This argument makes me want to howl every time I hear it -- that if you criticize or disagree with the Bush administration's policies in Iraq you are criticizing the troops. (In some fervent minds this gets extended to ENDANGERING the troops). I don't know about you but I don't know anyone, not a single person, who is against the troops. That's such a no-brainer I don't even like the Support Our Troops decals on cars. Not because I disagree but because it's so obvious I don't know why it needs to be stated, why it needs to be turned into a bumper sticker. If there's anyone who is against the troops, who doesn't appreciate what they do for all of us, they're not someone I want to know. I just think that whole angle is an exercise in spin, specifically blame displacement.


>Of course it was a joke!!
>In your view GWB is doing something repulsive; But I don’t understand, should Kerry be condone for these remarks?
>I don’t care what anybody thinks of Bush, but I get offended when somebody calls our military retards.
>When they are fighting, *for our sake* risking their lives.
>
>
>>>This is truly repulsive. I am so glad I did not vote for this guy (not that I ever had the intentions)
>>>This is NOT Rush Libmbaugh that sometimes talks out of his behind this guy wanted/want to be the Commander in Chief.
>>>
>>>http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/news_theswamp/2006/10/kerry_gives_fel.html
>>
>>
>>It was a botched joke. Although in poor taste, why is that more repulsive than GWBush looking under tables and chairs for WMDs as a joke in front of the Radio and Television Correspondents' Association, while people are dying in Iraq.