't make sense.

[stinkipete]

kerry tried to cover it over... but he directly targeted our men and women....he has called them terrorists before..

[FReeperX]

Kerry mocks the troops.  Loser.

[stinkipete]

hahahahaha - liberal humor.... woohoo. lurch! you LOST!