--- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], MDixon6569@ wrote: > <snip> > > The White House demanded an apology to the troops even if > > it was a mistake or a botched joke once Kerry said it was > > a flubbed joke because the statement, as it stood, clearly > > belittled the troops in Iraq. > > No, it did no such thing. You *could* read it > that way, but that wouldn't make any sense, given > Kerry's rock-solid support for the troops. As I > said, it would have been about as likely for him > to insult the troops as it would for Bush to > insult Christians. > > As Kerry said on Imus this morning: > > It's just a disgraceful thing when people try to > assert that somebody like me, who has spent 35 > years of my life fighting for veterans, standing > up for veterans, fighting for their combat pay, > fighting for Agent Orange recognition, fighting > for their armor, fighting for their up-armored > Humvees, fighting for them to have a strategy that > wins, fighting to honor them, that the notion that > this comment was directed at them is an insult by > these guys. And they know it. >
Well, as Tony Snow said, the Bush administration just wanted to give him a chance to set the record straight by demanding an apology. They were "doing him a favor." The entire press corps laughed at that one, right along WITH Tony Snow, who couldn't quite keep astraight face while saying it. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
