Why are they so critical NOW? Is it because it's the other side talking like a fool for a change, and they incapable of applying equal standards to representatives of both parties?
2006-11-02 08:02:24 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Troops were angry at the notorious "bring it on" comment -- as if they didn't have their hands full as it was.
And "Stay the course" is clearly a euphemism for "We don't have a clue what we're doing, the war's still making Rumsfeld and Cheney a bundle, so let's make them stick around a while longer and die, like chumps."
2006-11-02 08:08:24 · update #1
"I'm the commander -- see, I don't need to explain -- I do not need to explain why I say things. That's the interesting thing about being president." G.W. Bush
2006-11-02 08:09:23 · answer #1 · answered by Phoenix, Wise Guru 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
I'll be the first to admit that the C in C is NOT an eloquent public speaker. But I also don't believe that Kerry "botched a joke". He has stated too many times, in too many places, in too many ways that he dislikes the military. He is no different from many Liberal Democrats in this respect. That is the difference.
2006-11-02 18:04:05 · answer #2 · answered by sixfour76 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bush has never said anything quite so ill-advised. Kerry made a major slip-up that came across as insulting the men and women who have their lives on the line everyday.
Now, I'm a conservative, and I think that Kerry was talking about Bush, not the military. However, what I think and what he said aren't necessarily congruent. On such a hot issue, he should've been careful about what he said.
He was right to apologize for it.
2006-11-02 16:07:21 · answer #3 · answered by replicant21 3 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Bush has better spin whores (Rove & Hughes) so they can take Kerry's insult aimed at Bush and redirect it at the troops.
2006-11-02 16:27:28 · answer #4 · answered by iknowtruthismine 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
the republicans.. even when they haven't had the majority.. have always gone up in flames when a democrat steps out of line.. but have always covered their own *** pretty well... it's one of the things that make them great politicians.. they are masters of manipulation and distraction (this is directed towards the politicians, not the voters).. As for Bush.. he's said so many stupid things that we have been desensitized to them.
2006-11-02 16:07:28 · answer #5 · answered by pip 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Because it's election time. If Kerry said what he did in March we probably wouldn't even know about it.
2006-11-02 16:05:26 · answer #6 · answered by harpersr10 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
So what was the joke supposed to be, anyway? And what's funny about the war in Iraq?
2006-11-02 16:08:30 · answer #7 · answered by rustyshackleford001 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hey beachbum, I doubt it. Hmm, the army creates new technologies, created the internet, nuclear weapons, is on the brink of creating invisibility... your right, they do sound stupid.
Grow up, and get off the CNN
2006-11-02 16:07:55 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes, Bush has said stupid things. But at least when HE says stupid things, they can't be interpreted as being against the troops.
2006-11-02 16:04:49 · answer #9 · answered by The_Cricket: Thinking Pink! 7 · 3⤊ 2⤋
bush insults americans everytime he steps to the podium to make a speech that is wrapped with a whole bunch of lies that he tries to sell to us americans
2006-11-02 16:12:12 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋