If you’re still in the mood to discuss…something, check out yesterday’s post, “Democrats: Court Winners, Election Losers”

http://lashawnbarber.com/archives/2006/10/31/democrats-court-winners-election-day-losers/

i give you a lot of credit for being willing to overlook and forgive a joke in poor taste that went bust.

however, since you describe yourself as 1)someone that does not care for sen kerry and 2) has studied his prior gaffes, i feel you are giving him more credit than is due.

he blew it on this situation twice. once when made his remarks, and then again when he vented on his critics without acknowledging or apologizing for the reaction his comments had with our armed forces and their families.

as others posted, if it had been someone else campaigning that blew their “punchline”, it would be blip in the local news cycle.

however, we are talking about “john f kerry reporting for duty”; the reluctant decorated war hero trying his hand at “joking”.

based on his years of derisive remarks towards the u.s. military, as far as the current reaction goes, i’d say he had it coming.

i concede you are a bigger person than i for being willing to turn the other cheek.

Though I still don’t believe he “botched the joke.”

Murtha’s early statements about Haditha were treated similarly, even if that’s not what he intended. He may have even been RIGHT in the end, but you MUST be more thoughtful and sensitive on these topics, these are the lives of our soldiers. As a soldier AND a student, I found Kerry’s comments obnoxious at best, offensive at worst. EVEN IF he was intending to only make a jab at the President.

Personally, I think it’s the cheering and clapping these politicians get when they make harsh, senseless statements about Bush and Iraq that they love. Knowing this, they will continue to say them. Until they can get cheers for saying something exciting, informative and useful that’s NOT Bush or Iraq bashing, you’ll continue to get the Conservative Knee-Jerk reactions.

Did he let the suave veneer painted on him by his lovley heiress bride slip and let out the truth about his and his party wing’s true feelings of disgust and self loathing towards everything American? Maybe.

In the end though, John F. Kerry does not have to answer to mere mortals in the blogoshere, because he knows that he can spend the rest of the week in his palatial dwelling (I did mention that he marries well) and sleep unconcerned about all the outrage. Massachusetts, you see, will send his sorry @&$#$ back to the senate regardless of the qualities of imbicility and arrogance he may possess (and demonstrate with amazing frequency). If they keep sending Ted Kennedy, then Kerry is a lock for life.

Update:
 
Some perspective about why Kerry’s comments matter a lot here.
 
Some perspective about why Kerry’s comments may not matter so much here.
 
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I believe that Mr. Kerry has repeatedly lied about and slimed the troops, so I don’t see why it’s hard to believe that he’d do it again.

That said, I’m willing to believe it’s a botched joke. All he has to do is apologize to the troops and state what he was supposed to have said.

Apologizing for botching a joke is not the same as apologizing to the troops. Accidentally or not he put them down and that’s the issue. He needs to apologize for that.

Maybe his handlers need to put a tighter leash on him? He’s probably used to getting a pass for most things that come out of his mouth.

In a way it’s nice to see the reaction to Kerry, since the opposition does worse to republican/conservative gaffes. Still, giving Kerry some benefit of the doubt, *after* he apologizes to the troops, is the high road.

Still looking for that apology, but not holding my breath.

Kerry and Clinton still don’t seem to get it. They can disagree with President Bush’s policy, but do NOT dis the people that have to uphold it.

When the left was in charge and Bosnia and Kosovo were the conflicts du jour, there was still an overt contempt for the military…to the point of making examples of leaders who called Clinton names. They were not allowed to use the excuse of a botched joke or ‘misspeaking.’

I will giver Kerry credit on one point. He didn’t deny saying it, just got upset when his remarks were taken at face value.

So much has been made of the recent Kerry brouhaha up till now. I haven’t weighed in because, frankly, I haven’t much cared. I was inclined to give Kerry the benefit of the doubt on the meaning…