Sen. John Kerry decided to put his foot into his mouth, right up to the ankle yesterday. Here’s the quote: "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."
Of course President JoJo the Idiot Boy got up on his back legs to bark that Sen. Kerry was badmouthing the troops, was a disloyal American and that voting Democrat was a vote to abandon the troops. Naturally that sound bite got a lot of applause at a Republican event in Georgia.
I’m not going to defend Sen. Kerry’s remarks as they are at best, elitist, divisive, insensitive and politically dumb.
However, I am going to take much umbrage at Dubya. Dubya cannot call anyone who served in the American Armed Forces disloyal. Kerry actually went. Dubya dodged. Kerry got shot at. Dubya didn’t take a flight physical. Kerry disagreed with the Viet Nam war after he came home. Dubya got the records expunged, and a free pass because of Daddy. Simply put, Dubya should shut his pie hole about being a patriot, if he had a lick of sense or honour.
Now as for Sen. Kerry. If you want to crap over the US governments’ Iraq policy and the fumblehanded running of the war by Rumsfeld, Rove, Cheney and President JoJo The Idiot Boy, go ahead. That’s like shooting fish in a barrel. Just replay the clips on WMD’s being on every streetcorner. Just replay the clips of JoJo and Cheney assuring everyone that Saddam and Osama were buddies bent on world domination. Replay the "Mission Accomplished" stunt of The War President landing on the Teddy Roosevelt.
Hell, just let JoJo The Idiot Boy talk for six minutes about anything that Rove will pop into his head. You’ll have plenty of points to ream the Republicans on.
But John, please put your shoe back in your mouth and sit down. What you said was unfair to every soldier who has served. I might not agree with the reasons why the US and Canada are in Iraq and Afghanistan. But I will support those who are serving, as they are serving out of a sense of duty. The Generals and the Political Bosses deserve our scorn, in heapin’ helpin’s of unpleasantness. The boots on the ground deserve our support.
I can live with that inconsistency.
RoadDave 