Wednesday, November 01, 2006

Does John Kerry deserve the benefit of the doubt?

By now, you’ve all heard the firestorm created over controversial comments made by Senator John Kerry (D-MA).

While campaigning on behalf of California Democratic gubernatorial candidate Phil Angelides on Monday, Kerry said this:


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


In a press conference held today, Kerry explained his comment as "a botched joke about the president and the president's people, not about the troops ... and they know that's what I was talking about."

I must admit that I found Kerry’s rebuttal quite impassionate. But can he be given the benefit of the doubt? Was it really a misunderstanding on our part?

In a December 2005 appearance on CBS’ “Face the Nation”, Kerry made a baseless accusation regarding military operations in Iraq:


“…There is no reason that young American soldiers need to be going into the homes of Iraqis in the dead of night, terrorizing kids and children, you know, women, breaking sort of the historical customs, religious customs.”


So you’ll have to forgive us for the confusion, Senator. Defaming comments about the military are not unprecedented for you.
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3 comments:

  1. Seminarian11/01/2006 12:59 AM

    Nice... Very similar to my blog. Sports and Christianity, although to be specific, mine is Catholic. I can't really get into politics though (although between you and me, I'm more of the conservative type too).

    God Bless

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  2. Douglas11/01/2006 11:01 PM

    Once you've run for president, you don't get the benefit of the doubt.

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  3. BLAZER PROPHET11/05/2006 10:44 PM

    I carefully listened a few times to the entire few minutes as opposed to just the quip and it seemed clear to me Kerry was ripping the service personnel in general and not Bush.

    The problem with many elitest liberals is that they loathe the military, in general. It stands for repression... and they seem to not clearly understand why we have a military and what it's purpose is.

    Clearly, Kerry's apology is accepted, but I think he lied to cover his tracks early on- and that is part & parcel of his character.

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