Lots of WaPo analysis, spin, and quotations from Dems at linkKerry tried twice to explain himself yesterday. After a Democratic candidate asked the senator not to campaign with him, Kerry canceled the rest of his schedule and called in to the Don Imus radio talk show, which is simulcast on MSNBC. Kerry said it is Bush who owes the nation an apology, for a botched war.
"They're trying to change the subject," Kerry said. "It's their campaign of smear and fear. . . . This is Swift boat stuff all over again."
Yeah, man, it's 1969 all over again!
Asked why not apologize for the misunderstanding, Kerry said: "Of course I'm sorry about a botched joke. You think I love botched jokes? I mean, it's pretty stupid."
| 26 years in the Senate and he can't tell a two-line snarky joke. The man is a blockhead. |
"Well, I think it's important to talk about Iraq," Kerry said.
"I'm begging you," Imus said.
"I hear you," Kerry said. "You do not have to beg. You're my friend. I understand what you're saying. But I'm telling you, I'm not going to let these guys lie and smear."
"Stop now, stop now," Imus said again. "I'm begging you."
"You got it," Kerry said.
Kerry's apology did not satisfy critics, so by day's end, he issued a written apology: "I sincerely regret that my words were misinterpreted to wrongly imply anything negative about those in uniform and I personally apologize to any service member, family member or American who was offended."
Ya, I didn't say anything wrong, you misinterpreted. You guys are too stoopid to understand the nuance.