The Discerning Texan
All that is necessary for evil to triumph, is for good men to do nothing.
-- Edmund Burke
-- Edmund Burke
Wednesday, November 01, 2006
Apology NOT Accepted
What AJ Strata said (bold emphasis is my own):
Senator Kerry keeps demonstrating how he and his party look down and dismiss the sacrifices of our brave men and women. This issue started because he implied (deliberately or accidentally) that those who fought and died for this country in Iraq were uneducated dupes who should have ‘tried to be smart’. Then he said it was a joke about Bush being dumb and uneducated getting us stuck in Iraq. Implying those who believed as Bush did that Iraq was a worthy cause (which Kerry echoed and a Democrat led Senate confirmed in a huge vote supporting the Iraq war) are just as dumb and as uneducated as the guy who led us into Iraq. Like somehow that made all the difference in terms of making the insult acceptable.
Now Kerry further insults the people of this nation and the brave heroes who have died in this nation’s cause, by not even having the decency to submit a sincere apology. The insincerity of the apology indicates that Kerry really does hold our military in low esteem. First, the window for a sincere apology was yesterday, before polls and political pressure was applied. Second, a sincere apology is given in person, eye to eye. It is not shoved out on a website because the Democrats are afraid Kerry may say something even more revealing. That is also an indication this is not sincere and simply a callous political CYA move. And Third, a sincere apology comes from the heart, not your staff. We have no idea if this is Kerry’s words, let alone his sincere beliefs. It doesn’t sound like him and there is no proof he did not just tell a staffer to write something up and get it out so, as CNN let slip, they can hold this story from bleeding over into a new day. An apology of this magnitude needs to have no caveats, rejoinders, diversions or other clutter. It should be said without ANY reference to Bush or the election - that would show sincerity. None of the comments from the Dems have had that critical feature.
And that is the fourth reason the Democrats are not being sincere at all. Hillary Clinton said defending our war dead from derision and insult was ‘a distraction’. The Democrats and liberal media keep saying this deflects from Bush’s Iraq war record. Excuse me, but we all know what the war record is in Iraq. It is the Democrats and Liberal media who cannot take the time to properly defend our war dead. It is these lefty partisan vultures who cannot take the time and muster the sincerity to make sure it is clear to one and all those who died on foriegn soil believing they were sacrificing for this country are truly honorable people.
No, the apology is not acceptable because it is not real or sincere. It was delayed to check polls overnight. It was made under pressure. It was not made in person. There is no indication it was Kerry’s true feelings at all. And it came with calls to not be distracted from the Democrat message. Kerry never apologized once for his disparaging comments from the Vietnam War, so I doubt his shallow little ego was able to muster one now. And you do not say your sorry because people took your words the wrong way. You say your sorry for using the wrong words. I have a better idea, why not vote the Dems out and see if they are still sorry for what happened, or whether they start blaming the reps and the American people for having the audacity to stand up for their fallen neighbors. No one insults our fallen heroes without hearing from me. I don ‘t care if you are foriegn or domestic, insulting those who gave it all for this country is a declaration of war, in my opinion. Bring on November 7th. Let’s end this ugly party’s credibility in this nation once and for all. The liberals have been belittling the credibilty of our military for so long, it is the least the nation could do but return the favor. Vote “Yes” for our military heroes in November - vote against the Dems.
More at Michelle Malkin’s as many of us are just not buying. Sadly too many are.
UPDATE: Ace is shocked; shocked I say--that Kerry's statements could be so "misinterpreted"...
UPDATE: Hugh Hewitt has been all over this story. Go to his site and page down. Be sure to read all of the emails from military families. Very, very powerful and very telling of the impact of this statement.
Senator Kerry keeps demonstrating how he and his party look down and dismiss the sacrifices of our brave men and women. This issue started because he implied (deliberately or accidentally) that those who fought and died for this country in Iraq were uneducated dupes who should have ‘tried to be smart’. Then he said it was a joke about Bush being dumb and uneducated getting us stuck in Iraq. Implying those who believed as Bush did that Iraq was a worthy cause (which Kerry echoed and a Democrat led Senate confirmed in a huge vote supporting the Iraq war) are just as dumb and as uneducated as the guy who led us into Iraq. Like somehow that made all the difference in terms of making the insult acceptable.
Now Kerry further insults the people of this nation and the brave heroes who have died in this nation’s cause, by not even having the decency to submit a sincere apology. The insincerity of the apology indicates that Kerry really does hold our military in low esteem. First, the window for a sincere apology was yesterday, before polls and political pressure was applied. Second, a sincere apology is given in person, eye to eye. It is not shoved out on a website because the Democrats are afraid Kerry may say something even more revealing. That is also an indication this is not sincere and simply a callous political CYA move. And Third, a sincere apology comes from the heart, not your staff. We have no idea if this is Kerry’s words, let alone his sincere beliefs. It doesn’t sound like him and there is no proof he did not just tell a staffer to write something up and get it out so, as CNN let slip, they can hold this story from bleeding over into a new day. An apology of this magnitude needs to have no caveats, rejoinders, diversions or other clutter. It should be said without ANY reference to Bush or the election - that would show sincerity. None of the comments from the Dems have had that critical feature.
And that is the fourth reason the Democrats are not being sincere at all. Hillary Clinton said defending our war dead from derision and insult was ‘a distraction’. The Democrats and liberal media keep saying this deflects from Bush’s Iraq war record. Excuse me, but we all know what the war record is in Iraq. It is the Democrats and Liberal media who cannot take the time to properly defend our war dead. It is these lefty partisan vultures who cannot take the time and muster the sincerity to make sure it is clear to one and all those who died on foriegn soil believing they were sacrificing for this country are truly honorable people.
No, the apology is not acceptable because it is not real or sincere. It was delayed to check polls overnight. It was made under pressure. It was not made in person. There is no indication it was Kerry’s true feelings at all. And it came with calls to not be distracted from the Democrat message. Kerry never apologized once for his disparaging comments from the Vietnam War, so I doubt his shallow little ego was able to muster one now. And you do not say your sorry because people took your words the wrong way. You say your sorry for using the wrong words. I have a better idea, why not vote the Dems out and see if they are still sorry for what happened, or whether they start blaming the reps and the American people for having the audacity to stand up for their fallen neighbors. No one insults our fallen heroes without hearing from me. I don ‘t care if you are foriegn or domestic, insulting those who gave it all for this country is a declaration of war, in my opinion. Bring on November 7th. Let’s end this ugly party’s credibility in this nation once and for all. The liberals have been belittling the credibilty of our military for so long, it is the least the nation could do but return the favor. Vote “Yes” for our military heroes in November - vote against the Dems.
More at Michelle Malkin’s as many of us are just not buying. Sadly too many are.
UPDATE: Ace is shocked; shocked I say--that Kerry's statements could be so "misinterpreted"...
UPDATE: Hugh Hewitt has been all over this story. Go to his site and page down. Be sure to read all of the emails from military families. Very, very powerful and very telling of the impact of this statement.
