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May 30, 2008

Kerry: On Sept. 11 We Were at Peace

@ 11:21 am by Andy Barr

Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) believes that on September 11 "we were basically at peace."

Asked to clarify his remarks, specifically asking about the attacks on the U.S.S. Cole during Barack Obama campaign conference call, Kerry said, "well, we hadn't declared war," The Hill's Sam Youngman reports.

Asked if al Qaeda was a threat at the time, the 2004 Democratic presidential nominee said, "well yes, obviously they were a threat. But, fundamentally we were not at war at that point in time."

Kerry also called John McCain "out of step with history and facts."

UPDATE: Responding to Kerry's claim, RNC spokesman Danny Diaz said: "It�s absolutely critical that the next Commander in Chief understands the challenges America faces. Yet it�s clear that Barack Obama has a thin understanding of history and fails to grasp the threat of terrorism."

"After a week�s worth of examples demonstrating Obama�s lack of preparedness to serve as president, his campaign is understandably desperate to shift the focus. Considering it�s now been 873 days since Obama visited Iraq, any suggestion that he even understands what�s happening on the ground is laughable."

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The Great Uniferer is a joke. The man is in way over his head.

Comment by robert trajan — May 30, 2008 @ 1:33 pm
First - Kerry is an idiot. We were not at war because we had not declared war? Ask the people at Pearl Harbor way back when on a Sunday about that one.

How completely out of touch are these left wing nutbags?

Comment by Robert NYC — May 30, 2008 @ 1:33 pm
Why do these people do this to themselves? We were 'at peace' on Sept 11? That is clearly the type of thinking that enabled the events of Sept 11 to occur as they did.

Comment by Dan — May 30, 2008 @ 1:34 pm
…..and, "I voted for the war before I voted against", or was it the other way around? Anyway, I am for the direction the political wind is blowing, I am certain of that,…I think.

John Kerry

Comment by John Gersper — May 30, 2008 @ 1:35 pm
Wow, this guy is think-headed. He says dumb things over and over again.

Intellectual? Did you know that 'W' got a better final grade point average at Yale than Kerry? Bet you didn't.

Comment by Anti-Kerry — May 30, 2008 @ 1:37 pm
It's ashame our politicians are so partisan now they can't even say al Qaeda is, and was, a threat prior to 2001 and prior to the 2004 election. That tap dance Kerry just did is the prime example of the problem plaguing Washington.

Comment by Hugh — May 30, 2008 @ 1:37 pm
??WHAT!?? IS THIS GUY SERIOUS? WE WERE AT PEACE WHEN 3,000 PEOPLE WERE MURDERED? WELL MAYBE MR KERRY WAS AT PEACE BUT I KNOW THAT THE FAMILIES OF THOSE VICTIMS WERE NOT AT PEACE NOT KNOWING WHETHER THEIR LOVED ONES WERE LIVING OR DEAD. GET A GRIP ON REALITY!

Comment by Scott — May 30, 2008 @ 1:38 pm
I'm guessing that John Kerry would also say that on December 7, 1941 "well, we hadn't declared war," either…

Why are all politicians brain dead twits?

Comment by Jeff — May 30, 2008 @ 1:38 pm
This is why I'm glad Kerry didn't becom president. Or for that matter any Democrat should. Their understading of peace is when WE have not declared war, not when your enemies declared war against you, whether your like or not, whether you accepted it or not. Bin Laden and al-Qaeda declared war on the US SINCE THE EARLY 90s! I guess, according to Kerry that means we were at peace.

Comment by J. Amoros — May 30, 2008 @ 1:39 pm
You Drudge right wingers are just as out of touch as the left wingers. All of you thinking within the confines of such a limited framework are being played for the sheep they think you are. They're all the same ON THE ISSUES THEY DO ANYTHING ABOUT. We're sitting in the seats of the theatre watching a play… and most of us don't even know it.

Comment by mindctrl — May 30, 2008 @ 1:39 pm
Are libs really this out of touch? No doubt Al Qaeda–what's left of them–are praying that Obamalamadingdong is elected in the fall.

Comment by Jack Sprat — May 30, 2008 @ 1:39 pm
yes, we were at war….how many people had even heard of Al Queda before 9/11? Obvisoulsy not he Bush administration. Dick Cheney was negoatiating with them three weeks before 9/11 to try and get an oil pipeline through Afghanistan. would he do that if we were at war with them?

Comment by mark in nyc — May 30, 2008 @ 1:41 pm
The day after 9-11 Barrach would have wanted to sit down for tea with Saddam and "discuss" what to do next…The Chicago Towers would be gone before he got back!

Comment by Tio Don — May 30, 2008 @ 1:41 pm
yes, we were at peace….how many people had even heard of Al Queda before 9/11? Obvisoulsy not he Bush administration. Dick Cheney was negoatiating with them three weeks before 9/11 to try and get an oil pipeline through Afghanistan. would he do that if we were at war with them?

Comment by mark in nyc — May 30, 2008 @ 1:41 pm
The Great Uniferer is a joke. The man is in way over his head.

I agree with Robert.

Did you hear that Susan Sarandon will leave the USA if McCain is elected?

McCain in 2008!

Comment by John Gersper — May 30, 2008 @ 1:42 pm
What good is it to be a peace when the other guy isn't?

Comment by Pat — May 30, 2008 @ 1:42 pm
This is the ultimate proof. If this man managed to become a US senator and run for the presidency, this country is in deep trouble.
The average IQ must be some where around room temperature, shame on us. It is we who vote for those people.

Comment by Jay — May 30, 2008 @ 1:45 pm
This shows you the depth and breadth of focus and concern for American lives and national security, yet Kerry and his party get a huge pass for the Americn Blood spilled almost unceasingly during the 1990s alone. No Jawn Karryesque revulsion; no Mall marches by leftist rich kids, no intellectually condescending programs like Maher, no war, no marches, no outrage.

His party successfully removed from the media and American mindset. That Bush inherited malfeasance is bad enough, but to here this Kerry pie hole yet again, is intollerable.

President Bush's speech at the Knesset upset the right people who made an unsolicited and vehement defense of their own appeasing cowardice-yet were never accused of anything. Voters need to very closely remember the 1990s and the fact of two world trade centers, and a President who was the Governor of Texas during this period and inherited everything.

Comment by vincenzo4 — May 30, 2008 @ 1:46 pm
What can you say by the esteemed Senator from Mass. He obviously lives in a world where reality and facts have no bearing. Senator it's YOU who are out of step with history and facts not Sen McCain.

Comment by RT — May 30, 2008 @ 1:48 pm
It's unfortunate but it's actually going to take an event far worse than 9/11 to motivate the people and the politicians of our great nation to actually do something about this threat. Until then you and I are just sitting ducks.

Comment by JW — May 30, 2008 @ 1:51 pm
Mr Kerry. OUR planes and those belonging to the British military were being shot at weekly in the NO-FLY zones of Iraq.

Of course YOU may have been at peace but WE were NOT.

Poor fool. Sometimes people act JUST LIKE THEY LOOK.

Comment by josef — May 30, 2008 @ 2:23 pm
What an dipsh*t! Go spend your wife's money or marry another that has more. Life must be great in lala-land…….

Comment by chester — May 30, 2008 @ 2:23 pm
Kerry is a real horse's **s!

Comment by Al — May 30, 2008 @ 2:24 pm
Libs = Idiots

Comment by Doofy — May 30, 2008 @ 2:26 pm
Kerry says we were at peace?

You have to remember that Kerry said that terrorism should be treated as "an inconvenience, like gambling and prostitution".

That is how they still want to treat terrorism. The only problem is, how do you arrest suicide bombers? Do you read them their Miranda Rights after they have blown themselves up?

Comment by NRR — May 30, 2008 @ 2:27 pm
Well, at least he's half right; At 8:44 a.m. we were at peace. At 8:45 a.m. we were at war.

Comment by John — May 30, 2008 @ 2:27 pm
This is why liberals like Kerry and Obama cannot be trusted with national security. Islamic terrorists have been at war with the USA since at least the mid-1970's. We just blindly refused to recognize it until after 9/11. The liberals STILL refuse to recognize that these people want to force us all to convert to Islam or kill every one of us. It has nothing to do with our behavior, including our support for Israel. It has everything to do with their own twisted, 7th century religion. You cannot negotiate with people who at the end of the day want you dead. Kill them or be killed, folks!

Comment by Swamp Dog in FL — May 30, 2008 @ 2:30 pm
Diaz is a baboon speaking for the monkey.

Comment by Pierre — May 30, 2008 @ 2:30 pm
Unfortunately, the next time we are attacked by those all too happy to die for the chance to destroy our way of life it will not be in Washington DC and Kerry and company will still be at peace and the rest of us will be left to fight the war on their behalf.

Comment by Spoker — May 30, 2008 @ 2:34 pm
Well, well, well!

The junior douch nozzle from the socialist/neo-pinko state of Taxachusettes again makes sure that everyone but everyone remembers what a complete fool he is…

Apparently the '93 bombing of the WTC meant nothing to hime…

Comment by juandos — May 30, 2008 @ 2:35 pm
We were at peace on sept 11?This guy is a leftwing nutbag!!!!.America is never at peace aslong as theres nuts in Iran,north korea al aqueda chavez or some loony who has black death in a vile.Always keep on your toes and be vigillant thats the lesson learned on 9-11.Relaxing and thinking theres peace in the world is whats going to get you killed by a suicide bomber when you least expected.Thats why now terrorist cant hijack airplanes they know the passengers would jump them and beat the crap out of them.Either that or die killing hundreds more.

Comment by tyrone — May 30, 2008 @ 2:37 pm
WE WERE AT PEACE BEFORE WE WERE AT WAR - I THINK

Comment by WW5 — May 30, 2008 @ 2:38 pm
7 years removed from that fateful September day…. and this country is seriously considering electing as President a man with the middle name Hussein. I really believe about 30% of this country wants to see it fall.

Comment by Tab — May 30, 2008 @ 2:40 pm
The man in the idiot seat on 9-11-01 was George W Bush not that he did not have lots of help from the likes of Dick Cheney and Don Rumsfield. but on 9-11 it did not matter if Kerry was or was not an idiot, idiot.

Comment by cwm — May 30, 2008 @ 2:41 pm
This country is never at peace when the global class war rages on. The economic policies of this country are in essence an act of war on all fronts, hence the hatred of millions before those planes hit those towers. The subversion of foriegn governments, proxy wars, covert action are all acts of war, albeit surreptiously. At peace Kerry says, what a joke from a clueless man who could screw up a church bake sale. This coming from the man who failed to find anything wrong in his BCCI investigation when laundered money and drugs were pouring into this country from every open orafice. He is either patently ignorant or a paid operative of the left wing of the CIA, either way a shameful part of this country's history and government.

Comment by Geezer Batflabe — May 30, 2008 @ 2:41 pm
Even if you think the war in Iraq is a mistake, you should be up to date on terrorism. Do these guys have any intellectual curiousity at all? How has someone running for president managed not to go to Iraq in that long? Do you have any respect for the American people? If you did, you would be informed on the biggest issue of the day. Obama is a stage show. From the big crowds to the exciting speeches. It is a show. There is no depth, no ability to be thoughtful without a script, nothing.

Comment by Jason — May 30, 2008 @ 2:41 pm
AI

You have insulted my horse by your unfair comparison with Lurch and my horses South end as he heads North.

Cowboy

Comment by Mark Blacker — May 30, 2008 @ 2:41 pm
Is this the same idiot that actually ran for President. Say what you want about Mr. Bush he at least has balls to do what needs to be done. Your old news Kerry. Who cares what he has to say,or the Dems for that matter.

Comment by James — May 30, 2008 @ 2:41 pm
I'll help Susan Sarandon keep her promise by voting for McCain

Comment by David — May 30, 2008 @ 2:46 pm
So now the CIA says the enemy is nearly defeated. Either republican spin hoping to keep some semblance of power after a string of failed years of governing…… or they have fallen into a complacency that will end up costing yet another attack on our soil. We need to get more serious minds in DC. Time for change !!!

Comment by SDindependent — May 30, 2008 @ 2:46 pm
You are all fools to vote for McBush.

Comment by Kurt — May 30, 2008 @ 2:46 pm
Oh dear John Kerry. No wonder you were not fit to be Commander in Chief. I wonder if he was at war when he threw his medals at the North Vietnamese.

Comment by Protest Warrior — May 30, 2008 @ 2:48 pm
One December 7, 1941, we were at peace. Until about dawn, local time, in Honolulu.

John Kerry is retarded.

Comment by Bob Williams. — May 30, 2008 @ 2:48 pm
To say Kerry is an idiot is an insult to idiots. Yes, John Gersper, I just read that Susan Sarandon said she would move out of the country if McCain was elected. That comment alone is motive enough to elect McCain. No one cares what she thinks.

Comment by Sandra — May 30, 2008 @ 2:50 pm
Kerry, why are you guys arguing…. wrong campaign the questionable hero of the day is McCain.

Comment by SDindependent — May 30, 2008 @ 2:52 pm
Horray for John Kerry. Still proudly carrying the flag of defeat for the Liberal elite. I'm sure he and other Liberals would have advised against attacking Japan after Pearl Harbor too for fear of "another attack on our soil."

Comment by Protest Warrior — May 30, 2008 @ 2:53 pm
Excuse me, Jean Francois … but were we "at war" when Clinton took time out from his weekly hummer to blow up that aspirin factory?

Oh … that was a Democrat President, wasn't it …. never mind.

Comment by bruce — May 30, 2008 @ 2:54 pm
I didnt..wouldnt, vote for Kerry even after I would never would vote for Bush again,BUT LET ME BRING THIS UPCHUCK UP TO SPEED…

The Cole
Embassy Bombing
WTC Part 1
Millennium Plot

This is why we were attacked,these f'kers have no clue unless a bomb was planted up their a**,but even thats debatable!

Comment by Kelly — May 30, 2008 @ 2:55 pm
And you, Kurt, are a fool to vote for a
man the "mainstream" media is electing for you.
Try some new DNC taglines because McBush is getting
a little worn out…

Comment by Lisa — May 30, 2008 @ 2:55 pm
I guess it depends on what the meaning of "we" is! Sound familiar?

Comment by JAG — May 30, 2008 @ 2:56 pm
John Kerry, the gift that keeps on giving!!! Keep doing, Gigolo John!!!! We are laughing at your stupidity in terms of historical facts. The minute that those planes were hijacked, we were at war. What an embarrassment to MA. I am ashamed!!! Soooo ashamed!!!!!

Comment by Bert in MA — May 30, 2008 @ 3:00 pm
I didnt..wouldnt vote for Kerry even after I would never vote for Bush again,but lets be f'king clear…

The Cole
Embassy Bombing
WTC Part 1
Millennium Plot

We were at peace,but the ass-packers in Washington were asleep!

Comment by Kelly — May 30, 2008 @ 3:00 pm
On 20 Aug 2002 CNN reported they found: "A never-before-seen al Qaeda video obtained by CNN shows Osama bin Laden declaring war against the United States and the West.". Here is the link: http://archives.cnn.com/2002/US/08/19/terror.tape.main/index.html

Kerry again demonstrates why this party of mental midgets must not be allowed in positions of trust and authority. The Republicans are not perfect but I will take a party that does not provide aid and comfort to our enemies in a time of war anyday.

So, I guess as long as WE have not declared war then there is only peace. Someone wake John Lennon and tell him his dream has come true…

Comment by Tim — May 30, 2008 @ 3:01 pm
"how many people had even heard of Al Queda before 9/11?"

I did…I first heard of them and Bin Laden in 1998. And I was just a dumb college student at the time…

Comment by Mike Achertz — May 30, 2008 @ 3:01 pm
Technically, I don't think congress declared war on Iraq, so we are technically not at war now. So what is Kerry complaining about, we weren't at war on 9-11 and we aren't at war now. We are all just living in one peaceful world.

John Kerry, reporting for doody!

Comment by Tim — May 30, 2008 @ 3:04 pm
Hey 53???

How did you know I had "Mind Games" in the CD Player??? freaking eerie dude!

Comment by Kelly — May 30, 2008 @ 3:05 pm
Technically, congress hasn't declared war on Iraq. So we weren't at war on 9-11 and we aren't at war today. We are all just living in one peaceful world.

John Kerry, reporting for doody! What a joke this man is, and what a disgrace he is to the uniform.

Comment by Tim — May 30, 2008 @ 3:06 pm
Of course the good senator was hiding under a desk in Washington D.C. at the time.

Comment by nick — May 30, 2008 @ 3:08 pm
Kerry makes the fuggen case for the Bush second term,and thats fuggen scary man!!!

Comment by Kelly — May 30, 2008 @ 3:09 pm
We are still at peace, and have been since 1941, according to the Kerry / Obama philosophy.
There has been NO official war declared by the US government since 1941.
Korea was not a declared war - thus we were at peace.
Vietnam was not a declared war - thus we were at peace.
Gulf I & II are not declared wars by the US government. Neither is Afghanistan. Does Kerry or Obama care to wiggle further out of their stupid comments?
So far, sounds like Omama won't be ready for his internship on day one.

Comment by kerry's mother — May 30, 2008 @ 3:10 pm
And Now, we are about to elect another idiot that doesn'tknow the difference between Veterans day and Memorial day. Yeah we were at pease Kerry, Your a disgrace.

Comment by JD Houston — May 30, 2008 @ 3:11 pm
No. 40 - "So now the CIA says the enemy is nearly defeated. Either republican spin hoping to keep some semblance of power after a string of failed years of governing�� or they have fallen into a complacency that will end up costing yet another attack on our soil."

or it is entirely correct but you prefer to continue giving the benefit of the doubt to our enemies. liberals have been criticizing the war effort from the beginning and essentially trying to make failure a self-fulfilling prophesy - all in order to hurt their political opponents.

democrats are ON RECORD saying that success in iraq is bad for them. (by the way - "success in iraq" means when usa is winning the war - its a shame that needs to be clarified)

Comment by Michael — May 30, 2008 @ 3:11 pm
What's so hard to understand. The day before Sept. 11th and Dec. 7th, we had declared war on NO ONE. Until you declare war on someone, you are at peace. That doesn't mean you are not aware of trouble in the world….but until you declare war and engage, you are technically at peace.

Comment by micneil — May 30, 2008 @ 3:12 pm
Mark in NYC needs to get his facts straight. The Oil Pipeline was negotiated and abandoned during the Clinton presidency.

Comment by Darin Cox — May 30, 2008 @ 3:13 pm
Asked if al Qaeda was a threat at the time, the 2004 Democratic presidential nominee said, "well yes, obviously they were a threat. But, fundamentally we were not at war at that point in time."
We were not at war in 2004? Ok wtf is he smoking I want sum.lmao. tell that to the 200,000 anti war marchers JOHN!!.Remember them? they had posters of saddam as a hero victim and Bush as Hitler.

Comment by tyrone — May 30, 2008 @ 3:20 pm
micneil

I disagree with your logic. If someone declares war against your country and vowed to destroy you, you are at war. If poloiticians have yet to recognize it, you are already there.

If someone hits you in the face, you are in a fight, even if you do not wish it.

Comment by Darin Cox — May 30, 2008 @ 3:20 pm
So in one news cycle we've gotten to see Hillary Clinton quaffing straight whiskey, Barack O'bama admitting he doesn't know the difference bewteen Auschwitz and Ohrdruf/Buchenwald, British newspapers identifying a screenshot from a video game as an Al Queda computer simulation, and now John F. Kerry stating that come September 11 (a odd date to pick) we are magically no longer at war just because he says so.

Isn't there ANYTHING that the liberals get right? No wonder Hillary needed a drink and Ted Kennedy would rather go sailing.

Comment by Squonkamatic — May 30, 2008 @ 3:21 pm
"yes, we were at peace�.how many people had even heard of Al Queda before 9/11? Obvisoulsy not he Bush administration. Dick Cheney was negoatiating with them three weeks before 9/11 to try and get an oil pipeline through Afghanistan. would he do that if we were at war with them?

Comment by mark in nyc � May 30, 2008 @ 1:41 pm"

Mark you a fool it was the Clinto administration that expored the possibility of a pipeline years earlier. It was dismissed and never raised again, stop getting your "facts" from Micahel Moore you make even intelligent liberals look bad. To the poster who said "we're all watching a play" soo true because both sides are just "playing" an incredibly dumbed down population…

Comment by Pablo — May 30, 2008 @ 3:37 pm
Bush had taken more vacation time than any other president in US history during his first 9 months in office. Sounds like he was really acknowledging that we were at war. But hey, the right wing propoganda machine is impressive.
You oligarch extremists can keep voting and paying taxes to sustain this corporate coup of the last 8 years. Hopefully with Obama we'll get some balance back.

Comment by brian — May 30, 2008 @ 3:38 pm
Umm…OK, we all can agree that John Kerry has the charisma of a used tea bag. But let me ask two questions to all of the right wingers that have scrolled down far enough in the comments to get to my two cents:

1) Who attacked the United States on September 11?

2) Who did the United states invade a little over 5 years ago after conflated intelligence reports, massaging data, and flat out lying about their connections to 9/11 and their possession of WMD's?

Until you righties honestly assess the answers to these questions, you all have less than no credibility with regards to anything you say about the mess the United States currently finds themselves in. Sorry, but credibility must be earned and once lost, it actually takes some work to be regained.

Comment by Mike — May 30, 2008 @ 3:41 pm
1984: Muslims bombed US embassy in Beirut, Lebanon
1985: Muslims bombed restaurant in Madrid, Spain; Muslims hijacked TWA flight 847 en route from Athens to Rome; Muslims hijacked cruise ship Achille Lauro; Muslims bombed airports in Rome and Vienna
1986: Muslims bombed TWA flight 840 en route from Rome to Athens; Muslims bombed a disco in Berlin
1988: Muslims bombed passenger jet above Lockerbie, Scotland
1993: Muslims bombed the World Trade Center
1995: Muslims bombed Paris subway
1996: Muslims bombed barracks in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
1998: Muslims bombed embassies in Kenya and Tanzania
2000: Muslims bombed the USS Cole in Yemen
2001: September 11

I wonder what definition Kerry is using for the word "peace"? Perhaps the same parsing of the word as when Bill Clinton said, "it depends on what the meaning of the word 'is' is."

*** apologies if this appears more than once. Kept getting "timed out" message when hitting the Submit Comment button. ***

Comment by david drake — May 30, 2008 @ 3:52 pm
Further proof that senators should not be elected president of the United States. All three candidates are unqualified. I'm voting Obama, just so he can take all the blame for a change. Outcome will be the same regardless, as long as we don't become a socialist country under him.

Comment by steve in k.c. — May 30, 2008 @ 3:55 pm
John Kerry is a jack@$$.

Comment by Brent Woodard — May 30, 2008 @ 3:55 pm
I was a young soldier in 1988, When it came across the radio that Iran had declared war on the U.S. Wake up America! Iraq is the launching pad into Iran.Duh??We are at war every day ask Red China.

Comment by Mike — May 30, 2008 @ 3:56 pm
Is this guy for real!!!??? We have been at war w/ Islam ever since the Muslim Hordes since they were pushed back from the gates of Vienna. WAKE UP!

Comment by Mark Nine — May 30, 2008 @ 4:00 pm
What an ass…Kerry,Obama, Clinton, Gore and McClellan should room together next semester at Catatonic State University.

Comment by MDWhite — May 30, 2008 @ 4:03 pm
Anybody notice that any liberal sympathizers who comment go straight to conspiracy theories and blame America for the terrorists' actions? They need to put the bong and Noam Chomsky books down. How could Cheney negotiate with Al Qeada to lay an oil pipeline?!? Al Qeada isn't exactly in the oil business, look it up retards - from a credible source not some Daily Koz piece written on an acid trip. Once again, put the bongs down and quit chasing purple dragons.

Comment by Ron — May 30, 2008 @ 4:03 pm
Too Funny ! Bozo Kerry… The dude who fragged his own butt, with his own hand grenade, and then gave himself another Purple Heart! Then there's 'Mikey' with the looney left lie of NO WMD's in Iraq. He doesn't remember that Sadam used WMD's on Iran and his own people… Therefore he had them! The fact that they were gone by the time coalition forces took over doesn't mean they never existed. He also forgets that Iraq was firing on US and coalition aircraft daily. 'Mikey' and Kerry… same room temperature IQ. LMAO !

Comment by Oracle Magnus — May 30, 2008 @ 4:04 pm
Why do all of you McCainiacs think he is so wonderful and will not give John Kerry credit for his service during the time of war? Who are you to judge who is the greater hero? Are you so brave or do you hide behind a computer? If an opinion doesn't agree with yours,that doesn't make you judge and jury. You people are just not very kind for all of your so called Christian ethics.

Comment by LaDonna in WV — May 30, 2008 @ 4:04 pm
Kerry is as much a dim bulb as always. God help us if Obama & the liberals make it into the White House. Surely Kerry and his crowd have not forgotten all the terror attacks on the US since the bombing of the Marine barracks in Lebanon in 1984? Oh sorry, maybe we should have talked more with the bad guys. Lock and load is the only way…………

Comment by Bill Johnston — May 30, 2008 @ 4:05 pm
Don't be so hard on the guy… he was voted in along with Kennedy because the people of the state of Mass. are IDIOTS and cannot think for themselves… the DNC make up their minds for them.
put this on the NATIONAL ballot in Nov:
TERM LIMITS!!!!!!

Comment by Mary — May 30, 2008 @ 4:06 pm
Obama is laughing and lying all the way to the nomination. It's an embarrassment to the DEMOCRATIC Party that someone so naive and inexperienced be nominated.

As for KERRY, he has always been a lightweight buffoon and his inaccurate comments are no surprise. He is fortunate that there are no alternatives to run against him in Mass. His popularity is on a par with our failed governor, Deval Patrick.

Comment by Steve from Boston — May 30, 2008 @ 4:06 pm
The scariest part is how close Kerry came to being elected…he is a complete clown and a major league grifter…Heinz's body wasn't even cold before he was moving in on Teresa.

Keep talking Kerry…you and the gaffe machine Obama will talk yourselves right out of winning in November with comments like this and

Comment by nhm — May 30, 2008 @ 4:06 pm
Spoken like a true liberal.The amazing thing is his arrogance won't let his inner voice allert him to the insanity of the comment. Liberalism is indeed a mental illness. Just think what we haven't heard from Barack Hussein Obama. He wants to slow all weapons developement,abandon mutual destruction strategy,shrink defense budget,so social programs can have more money. In other words stop inforceing basic duty of the government according to the constitution.

Comment by NOSTROMO — May 30, 2008 @ 4:08 pm
Suggest all our politicians read "Why We Want to Kill You" by Walid Shoebat.His website is http://www.shoebat.com As a former terrorist he knows they are at war with us now AND before 9/11. Kerry, Obama, etc. can put their heads in the sand but that does not mean the war by the terrorist did not and does not exist. As Americans we need to open our eyes before it is too late.

Comment by Rich Handy — May 30, 2008 @ 4:08 pm
The question becomes who is the best man to lead our future? McCain is an ex POW during the Viet Nam war. How does one become a POW. Well, it's by making mistakes and being stupid. He is not a hero. I'm sorry but my hero's are not losers. He is no better than Saddam who was also a POW. Only losers are POW's. He was in a war we lost. He lost twice against that retard(BUSH). He is a natural born loser. Anyone who votes for this loser must not know what a hero really is.

Comment by Main Man — May 30, 2008 @ 4:08 pm
So let me get this we were at war before we were at peace or we were at peace before we were at war- I think I heard him say something like that before- let me try to remember

Comment by joeysusa — May 30, 2008 @ 4:09 pm
it's really to bad that 'we the people' can't do SOMETHING to rid ourselves of this STUPIDITY that we call government representation. i know there is election day BUT you have to have someone on the ballot who's brain is actually alive and functioning. whatever happened to government BY the people FOR the people? if term limits are exercised at the ballot box then WHY HE** do the SAME MORONS KEEP GETTING ELECTED? talk about conspiracy theory, all the elections are rigged to keep these STUPID IDIOTS in office!and there ALL MILLIONARS ON TOP OF THAT, DAMN ! W T F ?

Comment by JETHRO — May 30, 2008 @ 4:09 pm
To Mike #70 UN Resolution 1441 covers all your answers but not to your liking I am sure.

"Adopted unanimously by the Security Council at its 4644th meeting, on 8 November 2002″

Not just WMD but Long Range Missiles and on and on… however you have but one drum with one stick and can play but one tune and when confronted with TRUTH will no doubt call names ie: neo-con and the likes so I will sit back and listen and wait while you reread the Resolutions as there were 14 of them that Iraq was violating on purpose while shooting at our planes and our allies planes in the no fly zones established after he GASSED his people with WMD and whipped out almost an entire area of his country but you know what, stick with BUSH lied and they did not attack our Towers because we can't do two things at one time.
http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/United_Nations_Security_Council_Resolution_1441

Comment by Gandalff — May 30, 2008 @ 4:10 pm
This guy is clueless. Obviously the sun at Aspen or wherever has taken a toll on him. He's a 20th century dinosaur.

Comment by chico — May 30, 2008 @ 4:10 pm
Wow. What does it take to get a liberal to see that we are in danger and arent at peace?
Just because it wasn't "declared a war" doesnt mean we are "at peace."
Im pretty sure that as I watched this unfold in my history class, I thought we were at war with who ever did this. It didnt need to be declared. It was just a given. When so many innocent American civilans die by the hands of terrorists, we are not at peace.

Comment by Goldwater — May 30, 2008 @ 4:11 pm
Mans eating to much Ketchup

Comment by joeysusa — May 30, 2008 @ 4:11 pm
We were at peace on 9/11/2001 until about 8am EST. RIP John Kerry's frontal lobes.

Comment by Proteus — May 30, 2008 @ 4:11 pm
We were at peace. Unfortunately for us, Al-Qaeda was not.

Comment by Michael — May 30, 2008 @ 4:12 pm
Kerry is a lost ball in Tall weeds. Why does anyone bother.

Comment by Daniel — May 30, 2008 @ 4:12 pm
This is actually a good point given that for nine months the Bush Administration was not addressing terrorism at all. Many factual accounts have revealed that it was ignoring information and stalling on intellegence. So, as Kerry's words–often unfortunate as they tend to be–are abridged in this article; he is saying that Bush was sitting blind to a gathering threat and the 9/11 attack is being used for politcal gain.

Comment by Kelly — May 30, 2008 @ 4:12 pm
Bush had a better grade point at Yale? Considering Bush rarely studied or went to his classes, Kerry is looking dumber everyday.

Comment by Charles in Texas — May 30, 2008 @ 4:12 pm
Looks like the uneducated drudge readers are here again. I guess they can't accept that 9/11 happened on Bush's watch or that Bush has spent more than any democrat in history. Prepare for an Obama presidency RW'ers. You've had 8 years to be conservative but instead your President has proved more destructive than any in US history. Time for change.

Comment by Rich Johnson — May 30, 2008 @ 4:13 pm
Talk about having your head in the sand. He probably believes the U.S, deserved the 9/11 attackes. "The chicken has come home to roost" Thank god this blame America first, left wing liberial was not elected president. I can't imagin counting on him to ptotect us and our way of life.

Comment by Fred — May 30, 2008 @ 4:14 pm
Kerry is the most pathetic excuse for a man. He even steals the fortunes from a dead Republican. He should resign and catch butterflies in Europe.

This loser brought his own camera to Vietnam to capture his courageous efforts to use as propaganda as he plotted his own "JFK" presidency. What he did capture was a butt full of lead and a yellow belly. This calculating idiot does not deserve any attention when it comes to opinions regarding the fate of America.

You're soooo over, dude!

Comment by Greg Hodson — May 30, 2008 @ 4:14 pm
Atually, I think we should get out of Iraq–by moving troops about 1500 miles south to Saudi Arabia ( where Osama grew up) and appropriating the oil fields from the the very same people that continue to not be our friends. New oil prices are as follows: America: $10 per barrel; France and Germany and pretty much of the rest of Europe with the exception any nation who actually sent troops to Iraq to help us: $250 per barrel. China: no oil at any price, we'll have to fight them soon enough. Of course, we will entirely deplete the oil fields before moving the troops to another spot, say, Venuzuela.

Comment by Miguel — May 30, 2008 @ 4:15 pm
I never knew that the Hill was a place of spew hate. I think what Kerry said is ridiculous, but you people sound like Rev. Wright! No wonder no one can get anything done in the gov!! They've to appease two sides hurling vitriol at each other. There's no time to make any real progress anywhere! When will we wake up and realize that almost everyone in the debate has a reason for their stance and only we the people can pull this country together. What you're spouting here will only make us weaker, republicans, democrats, and all the rest. Please take a vacation from the blogosphere and refresh your outlook.

Comment by mike — May 30, 2008 @ 4:15 pm
I think he should check himself in with Kennedy must have a BRAIN TUMOR

Comment by joeysusa — May 30, 2008 @ 4:16 pm
John Kerry is apparently a proud member of the September 10th Club… "remember when" and all will be better… it's sad that the horrific 9/11 events are already fading from some people's minds… but that kind of thinking has an unfortunate way of rectifying itself…

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Comment by FRedStates.com — May 30, 2008 @ 4:16 pm
Kerry is right: The "War on Terror" is a creation of the right wing. One attack does not a war make. Comparisons to Pearl Harbor are ridiculous: Pearl Harbor was an attack on our military by a foreign military and 9/11 was a criminal act committed by a small group of terrorists without official state connections.

People in this country need to wake up to the fact that consumer safety, health care, and the environment are much bigger issues that terrorism. Far more people are killed by inadaquate health care, car accidents, and polution than have ever been killed by terrorism.

I'm not saying that stopping terrorists isn't an important issue: it is. However, devoting such a huge portion of our countries resources to this problem is missing the point. It's great rhetoric but terrible policy.

I live in NYC (and was in Lodnon for the subway attacks there) and if one more person from a red state tells me that more of my tax dollars need to be spent on counterterrorism, my head is going to explode. This is a threat that I face everyday without fear, because I know the chances of me being killed by a terrorist are much slimmer then me being killed by cancer from inadaquately inspected Chinese products or a car driven by a drunken idiot from New Jersey.

Comment by Matt — May 30, 2008 @ 4:17 pm
I guess the reason that Danny Diaz made the statement that, "It�s absolutely critical that the next Commander in Chief understands the challenges America faces. " is because our present Commander in Chief didn't. dC

Comment by d Charriere — May 30, 2008 @ 4:18 pm
Uh… LaDonna. You might want to read your post again and substitute LaDonnaites in for McCainiacs.

Comment by Amazed — May 30, 2008 @ 4:18 pm
Will someone please entertain Term-Limits so we can flush the Kerry's of the world! We simply deserve better but the current system allows for career ploiticians serving their self interest vs. the people. Kerry is absolutely lost. it is embarrasing. I really dont understand why MA voters keep voting in these brain-donors.

Comment by Wendy — May 30, 2008 @ 4:18 pm
christians bombed korea
christians bombed cambodia
christians bombed vietnam
christians bombed grenada
christians bombed the falklands
christians bombed panama
chriatians bombed Iraq
christians bombed kosovo

Comment by dave — May 30, 2008 @ 4:19 pm
A real patriot who fought in a war and wasnt shot down and tortured to give up secrets like McSame. John Kerry has the right to say what he feels he's an authentic war hero.

Obama 08

Comment by Mike — May 30, 2008 @ 4:21 pm
Dear mindctrl: If there is any party of "one mindset" it's the Democrats/Leftists/Liberals. I have never seen one group of people fall so in line with their party tells them, deny facts, look the other way at indecisiveness or hate speech and simply just be 100% wrong on practically every issue. Wanna see "mind numb robots"? attend any Anti-War/Pro-Socialist rally or global warming conference. Talk about "Sheep-le".

John Kerry represents the kind of thinking that will get us all killed and stands as a perfect example of why today's Democrats can't be trusted with ensuring the peace and security of the United States.

Comment by VoiceofReason — May 30, 2008 @ 4:21 pm
Matt I only HOPE that you mother father wife and kids are at the city that gets hit by terrorist who are only a small problem- check yourself in with Kennedy and Kerry you to must have a BRAIN TUMOR-if you have any brain in your head-

Comment by joeysusa — May 30, 2008 @ 4:22 pm
Maybe Kerry understands the events of 9/11 were not the acts of Islamic extremist terrorists.

Comment by Jim — May 30, 2008 @ 4:24 pm
Voiceofreason is right!! Nevermind the fact that 9/11 occurred on Bush's watch or that he has spent more money than any democrat in history. Nevermind that he has mismanaged every regulatory agency in the government. The democrats 'peace and prosperity' of the 90's was a lie!!

Lets vote for McBush, 4 more years of GREAT economic prosperity!!

Comment by Hero — May 30, 2008 @ 4:24 pm
Who is Kerry again?

Comment by ducster — May 30, 2008 @ 4:25 pm
John Kerry makes me wonder why God created so many more horse's asses than He did horses!!

Comment by Gene Lalor — May 30, 2008 @ 4:26 pm
"Matt I only HOPE that you mother father wife and kids are at the city that gets hit by terrorist who are only a small problem- check yourself in with Kennedy and Kerry you to must have a BRAIN TUMOR-if you have any brain in your head-"

You must be one of those nice RW'ers O'reilly talks about in contrast to those nasty liberals who attacked Tony Snow!!

Comment by Hero — May 30, 2008 @ 4:26 pm
It all makes sense to me now, finally. This is the same John Kerry that walks into convenience stores around Boston, steps right to the front of the line of customers, and when called on it responds with; Don't you know who I am? He's so out of it that he's abandoned reality. All he is is an opportunist - at best. After Viet Nam he capitalized on the anti-war sentiment by telling of his first hand knowledge of war attrocities commited by American soldiers, which helped him garner favor with the ultra left. His last opportunist move was to marry a rich woman, who once convinced she could be queen of America if she would simply help him become president.

Last note on his testimony before the Congress during Viet Nam; he should've been tried since he was an officer that supposedly had seen attrocities, and neglected to act upon it - that's how its' supposed to work, but alas it never does for the rich/wanna be rich/upwardly aspiring trash.

Oh, by the way, Obama - not even worthy of being called a joke - how pitiful we've become.

DieselBoatMan

Comment by DieselBoatMan — May 30, 2008 @ 4:27 pm
The repubtards here don't seem to realize we STILL are not at war. Congress has not declared war, duh. The shrub has engaged in an illegal attack and occupation of Iraq. Meanwhile, bin Laden is laughing his ass off in Afghanistan.

Get a clue FoxNewsTards!

Comment by Dan — May 30, 2008 @ 4:28 pm
I hope most of you would really focus on the true enemies that have as the Harvard study said, "emboldened". What really has happened is the mainstream media has politicized Iraq right after Saddam's collapse. With WMDs (as narrowly defined by the MSM, "an intact nuclear or biological weapon ready to fire"not found and per Saddam he was bluffing, fooling the ENTIRE WORLD, the MSM through their "emboldenment" words,(not my choice but Harvard study that showed the thug/barbarians(my words you call them "insurgents" increased their barbaric attacks 10 to 20% after statements like these that encourage the thug/barbarians to kill more people…
Ted Turner (Founder of CNN news) did the other day "freedom fighters"
Senate Majority Leader!!- Harry Reid(D) "War is lost",
U.S. Rep. John Murtha(D) of Pennsylvania. "Our troops killed innocent civilians in cold blood,� he said.
Senator Kerry (D) "American soldiers going into the homes of Iraqis in the dead of night, terrorizing kids and children. �http://newsok.com/article/3106232]

The real enemy has been the MSM/Democrat/
that encouraged thug/barbarian to kill more women,children and US troops. All for political gain! Isn't that craven?
If more people realized the quisling puppets the MSM became under the democrat agenda, much of the public would be outraged. Especially with the $29 billion man, Soros funding anti-American orgs, like Moveon.org which has perpetuated the deaths of US troops all so he could short the dollar buy oil with less valued dollars! $2.9 billion in 2007 and do we have any outrage?

Comment by Jim — May 30, 2008 @ 4:29 pm
Hi joeysusa,
How about hoping for no more terror attacks at all? If you are hoping for the deaths of people's families based on their beliefs or opinions–well, you sound like a terrorist. Yikes.

Comment by Kelly — May 30, 2008 @ 4:29 pm
Ok, so technically Palestinians and Israelis are at peace too, as no war has been officially declared.

Comment by carlos e — May 30, 2008 @ 4:29 pm
John Kerry is a total idiot. I am sorry to all of the idiots that I just insulted. He is an embarrasment to this country.

Comment by Rick Blankenship — May 30, 2008 @ 4:29 pm
Uhhh…. we haven't officially declared war on any country. If we did they would be sent into oblivion.

Comment by Jolat — May 30, 2008 @ 4:29 pm
And, according to John Kerrry we were "basically at peace" on December 7, 1941. Hey, John. We were invaded by Muslim fanatics on September 11. Thank God you were swift boated.

Comment by RJ — May 30, 2008 @ 4:29 pm
the Democrats ignore that the fact that it PresJohnFKennedy who escalated the American military intervention in Vietnam, and that there was wholesale slaughter of Vietnamese and Laotians and Cambodians when the Americans pulled out — the same will happen in Iraq when/if we withdraw precipitously, and they know it — Democrats with actual knowledge and understanding of the situation in the MiddleEast know that we cannot just 'pull out' of Iraq, and people should note that the Democrat Congress has not called for such, even though they have the numbers — Democrats are content with the knowledge that PresBush will do the right thing and take the hit politically — responsible Democrats are scared to death that Obama will move into the WhiteHouse and then the Democrats are going to have to face up to the realities of the Islamic extremists, cut or run — Democrats on the campaign trail are sort of like NATO and all those countries who like to beat up on the U.S. but keep their own military budgets low because they know that we have a world-wide presence and will pony up the bucks to keep the good old UN going and make sure that Russia and China don't arm the terrorists and blow up the world … what in the world do you think would happen if the US kicked the UN out of America [let 'em go set up shop with their 'diplomatic immunity' and fine expense accounts in Moscow or Beijing or Havana or Paris], pulled out of NATO and SoKorea, and pulled its military completely back to just our own territory and truly secured/sealed our borders

Comment by Jack Wilson — May 30, 2008 @ 4:30 pm
Rightwingers galore here, showing off their blindspots… As for liberals not being trusted with national security, you may want to remember who exactly was in charge on 9/11. Bush and his GOP congress. Are you really dense enough to believe that "national security" is significantly different from one administration to the next? Kerry was talking about how we didn't have a good excuse to go to war until 9/11. Bush got his wish and declared war on an abstract concept: Terrorism. And then used that impossibility as a rationale to invade Iraq. That was the agenda. Afghanistan was a legitimate invasion, as Bin Laden was there. Iraq was so W could avenge his father's one-term of economic stupidity. Wake up and realize we need a foreign policy that encourages global community and doesn't present the Muslim world as inevitably fanatical and warlike. Al Qaeda's mentality is not the majority opinion in the Muslim world, but the Bush administration doesn't want you to know that…

Comment by JS — May 30, 2008 @ 4:30 pm
Thank you Darren Cox,
as I read the obviously leftist posts,
I thought, the pipeline? GW? Al Qieda?

I was sure that was BillC negotiating with the Taliban to get a pipline from CARs to Pakistan….

the original poster needs to re-read 'The Taliban' by Rashid….

Hanks

Comment by Hankster — May 30, 2008 @ 4:30 pm
Too bad John Kerry wasn't on 82nd floor of WTC 1 around 08:46 on Sept. 11, 2001.

Would he say a plane or two "basically" had an accident?

Comment by Good Ole Boy — May 30, 2008 @ 4:31 pm
whackos,

You gotta remember that bin was so awed by the prowess of the little Phillips Academy cheerleader that he pulled the 9/11 stunt on his watch!

And whackos, bin is still giving the little Cheerleader the finger!

He bad, ( the little Cheerleader) right?

Comment by Wolf Vorkian — May 30, 2008 @ 4:33 pm
Technically we're still not at war and haven't been since Korea. Since then its been nothing but "police actions" because our miserable Congress won't grow a set and just keeps letting the executive branch do whatever the hell they want.

What a joke.

That being said does anyone even care what John Kerry has to say?

Comment by Bob — May 30, 2008 @ 4:33 pm
John Kerry has to be the biggest idiot serving in the US Senate. The man is a loser. Let me make a prediction. B. Hussein Obama will get no more than 100 electoral votes in November. Why? He is an empty suit.

gkp1212, NY

Comment by gkp — May 30, 2008 @ 4:35 pm
IF GOD LOVES AMERICA THEN WHY DID HE CREATE LIBERALS LIKE KERRY?

Comment by CLB — May 30, 2008 @ 4:36 pm
If Bush had been President at the time of Perl Harbor, he would probably have reponded by attacking India.

Comment by BushBasher — May 30, 2008 @ 4:36 pm
Hey Hanoi Johnny,

Have you found those catsup seeds yet?

If not, keep trying, bozo!

— Terezzzzzzzzza

Comment by Neal — May 30, 2008 @ 4:38 pm
Anyone who has done their research into Kerry's behavior when he got back from Vietnam knows that he is a traitor. No doubt in my mind. Not only were the Swiftboat vets correct, they left out even more despicable behavior. What point was Kerry trying to make by saying we were at peace? That it's GW's fault we're at war? Then it also must be GW's fault that we haven't had another attack like London, Madrid, Bali, etc..

Comment by Mike F. — May 30, 2008 @ 4:38 pm
John F'n Kerry is a mouthbreathing nitwit who, when under pressure, folds up like a $2 lawn chair. Personally, I wish he would go get another spray-on tan and open a waffle shop. He seems to be good at "waffling." I guess he forgot about the USS Cole, the embassy bombings, the World Trade Center attack of '93…peace to this moron is simply "ignoring the enemy"…of course he proved that in Vietnam. If he weren't living on the huge wealth created by his wife's first husband, he'd probably be selling timeshare or running a "we finance anybody" Yugo lot.

Comment by fred — May 30, 2008 @ 4:40 pm
I for one, will help Susan Sarandon pack her bags. I sure hope the door dosen't hit her in the ass on the way out. Hope she takes Lurch along with her.

Comment by Bubba Lee — May 30, 2008 @ 4:41 pm
Wow- I guess when your party is imploding and the world is against your candidate's ideaologies, these types of comments are the best you can do. I suppose I wouldn't know how to channel all of my hate either if all the people around me thought the only way to solve a problem was with either a bible or a gun. Thank 'God' I'm educated…

Ignorance allowed 9/11 to happen- on the part of ALL politicians before AND after. Clinton has his role, and Bush has an even bigger one as the sitting POTUS. By "after" 9/11, I mean the ignorance that allowed us to walk away from an unfinished job in Afghanistan to attack Iraq w/o justification. (15 of the 18 hi-jackers were from SAUDI ARABIA - a country that Bush just sold more weapons to. Some of you still even probably beleive that Sadaam had a role in 9/11).

The world now KNOWS beyond a shadow of a doubt that Iraq is the greaatest strategic blunder in American history. We know that we were lied into war, and it seems those of you on this blog are willing to continue to swallow lies for "100 Year War" McBush.

So keep deluding yourself- it only continues to make your party weaker and correct this disease that Bush and you neo-cons have infected this country with. Keep convincing yourself that rendition, loss of freedoms due to the patriot act, suspension of habeous corpus, and being the aggressor in an unjust war somehow reflects American values. Tell yourself that the overt racism your party displays towards Obama somehow reconciles with your a la carte Christian morals.

Its depressing to realize that the America I grew up reading about in text books no longer exists. You people on this blog reinforce that and pretty much explain why Americans are so hated in the world.

Comment by J — May 30, 2008 @ 4:42 pm
Poor John…..put a cold cloth on your head and lie down…….this is too much for you.

Comment by Jojo — May 30, 2008 @ 4:42 pm
England never declared any wars against IRA. France never declared any wars against Arab terrorists in the 80's. Even Israel doesn't have a declared war against Hamas.

Bush's war is a piece of propaganda, nothing more.

Comment by John Smith — May 30, 2008 @ 4:42 pm
Who cares what John F'ng Kerry says. I mean other than that senile old liberal nutjob windbag Jimmy Carter. Libs are the most dangerous thinig facing the future of this nation.

Comment by rsquat — May 30, 2008 @ 4:43 pm
cracks me up the way libs feel the need to write 10 paragraphs to try and justify their warped thought patterns.

Comment by rsquat — May 30, 2008 @ 4:45 pm
umm.. Mike,

You're missing some points here too. There was a host of reasons to remove Saddam by force and it was on the table well before GW. GW's problem was putting all his eggs in the WMD basket.

Your hypothetical terrorist situation is just stupid and Bush DID go to congress for approval for action in Iraq AND GOT IT! Sorry for the caps, but I get frustrated at short memories and revisionist history.

Comment by Mike F. — May 30, 2008 @ 4:45 pm
I wish all liberals would have to live with the consequences of the policies they promote. I wish they'd have to face America's enemies without the protection of the US military they so dispise.

Comment by bill — May 30, 2008 @ 4:48 pm
John Kerry is out of touch with reality. Even staunch Dems realize this. Obama will "jettison" Israel like a bad lunch. The Jews will be totally alone, as they have been throughout much of their history. While Obama is "taking care" of his anti-Israeli colleages, Israel will do what they have to do, even if this means nuclear war with Iran.

Mark my words, Israelis will take 3/4s of the Muslim world with them if they have to…

By most count Israel has about 150 nuclear weapons. They have enough to take out most of Iran, SA, and Syria with them…

Then, Obama supporters and Europeans will wonder why there is so much nuclear fallout on the fields of Europe and Africa.

"Never again means never again…."

sanjosemike

Comment by sanjosemike — May 30, 2008 @ 4:48 pm
This is how the left wing thinks. Comment says the Bush administration had "never heard of Al Queada" on 9/11 and in the next sentence declares they were "negotiating with them about a pipeline". Duh! We were at war the minute the barbarians took off. The Libs still don't know it. The Obama's are more concerned with whether black girls are getting snubbed at sorority parties in the Ivy League.

Comment by moronpolitics — May 30, 2008 @ 4:49 pm
I agree Health Care is a much bigger issue,because when your fuggen skin starts pealing off due to the dirty bomb or nuke,you're going to wish you had a fuggen doctor before you get bulldozed into a mass grave!

When the terrorist get a bomb(And They Will One day),they will torch us with it,and anybody who thinks we are at peace is a dumb ass!!!

Comment by Kelly — May 30, 2008 @ 4:53 pm
The Senate is in desperate need of an enema.

Comment by Ryan — May 30, 2008 @ 4:53 pm
been backstrokin' in too much 57 sauce. needs to come up for a little air and reality. why don't you leave us alone, john ?

Comment by Russell Hurd — May 30, 2008 @ 4:55 pm
i used to be a liberal democrat - then i learned to think for myself…

Comment by just a thinker — May 30, 2008 @ 4:57 pm
I think God every day that this dwidmo never became President. He is an embarassment to himself and the country. What an absolute ignoramus! If this is Democrat leadership no wonder there's so many loons in their party.

Comment by Kara — May 30, 2008 @ 4:58 pm
Folks, you don't know enough history. Al Queada, particularly Bin Laden, declared war on the United States back in the 1990s. And not just by deeds, he publicly announced (twice) he was declaring war on the United States. We were at war back then…the first world trade center bombing, the Kobar Towers, two embassies bomed, etc. But the Clinton administration and the Democrats refused to fight back.

Comment by Cheyenne — May 30, 2008 @ 4:59 pm
You folks make me laugh, we weren't at war on Sept 11th until the Towers were attacked, the US didn't start bombing a few days after that, so I guess you should say the US failed those few days after Sept 11th because they didn't attack anybody.

Keep blowing that smoke up your @ss, run to your bunker with your food rations and rot for all I care.

Frank
Chicago
Obama '08

Comment by Frank — May 30, 2008 @ 5:00 pm
This is the same party that said that the "war on terror" is nothing more that a bumper sticker slogan.

Comment by Tim — May 30, 2008 @ 5:01 pm
A little late to the game here but in an unusual turn of events, I actually AGREE with a left winger.

You Drudge right wingers are just as out of touch as the left wingers. All of you thinking within the confines of such a limited framework are being played for the sheep they think you are. They're all the same ON THE ISSUES THEY DO ANYTHING ABOUT. We're sitting in the seats of the theatre watching a play� and most of us don't even know it.

Comment by mindctrl � May 30, 2008 @ 1:39 pm

The sad thing is you have hit it right on the head. We have idealogues on both side of the aisle thinking that the others are idiots. The real truth is that WE are the idiots. Are government is fundamentally broken and it is NOT going to be fixed by ANY political candidate out there. We need a government like the military, Draft style. You are drafted by your country to serve a mandatory term in the house or senate for the state that you live. Your employer is required to keep your job available and is reimbursed for all of your health insurance and other related costs of keeping you on the employment books. You are payed a stipened similar to that of current senators but you are not allowed to take any gifts so that your decisions cannot be influenced. THis is just the basic framework for our new government. Our country has lost the comprehension of what it means to truly serve. We are so caught up in entitlement (welfare, social services, free money, etc that they no longer feel the need or responsibility to work). This system will ensure that we are truly REPRESENTED by our leaders in Washington and that they aren't only looking out for re-election/their own best interests. Sorry for the long winded diatribe but I strongly feel this is the only way we will "exact change" since that seems to be the token buzzword this election season.

Comment by Brendan H. — May 30, 2008 @ 5:01 pm
A quiz for some…

Has the U.S. been attacked since 9/11?
Was Saddam a monster?
Did he violate dozens of UN resolutions?
Did his forces fire on no-fly zone planes?
Did he pay bounties to the families of terrorists?
Did his government engage in acts which would indirectly support AQ?
Have mass graves been discovered in Iraq?
Did those mass graves include children still clutching their toys?
Did the surge work?
Has AQ labeled Iraq as the defining battle for them?
Have we been attacked since 9/11?

Only the first and last question should be answered NO. I beg those passionate left wingers out there to do some independent research.

Comment by Mike F. — May 30, 2008 @ 5:01 pm
When will John "Traitor" Kerry be indicted, tried, convicted and executed for his 30+ years of treason?

WHEN DEAR GOD? WHEN?!?

I keep waiting and hoping for the day when we get our own cellphone video of the Jr. Senator swinging from a rope.

I'd normally mention Ted "Killer" Kennedy in the same breath, but Nature is fortunately - and finally! - taking care of the bloated, alcoholic, womanizing, traitorous a**hole for us. Saints be praised! No "well wishes" from me. I hope you die in pain, you anti-American prick.

Comment by RC — May 30, 2008 @ 5:01 pm
I find it amusing that people on this board say that Kerry is the one out of touch and who has no business in talks about defending this country.

Which one got a Silver Star and multiple Purple Hearts while fighting in Vietnam?

It wasn't "W"

Kerry is simply stating that we weren't truely at war. A war has defined objectives. Tangible and realistic goals. The "War on Terror" is not a real war because it is a war against a tactic. An idea. We couldn't even get Bin Laden because Bush Co. decided Iraq was more important when it is very clear now that they were no threat to us. Meanwhile, the man who funded Sept 11th is still free (if he is alive) and we are no closer to finding him.

Comment by Joey — May 30, 2008 @ 5:01 pm
People need to learn how to spell.

Comment by kevin — May 30, 2008 @ 5:04 pm
WTF? I'll tell you who the true dumb-asses are here, and that is anyone who believes we went into Iraq because of terrorism. THAT my friends is a dumbass. Lift the wool from before your eyes you dueche-towel squibs.

Comment by George Kastanza — May 30, 2008 @ 5:06 pm
THANK GOD this guy did not get near the oval office. What an absolutely moronic thing to say. That goes WAY beyond a mis-speak, like he will claim it was. Just flat *ssed stupid. Now I know why W had such a higher GPA.

Comment by Kirk — May 30, 2008 @ 5:08 pm
BTW - Kerry is dumb? Where on God's earth have you clowns been for the last 8 years?

Comment by George Kastanza — May 30, 2008 @ 5:08 pm
Who does Jon Kerry think he is? In case he hasn't heard it's only okay for the President to say stupid stuff. Only George W Bush can get away with, "There's an old saying in Tennessee � I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee � that says, fool me once, shame on � shame on you. Fool me � you can't get fooled again."

Comment by Ed in Arlington VA — May 30, 2008 @ 5:10 pm
Obama - 57 States;
Heinz - 57 varieties;
Kerry -57 IQ

Comment by kelvin — May 30, 2008 @ 5:10 pm
George K. (#163), I agree. Especially when the official story of how the WTC towers collapsed will not withstand the scrutiny of physics.

Comment by Jim — May 30, 2008 @ 5:11 pm
Right.. Stinking elitist weasel John F'n Kerry spinning with the word 'declared'. I suppose you say we were 'at peace' during the Vietnam War even though democrat LBJ was forcing ten's of thousands of us to go and die for his escalation because, hey, it wasn't a 'declared war' was it John? Here's a letter John F'n Kerry signed with several other democrats on Oct 9, 1998: "[W]e urge you, after consulting with Congress, and consistent with the U.S. Constitution and laws, to take necessary actions (including, if appropriate, air and missile strikes on suspect Iraqi sites) to respond effectively to the threat posed by Iraq's refusal to end its weapons of mass destruction programs." Spin that! But you say that that's not 'declaring war' though huh John? Come to think of it John, were we 'at peace' when Clinton bombed the crap out of Serbia? Killing innocent people in Belgrade but hey .. that's not 'war' by your standard. How many 'ethnic cleansing' mass grave bodies have been dug up thus far? Compared to how many dug up in Iraq put there by Saddam, (at least 300,000?)? Thank God this nitwit never became POTUS.

Comment by Mike M — May 30, 2008 @ 5:11 pm
"J", here are the lies that were contained in your post:

1) The US never did "walk away" from Afghanistan. We are still there. Lie #1 debunked.

2) There were in fact 19 hi-jackers. They were ALL from Al-Qaeda. Lie #2 debunked.

3) Nobody in the Bush Administration EVER said that Saddam had anything to do with 9/11. They said that Saddam was sympathetic to terrorist. Lie #3 debunked.

4) We were NOT lied into war. Every major power in the world, and every major player in the Democratic party said that Saddam had WMD. Lie #4 debunked.

5) The "100 years" comment that you refer McCain making was about keeping a troop presence in Iraq…NOT about keeping the war going. Lie #5 debunked.

6) You must be one of those people that think if you don't vote for Obama, you MUST be racist. FYI, the only racism that has been on display so far has come from your beloved party. Lie #6 debunked.

It's hard to believe that someone so ill-informed as you could lecture people about reading. But feel free to continue to worry about the world hating us. Most people just shake their head at your stupidity.

Comment by Swibbie — May 30, 2008 @ 5:12 pm
Senator - news update: we were not at war on the morning of December 7, 1941 either.

Comment by Michael F — May 30, 2008 @ 5:12 pm
I wonder if the British thought they were in a "war" when the colonials attacked them with wearing a "military"uniform or used conventional military tactics. Was shooting from behind trees really fare in war?
Or did the Viet Cong fight "fare" in the "Non-war" that Kennedy got us into.

Comment by Rich Handy — May 30, 2008 @ 5:12 pm
JK said this in 2006: First President Bush resisted the creation of the 9/11 Commission, then he put up road blocks to its investigation, and still today he has failed to implement all its recommendations

of course the 911 commission report said basically "they were at war with us, and we weren't at war with them". here: http://govinfo.library.unt.edu/911/report/911Report_Ch2.htm

john please read the report of the commission, a commission which you say you want to implement all the recomendations of. i know its hard to
keep all this straight when everything out of your mouth is said purely for political purposes, but really. thats kinda funny. like comically funny. like you have to think we are all complete morons with no memory.

or, were you FOR the 911 commission before you were AGAINST it? oh god, here we go again…..

Comment by fred1962 — May 30, 2008 @ 5:13 pm
The bastard basically said Bush started the war,but what I'm worried about is the idiots who believe that or will believe it thinking the problem is going away in early 2009.

Al Qaeda,China & Russia will be testing Obama from day one all at the same time congress is investigating Bush for smoking Crack when he was 12,and not bending over and coughing at his physical back in the sixties…The next four years could be scary.I don't vote for Liberals or Moderates,so I'm not even in the game!

Comment by Kelly — May 30, 2008 @ 5:14 pm
I would say 99.9% of you asked prior to 9/11, "Is the US at War?" would have said no. And the only reason you are at war now, is because your wonderful leader took you to the wrong country for the war.
It makes me cringe every time I hear the US is in Iraq to make the US a safer place, was the US at danger from Iraq.
If we had gone to the right damn country, the US could have taken out the source and set Islamic Terrorism back years. But we didn't, and now the US has created a terrorist training ground, increased Islamic hate of the west and continue to be at war.
Don't be surprised one day you wake up with car bombs and suicide bombers attacking US cities. I pray it never happens, but it will be a result of your Supreme Commander.
Don't you think it's time you stop being Dems and Rep, and just be rational US citizens, stop thinking like your Dads.
Some of you think the other party is the enemy, you are all americans first, with different views of how things should operate.

Comment by Travis — May 30, 2008 @ 5:16 pm
Thank God this man wasn't elected President. Basically at Peace????? That's like saying Europe was at peace between 1939-1941. USS Cole, 2 American Embassies bombed, military barracks in Saudi Arabia bombed. Were those not signs that America was at war? Only if you ignore them like we did.

Comment by Joe — May 30, 2008 @ 5:16 pm
At peace in the same sense that the world was at peace on 31 August 1939 (if you ignore that unpleasantness in Manchuria, China etc).

Comment by Blaise MacLean — May 30, 2008 @ 5:17 pm
A big thanks to the Rebubtards, ditto heads and Faux News drones for the enormous laughs you've given us today. You guys are proof the American education system is failing us all. You clearly never learned how to think. Bunch of dumb asses.

Comment by BushBasher — May 30, 2008 @ 5:17 pm
yes, john we were at peace. peace in our time. i suppose you will wave a paper and declare that at obamma's inauguration. history doesnt repeat….but it sure as hell rhymes……

Comment by fred1962 — May 30, 2008 @ 5:19 pm
These Libs just can't seem to help themselves. The hijacking of the Democratic Party by the lunatic fringe makes me yen for the days of Truman, precisely the reason so many Dems have left, and continue to leave, the party. ss

Comment by Stephen Strachan — May 30, 2008 @ 5:19 pm
Kerry is a disgrace.

For a decade, it was open season on our military and diplomatic folks.

Terrorists had declared war on us, Coles, Khobar, African embasies. As long as it wasn't US civilians on US soil, who cared? Certainly not the anti-war pukes who now mark every death with a cross, coffin or tombstone. Those are grave robbing ghouls who seek to steal the goodwill that belongs to the fallen. To steal it, make people sad and then use that strong emotion to attain their anti-American goals. Note they never had any displays like that for the Cole or Khobar.

Screw the left wing weenies who claim Iraq is an illegal war because of lack of a declartion of war. Terrorists attacked us and terrorists can't live without a host like Saddam's Iraq.

Comment by Doc — May 30, 2008 @ 5:20 pm
it sounds like kerry is getting ready to slip into the senior senator from mass chair you think he'd wait till teddy took a knee at least

Comment by kevin — May 30, 2008 @ 5:21 pm
Swibbie:
3) Nobody in the Bush Administration EVER said that Saddam had anything to do with 9/11. They said that Saddam was sympathetic to terrorist. Lie #3 debunked.

True but it's worse than that. Saddam WENT TO SCHOOL on 9/11. It revealed to him how easy it was to attack us without any weapons at all - the very thing he thought he needed so badly. It was a fact that Iraqi intel officers met with al Qaida; a fact even mentioned BY CLINTON in 1998 in the bin Laden/Attef indictment for the Africa bombings.

Comment by Mike M — May 30, 2008 @ 5:22 pm
We were not at war but our enemy was. The Marine Barracks, our African Embassy's,the Cole, other incidents.

Comment by Wess — May 30, 2008 @ 5:22 pm
Do you really think when any of elected people go to Iraq they really see what is really going on…come on now. Next I do not think Obama going to Iraq means anything. When McCain goes he can not even keep straight who is fighting who. Also I do not want Obama to go and there be some plan do harm him. And guess what people he will be our next president.

Also if you support this war I hope you are joining up because I do think that if you support a war you should be willing to go fight this war… do not leave it for others. Show you support it.

Comment by Teri — May 30, 2008 @ 5:23 pm
Libtards never cease to amaze me..John Kerry is a joke along with Barrack Hussein Obama! Go ahead and try to get that clueless empty suit elected. John Mccain will be the next president of the USA.
Rush is right, the dem party is in chaos..WAY TO GO ELRUSHBO!!

Comment by Janice — May 30, 2008 @ 5:25 pm
Kerry is a coward and traitor. Massachusetts owes the rest of us an apology for keeping him in office. Do us a favor next election and get rid of this waste of skin!!

Comment by Lee — May 30, 2008 @ 5:26 pm
Thanks Mike M for the clarification. I'm sure telling some lib what you posted would make their head explode. But then again, any kind of actual fact about Iraq would make their heads explode.

Comment by Swibbie — May 30, 2008 @ 5:27 pm
They are trying to get Obama to Iraq so they can kill him. He is smart enough to realize that.

I am so tired of these politicians going to Iraq to try and lend some credibility to their propaganda about how good this fascist war for Israel is going.

Comment by Ray — May 30, 2008 @ 5:27 pm
mike, you said saddam went to school on 911. was he reading a book to the kids about a goat? if so, that would REALLY be creepy.

Comment by fred1962 — May 30, 2008 @ 5:27 pm
The saddest part of all this is that john Kerry still thinks he's relevant!

Comment by The Tax Man — May 30, 2008 @ 5:28 pm
Quiz for lame liberal nitwits that post here:
1. In 1972 at the Munich Olympics, athletes were kidnapped and massacred by
a. Olga Corbitt
b. Sitting Bull
c. Arnold Schwarzeneger
d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40

2. In 1979, the US embassy in Iran was taken over by:
a. Lost Norwegians
b. Elvis
c. A tour bus full of 80-year-old women
d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40

3. During the 1980's a number of Americans were kidnapped in Lebanon by:
a. John Dillinger
b. The King of Sweden
c. The Boy Scouts
d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40

4. In 1983, the US Marine barracks in Beirut was blown up by:
a. A pizza delivery boy
b. Pee Wee Herman
c. Geraldo Rivera
d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40

5. In 1985 the cruise ship Achille Lauro was hijacked and a 70 year old
American passenger was murdered and thrown overboard in his wheelchair by:
a. The Smurfs
b. Davy Jones
c. The Little Mermaid
d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40

6. In 1985 TWA flight 847 was hijacked at Athens, and a US Navy diver trying to
rescue passengers was murdered by:
a. Captain Kidd
b. Charles Lindberg
c. Mother Teresa
d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40

7. In Dec. 21, 1988, Lockerbie, Scotland, Pan Am Flight 103 was bombed by:
a. Scooby Doo
b. The Tooth Fairy
c. Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid
d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40

8. In 1993 the World Trade Center was bombed the first time by:
a. Richard Simmons
b. Grandma Moses
c. Michael Jordan
d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40

9. June 25, 1996 in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia a truck bomb kills 19 American, it was set by:
a. Local fireworks promoters celebrating a holiday
b. Really pissed off camels
c. Kids playing with an M-80
d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40

10. In 1998, the US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania were bombed by:
a. Mr. Rogers
b. Hillary Clinton, to distract attention from Wild Bill' s women problems
c. The World Wrestling Federation
d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40

11. USS Cole is attacked in Aden, Yemen, whereas 17 Sailors were killed and 39 were injured on Oct. 12, 2000 by:
a. Popeye the Sailor
b. A large group of Tiger Sharks
c. The British Navy
d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40

12. On 9/11/01, four airliners were hijacked; two were used as missiles to take
out the World Trade Centers and of the remaining two, one crashed into the US
Pentagon and the other was diverted and crashed by the passengers. Thousands of
people were killed by:
a. Bugs Bunny, Wiley E. Coyote, Daffy Duck and Elmer Fudd
b. The Supreme Court of Florida
c. Mr. Bean
d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40

13. In 2002 the United States fought a war in Afghanistan against:
a. Enron
b. The Lutheran Church
c. The NFL
d. Muslim male extremists mostly! between the ages of 17 and 40

14. In 2002 reporter Daniel Pearl was kidnapped and murdered by:
a. Bonnie and Clyde
b. Captain Kangaroo
c. Billy Graham
d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40

15. In 2004 a civilian worker named Nick Berg was beheaded on film by:
a. His girl friend for an affair
b. He thought it would be a neat Halloween costume so he did it himself
c. Iron Chef
d. Muslim male extremist mostly between the ages of 17 and 40

Comment by Mike M — May 30, 2008 @ 5:28 pm
Bush had taken more vacation time than any other president in US history during his first 9 months in office. Sounds like he was really acknowledging that we were at war. But hey, the right wing propaganda machine is impressive.

Ye5tn more sublime ignorance from the left. You would think a member of the "elite" Party would know a president is NEVER on vacation, that where ever he is he can perform every function available to him when he is in the White House.

Want to complain about something, lib? How about the Democrat controlled Congress that has the lowest approval rating since the numbers have been tracked. Their rating is in the teens and dropping like a stone.

Comment by jjv — May 30, 2008 @ 5:29 pm
Captured Iraqi documents show that Saddam facilitated the training of thousands of Jihadists. This is contrary to "intelligence"'s assumption that their ideological differences would prevent such alliances. So, in hindsight, you can say Saddam WAS actively engaged in terrorism, just as you can say in hindsight that he did not have stockpiles of WMD's. Unfortunately, too many folks would rather believe enemy propaganda than their government. What does that tell us?

Comment by Mike F. — May 30, 2008 @ 5:29 pm
What an idiot.

Comment by Zippy — May 30, 2008 @ 5:32 pm
Being 'basically at peace' was seared….SEARED… into the Senator's memory.

Comment by Kris L. — May 30, 2008 @ 5:34 pm
Are we really to believe anything that comes out of this mans mouth? He's a narcissist, willing to pander to just about anyone who will pay him the speaking engagement fee. He's a joke! Nothing to see hear folks, move along… move along.

Comment by Joe M. — May 30, 2008 @ 5:36 pm
Kerry only understands how to ingratiate oneself to a Kennedy familty to get a leg up on the world. and then how to marry rich women so he doesn't have to do real work to earn an honest living. He is a pompous empty suit. He is last season's Barak Obama…..send all of them to the showers, and let the Man take the reins….the French loving arugula eaters need to go meet with their respective pastors and sit around and shout cumba ya at all the brothers and sisters.

America deserves better than this group of third string bench sitters with loud mouths.

Comment by RUFUS — May 30, 2008 @ 5:36 pm
Kerry is such a idiot, all these libs need to get their heads examined. Look what they found in Kennedy, that explains alot of his past antics, but not all.

The solution to this war on terror is simple:
1)Announce that All Weapons rounds/explosives manufactured by NATO have and forever will be coated with small portion of PIG FAT (worked for Pershing in WWII).. Now which of these bomeres will meet ALLAH? none…

Comment by The-Real-Solution — May 30, 2008 @ 5:37 pm
Kerry, just go away Please!

Comment by LJR — May 30, 2008 @ 5:38 pm
Torture methods used by Saddam's regime on political dissidents

* Medical experimentation
* Beatings
* Crucifixion
* Hammering nails into the fingers and hands
* Amputating the penis or breasts with an electric carving knife
* Spraying insecticides into a victim�s eyes
* Branding with a hot iron
* Committing rape while the victim�s spouse is forced to watch
* Pouring boiling water into a rectum
* Nailing the tongue to a wooden board
* Extracting teeth with pliers
* Using bees and scorpions to sting naked children in front of their parents

Comment by Mike F. — May 30, 2008 @ 5:39 pm
Hey people don't be to hard on Hero, "John Boy" while johnny was getting his ass blown up by RICE, a true AMERICAN HERO (John McCain) was in a North Vietnam prison!!! Hey Johnny you really are a Horses A**??? Wake up people.

Comment by LaPlaca — May 30, 2008 @ 5:40 pm
Kerry Who? Isn't he that odd looking self-righteous, self-entitled liberal elitist who married the shrew who stole that ketchup fortune?

Comment by BPQ — May 30, 2008 @ 5:40 pm
yes john. and you were honorably discharged…basically.

Comment by fred1962 — May 30, 2008 @ 5:43 pm
we need to be able to fight a two front war. one with the nut-jobs in the middle east and the other with the radical left in this country that won't let us drill for oil.

Comment by gary — May 30, 2008 @ 5:44 pm
The left never understands the danger. The left is voting for "change" but what they risk is extremely dangerous. Obama is a very dangerous individual.

Lenin was an agent of change.
Hitler was an agent of change. He ended unemployment, feed the poor, improved the schools, so what if he exterminated 5 million Jews and put the world at war. Remember he was an agent of change
Ayatollah Khomenini was an agent of change and look where Iran is now. Of course he was aided by that great naive humanitarian Jimmy Carter.
Obama may be more dangerous that Carter in foreign affairs and more dangerous than a Lenin domestically. He along with the Democratic House and Senate will bring back the fairness doctrine which is really little more than a squelch dissent doctrine. The only news people will receive is via approved media. I expect controls will also be placed on websites giving some type of pass for the Kos.

Comment by Allen, ND — May 30, 2008 @ 5:44 pm
http://www.husseinandterror.com/

Complete with Sources.. and yeah, Kerry is still a traitor.

Comment by Mike F. — May 30, 2008 @ 5:46 pm
Why the people of Massachusetts elect over and over the two "Bozo"s" is beyond comprehension. John Kery is totally out of touch with reality and the people of Massachusetts.

Do us a favor John…..shut you big fat trap, go wind surfing with a plumber you MoRon

Comment by Quahog — May 30, 2008 @ 5:46 pm
Joke:
John Kerry walks into a bar. Bartender says: " Hey buddy, why the long face?" bud da dump(snare drum)! Just keep in mind a vote for Barack is a vote for an OBAMAnation!

Comment by J Barrett — May 30, 2008 @ 5:48 pm
When Muslim terrorists bombed the WORLD Trade Center the first time under Clinton's watch, they
were caught and prosecuted. When 230 marines were
killed in their barracks in Lebanon under Reagan's watch, he did nothing. Right wing
propaganda has gotten us into the mess we're in,
glorifying true chicken hawks and cowards.Republicans have no stones

Comment by Bob G. — May 30, 2008 @ 5:48 pm
Your hero John McCain said yesterday that troop levels are down to pre-surge levels. Um, not exactly, there were 130,000 pre-surge, 150,000 now. And Iraq is supposedly his area of expertise. He was off by 20,000 American kids currently in Iraq. A bit different than naming the wrong World War II era concentration camp, no? McCain is a joke.

Comment by Bob Scofield — May 30, 2008 @ 5:49 pm
Ya John, we were minding our own business and ignoring what was going on all around us and we still got attacked and lost over 3,000 people on their way to work in a matter of a couple of hours. These nutjobs want us dead even when we turn the other check. You and your buddy Obama think by "talking" to these freaks they will all drink a V8 and fall in love with us! The elders in Iran have to laugh themselves to sleep listening to Kerry and Obama. Of course they want Obama to win the election. Can you say Wuss!

Comment by Michelle S — May 30, 2008 @ 5:49 pm
It makes me sad that our country is so divided. Name calling and posturing has accomplished absolutely nothing people. I feel badly for all of us. We all want peace. We just have different ways to achieve it.

I prefer Barack/ Clinton but I refuse to insult someone who has a different opinion.

C'mon people - let's save our country!!!!

Comment by Gary — May 30, 2008 @ 5:51 pm
Please be patient. BHO is going to save us all and solve all of America's problems. I predict that he will carry all 57 states.

You gotta love that church that he is a member of. They are working very hard to bring us all together. Has anyone else watched the videos and seen that bunch bozos jumping around and clapping when the Rev. Wright and That idiot priest are spewing their crap. And BHO was a part of that for 20 years? Seems to me just what this country needs.

Comment by john s — May 30, 2008 @ 5:51 pm
Mind you, this is the comment of one of the leading lights of the majority political party in the United States.

Had but 60,000 votes in Ohio changed sides, this dolt would now be President.

What a tragedy the Democratic Party has made of itself.

Only a true fool would cast a vote for any candidate for any office this party sends forth.

Comment by Bella Cose — May 30, 2008 @ 5:51 pm
September 10th, 2001

President Bush will address the United Nations today and speak of a grave and gathering danger. The President plans to highlight the threat of radical Islam to America. He will make the claim that the a man named Osama Bin Laden may soon strike the United States, causing devastating casualties. The President went so far as to claim he had British intelligence stating Bin Laden was going to destroy skyscrapers.

- CNN has learned that Osama Bin Laden lives in a cave in Afghanistan, has no access to large airplanes and has never even been in the United States. CNN analysts warned Bush better go back and check his intelligence, which seems way off base.

- Ted Kennedy asked, where is the imminent threat? Where are Osama's weapons? This is a ploy cooked up by the President in Texas.

- Howard Dean said, this guy is nuts, imagine some cave dweller in the most backward country in the world being a threat to the all powerful United States me thinks Bush is drinking again.

- General Clark said, Oh sure Osama may be a threat sometime down the road, maybe ten years, but it�s Saddam Hussein we have to contain now.

It�s Sept 11th, 2007�

Comment by Swibbie — May 30, 2008 @ 5:51 pm
By this same logic at 7:45AM Honolulu time on Dec. 7th 1941, we were also at peace. The USS Ward simply committed yet another act of imperialist agression against a peace loving Japanese mini sub in international waters which prompted the attack on Pearl Harbor.
And In also guess the USS Reuben James got in the way of a German submarine practice firing it's torpedoes.
It's time the people of this country realized that the US has always been hated by governments who are afraid of the very same things that have made us the nation we are.
Unfortunately, there are now peole in this country who hate us for those same things.
It's a sad day for America when her leaders are now intent on destroying these qualities for their own personal goals.

Comment by Are we doomed to repeat History? — May 30, 2008 @ 5:52 pm
hey bob g, i am sure you missed the humor in your post. the irony. ahem, so, uh, then that whole prosecution stuff as a result of the 93 bombing…uh…how'd that work out in the, let say, deterrant department?

peace out bro - keep them coming

Comment by fred1962 — May 30, 2008 @ 5:52 pm
The Botox he never used has bled into his gray matter and dimmed what light was left.

HA

Comment by HygeneAl — May 30, 2008 @ 5:52 pm
Presently America is in need of a president equal to Washington, Lincoln or Reagan. Not a guy that isn't even capable of running a fortune 500 company. I have to say Obama lacks the qualifications to govern a large state let alone the USA.

Comment by Kramer — May 30, 2008 @ 5:53 pm
Radical Islam was attacking America throughout the 1990's. Was Kerry asleep the whole time?

Comment by Darren — May 30, 2008 @ 5:53 pm
What a dork, we were at peace on Dec 6th, 1941 also.

Comment by Dave — May 30, 2008 @ 5:53 pm
And to think this man was almost elected President! How ridiculous is he? His logic is that of a five year old's. Pray for this man.

Comment by Laurin Dalon — May 30, 2008 @ 5:54 pm
Bob,

At least McCain knows what "troop levels" mean! Obama hasn't been there in over two years yet he's the expert on the war in Iraq? He "may" go to Iraq over the summer? No wonder he doesn't realize Aphgans don't speak arabic!

Comment by Michelle S — May 30, 2008 @ 5:55 pm
Mr. Heinz is a buffoon.

Comment by KansasGirl — May 30, 2008 @ 5:58 pm
Kerry is and was a joke. No, we werent at war, but Al Queda was definitely at war with us long before 9/11. Some people just like to bury their heads in the sand. Kerry, Obama, Hillary, and McCain are all jokes. In fact our whole congress is a joke. They all need kicked out and WE NEED TERM LIMITS for Congress!! Like that would ever pass.

Comment by Randi — May 30, 2008 @ 6:00 pm
michelle, i am sure obamma will go as soon as all the troops are pulled out. that way he can go when there is peace. basically.

Comment by fred1962 — May 30, 2008 @ 6:00 pm
Well, Jon Kary, you bragged about all your 'war time' experience and medals, was that a declared war? Can you possibly get your head any farther up your a$$?

Comment by Lee K — May 30, 2008 @ 6:01 pm
The press corps was under enormous pressure from corporate executives to make sure the war was presented "in a way that was consistent with the patriotic fever in the nation and the president's high approval ratings."
The higher Bush's approval ratings, the more pressure from news executives to put on positive stories about the president.

Comment by Pastor Sweet Pee — May 30, 2008 @ 6:04 pm
Unfortunately, Senator Kerry couldn't cut the mustard at his wife's ketchup company, so we are now doomed to watch him flounder as a politician….someone please pelt him with some more Heinz tomatoes!

Comment by Carlton — May 30, 2008 @ 6:04 pm
kerry is front runner to be obummas secretary of state. the dumb leading the dumber.

Comment by liberalism is a mental disease — May 30, 2008 @ 6:04 pm
We all need to know Kerryspeak:

Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) believes that on September 11 (as of midnight - 12:01AM) "we (Teresa and I) were basically at peace (because she won the argument)."

Comment by Boggled — May 30, 2008 @ 6:05 pm
To ALL of the BDS sufferers on this site, can any one of you please show us a SINGLE "lie" that Bush told? A lie is defined as "an intentional mistatement of fact or circumstance, known by the speaker to be false at the time, told for the purpose of deceiving the listener." Please provide a reasoned example of a single instance where Bush lied using that definition. It should be easy since all of you keep chanting the mantra that "Bush lied" ad infinitum. If you cannot do this, then you need to look in the mirror and acknowledge that it is YOU who are the liar and a slanderer, as well. This means that you are a low characater loser and are wasting the air you breath. Fix that.

Comment by Veritas — May 30, 2008 @ 6:05 pm
jean cari wil tankfoly bee de nekts senor sineter frum mastorchewsets. go kinidy go.

Comment by fredhead — May 30, 2008 @ 6:05 pm
Don't we all realize that nobody is reading a single word any of us writes?
Hilarious.

Comment by Pastor Sweet Pee — May 30, 2008 @ 6:06 pm
John Kerry, the idiots idiot, poster boy
of stupid. At least the electorate was
smart enough to give him and his stupidity the boot.

Comment by Greyfox — May 30, 2008 @ 6:07 pm
Watch this . . .

Comment by Pastor Sweet Pee — May 30, 2008 @ 6:07 pm
I have lot less money than Susan Saradon, but if she will leave the country, I will pay her airfare.

Comment by JT GUY — May 30, 2008 @ 6:07 pm
Speak for yourself Sweet pee

Comment by Greyfox — May 30, 2008 @ 6:08 pm
i see you sweet pea.
but i am reading every OTHER word…….

Comment by fred1962 — May 30, 2008 @ 6:08 pm
K. Couric is being fisted by Jeb Bush every weekend. Her ass has now been compared to real-estate and Donald Trump is threatening to sink the pylons for a 200-story (sic) hotel into it. In fact, the space within the rectum (Wrecked 'em? Damn near killed 'em) has become so extensive that CBS has to stuff it with large cushions, foam rubber, auto tires, and parts from the Dan Rather rubber suit that had been used on the animatronix Dan that was wheeled before the cameras for many an evening's news. (Those were the days, my friend.) Engineers complain about the echo and Eddie Van Halen runs his amp through it. If Glen Gould were alive he would almost certainly have his studio in there.

Comment by Pastor Sweet Pee — May 30, 2008 @ 6:08 pm
i will fly the plane.
wish i had paid attention in landing class better……

Comment by fred1962 — May 30, 2008 @ 6:09 pm
Kerry must be a government school kid or something. Did he drink too much ketchup? He's not playing with a full deck. There needs to be an IQ test for congress - the bunch up there are idiots.

Comment by dave — May 30, 2008 @ 6:11 pm
Well then according to Kerry's twisted logic, we're still basically at peace because we never did declare war against either Afghanistan or Iraq. Now, let's bring the troops home … from Korea, Germany, Japan, and all those other places we're not at war.

Comment by mike comstock — May 30, 2008 @ 6:11 pm
pastor…i think a sabbatical is in order…..

Comment by fred1962 — May 30, 2008 @ 6:12 pm
michelle, i am sure obamma will go as soon as all the troops are pulled out. that way he can go when there is peace. basically.

Comment by fred1962 � May 30, 2008 @ 6:00 pm

————————————————

You mean he wants to be Presidents of the United States yet we are at war like it or not and he's to busy on the campaign trail talking about CHANGE? I should votefor a guy that hasn't even made an effort to visit our troops in two years and talk to the generals on the ground to find out what's really going on over there? I guess getting second hand information from Pelosi and Harry Reid is enough. Reid, the guy that said the war was lost less than a year ago and now looks like a complete fool! I wouldn't trust Obama or Kerry to protect my dog!

Comment by Michelle S — May 30, 2008 @ 6:12 pm
Why do people continually elect these idiots into power? Has our school system degraded soo far that people no longer can use their reasoning abilities? Oh, by the way, Susan Sarandon, why wait? Leave now.

Comment by Steve — May 30, 2008 @ 6:16 pm
This is exactly why Kerry could never be President.

And Obama can't unify the Democrats…the great uniter! LOL

Comment by Dave — May 30, 2008 @ 6:16 pm
Breaking News:
Hillary fisted while drunk on whiskey on plane.
Details follow . . .

Comment by Pastor Sweet Pee — May 30, 2008 @ 6:18 pm
It is horrifying that this man of such limited intellect is a sitting member of the Senate.

Comment by Chris Gentile — May 30, 2008 @ 6:18 pm
I would like all of you idiots who claim there were no WMD's in Iraq to read a book by Gen. Georges Sada, "Saddam's Secrets," starting on page 259 ff., where he claims to know just how and to what country the WMD's were transfered in the late fall of 2002. You just might be surprised!!! The transport was caught by satellite cameras, but you won't hear about it from the liberal media. Wise up!

Comment by mary kohrs — May 30, 2008 @ 6:19 pm
Can we get Susan Sarandon to give us that promise in writing? I will gladly donate money for her one way ticket. Heck I'll even pay for her lib boyfriend/pretend husband ticket.

I agree Steve! Why wait. Leave NOWWWWW!!

Comment by Michelle S — May 30, 2008 @ 6:19 pm
Somebody should buy this idiot a ticket to Lebanon.

Comment by Jeffrey — May 30, 2008 @ 6:22 pm
Lebanon . . . sure, man. Cool. Genius idea. Just the ticket. Happy now?

Comment by Pastor Sweet Pee — May 30, 2008 @ 6:23 pm
…hmmm…this sonofabitch should be tried for treason and crimes against nature…and for having a bitch for a wife…?

Comment by Jeffrey — May 30, 2008 @ 6:25 pm
Yes! John, I challenge you to a fair fight with a 63 year old bastard who will kick your ugly ass all the way back to Boston, or whatever foreign country you are frum !!!!

Comment by Jeffrey — May 30, 2008 @ 6:26 pm
Yep.

Comment by Pastor Sweet Pee — May 30, 2008 @ 6:26 pm
…this is a great site, i loeves this site…

Comment by Jeffrey — May 30, 2008 @ 6:26 pm
Genius level.

Comment by Pastor Sweet Pee — May 30, 2008 @ 6:27 pm
sweet pee, we can't stop here this is bat country

Comment by fred1962 — May 30, 2008 @ 6:28 pm
Zen Master Kerry…time for you to leave…

Comment by Grasshopper — May 30, 2008 @ 6:28 pm
Bin laden and his al qaeda had already declared war on the US in 1998. Before the Towers, there was the first attack on the Towers in 1993, the USS Cole bombing, and the sudanese Embassy bombing. It was the Clinton administration that chose not to defend the American people. Thank God jfkerry was never elected president. We'd all be on our knees on prayer mats, already. jfkerry has no status as a man, having to live off his wife's dead husband's money.

Comment by martifr — May 30, 2008 @ 6:28 pm
Sweet Pee, you are A-0K

Comment by Jeffrey — May 30, 2008 @ 6:28 pm
I am John. Your challenge is accepted. I will fight you all and whip you into submission with aborted fetuses.

Comment by Pastor Sweet Pee — May 30, 2008 @ 6:29 pm
PS: Are you Hussein Obama's Pastor too?

Comment by Jeffrey — May 30, 2008 @ 6:29 pm
you crazy English major, hahaah

Comment by Jeffrey — May 30, 2008 @ 6:30 pm
i can no more disown pastor sweet pee than my white gran mama

Comment by fred1962 — May 30, 2008 @ 6:30 pm
Fred, you'se da mannn, vato!

Comment by Jeffrey — May 30, 2008 @ 6:31 pm
hah hah hah

Comment by Pastor Sweet Pee — May 30, 2008 @ 6:31 pm
That's why John Kerry isn't our President. He just doesn't get it.

Comment by Eric Magness — May 30, 2008 @ 6:32 pm
i think al gore and john kerry are very evenly matched

Comment by big shooter — May 30, 2008 @ 6:32 pm
That was deep. Watch this guy:

Comment by Pastor Sweet Pee — May 30, 2008 @ 6:34 pm
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That's all the news from Lake Woebegone . . .

Comment by Pastor Sweet Pee — May 30, 2008 @ 6:37 pm
John "Catsup been good to me" Kerry as usual talks nonsense. But, you have to realize that he is distracting us from the real problem BHO. We are expending way to much energy on this nobody.

Oh, BTW Pastor Sweet Pee you need to work on not being so sick, sick, sick, sick…………

Comment by Bud — May 30, 2008 @ 6:37 pm
Wow. This nutjob almost became President!

Comment by Karenina — May 30, 2008 @ 6:39 pm
work more on being only thrice sick……

Comment by fred1962 — May 30, 2008 @ 6:40 pm
This thread is as ridiculous as Kerry's comment. Cartoon Characters!

Comment by googie — May 30, 2008 @ 6:41 pm
googie, i believe you are right. and in that vein. deeya da deeya da dats all folks.

Comment by fred1962 — May 30, 2008 @ 6:46 pm
What a freakin' moron Kerry is! And he presumed himself to be presidential material?!?!?

Comment by MarkJ — May 30, 2008 @ 6:46 pm
Well if we were at peace, I guess he can't put in for another purple heart.

If you hate Bush, fine, but this Kerry guy is 100 times more ignorant.

Comment by Ray N — May 30, 2008 @ 6:47 pm
John Kerry, Alec Baldwin and Susan Sarandun need a change of venue. Pehaps Canada or even the Sudan or Iran would be suited for these Hollywood/Politial fools. Kerry forgot about the USS Cole and the embassies that were blown to shreds. Kerry, Kennedy, (Clinton) and that crew must have been drunk or in a coma during the Clinton era.

Comment by vm milano — May 30, 2008 @ 6:49 pm
Being from Massachusetts I have never voted for John Kerry. I have never quite understood the state's love for him. I have no desire to be insulting, but he can't be the best this state, liberal or not, has to offer. Unfortunately for all of us, the best each of our state's have to offer are seldom elected to anything.

I posit two or my reasons I will vote McCain -
If Obama wins he might make Kerry Secretary of Defense or State
And I want to wave at Susan Sarandon and her husband as they fly off to Canada.

Comment by Joe from Massachusetts — May 30, 2008 @ 6:52 pm
Kerry also called John McCain "out of step with history and facts."

It's called "projection", Kerry. Look it up some time.

Comment by Ubiquitous — May 30, 2008 @ 6:56 pm
There never was much "swift" in John Kerry's boat.

Comment by getreal — May 30, 2008 @ 6:56 pm
Well, it looks like al the PNAC members are writing in this message board.

Neocons will be defeated in November.

Sorry about that.

P.S.: And yes, war was as much promoted by bin Laden as it was by his personal FRIEND George W. Bush…

Comment by A Reader — May 30, 2008 @ 6:56 pm
Al Gore should thank his lucky stars for Johm Kerry. If not for Kerry, Gore would be the biggest buffoon to have ever served in the US Senate.

Comment by regis33 — May 30, 2008 @ 6:57 pm
This is basically the voice our Congress, Washington needs an ENEMA!

Comment by Rayman — May 30, 2008 @ 6:58 pm
If you can't understand John Kerry's message, you need help because Al Qaida can't either. Extremists just don't get it. Are you one of America's extremists? Of course not.

Comment by simon west — May 30, 2008 @ 7:00 pm
John Fitzgerald Kerry is a @%&*^$! a$$&*#@. Oslama is his acolyte. They both deserve to be exterminated.

Comment by BlueMax372 — May 30, 2008 @ 7:00 pm
Methinks it becometh time for another revolution?

Comment by BlueMax372 — May 30, 2008 @ 7:01 pm
FLUSH CONGRESS — RE-ELECT NO ONE.

Comment by BlueMax372 — May 30, 2008 @ 7:02 pm
Anyone who subscribes to the man-made global warming hoax is simply too stupid to hold any position of trust and responsibility. Those of us who think should set about eliminating those who don't.

Comment by BlueMax372 — May 30, 2008 @ 7:06 pm
Someone should ask Obama if he agrees with Kerry that the USA was at peace on 9/11. What an idiot Kerry is! For the sake of the whole world, it is marvellous that Bush (with all his faults),rather than Kerry, was elected president.

Comment by E. Ryten — May 30, 2008 @ 7:11 pm
This was just another dose of meaningless hot air
from John Kerry. What is it about the Senate? Must one be an empty-headed blowhard to get elected there or does being there turn people into arrogant fools?

Comment by Mike W — May 30, 2008 @ 7:13 pm
I am guessing if they figure there is no way of knowing what is happening in iraq without going there that no truthful or realistic news is available in the media.Is this what they were trying to say?
It makes sense. Glad they cleared that up.
No worthwhile reporting or real facts about iraq are available to any americans including elected officials.
So what is it he will find when he goes there? Is iraq still there?

Comment by Johnsnottoodistracted — May 30, 2008 @ 7:14 pm
Spoken like the pathetic gold digger that he is. While the jihad hijackers were hanging with the soccer moms to conceal their true identity, we were putting John Gotti in prison, while the imam was plotting mass murder from a mosque in Brooklyn. Have we go out priorities screwed up, our what? You grab that headline John, you worm.

Comment by jggrimm — May 30, 2008 @ 7:17 pm
I was in the US Navy in the 80's. We were at war with Islamic facists then. Kerry is an idiot.

Comment by torabora — May 30, 2008 @ 7:19 pm
dont be too hard on the lefties.they get all their edjookashun from micheal moore,kos,huffington,etc,courtesy of george soros.they just dont get that alquaida,taliban,hamas,hezbollah,syria,iran,and saddams iraq are/were all tentacles from the same enemy.if you cant see that,you never will.

Comment by venomous — May 30, 2008 @ 7:20 pm
To those of you that wonder why senator McCain is asking Obama to go to Iraq. Let me clear it up for you. He wants him to go there, tell the troops (the ones that will actually meet with him) what a great job they are doing, then tell the Iraqi officials how he's impressed with the progress they have made, and then play those soundbites when he comes back here, gets in front of a camera and says "We can't win in Iraq". Much like Nancy Pelosi did this past week.

Comment by Johnnie Mac — May 30, 2008 @ 7:22 pm
"Stupid is as stupid does," Forrest Gump.

"With the possible exception of Al Gore, I'm the smartest man in the world," Sen. John Kerry.

If the lives of every American man, woman and child weren't on the line in this world war, Kerry and the DemoRat Left would be entertaining.

Comment by Cole Younger — May 30, 2008 @ 7:31 pm
Obama is done. America cannot stomach any more garbage spewing from his church's pulpit. There is no chance of beating McCain. McCain was right on about the surge. I want a real American Hero as my President, not someone who sits back and tolerates racism, bigotry, Anti-American rhetoric, anti-semitism, and associates with the likes of William and Mrs Ayres, along with the Priest friend of his…..

Comment by Matt — May 30, 2008 @ 7:33 pm
I love how John Kerry can come out and criticize John McCain… only four short years after it would have been Kerry's wet dream to have John McCain as his running mate!

He is so out of touch… but I hope he keeps talking, to drag down Barack "Paperboy" Obama.

Comment by Nick — May 30, 2008 @ 7:34 pm
Kerry is pathetic, and I'm going shove Algore's big fat carbon footprint down his throat to shudd'um up…..such a digrace…. *spit

Comment by claspur — May 30, 2008 @ 7:43 pm
Kerry who is dumber John Kerry or the people who vote for him every 6 years…

Comment by robert — May 30, 2008 @ 7:44 pm
I have come to expect anything from Kerry and he has once again delivered.Not at war indeed.The muslim fascists attempted to bring down the WTC in 1993,attacked embassies,the USS Cole and then
murdered 3000 innocents.It's amazing that a man this stupid is a US senator.Unfortunately there are more senators like him.

Comment by ralphie — May 30, 2008 @ 7:53 pm
"I just want you to know that, when we talk about war, we're really talking about peace." Bush� June 18, 2002
Liberals quote this line as if they have discovered some great evidence of stupidity in Bush. Liberals continuing to chortle about this phrase shows how little they understand international relations. In fact BUSH IS EXACTLY RIGHT. War and peace exist on a continuum and are inseparable in terms of how American Presidents must think of the Security of the United States. If you think the absence of a shooting war with Iran is an indication of peace then you are sadly mistaken. If you think the "Mideast Peace Process" is a peace Process, think again - it is a war process. If you think Bush started a war for any other reason than to prevent a worse war, you are mistaken. The fact that the "worse war" has not occurred is proof neither that the Iraq War was justified nor unjustified.
If you are one of those naive Liberals who believe, "Why can't everybody just get along?" let me assure that they cannot and will not because it is not in �everybody�s� nature. I think it was Kipling who said, 'You rest peacefully in your bed at night only because there are rough men with guns who are willing to do violence on your behalf.' This is the truth. "Give peace a chance" is BS. Peace is not like a plant which flourishes if it is only given a chance. Peace is an aberrant state which requires HARD WORK and usually some application of FORCE, often Violence and Sacrifice.

Comment by DAK — May 30, 2008 @ 8:04 pm
Dear John: Did you not give a speech about how Saddam was a big threat and needed to be delt with?Did you not vote to give the President authority to go to war.As to Obama he had all this intellengence from all around the world about the threat and he voted against it.This shows once again he has poor judgementMaybe he was protecting the 57 states of Islam.

Comment by bob — May 30, 2008 @ 8:10 pm
What the hell…"We weren't at war?"
Of course not…we were at a cease-fire.

Comment by Torteh Lini — May 30, 2008 @ 8:14 pm
"Did you know that 'W' got a better final grade point average at Yale than Kerry? Bet you didn't."

Yeah, amazing what money can buy.

Comment by Torteh Loni — May 30, 2008 @ 8:20 pm
We have the best government that money can buy. And, from all appearances, a great deal of the 454 "decision makers" that the sheeple have elected spend a good piece of their bribes on really, really good drugs.

Comment by Jubal — May 30, 2008 @ 8:26 pm
It is so very sad and scary that people such as Kerry are in DC. He is so out-there and so far left that each and everytime he opens his yap, he says nothing that makes any sense. He must practise being stupid as no human could possibly be as dumb as he is. Or maybe, he should read some history books and have Obama join him and maybe between the two of them, they might possibly learn someting

Comment by JLB. — May 30, 2008 @ 8:30 pm
What a douchetard.

Comment by Mark — May 30, 2008 @ 8:30 pm
What do you neocons think about the friendship that always existed between the Bush and the bin Laden clans?

Comment by A Reader — May 30, 2008 @ 8:30 pm
John Kerry is as brain dead as Ted Kennedy, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, and Barack Obama.

If Obama becomes President, best to buckle down as al Qaeda becomes strengthened and we surrender to Iran.

What a group of losers. Who voted these sc*mbags in to power again? I sure didn't.

Comment by James Van Kishke — May 30, 2008 @ 8:32 pm
actually if you think about it we were at peace…not in the since that we arn't threatened etc. but…terrorists are terrorists….you can't technically declare war on them because you dont know who are terrorists.

Comment by jonas — May 30, 2008 @ 8:34 pm
We were at war, Clinton, and to a lesser extent Bush, just hadn't admitted it yet. Before 9/11/2001, al-qaida attacked us on average every 18 months. There has not been an attack since then. The one thing Bush has done right is to declare a war and act strategically instead of Clinton's policy of using law, evidence and courts.

Comment by Jon — May 30, 2008 @ 8:38 pm
Keep talking Kerry. With supporters like you, Obama doesn't need enemies.

This Hillary supporter will be voting for McCain and hopes he can help PA swing its 21 electoral votes his way.

Comment by Matt, PA — May 30, 2008 @ 8:38 pm
Nuance people. Us neocons don't understand it.

Comment by Neocon — May 30, 2008 @ 9:17 pm
[...] We were at peace on September 11th. Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) believes that on September 11 "we were basically at [...]

Pingback by Idiots, The Obamatard, and Basic Asshattery… | Demure Thoughts — May 30, 2008 @ 9:33 pm
What a wanker this clown is - maybe he should some of his wife's condiments!

Comment by Dr Bob Onit — May 30, 2008 @ 9:34 pm
Saddam didn't attack the twin towers. That was a bunch of Saudis

Comment by mkrebs — May 30, 2008 @ 9:58 pm
Obama wants Kerry to be his Secretary of State and Kerry is salivating at the thought. Might as well learn where Mecca is and buy our prayer rugs early if Obama gets elected. I cannot believe that the destruction of my country may actually take place in my lifetime. I noted that Susan Sarandon will leave the country if McCain is elected. That moves to my number one reason to vote for him.

Comment by Earl Dewey — May 30, 2008 @ 10:03 pm
[...] junior senator* from Massachusetts once again helps to inform the debate. Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) believes that on September 11 "we were basically at [...]

Pingback by The gift that keeps on giving | Neptunus Lex — May 30, 2008 @ 10:29 pm
They forgot to mention in the article that John Kerry also served in Viet Nam, oops, that was last election.

I cant take any more of this meaningless bull from the libs. Everything out of Washington has a certain Britney type of air-headedness to it.

I saw the story about Susan Sarandon leaving the country. Cher said the same thing, she is still here. Both liars.

Actors cant make coherent comments unless written for them by others.

Obama, Clinton, McCain, what's the difference, all libs, no testicles.

Comment by Liberals R Losers — May 30, 2008 @ 10:43 pm
Wow Susan thanks, but please say you will go to Iran you will get McCain twice as many votes as Canada or Italy, the farthest the better.

Comment by georgemyers — May 30, 2008 @ 11:25 pm
Kerry is and always will be an ass…….. America was "basically at peace"????? Makes me wonder just what color the sky really is in his world……..

Comment by SteveV — May 31, 2008 @ 12:45 am
[...] Kerry auditions for BO's secretary of state, Briefing Room: Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) believes that on September 11 "we were basically at [...]

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[...] Answer: From Kerry: "We were basically at peace" on 9/11. So the answer is No! [...]

Pingback by Don Surber » Blog Archive » Just ask me — May 31, 2008 @ 7:01 am
[...] finger pointing at the right are coming fast, furious and ludicrous. Kerry muttered what has to be the dumbest thing I have ever read in my life regarding 9-11 (and I have read a lot of dumb things coming from the leftward fever swamps): Sen. John Kerry [...]

Pingback by The Strata-Sphere » John Kerry Takes Liberal Denial To New Heights — May 31, 2008 @ 8:23 am
[...] Reason #117 That We Can Be Glad That John Kerry Lost The Election in 2004: Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) believes that on September 11 "we were basically at peace." [...]

Pingback by Hot Air » Blog Archive » Clueless Kerry strikes again — May 31, 2008 @ 9:56 am
When will John "Traitor" Kerry be indicted, tried, convicted and executed for his 30+ years of treason?

WHEN DEAR GOD? WHEN?!?

I keep waiting and hoping for the day when we get our own cellphone video of the Jr. Senator swinging from a rope. I'd give just about anything to pull the lever myself for the harm this inarticulate, mealymouthed dunderhead has caused my country.

And I'd normally mention Ted "Killer" Kennedy in the same breath, but Nature is fortunately - and finally! - taking care of the bloated, alcoholic, womanizing, traitorous a**hole for us. Saints be praised! No "well wishes" from me. I hope you die in pain, Senator, you divisive, self-centered, idiotic, anti-American prick.

Comment by RC — May 31, 2008 @ 10:20 am
What do you neocons think about the friendship that always existed between the Bush and the bin Laden clans?
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not much, considering the "clan" has about 150 members. some of which are unrelated in ideology the UBL.

now, since you brought it up…..what do YOU think about the friendship that always existed between obama and bill ayers and obama and pastor wrong? you DID bring this kind of linkage up, right? oh i gorget, that kind of linkage is ok for you to bring up, when it is turned on you, well, thats just "unfortunate" and hate speach, right? you guys are way too funny.

Comment by fred1962 — May 31, 2008 @ 10:35 am
John, you ignorant slut. You couldn't recognize a war even when you were in one getting fake medals and running away from the enemy. John McCain is the only logical choice for this nation at this critical time in our histry.

Comment by Coplaaw — May 31, 2008 @ 11:16 am
[...] from the Left regarding 9–11. John Kerry, the Democratic Senator from Massachusetts thinks that America was not at was on September 11, 2001. How naive and clueless could anybody possible be? And John Kerry think McCain is out of [...]

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[...] still doesn't get it; he never will. And neither will the millions of naive sheep who go bleating after this Ostrichcrat nonsense: Sen. [...]

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[...] —-Apparently, we will never know just how lucky we are that John Kerry didn't make it to the White House. The Hill: [...]

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Dave May 31st, 2008 - 11:04 pm

Took long enough. All this time and he FINALLY quits the cult.

Willy May 31st, 2008 - 11:24 pm

Obama�s chickens have come home to roost. He can�t get away from his past. Remember voters, change is an empty word.

KansasGirl June 1st, 2008 - 1:25 am

I bet he�s sad.

KansasGirl June 1st, 2008 - 1:26 am

I wish he�d denounce Islam.

Willy June 1st, 2008 - 2:16 am

Way to go KansasGirl. Islam sucks, and Muhammed died with a dick in his mouth.

Paster Quickly June 1st, 2008 - 2:17 am

KansasGirl and Willy, you are sick. Jesus is the through god. But defaimining Moslem god is danger layden.

Pastor Pee Body June 1st, 2008 - 2:18 am

Pastor Quickly, you cannot be a real pastor with idiot ideas like this.

KansasGirl June 1st, 2008 - 2:19 am

I did not write those comments, it must of been Wiley.

Pastor Tom Ramirez June 1st, 2008 - 2:20 am

Hear we go again. George Bush is a grate prezident and Dcik Chaney is his profit.

Dave June 1st, 2008 - 2:21 am

Right. Carl Rove should get a Noble Prize. He is such an inspiration. I decided to join the piece core because of his leder�s ship.

George Bush June 1st, 2008 - 2:24 am

Obama has chickens? I didn�t no that. But IS our children learning?

Al Kaida June 1st, 2008 - 2:26 am

Pastor Pee Body, you are a fool. Paster Quickly is the guy�s name � he is not a pastor. I am a pastor and I think I would recognize another one.

Pastor Brian Butler June 1st, 2008 - 2:28 am

The crusaid will go on. Moslems must die. We all must die. Until they find a cure for death. Gotta� say mass now, bye.

The Pope June 1st, 2008 - 2:30 am

You are all damned. See me in Saint Peter�s for a general confession and absolution. All major credit cards accepted. Even a few miner ones.

Archbishop of Canterbury June 1st, 2008 - 2:31 am

Pope, you are a clown. I have always said that you were all flash and no photo, this proofs it. Have a nice wank, your bud, Archie.

Mohammed Mohammed June 1st, 2008 - 2:33 am

I must go to the Space Mountain. Pope, Canterbury guy, wanna� come? Got some nice hose.

Buddha June 1st, 2008 - 2:35 am

Bud, the prince of beards.

Comment by Coplaaw — June 1, 2008 @ 2:37 am
I am not a guru. We are just discussing TOGETHER.

Comment by Krishnamurti — June 1, 2008 @ 2:40 am
Is Kerry dead yet? How come he's not dead yet? What about Kennedy? Obama? Why aren't they dead yet? I'd pay to see a McCain/Clinton duo (yes, duo) team up to smack the living sh*t out of the rest of the competition. And when they're done and Obama's a rotting corpse, Clinton can go join Kerry and Kennedy in front of the firing squad.

Comment by RC — June 1, 2008 @ 5:16 pm
[...] clipped from briefingroom.thehill.com [...]

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