Remember about five years ago when John Kerry suggested that the men and women in our armed forces were drawn from the dregs of society, you know, those individuals who didn’t work hard in school:
You know, education, if you make the most of it, if you study hard and you do your homework, and you make an effort to be smart, uh, you, you can do well. If you don’t, you get stuck in Iraq.
Turns out the Massachusetts politician was wrong about this — as he has been wrong about so much else:
It’s getting much more difficult to join, or stay in, the U.S. Army. Not only is a high school diploma required, but you need good grades. High schools known for low standards, and graduating students just for appearances sake, not because the grad was qualified, are avoided. A graduate from one of those schools can still get in if they do very well on the AFQT (Armed Forces Qualification Test, a general aptitude exam tweaked to emphasize mental skills most useful in the military) will be considered, but will have to do well in an interview. . . .
The ancient cliché that “only losers join” is long dead now. The military is now a club that many want to join, but only few are good enough to get in.
Read the whole thing. Recruiting standards have soared, leading to a higher caliber of service member. (Via Instapundit.)
The Dregs don’t join the military, They riot and loot and Vote for Obama
I have never doubted those in the military. I am an incredibly selfish person, and I have nothing but respect for those who risk their lives unselfishly. I am sure joining the military is extremely rewarding, however, and I have no doubt that joining and going through what they go through builds immense character. Members of the military, in my opinion, are the absolute pinnacle of humanity’s greatness.
And that is also considering their skill and other things.
John Kerry, on the other hand, is a pompous hack.
John Kerry was a poseur who liked his image in “whites” and calculated that he would do his “Nam” hitch playing in boats along the coast. When he got assigned into the thick of sweaty, swampy hostile territory, he quickly acquired enough scratches to ride the Purple Heart to home and safety.
Then he went on to play his role as “John of Arch” and oppose the military.
If anything needs to be said about John Kerry, it is that the military was not suited to him and he turned his back on it and has never been its friend. He looks upon men and women in the military as valets and minions. If he had ever made Captain, he would have been more insufferable than James Cagney in Mr. Roberts.
I will never forget Kerry standing on the bridge of a scow crossing Boston Harbor to the Democrat convention and then doing a wimp salute and piping himself aboard to “report to duty.”
Maybe Jimmuh Cahtah’s navy heart skipped a beat, but it was a major embarrassment to real service men and women.
Ugh, Kerry! Let’s not get started. He wasn’t just wrong about the caliber of individuals in our armed forces, he was terribly wrong about his own caliber: http://www.tosettherecordstraight.com/
And weren’t Kerry’s Yale grades worse than Bush’s? And that guy Wade Sanders who vouched for Kerry – he allegedly lied about his Silver Star (as Kerry had likely lied about his own): http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/07/27/swift-boat-veteran-who-defended-kerry-stripped-silver-star/#ixzz1TMF0OgTZ – and is now in prison on a child pornography charge: http://www.signonsandiego.com/more/documents/pdf/090504sanders-sentencing-memorandum.pdf
Senator Kerry never meant his comment to be directed at our military, and I think YOU KNOW THAT. The ‘us” is missing from the quote and was available in writing before he even spoke. But, for those who don’t know, the quote was about our last President-Bush, and the statement was,
You know, education, if you make the most of it, if you study hard and you do your homework, and you make an effort to be smart, uh, you, you can do well. If you don’t, you get US stuck in Iraq-like President Bush. (Bush at the time was complaining about “hard work”)Senator Kerry, a miltary man himself, and one who consistantly votes in favor of the military and our soldiers, would never demean our troops. And, for those who keep pushing this idea-you should be ashamed of yourself. When you continue to propagate lies, it is hard for many to take you seriously.
So basically, what has happened is that the quality of the Obama-controlled public school system has now gotten so completely pathetic that it can’t prepare people to do anything other than collect welfare checks.
No, Mark, Senator Kerry did not consistently vote in favor of the military and soldiers. That was spin provided for by his campaign in 2004 and dutifully echoed by the mainstream media.
John Kerry is a rank opportunist, political hack; he used his military service to enter into politics. The first time he ran–as an anti-war protestor–his campaign backfired & lost. The next time, he ran the exact polar opposite campaign & won. He’s married to his job as a Senator; everyone else is a pawn. Just ask his first wife. Kerry is a scum sucker bottom feeder.
I have to disagree with you B. Daniel Blatt-he has a higher rating than McCain when it comes to voting in support of verterans and military families. The link is from DAV and provides some incite into the voting records of Republicans and Democrats-it is listed by state. As you will see, most Republicans DO NOT support our soldiers-only the wars. And, most Democrats have high marks in support of our troops. It simply is a Republican misconception that they really support our soldiers and their familes.
http://www.votesmart.org/issue_rating_detail.php?r_id=3483
Here is a little sampling,
John McCain rating 20
John Kerry rating 75
Nancy Pelosi rating 100
Lindsey Graham rating 40
[This is just one vets group. And it seems it was created to provide cover for Democrats. I mean, any group that gives Nancy Pelosi a rating of 100 on military issues is skewed against those who favor a strong national defense. Other more reliable military organizations have given Mr. Kerry much lower ratings. –Dan]
BWAHAHAHAHA!
Given that the Obama Party openly supports and endorses those who are out to disable our troops, I think the DAV needs to seriously reconsider its rankings.
And all I can say is, really? An organization gives a perfect rating to the ranting shill Pelosi, whose party declared that US soldiers are “uninvited and unwelcome intruders” in their own country, and claims to be pro-veteran? Pelosi and her party openly encourage ATTACKS on US servicemembers, and this group shills for her?
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And, tell me, was Senator Kerry supporting the troops when he accused them of raping and butchering Vietnamese civilians “in a manner reminiscent of Genghis Khan?” Was he supporting the troops when he consistently voted against every major weapons system proposed throughout his senatorial career? Was he supporting the troops when he accused American soldiers of terrorizing Iraqi civilians, busting into their homes in the dead of night?
Doesn’t sound very supportive to me.
Once more, a leftie needs a reality check. Once more, here are Kerrry’s real words – the ones that Kerry actually spoke, rather than the ones that the lefty wished he’d spoken:
As for this:
If it’s true – and I don’t take for granted that it is, i.e., many lefties would be willing in principle to manufacture something like that afterward as a “truth” – then it is the more damning of Kerry. Because it would mean that the text said one thing, but then Kerry *changed it in real time* to make it more insulting on our military.
I also enjoy the spectacle you provide, Mark Cee, of lefty double standards: Bush, Palin, etc. must never ever be forgiven/granted the least slip of the tongue – but you will turn your brain into pretzels, to justify Kerry.
Bravo, ILC.
Mark Cee’s daffy defense of Kerry’s kleptomaniacal backstabbing blitz on US military motivation and caustic charges of wanton will turned my stomach.
You have brought his head to him on a platter in a genuinely logical and clearly worded manner.
Progressives who can justify anything on their side of the divide and refuse to see parallels on the other side are beyond ideology. They are controlled by their own amorality.
Thanks Heliotrope. One more thing – if Kerry did really mean “you get US stuck in Iraq”, he still insults our military. He would have meant that the entire enterprise they undertook, of getting rid of Saddam and making Iraq (and by extension, America) safe from the terrorists that al Qaeda and Iran sent into Iraq, was a waste with no possible good case for it. If you disagree with the Iraq war – if you find the case for it to be not good enough in the end, or think the postwar was botched, etc. – OK, that’s one thing. But to suggest, with a collegiate smirk, that there was no case whatever for the Iraq war is to turn our troops into moral infants: people who blindly give their lives to accomplish things of no value.
In other words, pretending that Kerry meant to add an “US” to it doesn’t make it better. It still works out to Kerry insulting our troops’ intelligence and showing, once more, the disregard for their feelings and reputations that he has always shown.
Leftists project onto the military their own sheep-like behavior.
All I can say is that getting into and staying in the military is literally months and months worth of intense and continuous training that prepare you in strategy, tactics, concealment, and the operation, use, and repair of cutting-edge technology.
Meanwhile, all it takes to be an Obama Party military hater is the ability to chant inanely, pound on drums, misspell signs, and collect a welfare check.
The vast majority of the Obamabots who comment here could never qualify for the military, so I can understand why they all seem to hate it so much.
True.