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Kerry Non-Apology For Insulting Our Troops
Kerry apologizes for his slur against our troops. Well sort of. From My Way News:
Kerry beat a grudging retreat in his return to the national campaign spotlight. Earlier, on the radio program "Imus in the Morning," the Massachusetts senator said he was "sorry about a botched joke" about Bush.
More from the johnkerry.com site:
As a combat veteran, I want to make it clear to anyone in uniform and to their loved ones: my poorly stated joke at a rally was not about, and never intended to refer to any troop.I sincerely regret that my words were misinterpreted to wrongly imply anything negative about those in uniform, and I personally apologize to any service member, family member, or American who was offended.
In otherwords, he isn't apolgizing for the insult he made about American troops serving in Iraq. Only that some people may have misinterpreted what he said in a "botched joke."
It was no joke, and there is no misinterpretation on my part.
He has insulted our Armed Forces, and should be castigated at every turn. Many of us have family serving there or, as with me, newly returned (my cousin in the Army). This kind of behavior from someone who is in a high, elected, position is NOT acceptable, and only a clear, and concise apology and retraction of his statement should be considered acceptable.
The now famous photo of six men and two women serving in Iraq says it all about how our troops feel about Kerry's remarks.
Thanks to the folks at Free Republic for posting this photo.
According to the guys over at Powerline, some of these folks are members of the Minnesota National Guard, I-34RTB, of the 34 Infantry Division. My kudos to them for such a fine statement on Kerry's take on our troops in the field.
Thanks guys, from those of us stuck here at home. For your dedicated service as well as your humorous response to a vile comment. (Okay, especially for your service!)
Meanwhile, this is as a good a place as any to update on Soldiers' Angels Project Valour-IT. Air force has dropped down to a very close third place, and all four branches are doing quite well in moving towards their goals of $45,000 each, for an overall goal of $180,000. The four teams are all closing in on the 1/3rd mark.
Go Air Force!
Maybe Kerry should commit to doing a matching contribution of 1-to-1 for this fine charity. Think he will?
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