Anyone glad that this man is not called President Kerry?

I'm actually kind of amused by all the demands that he apologize for his moronic statements. If you don't know what I'm talking about, on Monday night, Senator Kerry was speaking to a group of college students in California. He stated, "You know, education, if you make the most of it, you study hard, you do your homework and you make an effort to be smart, you can do well. If you don't, you get stuck in Iraq."

Obviously this has set off a firestorm of criticism from virtually everyone in the country, particularly those who have served or are currently serving in our military. What amazes me is the spin that they have finally settled on. Why do I know it is spin? Because they sent out two or three trial balloons that failed before landing on, "It was a botched joke. Everyone knows I was talking about the President." Yeah, clearly. But the fact that it makes no sense has done nothing to stop the media from running with it. What he meant to say was, "you get us stuck in Iraq." Because that really makes so much more sense.

Diane Sawyer was talking to George Stephonopolous on GMA this morning and said, "George, he meant to say 'you get us stuck in Iraq.' Is all this criticism really fair?" Diane, I'm disappointed in you. The man said what he said. He says that he stands by what he said, owing no apology to the troops. He's so cocky and arrogant that he can't even muster up an apology for supposedly saying something he didn't mean to say.

Now, I must admit that I don't really care if he apologizes to the troops or not. An apology is just words. Kerry didn't say anything on Monday night that departs from his general attitude towards the military ever since coming back from Vietnam and testifying about all the atrocities he says he witnessed before Congress. (Remember the Swift Boat Veterans, anyone?) Just last year he made comments about our military terrifying Iraqi women and children by busting into their homes, disrupting religious services, yada, yada, yada. Even in his defense of his latest statement, he says, "Anyone who thinks that I was insulting the men and women serving in Iraq is crazy." Well, considering the fact that virtually everyone serving in Iraq felt insulted by the remarks, you've now just piled on some more.

So why should he apologize? Our society is really funny about that. We demand that people apologize for stuff, even if they don't mean it. I guess it just makes us feel better.

But what really makes me happy about this whole thing is realizing again what a blessing it is that Kerry lost in '04. The man can't ever be honest about anything. Imagine the huge foreign policy issues that we are dealing with right now with Kerry in office. "No, no, Kim Jong-il, I know that you heard me say we demand that you stop pursuing your nuclear program, but what I really meant was ..." Does anybody think he could have just ignored being called Satan by the demented president of Venezuela? No, he would have been outraged and done everything he could to gain the favor of the madmen Hugo Chavez's of the world.

Because, deep down, this is what liberals want. They want to be liked. It really upsets them to think that countries around the world don't like us. Well, what's better, to be liked by the weak or feared by those who wish to do us harm? In order to be liked by France, we would have to BE like France. 9% unemployment and $5.50 per gallon of gas? No thanks.

We have managed to keep terrorism in check these past few years precisely because President Bush doesn't talk out of both sides of his mouth. His decision making is completely unaffected by polling data. Our enemies fear him because they know that he means what he says. We will not tolerate being attacked anymore. Period. Just IMAGINE the double-speak that we would get if the John Kerry's of the country were in charge. It is frightening.

What's really amusing is that the democrats missed him when they did their wildcard roundup. Pelosi, Kennedy and Reid have been nowhere in sight these past couple of weeks, and the party was doing it's best to make everyone forget who would be in leadership if the Dems take back control. Whoops, guys, you forgot one.

Thanks for the October surprise, Senator.