KERRY SPEAKS

iVillage Member
Registered: 08-24-2004
KERRY SPEAKS
39
Tue, 08-31-2004 - 8:53am





I am John Kerry.



I was against the first Iraq war. I am against the second Iraq war, but I voted for it. Now I'm against it but I was for it.

I support the UN. I'm against terrorism and against the Iraq war. But I voted for the Iraq war. So, I voted against the first war and supported the second war, wait.....



I'm against gay marriage but for gay unions. I support gays but think the San Francisco mayor is wrong. I support gay marriages. No, wait, gay unions.



I'm Catholic. Wait, I'm Jewish. My dad was Jewish.

But I was raised Catholic. What am I? I don't want to confuse people.



I am for abortions, but wait, I'm Catholic, and Catholics are pro-life. But I might consider putting pro-life judges in office, but I'm not sure. I do know I voted for a pro-life judge, but I stated that it was a mistake.



I went to Vietnam. But I was against Vietnam. I testified against fellow U.S. Troops in Vietnam, threw my medals away and led others to do the same.

But I am a war hero. Against the war. I stated I threw my medals away then I threw my ribbons away. I then revealed that I threw my ribbons away but not my medals, then lately I stated that I threw someone else's medals away and never threw anything of mine away.



I believe Ribbons and medals aren't the same thing. Medals come with ribbons, so now I believe that ribbons and medals are the same thing besides the fact that ribbons are cloth and medals are metal.



I wrote a book that pictured the U.S. Flag upside-down on its cover. But now I fly and campaign in a plane with a large flag right-side up on it. But sometimes, we fly upside-down for fun.



Yasser Arafat is a hero and a statesman. The Israelis shouldn't kill Palestinian terrorists, but they should stop terrorism. Yasser Arafat is a terrorist supporter. I support Mideast peace.



I am for the common man, unlike Bush. I am against the rich. But my family is worth $300 million dollars, five mansions, a yacht, a jet and many SUV's. I am the common man.



I am against sending jobs overseas. My wife is a Heinz heir. Heinz has most of their factories offshore. I am against rewarding companies for exporting jobs as long as it is not Heinz.



I own $1 million in Wal-Mart stock. I believe Wal-Mart is evil for driving small business owners out of town. I am a capitalist and I own part of Wal-Mart but I am a good guy for small corporate America.



I own SUV's when I talk to my followers in Detroit, Michigan, Teresa owns SUV's, I don't, when I talk to tree hugging followers. I have a campaign jet that gets 1/3 mpg, which is great fuel efficiency.



I am against making military service an issue in presidential elections. I defended draft dodger Clinton and stated that all serve in their own capacity whether they draft dodge or not. Did I mention, I served in Vietnam and am a hero? Are you questioning my patriotism? I served in Vietnam. My opponent didn't. I have three purple hearts! I am a hero. I am qualified to run this country since I served for four months.



I am John Kerry.

Pages

iVillage Member
Registered: 08-31-2004
In reply to: dipsydoodler
Thu, 09-02-2004 - 4:07am
To vote Green is basically a protest vote, as the Greens have as much chance of achieving government as I have of marrying Josh Hartnett! It's unfortunate, because they talk a lot of sense especially about how NOT to destroy the environment, but as with your own Green party, they don't really get a look in. Have a look at this for more info http://www.greenparty.org.uk/
baby siggy
iVillage Member
Registered: 04-16-2004
In reply to: dipsydoodler
Thu, 09-02-2004 - 10:44am
I say leave it alone.

I also say those responsible for attacking doctors who perform abortions, and those that bomb clinics should face a minimum sentence of 10 and 25 years respectively before being eligible for parole.

iVillage Member
Registered: 04-16-2004
In reply to: dipsydoodler
Thu, 09-02-2004 - 10:46am
In that case, the person who injures the mother and kills the unborn child is guilty of the crime as the mother did not have a choice in the matter.

In the matter of abortion, this is done by personal choice.

If you can show me an example where an accident occurred because a person chose to be involved in the accident, then that is a diferent argument.

The key to the equation is choice. Did the woman choose to end her pregnancy, or was it ended without her having any say in the matter? Therein lies the difference.

iVillage Member
Registered: 04-16-2004
In reply to: dipsydoodler
Thu, 09-02-2004 - 10:48am
Kerry knows the campaign is wrong now, as he is losing ground in the polls, due to the attacks on his credibility.

I guess he should have really thought about this 33 years ago.

iVillage Member
Registered: 04-16-2004
In reply to: dipsydoodler
Thu, 09-02-2004 - 10:50am
They might not be his exact statements, but they pretty much sum up what Kerry has been saying for the past couple of years.
iVillage Member
Registered: 04-22-2003
In reply to: dipsydoodler
Fri, 09-03-2004 - 2:01pm
I thought it is well known that if you rearrange words, or even change the place of a comma, you completely change the meaning of an English sentence. So in other words, these are just spins made and statments taken out of context from Kerry's speech. I see.. makes more sense.
iVillage Member
Registered: 08-05-2004
In reply to: dipsydoodler
Fri, 09-03-2004 - 2:05pm
Thanks for the information. I've heard talk about voting for green but wasn't sure what all it meant. I'm checkin out the link now. :) XOXO.
iVillage Member
Registered: 07-12-2001
In reply to: dipsydoodler
Fri, 09-03-2004 - 2:32pm
Umm .... remember, Lianne is from the UK. I think it's probably fair to assume that their Green Party is somewhat different from the one in the United States. So, if you're a U.S. citizen and planning to vote here, checking out the UK's Green Party probably won't do you much good. :-)

Bev

girl in chair
iVillage Member
Registered: 08-05-2004
In reply to: dipsydoodler
Fri, 09-03-2004 - 3:09pm
That's right. I'll look around google on stuff on the green party. I'm sure there will be some links if not thousands. XOXO.

Pages