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John Kerry Meltdown

My Fellow AOL Blogger Pat Casey was first on the stick at The Stump.

First among the SOBers was Brain Shavings.

For anyone who is really interested in what (and who) today’s Armed Forces is made of, here’s a recent report. Notice that the facts are 180 degree opposite from what Democrats like Senator Kerry and Rep. Charlie Rangel attempt to portray them to the American public.

Bizzyblog (of course) is building a good roundup.

Hugh Hewitt: John Kerry is trying to be against his slur on the American military after being for it.

Video of the meltdown and reactions at Hot Air.

Tom Bevan (of RCP) comments on Kerry’s damage control thus far:

Nowhere in the statement does John Kerry address the substance of what he said. I understand that Kerry has been eager to show off his tough new, “I WONT BE SWIFT-BOATED AGAIN!!!” strategy that he thinks will help convince Democrats to give him another chance at the brass ring in 2008, but to trot out this tripe to defend an insult against U.S. troops is breathtakingly arrogant - and it’s an absolute gift to the GOP seven days before an election.

Jed Babbin (also of RCP) nails it:

Kerry’s remarks began as just icing atop the Democrats’ contempt for the military. It’s a subset of Jack Murtha’s remarks about how the army is broken, how our troops are disgruntled and why we have to bring everybody out of Iraq to rebuild the force before it falls apart all together. Question for Messrs. Tester, Brown, Menendez, Webb, Ford and Ms. McCaskill: do you agree with John Kerry’s remarks?

Sen. John McCain didn’t agree and demanded - in pretty strong language — that Kerry apologize. Which came out about the time Kerry was saying that only right wing nuts who’ve never worn the uniform or fought in a war were decrying what he said.

Kerry just made it much worse. He just held a news conference on it and insisted that his sneering remarks at Pepperdine University were aimed at the president, not at the troops. Look again at the film clip and judge for yourself. At the press conference, Kerry’s words got more and more heated as he went on. He’s still accusing Republicans of twisting his words, refusing to debate and failing in Iraq. His rather risible explanation for his remarks was that when he talked about those who didn’t do well in school, he was talking about the Bush administration. At this rate, Republicans should hope Kerry keeps talking all throughout the week and until the polls close on Tuesday.

Best comment on FR so far: If there wasn’t a John Kerry, Rove would have to invent one.

This is huge. How do I know? The lefty bloggers silence is deafening.

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