Drudge trying to milk Kerrygate for all it's worth.

[Ninja Jordan]

www.drudgereport.com

He will try his darndest to pump this through the weekend.

[flowomo]

1. I'm shocked, shocked.....

um, exactly what were you expecting?

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[Virginia Dare]

2. The Webb smear tanked...

he had to snatch onto something else pretty quick. I believe the Kerry thing will be all gone by Friday a.m.

[C_U_L8R]

3. It's not helping their cause

it naturally puts the focus back on what a failure Iraq is
and how much republicans botched the job.

It's Thursday before election day
and they got NOTHING !!!!!!!

[DesertRat]

5. Is that sign for real?

Anyone out there know if this was photoshopped? I saw the sign posted on Drudge less than 24 hours after Kerry's remark. It seems too contrived to me.

[flpoljunkie]

7. Here is a response from Daily Kos diary of RIP Russ, whose brother was killed in Iraq.

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2006/10/31/175122/71

I didn't support John Kerry in the primary in 04 (I live in NH, so I get my pick of contenders to vote for). I won't support him in 08. He ran a poor campaign which I believe cost us the White House. And I won't support giving him our party's nomination so he can do it again. I will, of course, vote for whoever the nominee is, as I did in 04. So, it's not like I'm some big John Kerry-ite.

On June 13 of this year, my younger brother Russ was killed in Afghanistan. There is obviously no need for me to explain the pain this caused me and my family, from my mother, to Russ' twin brother, to his fiance.

We were contacted by all the members of our state's congressional coalition (all Republicans) and by our governor (John Lynch, a Dem). Only one politician from outside the state contacted us, and that was John Kerry. At Russ' funeral, the only two politicians who attended were Lynch and Kerry (no, cynics, he didn't advertise his appearance or make any statements to the media about it, so don't suggest he did it to win votes).

Since the funeral, a couple of our congressmen have followed up a little with our family. So has Lynch. So has Kerry. He has called my mother on multiple occaisions and offered to do anything he can to help us.

In short, he was there for my family, the family of a fallen soldier. He continues to be there for us, and has offered to do more.

What he said yesterday was clearly a slip of the tongue. He was talking about Bush, and misspoke slightly. The White House knows it, just as we know it. For cheap political gain, Bush and Co. are trying to make it sound as if he is insulting the troops, when they absolutely know that that is not the case.

As someone who has experienced Kerry's support for the troops first-hand, and as someone who has seen him give some small amount of comfort to my griveing mother, I can't put into words how offensive I find the false suggestion, for cheap politcal gain, that Kerry wants to insult our troops and their families.

To everyone out there trying to make that case (Bush, Cheney, Snow, McCain, among others), one simple message: Go to hell.

[ruggerson]

8. This needs to be a paid full page ad in the NYT, WSJ, Chic TRIB and others

[LSK]

17. this should be an original post

[LittleClarkie]

19. Yes please

So I can recommend it.

[GemMom]

9. It's a National Guard Unit from MN

http://www.nypost.com/seven/11022006/news/nationalnews/gis_drop_smart_bomb_on_kerry_nationalnews_todd_venezia_in_n_y____and_ian_bishop_in_washington.htm

[FormerDittoHead]

12. I thought the military were "forbidden" to make political statements in uniform, etc.

funny how that rule is only broken one way...

[wisteria]

16. Actually, a progressive site had this on its site a couple of days ago.

The site was defending Kerry and this was presented as the soldiers got it, they understood that Kerry words were twisted.

[Contrary1]

18. Do you remember what site it was on? n/t

[TheCowsCameHome]

6. Dredge is a maggot. Nobody takes him seriously anymore.

[cobaindrain]

10. If the sign is real

Then the troops holding it are dumb.....hey you ARE STUCK IN IRAQ! Think it's funny?

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[Thrill]

13. He made a dumb statement

what do you expect. He sounded like a moron. To everyone in the country besides people with blinders on

[wisteria]

14. Not unusual.It is easy to continue to lie when you aren't held accountable for lying

Drudge- appendage of the Republican smear machine.

[leftyladyfrommo]

15. He jumped from the Webber book to Kerry

Neither one ranked up there very high on anyone's list of important things, I don't think.