Quote Originally Posted by Devastatin Dave
Quote Originally Posted by Goofball
On the other hand, his explanation that he really meant to imply that Bush is an idiot for getting the country stuck in Iraq seems very believable, and Republicans (and some people in the Backroom as well) are now acting like jackasses by ignoring that and continuing to swear up and down that Kerry meant to call the troops stupid.
You can name say that we're acting like jackasses all you want, it does not take away what the man said this time, or the countless other times he has disparaged the troops. You act as though we ARE stupid for comprehending what the man said. Who's the real jackass?
Point proven (as you have been so fond of saying with respect to this discussion).

Kerry said something that gave the impression that he was calling U.S. soldiers stupid. He then retracted his statements and said what he really meant was that Bush was stupid.

Now, everybody has two logical choices:

1) They can either believe his explanation and say, "Okay, we believe that you just misspoke, but still think you're an idiot." (This is the camp that I fall into.)

or

2) They can say "Whatever. We don't believe your explanation. You are an elitest liar." (This is the camp that some conservative posters fall into, and while I disagree with them, I respect their point of view and can't really argue against it. Because believing Kerry's explanation is nothing more than a subjective judgement call, and mine is no better than theirs.)

Either one of the above arguments makes sense.

On the other hand, we have just about the entire Republican party (and some posters in the Backroom) who just keep repeating over and over again "Yeah, but, we heard him! Kerry said the troops are stupid!"

That is the grade three argument.

Quite frankly, people using that argument should be careful or they may find themselves in Iraq...