Did John Kerry succeed in changing the topic back to Iraq?
826960
He certainly did.\n\nBut come on, we all know that the military *is* the last choice available for many young people who do not do well in school, or even socially.\n\nIt is no insult, the military advertises parents considering letting the kids join the military after looking around and seeing gangs and pregnant kids
876374
Kerry stated that students my get "stuck in Iraq" if they don't study hard and do their homework. People took this as an insult to our troops, and called him on it. He came out with an apology saying that he had no intention of offending those in uniform. He mis read the telepromter (or something to that affect) and botched up a joke directed at Bush and his hadling with the war in Iraq.
971844
The troops banner has been in a few newspapers. However if anyone truly wants to see their uniwue way of sending their personal message to Kerry, feel free to email me. I HAVE THE REAL DEAL from my nephew who is in the army.\nThursday, November 02, 2006\nU.S. troops in Iraq stick it to Kerry with funny photo\nBAGHDAD (CNN) -- A widely-circulated photo from soldiers in Iraq pokes fun at the recent "stuck" in Iraq comments by Sen. John Kerry, with a U.S. military spokesman telling CNN on Thursday "it was a humorous response to ongoing remarks."\n\nThe picture was taken on Wednesday morning in Iraq by service members of the 1st Brigade 34th Infantry Division at Tallil Airbase, which is near Nasiriya in southern Iraq.\n\nEight soldiers are shown holding a banner that says "HALP US JON CARRY -WE R STUCK HEAR N IRAK. The "k" in "stuck" is the written backwards.\n\nSpeaking at a campaign rally in California on Monday, Kerry said: "You know education, if you make the most of it, you study hard, you do your homework, and you make an effort to be smart, you can do well. If you don't, you get stuck in Iraq."\n\nHis remarks created a firestorm across the country, with people incensed over what was taken as a negativecharacterization of the U.S. troops in Iraq.\n\nKerry said he didn't mean to say that, pointing out that a prepared statement was "mangled." He issued a written apology Wednesday, saying he "never intended" to disparage U.S. troops with a "poorly stated joke."\n\nThe U.S. military spokesman said: "They were having some fun."\nPosted 11/02/2006 10:17:00 AM | Permalink
25126
The first time around, they actually lost by a few hundred votes, but by that time, Al Gore had conceded the election and it was too late.\n\nAgainst Kerry they won by four or five percentage points (depending on which source you trust).
934619
Kerry Has certainly made his mistakes. But Bush and Cheney are in way over their heads. They blundered into Iraq not because of terrorism but because of Hussein. (They had to cover up for bin laden some how.) The military is not prepared to fight guerrillas. We have the most powerful military in the world, but as it was proved in Vietnam, if we're not fighting another army, we cannot win. We didn't have the organization to take Iraq when we started, and now we don't have the will. The Bush administration is trying desperately to cover up for what will be 8 bungled years. They achieved nothing except to destroy the United State's reputation in the eyes of the world.
954435
Ah, that is NOT what he said.\n\nHe was talking about staying in school so they don't get "stuck in Iraq."\n\nNot quite the same.\n\nMr Kerry served in the military.
777111
The war and battles...US and Iraq...this country and that....too much.\nI voted Democrat and hopefully make a change, only time will tell.
825299
Kerry was giving a campaign talk to students for the losing candidate in California, Phil Angelides, when he said that if you paid attention and got good grades you could be a success and, if you didn't, you'd get stuck in Iraq. Everyone took that as a backhanded swipe at the troops indicating that they're stupid.\n\nKerry tried to state that he was making a joke and he flubbed it and people took it the wrong way. So I guess that he figures that people are stupid too. Then he refused to apologise. Then he apologised because people took his joke the wrong way.\n\nPersonally, I think he said what he said and given that he's done nothing but trash mouth the military for years, he meant it just the way he said it.
69333
I doubt it because he's not up for re-election.\n\nHow do we help him make the "right" decision? We elected him after he had already served for 4 years, so we knew what his policies would be. He's doing badly in the polls mainly because people are still getting killed in Iraq. I don't think he's going to change his policy on that.
422852
Kerry would've gone "****" and then resigned.
922498
I watched the debates, and actually the war in Iraq never came up.  We in Michigan have bigger problems than the war in Iraq...like tax breaks to companies that outsource jobs.  We have a terrible economy right now and needed to vote against anyone who was going to encourage it to be worse.  And our voices were heard
878265
Probably not. We need to take our time to make sure this turns out the right way. If we try to leave to quickly the whole Iraq liberation would be a failure and we'd have another vietnam.
648842
There are a few things that he's doing correctly - see my answer in the "Global Warming - For Real?" question - but the Iraq fiasco overshadows them all.  I would have\n\n1)Concentrated on Afganistan (duh)\n2)Concetrated on North Korea and Iran\n3)Told Colin and then Condi to have a proposal for a triangulation strategy regarding China, N. Korea and Iran on my desk within 48 hours\n4)Maintained federal grants for therapuetic embryonic stem cell research\n5)Kept 500 miles and a nuclear - sorry, nucular - bomb squad between me and the Terri Schiavo debate\n6)Realized my mandate after re-election was to resolve Iraq instead leaving it to future presidents, instead of trying to resolve Social Security now instead giving at least the next five administrations a chance to do\n7)Told Karl off when he suggested turning gays into the new hot button issue - because, after Iraq, did we really need another one?
916009
I don't know of a Jon Carry. However, any aspirations John Kerry had in becoming our next president was blown away by his idiotic remarks about our troops. The liberals in Massachusetts may keep re-electing him ( after all, they keep re-electing a murderer ), but he is toast as far as any other political office.
308078
he has partial success in iraq. he's failed pretty much everywhere else, and he has to talk about something.
932776
By the way, Kerry is one of us troops so he could never insult us.\n\nBush hid from the VietCong in a cushy stateside champagne drinking unit reserved for NFL players and Politicians sons.\n\nHe gets appointed in 2000, and NOW he claims to support us.\nNot buyin it.
251205
I don't see how Kerry could have handled the war better.  We were in it, an action which he supported.  Quite possibly, the change in leadership at that stage of the war could have sent the wrong message to the terrorists.  Regardless of who had been elected president, today he'd be unpopular, although the media and the left-wing extremists might not have made such an issue about it if it were Kerry.\n\nBut of course, it's all speculation.  Maybe Kerry would have been more aggressive and not poosie-footed around so long.  Otherwise, what could be done differently?\n\nInteresting to note that there are always those who can't restrain themselves from the partisan crap and insist on regurgitating their tired old propaganda.  It would sure be nice to be able to hear more individual ideas and thoughts and less vitriol.