Text 24326, 61 rader
Skriven 2006-11-02 10:30:00 av Jeff Binkley (1:226/600)
Ärende: Kerry
=============
Excellent....

http://www.nypost.com/seven/11022006/news/nationalnews/gis_drop_smart_bomb_on_k
erry_nationalnews_todd_venezia_in_n_y____and_ian_bishop_in_washington.htm

GIS DROP SMART BOMB ON KERRY
HILARIOUS HEROES FIRE BACK OVER DEM AND DUMBER CRACK ABOUT IRAQ
By TODD VENEZIA in N.Y. and IAN BISHOP in Washington

November 2, 2006 -- WASHINGTON - A group of GIs showed they are smart enough to
take on condescending Sen. John Kerry - by deploying a hilariously misspelled
sign mocking the failed presidential candidate's comments about their
education.

"Halp us Jon Carry - We R stuck hear n Irak," read the sign, which was
apparently the brainchild of a group of service members from the Minnesota
National Guard.

The picture was first revealed yesterday on the blog Web site of Milwaukee talk
radio host Charlie Sykes, who said he got it from a listener who had a buddy in
the unit.

The picture soon raced around the Internet, and it got much of the nation
chuckling when it went up on Drudge Report later in the day.

Staff Sgt. Erik Holtan, a member of the Minnesota National Guard, says he saw
the picture and recognized the insignia as that of his fellow Minnesota
guardsmen - and he immediately put it up on his own blog site.

"It's awesome," he told The Post. "The troops over there have to be livid
because of what [Kerry] said. I don't know why he would say that."

Holtan, who works at Guard headquarters, said he believes the troops behind the
Kerry sign are in Iraq, since all the members of the unit in the shot - the
1/34 Brigade Troops Battalion - have been deployed.

He said he can see a unit insignia on one of the vehicles in the background and
those vehicles have also gone to Iraq.

Fox News Channel quoted Army officials saying that the picture looked authentic
and appeared to be taken in Iraq.

"We are always amazed at the creativity of our troops," one Army official told
Fox.

Without citing sources, ABC News in Washington said the photograph was taken in
Talil, several hundred miles south of Baghdad, where members of the unit are
located.

By the end of the day, the shot was burning up the Internet - and was the most
stinging rebuke to Kerry's knuckleheaded flub.

The Minnesota Guard and the Pentagon said they could not comment on the
picture.

Meanwhile, Kerry surrendered yesterday to a barrage of criticism from
Republicans and Democrats over his troop-trashing gaffe and apologized "to any
service member, family member, or American who was offended.

--- PCBoard (R) v15.3/M 10
 * Origin:  (1:226/600)