106. The democrats are the "uneducated" and misinformed. They continue to speak, or in this case "blog", without reason and a definite lack of facts. They continue to state that the "Educated started this war and have never served their country", that "only the poor, black, and uneducated" are in the military, that John Kerry "botched a joke", "apologized" for it, and is a former serviceman who would never criticize our military. Well I have some facts for the uneducated, misinformed liberals who continue to spout off at the mouth just to persuade other misinformed individuals and to attack, discredit, and disrespect our fine men and women who serve this country. "The educated started this war and have never served their country", Fact #1; according to the Military Officers Association of America, there are 139 Members of Congress who have had some form of military service. The House has 109; the Senate 30. They have served in World War II, the Korean War, Vietnam, the Persian Gulf, and Kosovo, and during times of peace, as well as in the Reserves and the National Guard. As noted above, one Senator is a former Secretary of the Navy. "Only the poor, black, and uneducated" are in the military. Fact #2; A majority of the Military are from middle class America. Only 23% of service members are African American. The Military has education requirements. To enlist in one of the branches of the military an enlistee must have a high school diploma or GED, and currently 90% have a high school diploma. In addition they must take the ASVAB test and score higher than a 31 to be allowed to enlist (Would you consider that individual to be "uneducated"?). The force is a volunteer force that has standards, and if people meet those standards, then should we say they are not allowed in because of race? That, my liberal friends, would be wrong! That John Kerry "botched a joke", "apologized" for it. Fact #3; John Kerry did not "botch" a joke! At no point within his statement about "education" did he mention the President. He was addressing a group of college students and utilized the word "you" on nine occasions. "You" is defined as "that person spoken to, or written to". He did not "apologize"! An apology goes something like this, I am sorry for my statements I have made and the individuals they hurt. An apology is taking sincere responsibility for your actions, not eluding that you were “misinterpreted" and you "apologize" if anyone was "offended". Any educated individual can see that he is not sincere and still stands behind his statements. John Kerry “is a former serviceman who would never intentionally criticize our military”. Fact #4; Kerry has "bashed" the military for the past 30 plus years. During the Vietnam war, as a member of the Vietnam Veterans Against the War (VVAW), he addressed the Senate Foreign Relations Committee chaired by Senator William Fulbright (Democrat-Arkansas) and told the following lies about our military: "they have raped, cut off ears, cut off heads, taped wires from portable telephones to human genitals and turned up the power, cut off limbs, blown up bodies, randomly shot at civilians, razed villages in fashion reminiscent of Genghis Khan, shot cattle and dogs for fun, poisoned food stocks, and generally ravaged the countryside of South Vietnam in addition to the normal ravage of war". In December of 2005, on CBS's "Face the Nation" he stated the following lies; "And there is no reason, Bob, that young American soldiers need to be going into homes of Iraqis in the dead of night, terrorizing kids and children". So don't give me that b/s of a botched joke and apology. He hates the military and though he served our country, he continues to make it known on every occasion by spreading lies about our men and women in uniform!! So keep it up Democrats and continue to move farther from center! Your continued hatred for this country, and your blame America first mentality has been your party’s demise and soon your non-existence. The writing is on the wall, as the majority of Americans are not stupid and do not fall prey to your despicable tactics. This is the reason why the democrats are not in the Whitehouse, and haven’t been in power in Congress for over a decade.

Michael King at 9:49AM on Nov 5th 2006

107. We all have "Hoof and Mouth Diease" at times. We need to forget what Kerry said and focus on what Bush and Co. is trying to hide by jumping on this band wagon.

Jean at 5:53PM on Nov 5th 2006

108. John Kerry has inadvertently given the right-wing wackos a leg to stand on. Lately, they've been demoralized and wandering in the wilderness of the Bush administration's unholy logic. This is their moment of salvation! Their mindset: 'How DARE some Liberal decorated war veteran defame the troops! The President may have mislead/lied the country into an invasion of Iraq and is spending/borrowing TRILLION$ to do it, but don't you DARE malign the troops!' What a bunch of deluded idiots!!!

Jake Sanders at 6:10PM on Nov 5th 2006

109. It is time for a healing and redirection of America. John Kerry made a stupid comment and should have apologized immediately.

Glenn Dale Kromminga at 8:45AM on Nov 8th 2006