Classy Kerry

[FishForLunch]

John Kerry: Bush A Criminal, Looting Country


Failed presidential candidate John Kerry blasted President Bush on Thursday as a "criminal" who has been "looting the country."

The Massachusetts Democrat offered the incendiary comments during an off the record meeting with liberal bloggers after a speech in Los Angeles to the Pacific Council on International Policy.

According to the web site L.A. Observed, Kerry asked the bloggers to keep his comments confidential; a request they apparently dismissed out of hand without telling him.

Blogger "Hollywood Liberal" reports that Kerry "agreed completely with someone's assessment that everything that Bush does is solely for the purpose of looting the country."

"[Kerry] basically said that Bush and his cohorts are criminals" the blogger continued. "At some other point he referred to Supreme Court Justices Alito, Scalia, and Roberts as 'Idiots.'"

With an eye on 2008, Kerry has been courting the blog community, which helped make Howard Dean the early Democratic presidential frontrunner in 2004.

Meanwhile, current Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton's star continues to fade with the same group. Polls taken over the last year by the leading liberal blog, Daily Kos, show Mrs. Clinton trailing Russ Feingold, Mark Warner and even Wesley Clark.

[nashtymavsfan13]

I hate John Kerry.

[Mavdog]

interesting, the article above uses quotes, as if they were verbatim words of Kerry, yet at the same time the article discloses that any comments were "off the record" and further the hollywoodliberal.com site says "The meeting was off the record so no one took any notes or recorded what was said."

hmmm, so how is it that these words have quotation marks? yes, the ole innuendo attacks.

We all know what "classy" is and this article posted above clearly fails in that regard.

[Drbio]

What a dumbass kerry has become.


His own party is embarassed I'm sure.

[Mavdog]

a better question is if the republican party is more embarrased by george bush?

I'd bet kerry probably has higher positive poll numbers than bush currently does.

[FishForLunch]

What does that have to do with with what Kerry said.

[kg_veteran]

Why would Hollywood Liberal lie about what Kerry said? Maybe you know something I don't.

[Mavdog]

Originally Posted by kg_veteran

Why would Hollywood Liberal lie about what Kerry said? Maybe you know something I don't.

a blog not being that accurate? nah, never happens....

look at the context. kerry didn't say "the president is looting our country", it says kerry "agreed", which means he didn't say it. also it says that kerry "basically said..". that kg indicates an interpertation, not an actual quote.

just a poor piece no matter which way it's looked at.

now, the question remains: is the republican party more embarassed by bush than the democrats are embarassed by kerry?

very well might be a yes.

[Drbio]

Why would they be embarassed by a man with conviction, backbone and a commitment to the moral high ground? Oh yeah....they aren't.

Another typical mavdog misdirect attempt. Can't stay on topic? Bash Bush and change the direction.

[Usually Lurkin]

good grief, mavdog. What kind of weird misdirection . . .

Here's what remains: Libs don't respect Kerry enough to keep his request that his idiotic butt-kissing of the extremists be kept off the record.

[Mavdog]

Originally Posted by Drbio

Why would they be embarassed by a man with conviction, backbone and a commitment to the moral high ground? Oh yeah....they aren't.

conviction to what exactly?
conviction to the "spread of democracy"? the inconsistencies by the continued support of authoritarian regimes undermines that.
backbone? just what is the cause to which this backbone sopposedly is directed?
moral high ground? yeah, the pandering with his marriage amendment initiative is such "high ground".

the predictions of a change in control of the house, with the possibility of losing both the house and the senate majorities, show that those who voted republican to give the gop the majority are clearly embarassed and turned off.

Another typical mavdog misdirect attempt. Can't stay on topic? Bash Bush and change the direction.[/FONT]

ahh, I see. the topic is comments by kerry about bush, but to mention bush is "off topic" and a "misdirect". wow, what compelling argument.

of course, to misdirect by making me the subject isn't straying from the topic....try to stay on topic bio. pretty darn near impossible, but try.

[Mavdog]

Originally Posted by Usually Lurkin

good grief, mavdog. What kind of weird misdirection . . .

Here's what remains: Libs don't respect Kerry enough to keep his request that his idiotic butt-kissing of the extremists be kept off the record.

no, not misdirection in the least. kerry is meeting with active democrats, and some of those express extreme views, some of them are probably advocating more aggressive actions (talk about impeachment and such), but to put words in anyone's mouth without them truly saying those words is an error. this story is much ado about nothing.

as far as "butt kissing", every politico does it, just like baby kissing.

[Drbio]

It was so nice last month when you were gone. Now it is back to typical clutter and misdirect. *sigh*

[Mavdog]

I wasn't gone.

so a discussion of bush, which of course is one of the subjects of this thread, is "clutter" and "misdirect"?

yes, you could work for the bush white house. they don't want to discuss their record either..

[Drbio]

No...a mavdog post is clutter. Pretty much everyone understands you will not stay on topic if a lib/dem is getting battered. Your MO is to always misdirect the thread. To deny that would be laughable.

[Mavdog]

Originally Posted by Drbio

No...a mavdog post is clutter. Pretty much everyone understands you will not stay on topic if a lib/dem is getting battered. Your MO is to always misdirect the thread. To deny that would be laughable.

typical. your verbosity attempts to misdirect to the poster rather than the subject of the thread.

like I said, I understand your failure to stay on the subject of bush. any attempt to defend the bush administration is difficult.

[madape]

http://www.boston.com/news/nation/wa...tudent?mode=PF

Yale grades portray Kerry as a lackluster student
His 4-year average on par with Bush's

By Michael Kranish, Globe Staff | June 7, 2005

WASHINGTON -- During last year's presidential campaign, John F. Kerry was the candidate often portrayed as intellectual and complex, while George W. Bush was the populist who mangled his sentences.

But newly released records show that Bush and Kerry had a virtually identical grade average at Yale University four decades ago.

In 1999, The New Yorker published a transcript indicating that Bush had received a cumulative score of 77 for his first three years at Yale and a roughly similar average under a non-numerical rating system during his senior year.

Kerry, who graduated two years before Bush, got a cumulative 76 for his four years, according to a transcript that Kerry sent to the Navy when he was applying for officer training school. He received four D's in his freshman year out of 10 courses, but improved his average in later years.

The grade transcript, which Kerry has always declined to release, was included in his Navy record. During the campaign the Globe sought Kerry's naval records, but he refused to waive privacy restrictions for the full file. Late last month, Kerry gave the Navy permission to send the documents to the Globe.

Kerry appeared to be responding to critics who suspected that there might be damaging information in the file about his activities in Vietnam. The military and medical records, however, appear identical to what Kerry has already released. This marks the first time Kerry's grades have been publicly reported.

The transcript shows that Kerry's freshman-year average was 71. He scored a 61 in geology, a 63 and 68 in two history classes, and a 69 in political science. His top score was a 79, in another political science course. Another of his strongest efforts, a 77, came in French class.

Under Yale's grading system in effect at the time, grades between 90 and 100 equaled an A, 80-89 a B, 70-79 a C, 60 to 69 a D, and anything below that was a failing grade. In addition to Kerry's four D's in his freshman year, he received one D in his sophomore year. He did not fail any courses.

''I always told my Dad that D stood for distinction," Kerry said yesterday in a written response to questions, noting that he has previously acknowledged that he spent a lot of time learning to fly instead of focusing on his studies.

[Drbio]

Originally Posted by Mavdog

typical. your verbosity attempts to misdirect to the poster rather than the subject of the thread.

like I said, I understand your failure to stay on the subject of bush. any attempt to defend the bush administration is difficult.

Yet another vacuous post from the forum doof.

[Drbio]

In kerrys case D stands for Deceptive asshole.

[dude1394]

To continue on a theme...You can see Kerry in the back....
Wha'wha'wha' happened??

U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer appeared to kick Sen. John Kerry out of a Democratic leadership walk in Washington, a reporter who witnessed the event said.

An ABC News reporter said the incident occurred Tuesday outside of the Old Senate Chamber as members of the new Democratic leadership, of which Kerry is not a part, left the chamber en route to the Ohio Clock Corridor to discuss leadership elections, the incoming majority's agenda and Iraq.

The ABC reporter said Kerry left the room behind Democratic Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev.; Whip Dick Durbin, D-Ill.; Caucus Secretary Patty Murray, D-Wash.; and Caucus Vice-Chair Schumer, D-N.Y. However, when Schumer noticed Kerry, D-N.Y., walking behind him, he turned and said something to the Massachusetts senator that caused him to stop.

Kerry waited for the Democratic leaders to walk ahead and then ducked between two statues. The ABC reporter speculated that Schumer may have told Kerry to stay clear of the leadership shot.

[kg_veteran]

Classic.

[MavKikiNYC]

Kerry waited for the Democratic leaders to walk ahead and then ducked between two statues.

Ducked. I love it.

Was he really trying to tag along into a picture to make himself look like a part of the party leadership?

Kinda like he did in Viet Nam? Just along for the ride.

[Drbio]

Kerry is an embarassment to dems.

[purplefrog]

From Waki-pedia:

John Kerry: Senator John Kerry of Massachusetts ran for the presidency in 2004. He is widely known for his inept campiaigning style, his boring monotonic voice, his inability to formulate a coherent argument, his atrocious judgement, and the fact that he consistently has his left foot in his mouth. Currently Kerry is considered to be the biggest idiot in Congress and an all-around jerk with no class. Kerry is loathed by Republicans and Democrats alike.