Unable to establish any positive Republican outlook for the midterm elections I appreciate the effort it must have taken to drag this dead horse out of the barn..
Nobody..NOBODY...cares about Kerry any more...

Kerry was let "off the hook" for his comments in the 70's why should this blip have some effect?

Nogo is the first democrat denouncing Kerry. Now let's see if anyone else in the dem party will do so. What a douche-bag.

The sad thing about Kerry and his comments is that many of the people in today's military have higher GPA's and SAT scores then Kerry. That comment was extremely offensive. The Republicans didn't do anything. Karl Rove did not hypnotize Kerry and send him out on the stage to disgrace our military.

I was hoping that Kerry would try to run again, just to make things interesting for Hillary. Now we'll have to rely on Algore and Feingold to make things interesting.

Although, Kerry is so clueless that he might still run in spite of this.

Waiting for the Video to prove he wasn't really there. he was in North Korea toasting his buddy Kim. The guy on the stage was Rove in a Kerry halloween mask.

I'm going trick or treating tonight as a democrat. (Definetly not with a Kerry mask, i'd get shot a hundred times 'at the first house'). I'll carry a ten gallon bucket so I can take it all for the common good. Can't trust you citizens to hand out candy to the kids when a democratic congress can do it so much better.

I guess I can give up a hundred dollars or so per month in extra federal taxes if the workers making $40-60K per year can give up $375 + per month. Peloshi and gang needs the extra money to bail out Calif. Besides the democrats alway know better than you about where and how to spend your money.

Not only did Lurch ruin his 2008 Presidential aspirations, he just handed the mid-terms to the Republicans. There were some military families that were leaning towards the Democrats. Well Lurch, just stuck a pin into that balloon. No amount of damage control is going to help this time. This is an unforeseen October surprise for the Republicans which will reverberate in the next two years and possibly beyond.

Memo to Jean-Francois:

Horse.

Barn.

Gone.

Kim,

He will still be senator-for life and you know the MSM and the Democrats are going to try to bury this faster then the mob buried Jimmy Hoffa. Too bad for them that the MSM is no longer the gatekeepers of information and no longer control the agenda.

They can try spinning it all they like, it will be like using gasoline to put out a fire.

How typical to put words in my mouth...first of all I am not a Dem...I am a registered Ind..(I have really tried to make that obvious in my posts) second..I did not denounce him...I merely said he was irrevelent..........at this time he is one vote in the Senate..as for President? ...right now I am split between Rudi and John Edwards..(I perfer Rudi but I doubt his position on abortion will allow him to be the nominee)

Nogo, maybe you think a potential presidential candidate basically calling the enlisted of our military rejects is irrelevent, but most people think it matters.

The right blogosphere is so desperate for something to divert attention that they've seized on the misquoted remarks of someone not even running for office. Hilarious!

I feel bad for them, so let's give 'em this one...I promise not to vote for Kerry next Tuesday unless he apologizes!

Kerry needs to resign now. We are a nation at War. We don't need a senior Senator calling the troops stupid.

Hanoi John did not insult and belittle 140,000 troops in Iraq. He insulted and belittled millions of men and women that have served in Iraq, their children, their mother and father's and every member of a family that has or has had someone serve in the U.S. military.

If the members and voters of the Democratic party can't accept the fact that Hanoi John and his supporter are a danger to this country then I pity you as you are the mentally retarded of the country.

Ed,

It is better to keep your mouth shut and be thought a fool then to open it and remove all doubt.

Something that John Kerry, the Democrats and fools like you have never learned.

I think Lee must have dressed up as Ed for Halloween.

Ed....

"Misquoted"????

Please elaborate....or STFU

Bottom line: the man said what he said, and it was stated in the context of rallying the Democratic base. He may have intended to take a swipe at Bush & Co. by hitting on the "recruiting amongst the disadvantaged" nail, but he slammed his thumb horribly. He would have been better off to admit it than to feign indignation that anyone would take offense.

I think Lee must have dressed up as Ed for Halloween.
So when a transvestite dresses like a man, is that considered "drag"?

Unbelievable that this guy is trying to pin this on the Republicans. I mean listen to what he said. Regardless if he meant something else, it didn't come out that way at all. And then he won't even clarify his comments.

This was the October surprise Rove and Co. were talking about last month. If I was a Dem candidate I would be all over Kerry and denounce him as the left wing lunatic that he is.

I hate Kerry, but I think he really was talking about Bush when he spoke of getting stuck on Iraq. He said it in a stupid way, but that's Kerry for you.

I think this is what Kerry honestly believes. There are many things he believes, as a feckless politician and a man of little character, that if he were to come clean, he'd be seen as the pariah he really is.

His type really think they're smarter, and have better hair, than everyone else. The irony is, they are about as stupid and ignorant as you can get.

This liberal couldn't be happier than to see John Kerry fade from politics. I'd happily attend a good-bye party for him and Gore. They both blew it and they both need to go away.

His comment was stupid.

Now, do you rightie loons have anything substantive to run on this election?
Of course not. If you look at the posts and threads for the past week the only thing the loons talk about is hypocrisy and outrage about a stupid politician making a stupid statement. You don't dare debate anything because your cause is a monumental failure.

Kerry says he was aiming his insult "you get stuck in Iraq" insult at Bush. I tend to agree since he did urge students a moment before 'to study and 'you make an effort to get smart'. Many of critics of the war, on google have used "stuck in Iraq' to refer to the siutuation there, with an implicit criticism of our policy there, but I didn't find that Kerry had specially used that expression before.

Hugh, nice even-handed comment in your first para.

But on the second, I think it is entirely reasonable to have a debate on the values and principles of the Parties vis a vis Kerry's take on the military.

I can understand your wanting to change the subject, but it's a fair critique.

If only you could get us back to Mark Foley and The No Sex Scandal, huh?

Is ignorance, arrogance and lack of judgment a substantive issue? I think that's what the Dems have been spewing about Bush and the Republicans. I guess turnabout is not fair play when it comes to Kerry and the Dems? Typical double standards...

You know it's not tough correcting you guys, I guess you were C students also. Add the one word "us" and you see what he's saying:

"You know, education, if you make the most of it, if you study hard and you do your homework, and you make an effort to be smart, uh, you, you can do well. If you don't, you get "us" stuck in Iraq."

I, too, at first questioned he was referring to Bush in an earlier post. However, that is irrelevant. He is still an idiot politically for making such a dumbass statement. Whether he was swinging for Bush and hit the veterans (and I am an 8 year veteran myself with a Master's Degree and work in the software industry today) or just swung at the veterans he is an idiot politician.

So, Mr Kerry, from this family who was not a) poor, b) uneducated we thank you to STFU.

My father: 1960-1988, SMSgt USAF, Bachelor's and Master's degree in electrical engineering.
Myself: 1988-1995, Capt, USAF, BS and MS degree in Computer Science and F-16 pilot.
My brother: 1993-2006, Capt, B-52 pilot, BS and MS in electrical engineering.

Until March of this year when my brother was medically retired a member of my immediate family served this nation continuously for 46 years. We would have been considered middle class family. Not poor, not rich. Educated, successful and felt military service was a calling.

My father, my brother and I will be at the ceremony when my son gets his commission as a 2nd Lt in the USAF in 18 months. He'll have graduated with a BS in Mechanical Engineering and Mathematics from MIT--accepted after scoring a perfect 1600 on his SATs. I guess I need to get him to dumb it down before he graduates so we can be sure the USAF will still take him since he apparently needs to be stupid.

He certainly was wrong to say W. is stuck in Iraq when we all know he's not.

We're not stuck in Iraq, it's just really long last throes!

Mitchell:

I think the folks who talked the most about Foley were the righties. There was a lot of whining and a lot of the YELLING about HYPOCRISY (which is pretty much all you hear from the right). I personally had no interst in Foley. What I had and still have is an interest in whether there was a coverup by anyone on either side. I would imagine you have interest in that as well.

You're quite right that it is legitimate to talk about values and principles. Kerry's stupidity no more represents the the principles and values of the left than does Duke Cunninham or Mark Foley represent the values and principles of the right.

By the way, I think the American public has stated whose values and principles they support.

I agree that Kerry is irrelevant, but I just had to comment on this ridiculous statement:

used the US military again by hiding behind it in order to deflect the criticism that is rightfully coming down on you like a ton of bricks.

For three years, the position of the right has been, "if you disagree with our Iraq policy, you don't support the troops".

You can hardly go off and start getting moral about "hiding behind the military".

the funny thing is sKerry had worse grades in college than W Bush and a lower SAT score.

True, JP. Kerry was a miserable student, as he is now a person.

Hugh, I guess we just disagree. I do think many in the Dem. Party hate the military and don't really want to win. I can cite you to Terry Moran, White House Correspondent for ABC News, and his colleague, Mark Halperin.

Both noticed what you do not: that their fellow journos are largely Dem, and they hate the military.

There is a history and context here that is not favorable for the Dems.

Does Mr. Kerry have any choice insults to hurl at Senator McCain in reaction to his criticism?

Maybe he could borrow some of these.

I mean, really... you finally have a legitimate point to argue, and you have to go bonkers and overstate it with ridiculous rants.

I can't believe Kerry is selling this as a joke against Bush and some in the media are buying it. Today's hissyfit of a presser he had no trouble saying "President Bush", in 2004 no problems attacking Bush and using the words "President Bush", yet during this 'joke' he doesn't use the words "President Bush". Also look at the clip he isn't smiling or laughing or anything that shows it to be a joke. And, honestly whats the joke study hard and do well in school or you might become President of the United States?

There's this movie everyone's talking about "No Substitute for Victory: from Vietnam to Iraq". Originally "No Substitute for Victory" was a documentary hosted by Jon Wayne released when during war in Vietnam. Now this film is re-released on a DVD and examines out current conflicts in the Middle East as seen through the scope of history from our previous conflict in Vietnam. It has exclusive modern day interviews. I think it will be an excellent source of vital information and entertainment! You should check it out!

Why does he not just apologize? He is not very smart, is he?