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#622949 - 10/10/06 03:44 PM
John Kerry on Bill Maher
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Maher asked [Senator John Kerry] what he got his wife for her birthday. Kerry said that he took his wife to a lovely retreat in Vermont. Begin transcript: Maher: You could have went to New Hampshire and killed two birds with one stone. Kerry: Or, I could have gone to 1600 Pennsylvania and killed the real bird with one stone. How can he possibly think that this was an acceptable statement? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIF7_P92ORQ
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#622951 - 10/10/06 04:05 PM
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Well, if BOL is any indication. The right wing doesn't have much of a sense of humor.
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#622952 - 10/10/06 04:13 PM
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A joke huh? Seems to me that a Senior Senator would realize that making a joke about killing the President is a bad move.
But then again, I guess that realizing that would require just a bit of intelligence.
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#622953 - 10/11/06 02:48 PM
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A joke huh? Seems to me that a Senior Senator would realize that making a joke about killing the President is a bad move.
But then again, I guess that realizing that would require just a bit of intelligence.
Lighten up and get a life.
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#622954 - 10/11/06 03:10 PM
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I think the quote was taken out of context. The idiom means "to resolve two difficulties or matters with a single action," not the literally take the lives of 2 birds.
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#622955 - 10/11/06 04:32 PM
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It is an inappropriate joke - and no one is taking it out of context. Mr. Kerry made an attempt at humor by employing the idiom in a different context - one of the most basic elements of humor (e.g., puns). Is the President's life in danger? No. Would the left (including those posting here) be outraged if a Republican had made a similar joke? Yes. Mr. Kerry should recant.
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#622956 - 10/11/06 05:11 PM
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It is an inappropriate joke - and no one is taking it out of context. Mr. Kerry made an attempt at humor by employing the idiom in a different context - one of the most basic elements of humor (e.g., puns). Is the President's life in danger? No. Would the left (including those posting here) be outraged if a Republican had made a similar joke? Yes. Mr. Kerry should recant.
They would be outraged in the same grandstanding way that the Republicans are on this. A lot of people make a lot of inappropriate jokes -- people who aren't uptight appreciate the joke, laugh, and get on with life. In my opinion, jokes about people who have made a life for themselves in the public eye are never inappropriate -- it's the price of celebrity. Making fun of a disabled person is inappropriate, poking fun at the president -- no matter how extreme -- is just political commentary (and protected free speech btw, which might be the real reason why right-wingers don't like it).
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#622957 - 10/11/06 05:20 PM
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A joke huh? Seems to me that a Senior Senator would realize that making a joke about killing the President is a bad move.
But then again, I guess that realizing that would require just a bit of intelligence.
Lighten up and get a life.
Where is all of the Liberal PC-ness now?
Aren't we supposed to love and care and coddle one another based on the Liberal playbook? Doesn't sound very PC to me.
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#622960 - 10/11/06 05:56 PM
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#622962 - 10/11/06 06:00 PM
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Stewart & Colbert in 2008!!!!
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#622963 - 10/11/06 06:18 PM
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I think that is what is wrong with the political world now. He made a joke some people thought it was funny some didin't. Doesn't that happen a lot in life? Is everyone required or asked to recant? People make mistakes they say stupid things or things they think are funny, that's what makes us human.
And why can't something just be funny? Why does everything have to be political?
Trust me, I am the first one to say that most people take things WAY too seriously, but this is political (well, ok, definitely personal too) as the idiot is running for President and should try to maintain some modicum of respect for the office even if he dislikes the person in it now.
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#622964 - 10/11/06 06:30 PM
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some modicum
of what?
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#622966 - 10/11/06 06:38 PM
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They would be outraged in the same grandstanding way that the Republicans are on this.
I have not heard a single Republican comment on this. Can you provide some detail?
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He made a joke some people thought it was funny some didin't. Doesn't that happen a lot in life?
Yes, it does. Sometimes people riot and burn things in response. Sometimes they just say, "hey, I think that's inappropriate." Guess which ones are criticized by the BOLiberals?
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Is everyone required or asked to recant?
I have not seen where anyone required or asked even Mr. Kerry to recant, so I don't know why you would assume that everyone will be.
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#622967 - 10/11/06 06:40 PM
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I believe there were some cartoons a little while ago that were taken a little too seriously as well.......
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#622969 - 10/11/06 07:36 PM
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This is news? John Kerry makes a joke that falls flat? He's not exactly a laugh-riot, in case you haven't noticed.
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#622971 - 10/11/06 08:04 PM
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This is news? John Kerry makes a joke that falls flat? He's not exactly a laugh-riot, in case you haven't noticed.
That's true, maybe we should cut Lurch some slack.
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#622972 - 10/11/06 08:35 PM
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Kerry will do whatever it takes to get popular. Case in point, his stance was to help remove teacher tenure. But he refused to help a certain Republican Govonator get this accomplished. Why? I have no idea. Seems to me like he was just paying lip service to his stance.
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#622973 - 10/11/06 09:11 PM
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This is news? John Kerry makes a joke that falls flat? He's not exactly a laugh-riot, in case you haven't noticed.
Must have been a slow news day on FOX. 
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Your search - "john kerry" "bill maher" kill bird - did not match any documents.
Again, we have a BOLiberal claiming that someone is making a big deal out of this when they are not. I guess it just sounds "truthy". Oh well.
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