Our troops are smart.

[robertpaulsen]

It's just that our C minus grad-silver spoon fed-champagne unit strings pulled-AWOL Commander in Thief who lied our troops into a needless war is, for lack of better word, DUMB.

And that's the point. End of story.

[brentspeak]

1. They're smart enough to know Kerry didn't intend to insult them at all

They're also smart enough to understand that Bush and the GOP are trying to manipulate their emotions and play them for fools regarding John Kerry's flubbed joke.

Troops aren't the gullible dummies that Bush and his followers assume they are.

[robertpaulsen]

3. Exactly!

Especially the ones coming home to find their benefits cut by the same hacks who pay lip service shouting "Support our troops". As if a fucking bumper sticker could help the way decent armor could. No one's buying their BS anymore, especially the troops.

[PAdem2]

2. I knew Kerry was talking about bush immediately

But if a politician is going to make a joke it had better be a funny one this close to an election!!!!

[robertpaulsen]

4. Yeah, I wish I could have written it.

There's gotta be thousands of ways to say BUSH IS DUMB without anyone getting confused.

[robertpaulsen]

5. Shameless kick. But not DUMB.

:kick:

[deaniac21]

6. Instead of canceling appearances he should be making more

of them!

[Karenina]

7. Unfortunately, the democratic

circlar firing squad has placed him in the middle. :puke:

[DaveJ]

8. Doesn't Bush seem even more foolish...

...when he does not acknowledge the comment was pointed at him, and continues to assume the remark was an insult to the troops? That seems really low in character.