One would think Sen. John Kerry (D-Cambodia) would have realized by now that his idea of humor doesn’t go over very well. It must be because he’s a nasty person, and his pathetic attempts at being funny just turn out to be… well, nasty.
He should have remembered the firestorm he set off with this crack:
That prompted this response from the First Brigade, 34th Infrantry Division of the Minnesota National Guard, which was deployed to Iraq at the time:
Yes, the photo was for real, not photo shopped. The outcry from both sides of the aisle was so loud that Kerry was forced to offer up an excuse disguised as an apology, which was just as lame as the joke.
After all that, you would think that Kerry would avoid trying his hand at humor, but the nasty in him just can’t stay bottled up. On top of that, he has lousy timing, and the clown tried to attack Sarah Palin when it was still thought that Gov. Mark Sanford was somewhere on the Appalachian Trail. Kerry told a gathering of Boston business and civic leaders Tuesday:
“Too bad,” Kerry said, “if a governor had to go missing it couldn’t have been the governor of Alaska. You know, Sarah Palin.”
Even joking that you are hoping for a member of the political opposition to disappear is… nasty.
But he’s a Democrat. Nasty is what they do.
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Nasty is right
smitch61 Friday, June 26th at 12:40AM EST (link)One nasty human being…
He reminds me of a Zappa song
Josh Painter (Diary) Friday, June 26th at 12:41AM EST (link)about a nasty poodle…
- JP
“An armed society is a polite society” – Robert A. Heinlein, “Beyond This Horizon” (1942)
I'd Have Said It...
joezilch (Diary) Friday, June 26th at 12:55AM EST (link)… if I were a (D). Nasty and mean-spirited humor can be funny in the right context and within the right circles.
I just think people are too sensitive. If I were to get upset when a (D) made fun of somebody I liked I’d be a hypocrite for making from of (D)s all the time.
Somebody, somewhere, said something smart enough to be in my signature, I just cannot decide which statement, from when, should win.
Which way is it? First, the left complains that Republicans have no feelings and then they complain that we're being too sensitive.
Danielle Davis (ocleverone) (Diary) Saturday, June 27th at 6:28PM EST (link)You can’t have it both ways.
For at least 8 years now, I have listened to every talk show host, every comedien, every actor in Hollywood bash conservatives without the fear of reprisal. Your side is like the school yard bully.
Well Joe, if you haven’t figured it out yet, conservatives have had enough and now we are starting to stand up to not only your sick humor but your jeuvenile delivery of the same.
You think it is being too sensitive and I think it is finally saying enough is enough. Get use to it. There will be more.
To me, “consensus” seems to be the process of abandoning all beliefs, principles, values and policies. So it is something in which no one believes and to which no one objects … There are still people in my party who believe in “consensus” politics. I regard them as Quislings, as traitors … I mean it. — Margaret Thatcher
ocleverone..
TNJim (Diary) Saturday, June 27th at 6:48PM EST (link)You’re talking to a ghost. Apparently, Neil had enough a few minutes ago. Good riddance I’d say.
Thanks Jim.
Danielle Davis (ocleverone) (Diary) Saturday, June 27th at 6:52PM EST (link)After I posted that, I scrolled down and read Neil’s g’bye.
I had just had enough of people like him trying to peg us into a damned if you do/damned if you don’t position.
To me, “consensus” seems to be the process of abandoning all beliefs, principles, values and policies. So it is something in which no one believes and to which no one objects … There are still people in my party who believe in “consensus” politics. I regard them as Quislings, as traitors … I mean it. — Margaret Thatcher
It's one thing to make a joke
Josh Painter (Diary) Friday, June 26th at 1:44AM EST (link)It’s quite another to laugh about the death, dismemberment or disappearance of someone. If you don’t know the difference, read this:
http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjena/2009/06/14/it-sucks-to-be-you-dave/
- JP
“An armed society is a polite society” – Robert A. Heinlein, “Beyond This Horizon” (1942)
Read That... I'm Missing Something...
joezilch (Diary) Friday, June 26th at 3:39AM EST (link)… as I don’t quite follow your logic. It’s usually an issue of timing, not the joke itself, that is often the problem.
Think of it this way — you tell a tasteless joke and people laugh. You tell one too soon (or during) a rough time and people moan and you say to yourself (or the group), “Too Soon?”.
It’s timing. As for the Letterman thing… he’s just a partisan hack. That’s his deal and problem. If he were cracking wise about Obama AND Palin it wouldn’t be an issue to people, he’s one-sided and THAT is really the problem.
Somebody, somewhere, said something smart enough to be in my signature, I just cannot decide which statement, from when, should win.
No, you're wrong
Neil Stevens (Diary) Friday, June 26th at 10:25AM EST (link)Some people have class and standards.
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joezilch (Diary) Friday, June 26th at 5:03PM EST (link)Palin came back with a joke about how Kerry looks, is that a classy thing to do? Does it uphold some great standard?
No, it doesn’t.
I grew up listening to great comedians who poked fun at everybody just as George Carlin, Don Rickles and so many, many more. It’s not about class, it’s about politics. It’s partisan indignation.
Somebody, somewhere, said something smart enough to be in my signature, I just cannot decide which statement, from when, should win.
Your last line is absolutely wrong
Neil Stevens (Diary) Friday, June 26th at 7:43PM EST (link)“If he were cracking wise about Obama AND Palin it wouldn’t be an issue to people, he’s one-sided and THAT is really the problem.”
That’s just not true.
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Agreed.
Thrhheggeegwc Jjtkylkfofud (Diary) Friday, June 26th at 7:45PM EST (link)I don’t give a damn if he’s one-sided. Holding an opinion is one thing, advocating rape and spewing sick rhetoric is entirely another.
WTF?
joezilch (Diary) Saturday, June 27th at 5:44PM EST (link)“Rape and spewing sick rhetoric”? Where does that even come from? He made a joke, in poor taste, about somebody going missing. Where does rape and sick rhetoric even come into play?
Somebody, somewhere, said something smart enough to be in my signature, I just cannot decide which statement, from when, should win.
Sorry, speed-read the thread.
Thrhheggeegwc Jjtkylkfofud (Diary) Saturday, June 27th at 8:06PM EST (link)But you’re already banned, and justifiably so, so why am I even apologizing?
Perhaps You Have a Point
joezilch (Diary) Saturday, June 27th at 5:48PM EST (link)(R)s only get upset when one of their own is insulted or is the butt of jokes, the same as (D)s.
It’s no longer about being partisan, it’s now about being for a single party and worrying about trivialities as opposed to actually trying to solve problems.
Again, why was it okay for Palin to make fun of how somebody looks (Kerry)? What happened to class and standards?
Somebody, somewhere, said something smart enough to be in my signature, I just cannot decide which statement, from when, should win.
G'bye
Neil Stevens (Diary) Saturday, June 27th at 6:14PM EST (link)For somebody who claims to be non-partisan you sure do spend a lot of time bashing us and defending Pervert Letterman.
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Well, if nothing else Neil, he certainly had an appropriate screen name (nt)
eburke (Diary) Saturday, June 27th at 7:02PM EST (link)“All that need be done for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing.”
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It must have been a tribute to his hero, the Zero. n/t
janis (Diary) Saturday, June 27th at 7:45PM EST (link).
Kerry fired the first salvo at Gov. Palin for no good reason
janis (Diary) Saturday, June 27th at 6:19PM EST (link)other than to sound as if he were “hip and trendy.” Ugh. And he didn’t toss off a harmless and friendly one-liner, he wished that she had disappeared. In return, Gov. Palin asked him “Why the long face?”
Yeah, I don’t think those two things are the same. As to the rape and sick rhetoric reference, you Dems are all alike, you know. You can say whatever you want about any conservative and then get offended if you get called on it. That was, of course, with reference to Letterman’s sick sense of humor.
Gov. Palin has displayed more maturity and class than either of the two libs mentioned. Libs, I might add, who have not lived a life of national service as Gov. Palin has. What’s that you say? Kerry has lived a lifetime of national service? Don’t make me spit lemonade all over the monitor. Kerry has lived a lifetime of Kerry-service.
So that's what pwned means
6eorge Jetson (Diary) Saturday, June 27th at 7:38PM EST (link)Kerry out to keep that horse mouth shut for his pwn good.
Seriously, and to show my total lack of being 'with it' re: todays acronym texting society,
eburke (Diary) Saturday, June 27th at 9:17PM EST (link)what does being ‘pwned’ stand for.
Thanks (to whoever enlightens me)
“All that need be done for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing.”
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Same as "owned"
TNJim (Diary) Saturday, June 27th at 9:33PM EST (link)Comes from either gamers, as Urban Dictionary says or hackers as another source says.
In fact Jim, it's from both
redstatebluestate123 (Diary) Saturday, June 27th at 9:47PM EST (link)Originally, hackers used the term to refer to seizing control of someone’s computer remotely. Gamers then adopted the term, using “pwned you” to mean “I beat you so badly it’s like I was controlling your computer.” And from there straight into our every day life. Sad really, I had desperately hoped it was pronounced “pawned” and was a very clever chess reference.
George Costanza learned--and so should Kerry--
blooch Friday, June 26th at 10:38AM EST (link)when to say, “I’m outta here!”.
“Lieutenant Dike wasn’t a bad leader because he made bad decisions. He was a bad leader because he made no decisions.”
Some folks are just easily confused. nt
Vegas_Rick (Diary) Friday, June 26th at 1:48PM EST (link)“God is great, beer is good and people are crazy.”- Billy Currington
“Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan ‘press on’ has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.” Calvin Coolidge.
Kerry, as usual, attempts to be one of the "cool guys" and fails
janis (Diary) Friday, June 26th at 10:40AM EST (link)abysmally, as usual. Honestly if there isn’t a picture of John Kerry in the dictionary next to the word “clueless”, Webster’s is wasting an opportunity. And why on earth anyone would want to waste their time listening to the likes of him drone on at a meeting is beyond me, but I suppose you have to work with the idiots you have and not the idiots you wished you had.
Kerry picked the wrong target...Palin fights back from Kosovo.
CSUFBomb (Diary) Friday, June 26th at 1:06PM EST (link)http://www.conservatives4palin.com/2009/06/video-palin-addressing-troops-in-kosovo.html
“Senator John Kerry makes this joke..I don’t know if you saw this…but he makes this joke saying ‘Well, shoot, of all the governors in the nation to disappear, too bad it couldn’t have been that Governor from Alaska.’
Well, when he said it he looked quite frustrated, and he looked so sad, and I just wanted to reach out to the TV and say ‘John Kerry, why the long face?’”
(laughter)
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Kerry Response to Palin...
Britcom (Diary) Friday, June 26th at 8:54PM EST (link)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFy5nUBTPlc
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Honestly if there isn’t a picture of John Kerry in the dictionary next to the word “clueless”,
eburke (Diary) Friday, June 26th at 1:16PM EST (link)Webster’s is wasting an opportunity.”
Janis, you’re priceless…just priceless.
Thanks for making me laugh even on a day when the weasels seem intent on selling our energy and economic future down the river.
You’re one of the reasons I show up here everyday
“All that need be done for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing.”
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What a lovely thing to say, eburke!
janis (Diary) Friday, June 26th at 1:38PM EST (link)It’s wonderful to know that you find entertainment value in my remarks here, but from my point of view, your enjoyment–and the kindness you show by saying it out loud– goes a long way to keep me from jumping off the nearest federally-stimulated bridge.
As to the weasels, their day is coming. Soon.
Two things, Janis:
eburke (Diary) Friday, June 26th at 1:48PM EST (link)1) you graciously earned the kudos but thanks for the thanks anyway;
and,
2) That day can’t come soon enough. Hope there’s something left when it finally arrives.
“All that need be done for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing.”
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It's fun to pile on Kerry.
Flagstaff (Diary) Friday, June 26th at 2:23PM EST (link)Only the clueless would think he should add those last four words. A one-liner is only one line, and it can’t be made funny by an addendum.
The clueless. The junior Senator from Massachusetts.
I don’t even call it nasty. It’s just stupifyingly not funny. Not even close.
“The press is so powerful in its image-making role that it can make a criminal look like he’s the victim and make the victim look like he’s the criminal. If you aren’t careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.”– Malcolm X, Audubon Ballroom, December 13, 1964
Well Palin missed an opportunity to make her joke much funnier I think
redstatebluestate123 (Diary) Sunday, June 28th at 6:52PM EST (link)Palin said:
“Senator John Kerry makes this joke..I don’t know if you saw this…but he makes this joke saying ‘Well, shoot, of all the governors in the nation to disappear, too bad it couldn’t have been that Governor from Alaska.’
Well, when he said it he looked quite frustrated, and he looked so sad, and I just wanted to reach out to the TV and say ‘John Kerry, why the long face?’”
That’s kinda funny, in a “haha, you’re ugly” kind of way. But what would’ve made it comedy gold would’ve been if she’d added “you know, cause his face is long” to the end of the joke.
You are Kerry's Komedy Konsultant, right?
Flagstaff (Diary) Monday, June 29th at 3:02PM EST (link)Please don’t pass that advice on to Sarah.
(^;^)
“The press is so powerful in its image-making role that it can make a criminal look like he’s the victim and make the victim look like he’s the criminal. If you aren’t careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.”– Malcolm X, Audubon Ballroom, December 13, 1964
And all of this from a gigolo dilettante! nt
davo119 Friday, June 26th at 4:19PM EST (link)Never give in! Never! Never! Never!
He's not funny
tarheels23 Friday, June 26th at 7:10PM EST (link)I don’t have a problem with jokes of that nature made at either side, but mostly it just reaffirms what a stiff, anal-retentive human Kerry truly is.
As a liberal, I’m just glad it’s not 11/04 anymore.
You know, tarheels23, you are taking your life in your
janis (Diary) Friday, June 26th at 7:17PM EST (link)own hands by showing up here today when so many of your compatriots are feverishly killing our country in huge chunks. Sorry, but I don’t have much enthusiasm for putting out the welcome sign for libs today.
What the hell is wrong with you people?
Janis, I must admit that on this one I agree with him.
redstatebluestate123 (Diary) Saturday, June 27th at 9:27PM EST (link)I’m not as upset about the content as I am that it’s just a terrible joke. Same with the George Bush joke in 2006. John Kerry cannot, for the life of him, tell a good joke, even when they’re written for him by someone else.
He needs a teleprompter!
TNJim (Diary) Saturday, June 27th at 9:44PM EST (link)But there is that minor detail about “delivery”…
Wasn't he reading the speech
redstatebluestate123 (Diary) Saturday, June 27th at 9:48PM EST (link)when he screwed up his Bush joke? He can’t even get it right with the darn thing in front of him!
Since I can't get the 'reply to this' to work, Thanks, TNJim,
eburke (Diary) Saturday, June 27th at 9:39PM EST (link)for bringing me into the 21st century.
“All that need be done for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing.”
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You're welcome. :) nt
TNJim (Diary) Saturday, June 27th at 9:41PM EST (link)