Tuesday, August 24, 2004
Found in my mailbox
John Kerry visits an elementary school and sits in on one of the classes, which is in the middle of a discussion of words and their meaning. The teacher asks Mr. Kerry if he would like to lead the discussion of the word “tragedy.”
So, the illustrious senator asks the class for an example of a “tragedy.”
One little boy stands up and offers: “If my best friend, who lives on a farm, is playing in the field and a runaway tractor comes along and knocks him dead, that would be a tragedy.”
“That’s wrong,” Kerry shouts. “That would be considered an accident.”
A little girl raises her hand: “If a school bus carrying 50 children drove over a cliff, killing everyone inside, that would be a tragedy.”
“You are completely incorrect,” shouts the senator. “That would be what we would consider a great loss.”
The room goes silent. No other children volunteer. Kerry searches the room. “Isn’t there someone here who can give me an example of a tragedy?”
Finally, at the back of the room, a small boy raises his hand. In a quiet voice, he says, “If a plane carrying Senator John Kerry was struck by a missile and blown to smithereens, that would be a tragedy.”
“Fantastic!” exclaims Kerry. “You are absolutely right. Can you tell me why that would be a tragedy?”
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Kerry has admitted…
... that his first Purple Heart was obtained under highly questionable circumstances (self-inflicted wound, no enemy fire, his first CO turned it down and Kerry had to sidestep him to get it). And now FrontPage Magazine has some serious and well-documented questions (in “written interrogatory” format, which should be familiar to Kerry, since he is a lawyer) about Kerry’s Silver Star Award (including the claimed “Combat ‘V’ device” 
).
And the hits just keep on comin’…
(Tip O’ the Hat to Michelle Malkin, who is still patiently awaiting an apology from Chris Matthews and Keith Olbermann)
Looking for recipes
John Kerry’s campaign will need them for all the crow they are going to have to eat over the next few days.
The first bite comes with that special snarky sauce (maybe including that special jar of mayo, eh?).
Open wide, Donks, ‘cause it’s just gonna keep getting worse.
(And this was his own campaign saying it, folks. I guess they’re all “lying Republican shills”, too...)
The two major candidates
Found in the comments section of this post comes this bit of wisdom:
Here is a simple fact the media wants to ignore:
There are two candidates in this race:
- One has said John Kerry’s service was honorable, one said he committed atrocities in Vietnam.
- One has said he honors John Kerry’s service, and one has said Kerry engaged in war crimes.
- One has said John Kerry should be proud of his medals, the other said they were undeserved and needed to be returned.
What is killing Kerry’s campaign is that the candidate who has claimed that John Kerry committed atrocities and war crimes, and has further said that his medals should be returned is—none other than John Kerry.
If this stuff had come out before the Democratic Convention, John Kerry would have nothing to occupy his time these days but the need to come up with new excuses as to why he missed the most recent vote(s)/Committee meeting(s), and Bush would be prepping for his upcoming debate against Howard Dean or John Edwards.
The outcome would be just as certain, but not nearly as fun.