From the Cincinnati Post:
Veterans at the Cinergy Center gave Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry a polite if not enthusiastic reception Wednesday at the Veterans of Foreign Wars national convention.
Applause for the Massachusetts senator was mostly light during his 35-minute speech, in which he criticized President Bush’s plan to bring 70,000 foreign-based U.S. troops back to America.
Kerry said if he is elected, he’d add 40,000 more U.S. troops to augment those committed to posts around the globe.
“The president’s vaguely stated plan does not strengthen our hand in the war on terror. It in no way relieves the strain on our overextended military personnel,” Kerry said.
Kerry emphasized that none of the new troops he would authorize would be sent to Iraq.
So, for those of you keeping score at home, here’s the Kerry plan in a nutshell: the Senator is for bringing troops home from an actual, ongoing war, but he is against bringing troops home from bases where they are no longer needed. Which, I suppose, is in keeping with his plan to “vigorously prosecute the war on terror” by stopping “the scourge of corporate outsourcing.”
…And yet roughly half the voters in the United States continue to take this foppish, professionally-coiffed gloryhound seriously. Me, I’d just as soon vote for a roll of duct tape and some pre-cut heavy plastic sheeting. At least neither of those items is married to Teresa.
I thought Theresa was just in a secret love tryst with the tape and the sheeting though….
You can never trust duct tape, it’s just too damn sticky.
John Kerry served in Vietnam. Thank you.
And Cambodia. Don’t forget Cambodia. Or not. It’s a memory that is seared – seared into me. Or pan fried. Or maybe just blackened, with a nice side of corn bread and a little red beans and rice.
Wait. Were we talking fish again, or am I getting confused?
Surprisingly, his position on bringing the troops home from Europe and Asia appears to be in flux.
Personally, my money is on dark horse candidate Corrugated Tin.
How dare you question his partio….. He was before the removal of troops before he was agai….VIETNAAAAAAAAAAAAM!
Kerry is running out of things to talk about. The fact he flip flopped 17 days after he had the opposit view is simply amazing. Not only is he about as smart as a roll of duct tape, his advisors are running a horrid campaign.
Dario, that’s my new slogan on the Kerry campaign poster – As smart as a roll of duct tape!
Thank you for the idea.
dammit, people, we have to get these candidates on the ballot! if Kerry can beat front-runner Dean in the primaries, who knows where we’d be if we’d made duct tape a viable candidate.
everyone knows that duct tape can do anything, and is easy on the budget. it has an unimpeachable war record, as well as truly being all things to all people. hey… maybe Nader will accept duct tape as a ticket mate instead of Camejo, who hasn’t been seen since the campaign checked out of that motel in Tucson.
Duct tape also has undeniable “guy” appeal. Teeb, I do believe you’re onto something.
The poor guy has shrapnel in his leg, shit between his ears, and an ingrown asshole. Maybe he deserves a break. Then again, maybe I can stick a feather in my ass and fly to California.