OK, He Was On the Boat, A Bit. A Bit.
State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki yesterday:
Since his plane touched down in Washington at 4 a.m., Secretary Kerry was working all day and on the phone dealing with the crisis in Egypt. He participated in the White House meeting with the president by secure phone and was and is in non-stop contact with foreign leaders, and his senior team in Washington and Cairo. Any report or tweet that he was on a boat is completely inaccurate.
Completely inaccurate. You hear me? COMPLETELY!
(What’s that? They have photos? Photos of Kerry on the boat?)
Ahem.
State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki today:
While he was briefly on his boat on Wednesday, Secretary Kerry worked around the clock all day including participating in the president’s meeting with his national security council.
I don’t really care if John Kerry wants to stay on a vacation that he presumably planned not knowing there was going to be an international crisis.
Just don’t lie about it.
P.S. You know what would be nice, when government officials say x on Day 1 and “not x” on Day 2, would be an explanation as to why they said x on Day 1. Instead of just sort of pretending they didn’t.
Wouldn’t that be nice? I think it would. It really would.
Maybe that’s where President Obama was while the attacks on Benghazi were happening.
L.N. Smithee (301382) — 7/5/2013 @ 5:23 pmThe only time Lurch tried to fix something was when he needed a parking meter moved from in front of his posh Capitol hill Brownstone.
mg (31009b) — 7/5/2013 @ 5:43 pmPat, they lie about the trivial things just to keep in practice.
And this really was trivial . . . right up until they felt they had to lie about it.
The snarky Dana (af9ec3) — 7/5/2013 @ 5:43 pmAt this point, I trust nothing that comes from the collective mouths of this administration, including and, it, and the.
NavyspyII (96e9e0) — 7/5/2013 @ 5:44 pm“Don’t you know who
Colonel Haiku (558410) — 7/5/2013 @ 5:46 pmI amhe is?!?!”Of course, if it’s true that Secretary Kerry ” worked around the clock all day,” that means he was awake, and working, from midnight to midnight. I’m guessing that that is something of an exaggeration as well.
The Dana who can tell time. (af9ec3) — 7/5/2013 @ 5:46 pmRemember back in the day when Johnny Carson christened Don Rickles “Mr. Warmth“?
Well, call me crazy Patterico & Co. but I think it’s officially time for our esteemed POTUS to be christened “Mr. Competence“.
qdpsteve (e4fc78) — 7/5/2013 @ 5:46 pmSo, Kerry was on the boat, before he wasn’t on the boat, before he was on the boat a little tiny bit.
ropelight (b978a4) — 7/5/2013 @ 5:47 pmHe decided to be on the boat before he decided not to be on the boat.
The very amused Dana (af9ec3) — 7/5/2013 @ 5:48 pmI really think Kerry deserves another purple heart for his bravery in this matter.
Also, probably a medal of honor… I mean look at the amazing results of this administration’s foreign policy! Sure sorry Kerry wasn’t president. Boy they are showing Bush a thing or two!
Dustin (303dca) — 7/5/2013 @ 5:48 pmWhat difference does it make!
Colonel Haiku (558410) — 7/5/2013 @ 5:48 pmDoes a Windsurfer count as boat, or how about a kayak, or a rubber ducky? How about a magic hat?
ropelight (b978a4) — 7/5/2013 @ 5:51 pmAs I just shared at Ace of Spades HQ:
(to the tune of “The Christmas Song”)
♫ Mideast roasting on an open fire,
Kerrys roasting on their yacht…
American influence going up in black smoke
and MSM lapdogs saying it’s not…’ ♫
😉
qdpsteve (e4fc78) — 7/5/2013 @ 5:54 pmRemember how Jen Psaki was the one that the Obamastration trotted out to mop up after Obama deputy campaign manager Stephanie Cutter?
Cutter, you may remember, told the whopper about there being no connection between Obama re-election and Priorities USA, the SuperPAC that produced the Romney-bashing ad featuring Joe Soptic. Soptic — the ONE guy the Obamamaniacs were able to dig up with a notable gripe against Bain Capital-era Romney — was laid off by a company purchased by Bain, and who dubiously blamed his wife’s (eventual) death from cancer on lack of the health coverage that disappeared with his job.
On national TV, Cutter claimed to have no knowledge about Soptic or his story or having coordinated with an 501(c) independent issues group. “By law,” she correctly said, “we’re not allowed to coordinate with them.” Then conservative media dug up a conference call she had earlier conducted on behalf of Obama For America featuring (guess who) Joe Soptic! He tells the EXACT same tale of woe that he would later relate in the Priorities ad, and when he finished, he said to the listeners, “Now I’ll turn the call back over to Stephanie.”
B-U-S-T-E-D!
Cutter had been scheduled to appear on several of the Sunday shows. She sat that week out, and the Obama camp sent Psaki instead. She did some fancy tap dancing, but even the MSMers weren’t buying it.
L.N. Smithee (301382) — 7/5/2013 @ 6:04 pmBrazen lying seems to be the administration’s only mode.
SPQR (768505) — 7/5/2013 @ 6:13 pmEvery time this Kerry fellow sets foot on a boat, he feels the need to lie about it.
Sheesh, all poor old Gary Hart ever did was let some hottie sit on his lap, and he was never heard from again.
What is it about Democrats and boating?
My Sharia Moor (59f74c) — 7/5/2013 @ 6:18 pmJust guarantee us the boat never went into North Vietnam! ! !
Chucky_Dee (9410a0) — 7/5/2013 @ 6:45 pmIf Valerie’s the one calling the shots what does it matter where Kerry spends his time? The reporters should just keep their noses out of things that are not their business.
elissa (bd5aef) — 7/5/2013 @ 6:52 pmThe only substantial difference between Nuland and Psaki is the color of their hair.
askeptic (2bb434) — 7/5/2013 @ 6:53 pmOther than that, they are the same lying liars.
Just guarantee us the boat never went into North Vietnam!
No guarantees…..it was built in New Zealand.
askeptic (2bb434) — 7/5/2013 @ 6:54 pmThat needs to read “Kerry’s 7 million dollar boat that he evaded sales tax on.” We’re probably all better off when he is on it.
Mike K (dc6ffe) — 7/5/2013 @ 7:32 pmhttp://twitchy.com/2013/07/05/objectivity-overboard-abc-news-runs-interference-for-yachtsman-kerry/
narciso (3fec35) — 7/5/2013 @ 7:36 pmNice twitchy thread on John Kerry Yacht Names
http://twitchy.com/2013/07/05/ketchup-in-the-rye-kerrys-failboat-folly-lead-to-hilarious-johnkerryyachtnames-hashtag/
daleyrocks (bf33e9) — 7/5/2013 @ 7:39 pmWell, Secretary Kerry does have The Hat. What is the point now in listening to the media or what the current administration does?
By the way, the left in my state is all upset because gun owners visited the state capitol with, omg, guns. And they may be loaded!!! With live rounds, 11-eleventy!!! And they’re rednecks, holy crap!!!
AND THEY HAVE GUNS!!!
Of course, they were denied entrance to the state capitol.
Ag80 (eb6ffa) — 7/5/2013 @ 7:52 pmWell the weasel was on good speaking terms with Mubarak, two years ago, Assad, a year ago, and the Sauds till sometime next year,
narciso (3fec35) — 7/5/2013 @ 7:58 pmA picture says a thousand words;
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151711884873588&l=2d778442db
narciso (3fec35) — 7/5/2013 @ 8:02 pm26. The times of rough men have arrived once again.
gary gulrud (dd7d4e) — 7/5/2013 @ 8:13 pmi want my binky
happyfeet (8ce051) — 7/5/2013 @ 8:18 pmBHO’s spokesholes’ words have an operational life shorter than a cicada’s.
Ed from SFV (6382f3) — 7/5/2013 @ 8:21 pmThis would all be so much less embarrassing for him had the media initially reported it as just a small family boat instead of calling it a yacht. The word “yacht” has such a richy rich, 1%, millionaires and billionaires, snooty connotation associated with it, don’t you think? Somebody in the U.S. Department of Obama Administration Narrative Creation really dropped the ball on this one.
elissa (bd5aef) — 7/5/2013 @ 8:36 pmThey lied until it was impossible for them to continue to lie. Then, they minimized.
JD (e70b27) — 7/5/2013 @ 8:38 pmI have kind of a fun idea for any remaining occupoopers who might be bored and looking for something to protest over the weekend.
elissa (bd5aef) — 7/5/2013 @ 8:43 pmPaul Mirengoff at Powerlineblog:
elissa (bd5aef) — 7/5/2013 @ 9:00 pmIndeed, it doesn’t really matter whether Kerry participated in the Washington meetings. We’re not talking about William Seward, John Hay, or Dean Acheson here. We’re talking about the guy who believed that the key to a successful U.S. policy in the Middle East was to work with Bashar al-Assad.
Even a clueless blowhard like Obama has come realize Kerry is a clueless blowhard.
Bugg (b32862) — 7/5/2013 @ 9:12 pmWhat an opportunity lost. Psaki could have said that Kerry was on a secret mission and his whereabouts could not be confirmed. The photo of the sloppily handled sailboat could then be presented as evidence that the helmsman was obviously nothing but a poorly trained standin for this veteran of naval service, whose real location was now an even deeper state secret. Where could he be? The upper reaches of the Mekong River? The east coast of Maui? Paddling across the Suez Canal? Zurich? The world would watch and wonder.
bobathome (c0c2b5) — 7/5/2013 @ 9:16 pmKerry was at an undisclosed location until it got disclosed. Like Dick Cheney. Nothing to see here.
Gazzer (b6a937) — 7/5/2013 @ 9:26 pmI have only three questions:
(1) How swift was the boat?
(2) Was it across the border with Cambodia?
— and —
(3) Was SecState Kerry wearing, or otherwise in possession of, his Lucky Hat?
———
In my most wonderful fantasy dreams, I get 10 minutes to ask John Kerry pointed questions under oath and under penalty of perjury, with a judge to rule on objections and compel answers when objections are overruled.
On national TV.
Beldar (4d6fc4) — 7/5/2013 @ 9:32 pmMuslim Brothers for Truth!
Colonel Haiku (2d0cb6) — 7/5/2013 @ 9:35 pmComment by elissa (bd5aef) — 7/5/2013 @ 8:36 pm
When the yacht was revealed for all the world to see, and the MA tax authorities to knash their teeth over, John Francois was still a Senator, so of no interest to the WH lie-masters.
askeptic (2bb434) — 7/5/2013 @ 11:43 pmNo such thing ever happened. It was in Lousburg Square on Beacon Hill.
Dave (in MA) (4b4ed9) — 7/6/2013 @ 12:08 amNo such thing ever happened. It was in Lousburg Square on Beacon Hill.
And it was a fire hydrant that he had moved, not a parking meter. This is incredible as no one had ever before heard of a Boston resident being able to have the city move and relocate a fire hydrant, even among the uber-wealthy residents of Louisburg Square.
JVW (23867e) — 7/6/2013 @ 12:15 amAccording to my brother in law, who happened to live nearby, it was a parking meter, on capitol hill in 1991. So he has fixed 2 things in his benedict arnold career.
mg (31009b) — 7/6/2013 @ 2:47 amObi-Wan has taught you well, young Psaki.
Jay Carney (af9ec3) — 7/6/2013 @ 4:38 amIn an administration where the CIC likes to “lead from behind” (I bet Orwell would have liked that one),
MD in Philly (3d3f72) — 7/6/2013 @ 5:32 amwhat does a Sec. of State do anyway?
Nothing much, thankfully,
narciso (3fec35) — 7/6/2013 @ 5:50 amWhy lie? Couldn’t he have just said he has a phone and other means of communication on his yacht that he used to monitor the situation?
Amalgamated Cliff Divers, Local 157 (f7d5ba) — 7/6/2013 @ 6:19 amIn my most wonderful fantasy dreams, I get 10 minutes to ask John Kerry pointed questions under oath and under penalty of perjury, with a judge to rule on objections and compel answers when objections are overruled.
On national TV.
This would be an awesome pay per view.
JD (e70b27) — 7/6/2013 @ 6:20 amWell it worked out for the best;
http://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2013/07/06/israel-sees-chance-for-a-more-reliable-egypt-and-a-weaker-hamas/
narciso (3fec35) — 7/6/2013 @ 6:23 amModern communication capabilities being what they are, it really doesn’t matter whether the Secretary was on his boat for part of the time. If his services were actually necessary — something I rather doubt — he was instantly reachable. The real issue, for me, is why the lovely Miss Psaki lied about it in the first place. She could have said, “If he was ever on his boat during this, I am unaware of it,” or “I’ll have to get back to you on that; I don’t know the answer to that,” but, instead, asked something to which she did not know the answer, she gave an answer anyway, and it turned out to be incorrect.
I can understand that the Administration has to keep some things secret; every President and his staff have things that must be kept confidential. But whether the Secretary of State was ever on his yacht during this time is neither critical national security information nor even something that it is important to hide; it’s really a trivial matter. There was no reason to lie . . . but she did anyway. If people like Miss Psaki just lie for no reason, on trivial matters, why ought we to trust her — or the Obama Administration as a whole — about anything?
The serious Dana (af9ec3) — 7/6/2013 @ 6:32 amJD, you need better dreams!
The amused Dana (af9ec3) — 7/6/2013 @ 6:34 amthe usual suspects have to cry ‘squirrel’ when the facts are pointed out,
http://twitchy.com/2013/07/06/sarah-palin-john-kerrys-yacht-cover-up-worse-than-the-crime/
narciso (3fec35) — 7/6/2013 @ 6:39 amP.S. You know what would be nice, when government officials say x on Day 1 and “not x” on Day 2, would be an explanation as to why they said x on Day 1. Instead of just sort of pretending they didn’t.
That would require the MFM to actually do their job.
Dana – that was Beldar’s dream.
JD (e70b27) — 7/6/2013 @ 6:41 amJohn O’Neil took the measure of the man, forty some years ago, someone willing to allow the wholesale slander of own servicemen, is valued as John Nance Garner put it,
narciso (3fec35) — 7/6/2013 @ 6:45 amAnd Beldar helped reintroduce him and his comrades in time,
narciso (3fec35) — 7/6/2013 @ 7:00 am#49 Because Liberalism requires a constant stream of lies to support the narrative its Political Leaders are for the people instead of for themselves.
What is more maddening is that our MSM does not care and when pointed out reflexively say “it has always been this way.”
Rodney King's Spirit (ae12ec) — 7/6/2013 @ 7:26 amPathological lying is instinctively telling a lie when the truth would have served just or almost as well.
If this bunch lies with such facility on a relatively trivial matter like this… imagine the whopper of Bengazi.
Marybel (bbd5ed) — 7/6/2013 @ 7:53 amhttp://hotair.com/archives/2013/07/06/two-freedom-lovin-nations-offer-asylum-to-snowden/
narciso (3fec35) — 7/6/2013 @ 8:02 amhttp://0.tqn.com/d/politicalhumor/1/0/l/6/kerry_carryedwards.jpg
Colonel Haiku (7b4789) — 7/6/2013 @ 8:04 amimagine the whopper of Bengazi.
Didn’t that take 12 re-writes until they got it “right”?
askeptic (2bb434) — 7/6/2013 @ 8:24 amComment by The serious Dana (af9ec3) — 7/6/2013 @ 6:32 am
This was PsyOps to confuse the MB submarine that was lurking off Nantucket – or something.
askeptic (2bb434) — 7/6/2013 @ 8:26 am“How many fingers am I holding up, Winston?”
Kevin M (bf8ad7) — 7/6/2013 @ 8:39 amWhy do people like Jen Psaki lie so casually and ludicrously? It’s in the nature of such people (or the ones similar to and judging them) who believe that if one’s heart is pure and full of love, that nothing else matters. That lies and liars deserve our forgiveness and a million benefits of the doubt.
Mark (8f17bd) — 7/6/2013 @ 8:41 am“It’s not true. It’s not true. It’s not true. It’s old news.”
jim2 (de0374) — 7/6/2013 @ 8:56 am“John O’Neil took the measure of the man, forty some years ago, someone willing to allow the wholesale slander of own servicemen, is valued as John Nance Garner put it,
Comment by narciso (3fec35”
Exactly right. Kerry is a liar and a gigolo. He married Teresa for her dead husband’s money and they fight all the time. The cops are called to their home in Boston frequently.
Nobody should ever believe a word he says. He is a despicable human being.
Mike K (dc6ffe) — 7/6/2013 @ 9:19 am==Modern communication capabilities being what they are, it really doesn’t matter whether the Secretary was on his boat for part of the time. If his services were actually necessary — something I rather doubt — he was instantly reachable.==
Mrs. Heinz-Kerry: You gd&%%#, why weren’t you watching him? Why did you let our grandchild fall overboard and nearly drown? I thought you knew something about boating.
Mr. Secretary John Francoise Kerry: Honey, gee willikers, a man, even such a superior man as myself, can only be expected to do so many things at once!! I was conducting critical official United States State Department business at the time laddie toppled over the bow. I eventually figured out he was missing did I not?
elissa (ff048d) — 7/6/2013 @ 9:33 amIt’s really weird that there aren’t any of these types of stories about republicans out there. I’m sure if there were they would definitely get some attention here…
Ian G. (b2d693) — 7/6/2013 @ 9:39 amRepublicans (conservatives), if they have yachts, have the good sense and decency to keep them out of sight – and to pay the taxes due on them.
askeptic (2bb434) — 7/6/2013 @ 9:45 am67-That blanket statement is complete ignorance.
Ian G. (b2d693) — 7/6/2013 @ 9:49 am==Exactly right. Kerry is a liar and a gigolo. He married Teresa for her dead husband’s money..==
And Teresa wanted to be First Lady of the United States. They totally deserve each other.
elissa (ff048d) — 7/6/2013 @ 9:55 amNo, it’s just necessary to grandstand in stupid ways, elissa,
http://www.politico.com/blogs/politicolive/0610/Shelby_BP_CEO_Hayward_should_step_down.html
narciso (3fec35) — 7/6/2013 @ 10:02 amIt’s really weird that there aren’t any of these types of stories about republicans out there. I’m sure if there were they would definitely get some attention here…
Comment by Ian G. (b2d693)
Republicans may grouse a bit every now and then but they DO pay their taxes. Too many liberals seem to believe taxes are for other people to pay. Kerry fits this mold.
Colonel Haiku (7b4789) — 7/6/2013 @ 10:03 amYet they give the Subprime queen, Pritzer, a blank check, and all too many supported tax cheat, Geithner,
narciso (3fec35) — 7/6/2013 @ 10:03 amAnd they call Romney an empty suit. Oh, wait, that would be Ian G who said that just the other day.
Kevin M (bf8ad7) — 7/6/2013 @ 10:05 amKerry is an effete, throw-someone-else’s-medals-over-the-wall, Sandinista’s best friend, tired old eff-stick.
He has NO business being anyone’s Secretary of State… unless that someone is hellbent on lowering the influence and stature of the United States of America.
Colonel Haiku (7b4789) — 7/6/2013 @ 10:06 amThe cops are called to their home in Boston frequently.
Are you being facetious when you say that? It makes me chuckle, since that makes John and Teresa sound like a couple caught on film on the old Fox TV show “Cops.” But I’ve never come across published reports about the Kerrys/Heinzs along those lines. Then again, the widespread on-the-grapevine talk about Obama’s extramarital or pre-marital activity (eg, at a Chicago bath house) also has never been reported by the media.
Mark (8f17bd) — 7/6/2013 @ 10:06 am73-Link to that comment please, Kevin.
Ian G. (b2d693) — 7/6/2013 @ 10:07 amThis is what a sane statement would have looked like:
Secretary Kerry was out on a boat with family members enjoying the 4th of July holiday on the beautiful waters of his home state when the crisis suddenly peaked in Egypt. Fortunately, his boat is equipped with secure communications equipment and the secretary of state was able to be reached immediately and consulted. As soon as it was safe and practicable he returned to shore where he continued to carry out his duties on behalf of the United States.
elissa (ff048d) — 7/6/2013 @ 10:09 amKerry is an effete, throw-someone-else’s-medals-over-the-wall
It’s either that or a woman who as First Lady was skilled at escaping sniper fire aimed at her on airport tarmacs.
This society sure has sunk lower and lower.
Mark (8f17bd) — 7/6/2013 @ 10:11 amDoes your fantasy extend so far as envisioning actual consequences for an Obama administration official who lies under oath?
If so, I’d say that’s the point where the fantasy starts to sound unrealistic.
Patterico (90470c) — 7/6/2013 @ 10:11 amI hereby declare this a “Squirrel-free Saturday”…
Don’t let the screen-door hit you on your way out, IanG.
Colonel Haiku (7b4789) — 7/6/2013 @ 10:11 amWhat I am still very interested in knowing is where the lie started: whether Kerry or his staff initially lied to Psaki about his whereabouts and she repeated it with full confidence — or if Psaki just made up the story on her own authority or in consultation with the WH spin machine without considering the ramifications. I think either of these scenarios is equally possible.
Where the lie first came from actually matters. Just as where the Bengjazi lie originated is important, IMO.
elissa (ff048d) — 7/6/2013 @ 10:23 amThe Colonel non-haikued:
Low-level Infernal Revenue Service people in Cincinnati, believing that since conservatives/ Republicans/ TEA Partiers think that our taxes are already too high, assumed — without the knowledge of their superiors, of course — that conservative/ Republican/ TEA Party groups needed to be watched, because they believed that if someone believed that his taxes were too high, why he’d try to do something illegal to evade them.
Alas! You see, we just weren’t as smart as John François Kerry, who was brilliant enough to berth his yacht in Rhode Island and avoid a six-figure tax bill, or John Edwards, who, quite legally, avoided paying $591,000 in taxes through the use of an S Corporation.
The idea that Republicans would like to lower taxes for everybody just isn’t as wily as Democrats who want higher taxes on everybody else.
The Dana who pays his taxes (af9ec3) — 7/6/2013 @ 10:25 amOh, he won’t Col, he burrowed beneath it.
askeptic (2bb434) — 7/6/2013 @ 10:26 amelissa wrote:
An even saner statement:
‘Twould have been the best thing he could have done.
The snarky Dana (af9ec3) — 7/6/2013 @ 10:30 amFixed that for me. 😆
The grammarian Dana (af9ec3) — 7/6/2013 @ 10:33 amKerry\Edwards bumper stickers are still alive on Cape Cod.
mg (31009b) — 7/6/2013 @ 10:39 amWhat a state of mind….
By contrast;
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/07/06/ted-cruzs-father-delivers-epic-speech-touting-patriotism-and-lambasting-obamas-socialist-inclinations/
narciso (3fec35) — 7/6/2013 @ 10:41 amTeresa Heinz inherited her mega-millions from her dead husband, Senator John Heinz (R-PA), who was killed in a airplane crash. Heinz was chairman of an investigating committee looking into CIA criminal activities during the Iran-Contra Affair.
Strangely, another Senator, John Tower (R-TX) who was also chairman of an investigation looking into CIA wrongdoing died in an airplane crash within a day of Heinz’ untimely death.
Just Sayin’
ropelight (0a59a0) — 7/6/2013 @ 10:49 amKerry\Edwards bumper stickers are still alive on Cape Cod.
Ahh, the life of the pampered elite. The joys and beauty of living in a bubble. The nirvana in which one’s foolishness can be avoided by having enough money in the bank and also the ability to vote with one’s feet and the moving van.
Mark (8f17bd) — 7/6/2013 @ 10:50 amJust Sayin’
You can go for a hat trick (or a three-fer) by noting the young writer who was doing (and had done) investigative work on hidden, dark recesses of the government and was killed a few weeks ago in a bizarre car crash in LA.
Mark (8f17bd) — 7/6/2013 @ 10:55 amMark – So true that they are pampered. Cape Cod style.
mg (31009b) — 7/6/2013 @ 11:01 amI haven’t seen so many trustafarians since skiing Telluride in the 80’s.
I expect we’ll see John Edwards in some sort of Obama Administration position — one that doesn’t require Senate confirmation — soon enough. The Dems are scraping the bottom of the barrel already, and Edwards has always had a valuable ability to raise funds from the plaintiffs’ personal injury bar. The leading indicator will be a spate of mainstream media “news reports” about Edwards that will all claim, prominently, that he was “vindicated” in his trial for campaign finance violations.
The Democratic Party quite literally has no shame.
Beldar (4fb95c) — 7/6/2013 @ 11:02 amNow that you mention it, The Brecht girl would make a wonderful silky pony playmate for Lois Lerner, or Susan Rice, or Victoria Nuland. He likes strong women who know how to put the spurs to naughty little boys.
ropelight (0a59a0) — 7/6/2013 @ 11:15 amOur host asked (# — 7/6/2013 @ 10:11 am), of my fantasy about cross-examining John Kerry under oath:
The fantasy is entirely unrealistic and always has been. I’ve done what I could to make it come true: I’ve insulted the guy and I’ve mocked him. More to the point, throughout the 2004 election season I very deliberately and enthusiastically re-published many, many statements of objective fact that Kerry and his cronies insisted were defamatory.
On my own blog, I invited Kerry to sue me for defamation here in Texas where I live — indeed, I offered to waive issuance and service of citation, and to literally meet him on the courthouse steps to ask the court for expedited proceedings, just to make it cheaper and easier for his legal team. But of course, he could also have sued me elsewhere, including in Massachusetts or Washington, D.C., with a fairly good chance of maintaining personal jurisdiction and venue there.
I also posted repeatedly to warn him about the various state statutes of limitations he was letting expire without having sued me, or (more realistically) John O’Neill or any of the SwiftVets. But John Kerry didn’t sue any of us.
So my dream is likely an impossible one anyway. But to answer your question: No, I fully understand that nationally prominent Democrats are effectively immune from perjury charges in any federal proceeding or federal-law context (including sworn testimony before Congress). The only way I can even postulate any meaningful punishment if he did lie under oath would be if he did so during testimony about a very material point in a state-court proceeding. And that’s not going to happen (see above).
Kerry won’t ever expose himself to such consequences, which is why in my fantasy, my cross-x is done on national TV, in the court of public opinion.
Beldar (4fb95c) — 7/6/2013 @ 11:19 amHe does have a wart.
Rich (8bdefa) — 7/6/2013 @ 11:31 amBut then on Day 3 they would have to explain why their explanation on Day 2 was bogus.
It’s far better to just let people forget.
Amphipolis (e01538) — 7/6/2013 @ 11:35 amI’m shocked that someone (Kevin M@73) commented that I said something very specific which I hadn’t, I asked that person to show me where I said it, he didn’t do so, and nobody called him on it. It is almost like you are quite selective about who is allowed to get away with lying around here. That is so strange.
Ian G. (b2d693) — 7/6/2013 @ 12:24 pmYou know, every now and again our resident provocateurs are given a gift. A gift of such obvious mendacity and idiocy perpetrated by their beloveds that no sane person should defend it. If the provocateurs/partisans/trolls could bring themselves to agree, to show an element of respect for the value of truth, and to find some level of fault about that very public bald face lie, they could reclaim at least a sliver of credibility on this blog. This Psaki Kerry deal is one of those gifts. The boat is of minor significance in the big scheme of things. But lying about it is also something for which there is no credible defense.
elissa (ff048d) — 7/6/2013 @ 12:45 pmSounds like a personal problem, why don’t you take it up with your spiritual adviser?
ropelight (0a59a0) — 7/6/2013 @ 12:46 pm#47
SteveG (794291) — 7/6/2013 @ 1:08 pmJD That would be awesome- if being under oath meant anything to John Kerry. If being truthful meant anything to John Kerry. If John Kerry had any honor, much less a sacred honor.
I did see he seems to have ditched the Livestrong bracelet immediately after his failed 2004 election bid on the “sacred honor” ticket of Kerry -Edwards, so he does know when to get on and off a trite bandwagon.
Perhaps one of his best political attributes that one… but on a macro scale accepting the Sec State job looks like a massive bandwagon failure… a bandwagon breakdown on a bridge too far.
Clinton-Rice left the Middle East in a complete mess, Russia disliked Hillary, thinks Obama is an almost dangerous fool and certainly knows what an idiot Kerry is. Iran is laughing, and I am sure China thinks he is great – for their purposes, and finally the Nicaragua-Boliva-Venezuela troika thinks he is at best ineffectual (although they should watch their backs as the weakest of the mockers… Kerry will probably get Obama to surreptitiously order the scuttling of a Bolivian river patrol boat or something else he has expertise in…)
Can’t you guys just leave John Kerry alone so he can eat his waffle ?
Elephant Stone (6a6f37) — 7/6/2013 @ 2:43 pmSecretary of State Ketchup just cannot cut the mustard.
Elephant Stone (6a6f37) — 7/6/2013 @ 2:44 pm73-Link to that comment please, Kevin.
Damn, but you’re right. It was James Shearer in a thread you were also active on. My apologies for confusing the two of you.
Kevin M (bf8ad7) — 7/6/2013 @ 4:50 pmI can hardly wait for the “Office of the Spokesperson” at the State Dept.to let us know if Lurch and his raft made it out to sea.
mg (31009b) — 7/6/2013 @ 5:19 pmHe may have gotten a sunburn. We need to give this John Kerry person three more purple hearts. Or whatever.
Elephant Stone (00fc2d) — 7/6/2013 @ 5:21 pmIt is odd what gets Tye’s panties in a bunch.
JD (871bc6) — 7/6/2013 @ 5:48 pmThe rumor is that Miss Psaki is to be tape as Jay Carney’s eventual replacement; perhaps she’s practicing for that position?
The snarky Dana (af9ec3) — 7/6/2013 @ 6:40 pmThere was a young woman named Psaki
The Limerick Avenger (af9ec3) — 7/6/2013 @ 6:44 pmWhose last week has been kind of rocky
But I doubt that this fuss
Gets her under the bus
And she’ll emerge from this fairly cocky.
Well, snarky D– if Jen is set to replace Carnie, at least she’ll have the advantage of starting out her new job being respected by the media for her honesty and transparency.
*SNORT*
elissa (ff048d) — 7/6/2013 @ 6:51 pmHeh-
Secretary of State John Kerry fiddles with his rigging while Egypt burns.
Thank you NY Post headline writer!
elissa (1e0054) — 7/6/2013 @ 8:52 pmOn the subject of lying, the BLS has jobs up 195K with full-time positions down 325K.
http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com/2013/07/mbs-clobbered-and-treasury-yields-soar.html
Move along, nothing to see here, folks.
gary gulrud (dd7d4e) — 7/6/2013 @ 10:24 pma summary of the week’s events;
http://www.americanthinker.com/2013/07/white_house_down_obama_version.html
narciso (3fec35) — 7/7/2013 @ 6:18 amComment by narciso (3fec35) — 7/7/2013 @ 6:18 am
Always follow links by narciso…
Unfortunately, I think, news from an incompetent administration has become the new norm, like $3.50/gal gas, high unemployment and political squabbling over immigration reform with little shared motivation to actually do something about the problem.
Yes, President Bush, the American people are starting to miss you (gas was under $2.00/gal, though no one remembers, and the “jobless recovery” under Bush had lower unemployment than Obama’s successes.)
And Orwell is saying, “Didn’t you learn anything from what I told you”.
Irony is- a very popular series of books and a movie where the ridiculous overplayed “fashion sense” of the future elite is put on display for ridicule, while the same fans indulge in the same, apparently without realizing it.
MD in Philly (3d3f72) — 7/7/2013 @ 6:51 amDemi, what did they do to you?
http://www.demilovato.com/
Yes, President Bush, the American people are starting to miss you
I recall that opinion polls back around 2006 started to show increasing numbers of Americans believing the country was moving in the wrong direction and were expressing unhappiness about the state of the economy. That was at a time when the basic barometers, including unemployment rates and home sales, were still fairly good. More crucially, Bush’s ratings also were as weak, or actually even weaker, than where Obama’s polling numbers are today.
I remember wondering at the time what all the hand-wringing was about, since the mess and turmoil of, and details about, Freddie Mac/Fannie Mae still hadn’t occurred or come out yet. More tellingly, Bush didn’t even have all the crud — all the scandals and ineptitude — that is hovering over the current White House.
So the reality on the ground is now in sync with the attitude of many Americans over 5 years ago. If they think a banana-republic formula is the preferred answer for this society, then be careful of what you wish for, you may get it.
Mark (8f17bd) — 7/7/2013 @ 7:14 am112. “It represents a serious blow to the mud and wattle ObamaCare construction.”
Clarice, I love you.
gary gulrud (dd7d4e) — 7/7/2013 @ 7:16 amThousands will be rioting for Trayvon before anyone gets off their couch to protest the Celebrity Gay Prostitute.
Breitbart is reporting VA ABC swooped down on some 20 year-old gal for buying water and cookie dough at a liquor store.
All sides are now apologizing and want the thing to just be forgotten.
GLWT. Our government would be hilarious if it weren’t so irrepressibly abominable.
gary gulrud (dd7d4e) — 7/7/2013 @ 7:26 amGovernor Rick Perry just said on Fix News Sunday “People can multitask very well.”
The question was about how can he hold a press conference tomorrow about his political future while the Texas state legislature is in session. He added that Austin was only 75 miles away. (from San Antonio.)
Why in San Antonio? I suppose because it’s a bigger media market – 3 times and more the size of Austin. Maybe also because it’s not on Kim Jong Un’s target list?
Sammy Finkelman (a4dbab) — 7/7/2013 @ 7:39 am*Fox News Sunday. The State Department, of course, issued a denial without knowing the facts.
But most of it looks failyy accurate, albeit carefully worded.
Sammy Finkelman (a4dbab) — 7/7/2013 @ 7:43 amBungled this again. The words from “You know” and further are mine
Sammy Finkelman (a4dbab) — 7/7/2013 @ 7:44 amThe administration shouldn’t be ashamed to admit Kerry was on his yacht. He does less damage to our nation’a foreign policy when he is spending time at leisure compared to when he is hard at work.
Joshua (a310ab) — 7/7/2013 @ 7:50 amMissing the point;
http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2013/07/reuters-david-rohde-terrible-optics-of-obama-golfing-and-kerry-yachting-after-egypt-events-video/
narciso (3fec35) — 7/7/2013 @ 11:54 amThey wonder why their confidence is low, in many quarters;
http://twitchy.com/2013/07/07/shame-on-cnn-cable-nets-cairo-coverage-not-going-over-well-with-many-egyptians-photos/?utm_source=autotweet&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=twitter
narciso (3fec35) — 7/7/2013 @ 6:33 pmMrs. Teresa Heinz-Kerry was taken by ambulance to a Nantucket hospital and then flown to and admitted in critical condition to Mass. General for an unspecified illness late on Sunday. She is reportedly stabilized but there was no announcement on what may have led to her illness or condition. (Reuters)
elissa (95fb63) — 7/7/2013 @ 7:42 pmI hope she recovers quickly.
JD (b63a52) — 7/7/2013 @ 7:56 pmShe has a history of cancer.
DRJ (a83b8b) — 7/7/2013 @ 7:57 pmCancer sucks. Big time.
JD (b63a52) — 7/7/2013 @ 8:00 pmThe last few days have no doubt been unusually stressful due to the Egypt/Psaki debacle. Stress can play havoc on anybody’s body, let alone on someone who has been fighting breast cancer and whose immune system is probably somewhat compromised. She is 74.
elissa (95fb63) — 7/7/2013 @ 8:37 pmI know many have wondered why Kerry wasn’t in Washington given recent events in Egypt, but maybe he went to Nantucket because he knew his wife’s health was deteriorating.
DRJ (a83b8b) — 7/7/2013 @ 8:43 pmI know many have wondered why Kerry wasn’t in Washington given recent events in Egypt, but maybe he went to Nantucket because he knew his wife’s health was deteriorating.
Yeah, but at the same time one wonders why a wealthy person in bad health wouldn’t want to stay in Washington, DC, where she would be close to excellent hospitals such as Johns Hopkins or Bethesda. Sure Boston has good hospitals too, but going out to Nantucket in this condition seems to indicate that this illness was completely unexpected, or (Heaven forbid) that she thinks the end is near and wanted to be in a favorite location of hers in her final days.
JVW (23867e) — 7/7/2013 @ 11:53 pmBack at the ranch;
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/07/08/us-egypt-protests-idUSBRE95Q0NO20130708
narciso (3fec35) — 7/8/2013 @ 3:57 amComment by JVW (23867e) — 7/7/2013 @ 11:53 pm
Mass General in Boston is the main hospital affiliated with Harvard Medical School. Hopkins is a great place, but so is Mass Gen.
As far as being on Nantucket instead of closer to Boston, you have a fair point.
But for me it’s not an issue that he was in Nantucket. Hillary was in DC with Benghazi, but didn’t bother to use the phone more than once.
MD in Philly (3d3f72) — 7/8/2013 @ 4:03 amThis was an emergency. The family isn’t saying what it is.
I would think a stroke, but now I heard a seizure. That could like John Roberts (which wasn’t serious) or Ted Kennedy. (which was)
This could be a reaction to some newly prescribed medication.
She was listed in critical condition at first.
Critical condition only refers to the level of minute by minute monitoring I think.
Sammy Finkelman (d22d64) — 7/9/2013 @ 12:08 pmLast word.
peedoffamerican (ee1de0) — 7/10/2013 @ 8:13 pmNope.
SPQR (768505) — 7/10/2013 @ 8:15 pmyup
peedoffamerican (35b482) — 7/12/2013 @ 12:06 amBet?
nk (875f57) — 7/12/2013 @ 12:10 amagain
peedoffamerican (c1642d) — 7/12/2013 @ 2:06 amLast!
Yoda (c1642d) — 7/12/2013 @ 10:48 pm