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kreevich asked in Politics & GovernmentPolitics · 1 decade ago

Doesn't it reveal the lack of intelligence of Republicans when they actually BELIEVE the GOP spin on Kerry?

Come on! He was talking about Bush, who IS stupid, and who DID get us stuck in Iraq. Now I can uinderstand cynical GOP spinmeisters PRETENDING he was insulting the troops, but to actually BELIEVE their spin? How embarrassing!

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
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    I strongly suggest you take a look at John Kerry's statement. There is nothing to spin. The entire country is outraged- minus the few still hanging on to the 'this is just spin' theory. It's plain as day. And I do hope that you really take another look.

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    4 years ago

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  • 1 decade ago

    I think it reveals much, but lack of intelligence is only a factor in those who truly don't understand what's going on, and just buy their party's line completely.

    The Republican politicians who are madly spinning away right now trying to inflate this little gaffe into a smoke screen large enough to hide ALL of their scandals and failures, are revealed in a much more telling way.

    Kerry has explained himself clearly. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to understand. And every human on the planet has screwed up a joke at one time or another. Still, the Republicans are determined to make their lie, their version, more true than the reality. Those are not the actions of people with any sort of integrity, personal or political.

    People who are so willing to lie to gain or hold power have already shown everything you need to know about them. They are essentially corrupt. I think this episode clearly demonstrates the despicable nature of Republican politics, and will backfire on the Republican Party in a big way.

  • capu
    Lv 5
    1 decade ago

    You are so right. The whole thing is a pre-election smoke screen to take the focus off the lousy job the republicans have done. It may backfire though as it is putting the spotlight back on Iraq, where you know reps don't want it. The amazing thing is the irony, which republicans can't see. You have a draft-dodging, couldn't even show up for guard duty elitist, criticizing a genuine war hero.

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  • 1 decade ago

    This is truly the non-story of the year, even for politics. The only reason we're talking about John Kerry at all is Karl Rove, not John Kerry. What do you do when, to all appearances, your party is about to get trounced in the elections? Just yank another dogeared page out of the '04 playbook. It's never too late to Swiftboat John Kerry again! This just reeks of desperation, and if some idiots are falling for it, it's only because they've emotionally identified with the GOP, and they're understandably tired of the vicarious beating they've been taking. They can thank the rest of us for saving them from themselves next week.

    With all the compounded failures of the Bush Regime, the fact that this draft-dodging chickenhawk still has the GALL to criticize a decorated veteran for being unpatriotic and "unsupportive of the troops" is only matched for unbelievablility by the fact that he still has groupies out there who just can't wait to swallow his crap.

    (Yeah, I cut and pasted most of this from an earlier answer I made to a similar question.)

  • .
    Lv 4
    1 decade ago

    I find it repulsive how many people on this site don't get the facts straight. How many people actually read the transcript of what he said? None. But they all spew the same exact rhetoric of Rush/Oreilly/Hannity regarding 1 isolated quote. If you read the entire thing, he is slamming Bush and the present administration the entire time. It's funny, conservatives call people who don't agree with them puppets and say they've been brainwashed. Funny, it's they who say don't read this and don't listen to that they are all biased. I am the only truth, blah blah blah. That sounds more like brainwashing to me.

  • edubya
    Lv 5
    1 decade ago

    No doubt! This is show the lack of intelligent of the Bush administration, they need to "LISTEN" and follow the complete paragraph. Go back to grade school "W"!

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    All I can hope is that this desperate weapon of misdirection is the GOP "sunday punch" October suprise they keep talking about. Kerry isn't even up for election. Pathetic, desperate, and disingenuous, even for a right wing hate monger.

  • 1 decade ago

    Yep. Too bad for the troops in Iraq that George Bush is sacrificing them for personal political gain. I guess we aren't supposed to talk about it.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    NeoCons are just ignorant losers who follow the lead of a self-hating cross dressing loser(karl rove)

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