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Isn't the fact that Kerry pronounced "Genghis Khan" as if it were spelled with two J's enough to disqualify him for sheer annoyingness?
Maybe not. But the full quote, considering the fact that it is a BOLDFACED LIE, is more than enough to disqualify him from getting my vote:
. . . not isolated incidents but crimes committed on a day-to-day basis with the full awareness of officers at all levels of command. . . .He used pretty specific, absolute and emphatic language to accuse every Vietnam veteran with his shameful broad brush. And i believe he spread those lies solely for reasons of selfish personal ambition.They told the stories that at times they had personally raped, cut off ears, cut off heads, taped wires from portable telephones to human genitals and turned up the power, cut off limbs, blown up bodies, randomly shot at civilians, razed villages in fashion reminiscent of Genghis Khan, shot cattle and dogs for fun, poisoned food stocks, and generally ravaged the countryside of South Vietnam . . .
[emphasis added]
Whether or not he was in Cambodia or whether he deserved his medals or whatever else he's being pilloried for nowadays, it's the "Winter Soldier" statement that i personally can't forgive him for.
More: Kerry is such a pompous ass, i'm surprised he didn't say "reminiscent of Temujin."
He gave as his source for these atrocities a list of “soldiers” that he had talked to.
Not one of those “soldiers” had been in Vietnam and most of them had never been in the military. It was all made up.
This week Kerry said he got carried away and misspoke. He says this even though there are tapes of him reading his prepared speech to the Senate Committee.
Posted by: jake on Aug. 10, 2004What a good sign that your species is going to be so easy to conquer that some of you actually think this Kerry guy would be a good leader. Mwuhahahaha! Dum - dum - dum - dummmmm!
Posted by: Zongo the Ruthless on Aug. 10, 2004Here is an example of a bold-faced lie:
John Kerry is a great guy.
Kerry's lie about Genghis Khan, by contrast, was a bald-faced lie.
Posted by: Xrlq on Aug. 10, 2004"But the full quote, considering the fact that it is a BOLDFACED LIE, is more than enough to disqualify him from getting my vote..."
Damn Miss Annika, I wonder if Kerry realizes how close you were to throwing your support behind him & how he blew it? I think he'd regret it if he knew you were on the fence till that quote came to your attention. :D
Posted by: Publicola on Aug. 10, 2004As a fan of Bush and not Kerry, I have to admit that Bush's butchering of the English language is just as annoying. I can't believe noone on his staff has said "psst, Mr. President, its pronouced nu-clear ... not nuke-cular"
Posted by: Peter on Aug. 10, 2004Peter, why did no one ask Jimmy Carter the same thing? As much as I can't stand him, could it, perhaps, do you think, have anything to do with the fact that he was an engineer on a nuclear submarine, and still pronounced it that way? That's the way the word is pronounced in the South; get over it.
Posted by: Dave J on Aug. 11, 2004Publicola, are you getting me back for that 2% joke i made? ; )
Dave J is right, Peter. i myself have heard Carter pronounce it "nucular." Like i said about Teddy Kennedy's butchering of the language, Carter gets a pass from the media because he's a democrat.
Posted by: annika on Aug. 11, 2004on the first day of nuclear physics ('for the informed citizen,' let's not pretend i'm a smarty) our prof spent forever making sure nobody left that room saying nucular. it's a pet peeve for me too.
anyway.
annika, i feel the same way. kerry's repeated lies are no misspeak. and he's not denying any of it, or even owning up to his past like bush did over his mistakes.
the white house won't take him to task for it because bush didn't serve in vietnam at all and they don't want that to be an issue in the campaign. but the rest of us should not be afraid to condemn such blatant dishonesty.
the medals thing is because one purple heart was self inflicted and another was from a rice grain, they were all insignificant and his means of getting out early (after four and a half months). he saved jim rassman when the guy fell from his boat because john kerry was quickly running away from fire instead of sticking it out with the other boats. he's so phony it hurts, and it's not even worth keeping track of all his lies.
but his testimony is by far the lowest act.
Posted by: candace on Aug. 11, 2004annika,
go find the Simpsons clip where the spoiled nephew (?) of Mayor Quimby forces a French waiter to repronounce the word "chowder" over and over.
"It's Chow-der, Frenchie, not Chaud-er. . . "
Posted by: jcrue on Aug. 11, 2004