Here is the joke Kerry was trying to tell, he's told it many times...

[Dems Will Win]

From his office:

"I can't overstress the importance of a great education. Do you know where you end up if you don't study, if you aren't smart, if you're intellectually lazy? You end up getting us stuck in a war in Iraq." - Senator John Kerry

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/taylor-marsh/kerrys-mangled-statement_b_32911.html

GETTING THE ACTUAL JOKE HE WAS TRYING TO TELL OUT THERE WILL DEFINITELY HELP THE SITUATION SO RECOMMEND THIS THREAD PLEASE!!

MAYBE MATTHEWS OR KEITH WILL REPEAT IT (SINCE KERRY DID NOT)

I would also note that before he invaded Iraq, Bush did not know there were Shia and Sunni Muslims and that they hate each other and feud all the time...

[RobertSeattle]

1. Do they have video of him saying the joke correctly?

[Rainscents]

5. There is audio and I heard it.

You can hear people laughing in the background, they got the joke.

[LuckyTheDog]

15. We need that audio

Now.

[INDIA]

53. I think you're wrong.

If that audio existed Kerry would have put it out by now.

[politicasista]

2. He hasn't even said he is running in 08

unless he is a serious threat to your candidate.

[Critters2]

40. He's not a serious threat to my beagle, should she decide to run nt

[Rainscents]

3. Oh OK, whatever...

Lets focus on something else, you need to get off Kerry's back and get on to real issue. Kerry was making joke about Bush and get over it.

[ProgressiveEconomist]

9. Yeah--this all will blow over by next Tuesday (sarcasm)

[wtmusic]

4. Big difference

Didn't he clarify his comment? :shrug:

[file83]

36. The punchline should be: "You end up being a President that gets our Troops

stuck in Iraq."

[Critters2]

42. I love your avatar! nt

[Dems Will Win]

6. KICK

[Starbucks Anarchist]

7. Kick.

[Diane R]

8. Yes, Recommended and kicked.

[Guaranteed]

10. THANK YOU. K & R.

Get this out there. I'm sick of seeing DUers fall for this shit.

[LeahD]

11. Kick

[BrewerJohn]

12. Here's another kick and a rec

Because truth matters!

[dailykoff]

13. He drops a pronoun and they roll out the swiftboat?

They really are nuts.

:rofl:

[WinkyDink]

14. Just goes to show: Leave comedy to the professionals!

[Quixote1818]

16. Dam, perhaps we should let the Republicans run with this a little more

then spring the video on them in a few days and really make them look like fools!

[radwriter0555]

17. now, that depends on the definition of "US"... is that... "US" as in

*cough*

[ginnyinWI]

18. did you hear Keith's comment:

He said that Kerry was calling them, not the troops, stupid, but that they were too stupid to realize it! That Keith's got a gifted way with words. He definitely made it clear that the statement was about Bush.

As for Tweety, he did state several times that he understood it to be about Bush, not the troops after he read it a few times. I had to pick my jaw up off the floor--good for him though.

[gully]

19. Nothing against the great Senator, but the joke - even in context

is lacking. :P

[juajen]

20. Personally, I liked it.

N/T

[gully]

21. Well, I feel better knowing

some one enjoyed it.

[hedgehog]

34. I agree - he told this repeatedly and no one noticed?

IMO, it goes to show that he's a poor campaigner.

[progressoid]

22. So, why doesn't he get the actual joke out there...

He could have every media outlet in the world covering him. Couldn't a brief statement could clear this whole thing up?

[Dems Will Win]

25. THat's why I put it up -- so Kerry or the media might repeat it.

[_dynamicdems]

23. Kick! n/t

[onecent]

24. kick

[SeanQ]

26. k&r

[LibDemAlways]

27. Thanks for posting this. At Kerry's news conference

yesterday he should have simply retold the joke and declared the matter closed. He's dealing with simpletons in the repuke party and in the press. The only way to effectively get a point across is by keeping his reponse on message and to the point. His impassioned defense of himself got him nowhere.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

28. thanks = was starting to think he might have been lying - so

glad to know he wasn't - too bad the who thing is like a snowball rolling down the hill.

[LeahD]

29. Need to recommend! Some DU-ers still aren't aware of this! n/t

[EVDebs]

30. GWBush was a Category IV recruit...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=2919859&mesg_id=2919859

[grizmaster]

31. the truth will out

K&R

[laundry_queen]

32. K&R n/t

[rodeodance]

33. gosh. what a mess.

[BeliQueen]

35. It doesn't make a difference

No matter what his intentions were, what Kerry ACTUALLY said was an insult to the troops.

That's it. The joke as intended isn't offensive to the troops, but intentions are for squat.

His ACTUAL words were insulting and he needs to apologize to get this whole thing over with.

[Critters2]

39. Then he needs to STFU

Worst. Campaigner. Ever.

[LeahD]

48. And the Dixie Chicks...........

should "Shut up and sing!"

:sarcasm:

[Critters2]

52. The Dixie Chicks

have cost us how many elections?

[MethuenProgressive]

37. Where's the video/text of him using that joke before?

Just one single instance of him using the joke before, anyone? Or is all we have is a staffer *saying* he's used it before?

[civildisoBDence]

38. Randi Rhodes told the joke correctly today...

Haven't heard or read it ANYWHERE ELSE.

WTF?

Newsprism

[Xenotime]

41. This just needs to go away quilckly. The GOP MSM is using this as ammo against us.

[Exultant Democracy]

43. Stop talking about it now!

[wisteria]

44. No, not until it is understood that he was wronged and his own

party behaved like jackasses.

[LeahD]

49. Hillary absolutely lost me today.

No way, no how, should she be the candidate for the Democratic Party in '08.

[murray hill farm]

45. Well..he did fuck it up!

He fucked it up badly! What really happened here, is that he undid his chances to run again in 08.

[Anakin Skywalker]

46. INTELLIGENT People Understood It. Only Dense, Knee-Jerk Rethugs Didn't.

[Megahurtz]

47. The RePukes are just LYING about what he said.

What else is new?:shrug:

[mcg]

50. Who Got Us Stuck in Iraq? Tony Snow Insinuates Soldiers

Found via digg.com:
http://digg.com/search?s=Boehner

Who Got Us Stuck in Iraq? Tony Snow Insinuates Soldiers

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2006/10/31/162145/62

"Kerry joked about a person whom he didn't mention by name, who had gotten us stuck in Iraq, and the entire corporate-owned media concluded he was talking about the soldiers. This article proves how anyone who comes to this conclusion (Snow, McCain, and Boehner) owes the soldiers an apology. ... "

[L0oniX]

51. K.O. responds

http://movies.crooksandliars.com/CD-SC-KerryJoke.mov

[OzarkDem]

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