John Kerry speaks a rally in Pasadena (October 30)
Kerry charmed the crowd with tales of surfing at Mission Beach and got laughs for a series of one liners, including telling the crowd he had just returned from Texas, "Where the president used to live - now he lives in a state of denial."
Kerry then told the students that if they were able to navigate the education system, they could get comfortable jobs - "If you don't, you get stuck in Iraq," he said to a mixture of laughter and gasps.
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Afterward, students said they were pleasantly surprised with Angelides - although many said they would have voted for him regardless.
"It made me feel better about giving my vote to him," Kandist Mallett said.
But she added, "The highlight was definitely John Kerry."
more...John Kerry said what?!
By Michelle Malkin · October 31, 2006 12:32 AM
***10/31 7:35am updated with more reax below...
...909am update San Gabriel Valley Tribune/Pasadena Star News reports on the Angelides campaign event at Pasadena City College where Kerry trashed the troops..."Kerry then told the students that if they were able to navigate the education system, they could get comfortable jobs - "If you don't, you get stuck in Iraq," he said to a mixture of laughter and gasps."***
915am update. Here's a pic of Kerry and Angelides from the event posted by the Angelides campaign...
http://michellemalkin.com/archives/006237.htmpresident called Kerry's statement "insulting and shameful."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxqWAjnlp2ASenator McCain Wants an Apology from John Kerry
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPInnyAcLd0Colbert Sets the Kerry Smear Straight
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CB2d98sDbWUDesperate, Pathetic Republicans Attack Kerry
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t24rUzNSfa0Re: Bush Spins Kerrys Comments (has nothing to do with this RW attack, but shows how absurd it is)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ln_L4INxXu0 Former presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry opened his mouth. He called his remarks a “botched joke,” aimed, he says, at President Bush’s policies on the Iraq War. Where I’m from, war is not a joking matter. Rather, it’s very serious business.
To criticize a president’s policies is one thing; to make a joke out of it is another matter entirely. (emphasis added)
more...Kerry should bury lingering presidential aspirations
Democrat John Kerry, who came within a hair’s breadth of winning the presidency in 2004, might as well forget another try in 2008.
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Twice this year Kerry has visited South Carolina, one of the early primary states, and been warmly received.
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The senator acted and looked like a candidate on his recent trip to South Carolina.
He was smiling, signing autographs and embracing well-wishers as they came by his table at Adriana’s at Five Points, a favorite hangout for the senator when he’s in town.
more...Botched
Assessing the damage done to Democrats—and his own chances in ’08—by John Kerry’s epically flubbed joke.
WEB EXCLUSIVE
By Susannah Meadows
Newsweek
Updated: 5:13 p.m. ET Nov 4, 2006
Nov. 4, 2006 - Chuck Schumer got right to the point. On Thursday afternoon, the New York Senator, who’s leading the Democrats’ efforts to win back the Senate, called John Kerry and let him have it. The Massachussetts Senator’s supposed “botched joke” about the president's handling of Iraq had become a feast for Republicans—sucking up tons of airtime and knocking Democrats off message in the crucial remaining days before the midterm election. Kerry’s attempts to fight back, by calling the Republicans “stuffed suits” and “right wing nutjobs,” was only prolonging the story and making things worse. Apologize now, Schumer told him, according to a high-ranking party official who didn’t want to be named talking about a private conversation. (A source close to Kerry said the exchange was cordial.)Commentary
Malkin: The Democrats’ military disdain
MICHELLE MALKIN
November 5, 2006
The Democrats' failed 2004 presidential candidate, Sen. John Kerry, may have just sabotaged his party's highest hopes for the 2006 midterm elections. Karl Rove himself couldn't have engineered a better campaign reminder of the Democrats' utter lack of credibility when it comes to supporting, respecting and leading America's military.
more...Six days ago Keith Olbermann offered the sane perspective:
Keith Olbermann discusses John Kerry's remarks on "Countdown with Keith Olbermann."Guess absurdity trumps sanity, but only for those willing to accept it:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=2926965&mesg_id=2926965
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