From Darlene Superville, Associated Press Writer:
In West Virginia, Cecil Roberts, president of the United Mine Workers of America, gave [John] Kerry a rifle as a gift. Kerry, a self-described gun-owner and hunter, quipped: “I thank you for the gift, but I can’t take it to the debate with me.”
does he think that he WON’T shoot himself in the foot at the debate?
If I were Cahill, I’d be scared…..
Unlike Mr. Kerry, both Mr. Bush and Mr. Miller are quite familiar with the above firearm, and not afraid to use it. They don’t see the rifle as a campaign prop, but an actual tool that has no taint of evil associated with it.
i seem to recall a fit being thrown by the media and certain members of the left when Bush made a joke about how much easier it would be to govern if he was a dictator.
Kerry jokes about shooting the president and there’s no problem as far as the media or left are concerned.
good grief.
damn hypocrites.
Oh come on folks, in all fairness. Wouldn’t Kerry mean that he *can’t* take it to the debates because he’d rather *not* shoot the president, as opposed to regretting over how he can’t take it to the debates so that he can?
What does he really mean? We can ask him today, ask him two weeks from now, and another two weeks after that. But I’m sure he’ll mean everything to everyone by the time the debates start.
And with him without the gun either.
Kerry’s a tool. The rifle turns out to be the only object of caliber in that story.
Compare and contrast the above statement with the following: “My fellow Americans, I’m pleased to tell you today that I’ve signed legislation that will outlaw Russia forever. We begin bombing in five minutes.”
“If this were a dictatorship, it’d be a heck
of a lot easier, just so long as I’m the dictator.”
“I thank you for the gift, but I can’t take it (a shotgun) to the debate with me.”
First thing that springs to mind: the first two express hostility towards an abstract entity (a hostile nation, an unwieldy process), while the third expresses hostility against a specific individual (President Bush).
My hunch is that Kerry will re-state it was a joke (after the press first stated it for him), but I suspect it had a hint of truth. In other words, he actually meant it, before he didn’t mean it.
J.
Based on his score while shooting trap of late,
I dare say he couldn’t shoot himself in the foot/ass
in a well lit closet with a flashlight. He has ‘people’
for that.
I may be conservative but you guys need to be a little more honest with your criticism. Posting part of a quote is manipulative and doesn’t present the entire story. What Kerry actually said was “I thank you for the gift, but I can’t take it to the debate with me. Therasa doesn’t let me handle sharp objects, let alone guns.”
Krafty Kerry:
HERE
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All joking aside, looks like a lot of us are writing about this since this Krafty Kerry Kwote made it through AP’s gatekeeping Kontrols last night…
I guess that means that President Bush will have to carry on a battle of wits with an unarmed man.
Suzy, if Kevin accepts Photoshopped pictures for “Weekend Caption Contest,” that oughta be chosen… that is just plain EVIL.
I think I’m in love.
J.
It’s amazing that mine workers would support a guy who’s statements about the environment and using clean fuel sources would put them out of work. Unless they gave him the rifle to use on himself.
I should have written “whose” not “who’s” in the previous comment.
Additional on guns. I was in Steubenville OH over the weekend visiting. I was told by a “connected” resident that Kerry’s handlers asked all three of the shooting clubs in the Steubenville, OH area for a photo op while he was in town, all three declined…
Am I the only one thinking this quote would go well with a commercial highlighting Kerry’s lying about being at the meeting where shooting US Senators was discussed? People have said “So what, they didn’t carry out the idea and anyways Kerry argued against it. But arguing or voting against killing people isn’t enough. Younger people don’t seem to grasp this period of U.S. history. The KC meeting followed a decade which saw several prominent figures (MLK, RFK, JFK, X) killed. Based on that Kerry had an obligation to report that the shootings were discussed.
Kerry is pulling a “Clinton.” Remember the photo op with Clinton holding a rifle? He still signed gun control legislation while president. I hope no one is falling for that one.
Given his propensity for wounding himself through the careless use of firearms and grenades, Kerry’s probably just being careful.
I know it’s a small detail that the AP missed, but that is not a rifle. It’s a shot gun. Two entirely different types of guns.
It’s a freeking joke. Can we please leave the humorless, ultra-sensitive masses on the lib side of the fence? Kerry actually using self depricating humor is a significant change already, the Clinton crowd is already making changes that are fundamentally different from the Kerry status quo. Anyway I hope conservatives aren’t getting hyper-sensitive about what is obviously a joke, even if it wasn’t that funny.
just like the terrorists in Russia, you know he’d only use the weapon to shoot Bush in the back, AFTER the debate….
Jay, why don’t you hold an impromptu caption contest right here. Heres my entry:
“Kerry shows some of the ways he thought about getting Purple Heart #1/2/3”
Or
“Kerry and Edwards put the final touches on thier foreign policy”
Dan, you’re indignation should be directed towards the author and/or news service. I reported it as it was presented. I didn’t lop of the last sentance, the AP did. In fact I never knew it existed.
Kevin,
I’m hoping that I just haven’t read you long enough to “get” your response. But, just in case you’ve so much to read (as I’m sure you do) you missed something, my reply wasn’t in any way meant as a comment on you, or your work. It was pure sarcasm and a manufactured quote.
You have a wonderful blog here, absolutely one of the best I’ve seen. Keep up the excellent work!
The item below will appear in Police Times Magazine’s online bulletin:
Cop-Killer Endorses Kerry
Cop-killer Endorses KerryConvicted cop-killer, Mumia Abu-Jamal, endorses John Kerry. Abu-Jamal’s death sentence for gunning down Philadelphia Police Officer Danny Faulkner in 1981 has made him an idol to many extreme leftists. The convicted murderer regularly contributes columns to Workers World, the weekly journal of a Marxist revolutionary party that is the main sponsor of International ANSWER, which in turn is a major sponsor of anti-war protests.
“One of Kerry’s selling points is his plan to appeal to Europe to give a hand to the American colonial project in Iraq, instead of the cold shoulder which the Bush regime has received since the invasion and occupation of Iraq. …”
New York Police Sergeants Association Endorses Bush
New York Sergeants Benevolent Association Endorses President Bush for Re-election”Less than a year after he was sworn in as the 43rd President of the United States, the momentous events of September 11th, 2001 transformed the global landscape forever.
Sorry Dan. As Homer Simpson say, “I get jokes.” In this case I must have missed it…
I believe Johnny Four Months ate a Snickers right after inserting his thumb into the shotgun’s extractor port…
Black Lan – It’s not a small detail, it’s a major detail indicative of the media and how stories involving firearms are reported. I doubt Ms. Superville knows the difference between a shotgun and a rifle, let alone is and is not an “assault weapon”. Words mean things. If the media does a sloppy job with the details… What the heck am I saying… IF? When the media does a sloppy job with the details, folks who may not know better get their opinions and worldviews adjusted sloppily.
dario – Yes, it was indeed a joke. A stupid one to make, though. It demonstrated of a level of hostility so great that it’s not funny.
Jay…um, thanks, I mean, I think so, thanks.
That lovely work is available at various larger sizes, too.
Just lemme know, happy to provide. It’d be fun to see Kevin A. do a caption contest with it…excellent idea, although I like my “Krafty Kerry” caption pretty well enough already.
Okay, folks. Now to teh real question:
Would you trust this man with a loaded weapon, and your back turned?
At first thought, I said “he actually made a joke” and I’m leaving it at that.
but I could be WWWWWrong!!!
~C