Should Kerry apologise for his comments?
830245
Not really, what's sad (and wrong) in this country is that a public figure can not say what the rest of us are (supposedly) free to say, political correctness is like a pendulum that has swung too far. We have freedom of speech, yet if someone says anything that will offend anyone else, there's a big stink. Political campaign commercials are free to bash and exaggerate negatively about the opponents yet Kerry can't say what a large percentage of us really think? Hell no, he shouldn't apologize.
714634
Like many leftists, Kerry believes himself to be culturally elite.\n\nHis comments were a classic Freudian slip: He meant every word of what he said and it was directed towards the military.\n\nYou can't discount his previous slights against our Armed Forces and remain honest. The man has a history of slamming our service members.
967937
you're right! i'm sorry if i caused you any hurt.\n\n\npeace.
739760
no, his comments were taken out of turn, he should not apologise, but it was an ill thought out statement.
946034
Something we say things in a matter of anguish. You know your BF best. Wait for him to apologise, and when he does, you apologise as well.
752974
He want's you to be what you were before you argued, but he's not sure how to do that. I don't know who was wrong becasue you didn't write anything here, but I suspect he may think that you owe him a sincere apology.\n\nJust a theory. If you were wrong somehow, it's a bigger person to be able to say you are sorry.
742191
it is a little silly if you ask me..\n\nI actually heard one Republican say something to the tune of this "if Kerry can't speak any better than that, he should resign"...\n\nKerry made one verbal mistake... how many has Bush made? I wonder if that person voted for Bush?
71539
In my opinion he didn't mean it. Instead of apologizing it was a mistake, he said he didn't remember saying it. Some people don't have enough courage to admit. Forget is the easiest excuse which save him from explaining anything. You deserve someone better!
925531
Everything was rolling that way, and i think it still is. Kerry's comment the other day I think hampered it a little, although I do see where it was aimed at Bush and not the troops. I swear if Kerry causes the Dems to lose like he caused 2004, we need him out of the party. Least of which apologize EVEN THOUGH you shouldnt have to, you know as well as anyone how the Republican hate machine winds up and wins over crap like that!
567682
I think some small percentage of people might, but ONE of the hardest things a person can do is to admit when they have made a mistake.\n\nEspecially if they have spent considerable time (months, years, etc.) defending their position and insisting they were right.\n\nAnd that applies to many things...not just George W.
180834
If he attacked, then it was a different story.\n\nI think you did the right thing.
908505
Your right it was not an apology. Didn't I hear him say once he would never apologize. or was that before or after something?
1160376
Not sure if this apology includes me (so it would be presumptuous for me to accept it) but no offence taken anyway because, luckily, your suggestions about my possible past were off the mark. I could also appreciate that you had perhaps misunderstood a generalised answer I gave (that I hadn't actually applied to your own situation).\n\nFor the record, I don't think I'm an idiot either but, of course, that's just my subjective opinion! ;-)
919779
You can apologize for a bad joke, but you can NOT apologize for thousands of deaths.\n\nTake Care
763853
If you believe that what Kerry said was directed at US troops, then:\n  \nA. You haven't researched the full text of his "botched joke."\n\nAnd, if you have looked into the issue and still think Kerry was insulting our troops then:\n\nB. You'll believe just about anything anyone tells you in which case you should keep mooing right along with the herd and, perhaps, pick up a rifle, demonstrate some of that raw patriotic passion and go join a battle.\n  \nWhich, by the way, is something Bush, Cheney, and Rove never did (and, no, Bush in the Texas Air National Guard is not 'fighting' in a war).
782508
That's a weasel 'apology'. It was not the interpretation that was wrong, it was the words. If he screwed up the joke, which he did, implying that soldiers were not smart, he needs to apologize for the harm he caused.\n\nAnd let's not forget, this same asshat lied about soldiers in Vietnam, in Congressional testimony, calling them rapists, torturers, baby killers and war criminals. For which he's never apologized.\n\nWhy do you Democrats idolize such scumbags?
1170915
Kerry is a candy azz coward. I'd slap him silly given the chance.\nMurtha is a senile bassturd, he's no war hero he's a traitor. Hasn't that fat bassturd heard of innocent until proven guilty?\nKennedy is a worthless murdering drunk .