Let us know if someone asks Tony about the search for the missing U.S. soldier.

Seeing as how the Bush administration is so concerned about the welfare of the troops.

Screw Tony Snow...as far as I am concerned he can go "F" himself and the Faux News horse he rode in on. 

Bush should be the one apologizing for waging an illegitimate, poorly planned war of aggression that has resulted in close to 3,000 US military deaths and upward of 300,000 Iraqi civilian deaths...

Let's not forget too about the "off the books" drain - to the tune of almost $500 BILLION this war has cost. Still unknown is the cost for taking care of the 20K-ish wounded - many severly - men and women who have served our country proudly.

I fully agree...thanks for adding those facts.

For me trying to wrap my brain around the level of incompetence Bush has shown as president is like trying to comprehend the actual numeric value of infinity...

Kerry must not apologize. He has done nothing wrong to apologize for.

He called Bush a dimwit and botched the punchline.

Bush has botched a war. He should be the one to apologize.

When will the Democrats learn? You can't appease bullies. You take them on and confront them on their lies and deceptions.

I'd like to know why we're not demanding Bush apologize for this statement:

"The terrorists never stop thinking of ways to harm Americans, and neither do we."

Tony Snow said, this morning, something to the effect of "if you're going to make statements in public, you have to answer to them." Fair enough. John Kerry made a statement that can be construed as an insult to our troops; George Bush made a statement that clearly indicates that he has aligned himself with the terrorists.

I want an apology from Mr. Bush.

Okay, Kerry still doesn't get the thing about language and so on, and Tony Snow is a pompous ass.

But Bush & Co.'s comeback was that Bush & Co support the troops, etcetera. So why aren't the Democrats firing back on the cuts in the VA, on the inadequate and nonexistent equipment the troops fought/fight with, on the Halliburton group's overcharges, rotten food, etcetera, on the massive permanent bases being built around Baghdad, and so on and so forth.

Never mind defending Kerry. Attack the moral & intellectual midgets in the White House!

Kerry and the Democrats need to stay off TV and Radio if the subject is Kerry's faux pas. Keeping this story alive plays into the Repug's hands. They would like nothing better to do than talk about this until election day and not talk about corruption, IRAQ, poll numbers, or any of their other foul ups.

Check the picture on Drudge. The troops seem to agree with Kerry.

The sons of the prophet are noble and bold,
and quite unaccustomed to fear.
But the bravest by far in the ranks of the Shah
was Abdul Abulbul Amir

Kerry should just stay home. He did "enough" for the party in 2004. (Or should I say he did enought to the party . . .?)

Shorlty after I contributed to the DSCC, I received a call from Kerry's organization looking for money. When I said that I had already given, the clown started arguing with me that I needed to specifically give money to Kerry. He kept this up until I finally told him to make sure my name was removed from Kerry's call list, and that I expected that I would not hear from them again. What I should have added is that I felt the I would have been better off using the money I gave him in 04 as toilet paper. At least it would have accomplished something.

Way too simple/smart for Kerry.

I guess this is part of the Halperin Rule being put into effect: His designated "Old Media," aka MSM or MCM*, would have to spend the last two weeks before the election proving to the right wing conservatives that they are not "liberal."

Wow. What a contretemps over nothing.

And so similar to the rage of the Repugs over Kerry mentioning that Mary Cheney was an out gay woman. Manufactured to order. Take words out of context; present as opposite of what was meant; feed to MCM and let them beat on that drum until the election ends.

*Mainstream Corporate Media

Kerry's latest is a non-apology. There is no reason for anyone to apologize for a botched joke. He's sorry for not getting laughs! An apology is due for the slur on our military. Although this was not near as bad as his Jenjis Khan schtick.

The sons of the prophet are noble and bold,
and quite unaccustomed to fear.
But the bravest by far in the ranks of the Shah
was Abdul Abulbul Amir

Get over yourselves. Kerry already apologized and explained, but nothing will change b/c of it, thanks to media kowtowing to the GOP.

Here's the Imus transcript:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6928257/

Kerry: "See, look, this is a great volunteer Army, and the word volunteer Army means you have to be smart to get in it. They know that, everybody knows. You can't get in the military today if you're not capable and not smart. This comment couldn't have been directed at them because you can't get into the military by doing badly at school. This was directed at the people who didn't do their homework, didn't listen to history, didn't listen to their own advice, and they owe the American people an apology, now you know I’m coming back to Washington today so that I’m not a distraction because I don't want to be a distraction to these campaigns, and the point is simply they owe America an apology for this disaster in Iraq. And I hope they're going to provide it."

Imus: "See I was talking to Charles last night about this, and it was my inclination to try to defend you in this and I said, I think I know what he meant. I mean it's clear what he meant, but I--I had to acknowledge in my conversation with Charles that that's not what you said so..."

Sen. John Kerry: "Oh, of course it isn't what I said."

Imus: "Why don't you..."

Sen. John Kerry: "...I left out one word. I left out the word, us. They got us stuck, and instead of that I said, they got stuck, and their taking advantage of it--and here's what's wrong..."

Imus: "Well, why don't you apologize for the misunderstanding?"

Sen. John Kerry: "Well, I did. I said, it was a botched joke of course I'm sorry about a botched joke, you think I love botched jokes? I mean you know, it's pretty stupid. But on the other hand, here's what’s--here's what's culpable and here's what's really unconscionable; the White House knows it. They know I wasn't--you cannot get into the military today if you do badly in school, you can't do it. It wouldn't make sense. What they're saying to people doesn't make sense because it's an impossibility, but they've taken those words, just like they take words all the time, and they distort them on purpose in order to distract America from their policy. A hundred young Americans died last month. These guys don't have a policy. Dick Cheney is saying that things are--you know, going fine in Iraq, they're sitting around pretending that they've got a policy, and I think families are to be far more outraged about the fact that their kids don't have a state of the art armor. They ought to be far more outraged about the fact that they're still, years later, pursuing a strategy that just doesn't work. And these guys owe America an apology, and that's what ought to be the issue. I'm happy--you know I’m not going to go to some place that a congressman's going to get embroiled in this, because I want them to win. But I want the real issues to be the real issues, I'm not like--I'm not going to let these guys lie."

Imus: "Can you see though how, based on the interpretation of other remarks you've made in the past, that they would, and you have to recognize that particularly the Bush Administration would use this as an opportunity. I tend to agree that they know exactly what you meant, but they seized on this because they've been given this opening by this botched joke."

Sen. John Kerry: "Sure."

Imus: "Why not--why not, along with apologizing for the botched joke, at least apologize for the perception and the misunderstanding of your remarks and then move on, and please I’m just begging you."

Sen. John Kerry: "Well, I did. I said very clearly, I’ve said--obviously I am happy that they have an opportunity to be able to take something and exploit it, obviously not. I am sorry that that's happened.

There's no way Kerry could apologize enough. That's the game is played.

When he went down, that was the time for the kicking to start.

And Bush has the nerve to lecture Kerry on the consequences of words! He goes on Rush Limbo and says "anyone in a position of leadership should know that words have consequences."

"Stay the course" anyone? Why the Dems don't throw that little gem right back into Bush's face is beyond me. There's the perfect little ad: Bush saying words have consequences followed by a montage of him saying "stay the course" a few dozen times. No narration, nothing else. That ought to do it.

JohnW1141, I read a comment by someone, I think it was you, on the subject of the Kerry quote, posted about noon Oct 31 or Nov 1, that was one of the best takes on the matter I've seen. I posted something about the same time, and our comments were adjacent on the page. I was saying that Kerry and other Dems should take advantage of the opportunity to expand on what he actually meant, regarding the consequences of Bush et al. not doing their homework (underestimating the cost of the war by a factor of 100, not preparing for sectarian violence because they didn't know about Sunni and Shiite divisions within Islam, underestimating the number of troops needed, etc.). Your comments were similar, but more expansive and eloquent. Both comments, and maybe the entire page, have now disappeared. Mine isn't listed on my page, and yours (if in fact it was you) isn't listed on your page. Do you remember these comments, or does anyone else, and does anyone know why they've disappeared??