Yesterday afternoon, Senator Kerry got up in front of the cameras and angrily made "crystal clear, as crystal clear as I know, I apologize to no one for my criticism of the  President." Of course, no one ever asked him to apologize to President Bush. But a chorus of Americans did demand an apology for demeaning the intelligence of our troops in the field ... for what he did say, not for what he now claims he meant to say.
In my first post on Kerry's slur, I wrote that "it is perfectly clear what Mr. Kerry said … what’s unclear is whether Mr. Kerry ever means what he says. Perhaps he was against his comments before he actually made them."

Sure enough, Senator Kerry would now like us to believe that he didn't mean what he said ... that he really only meant to insult the intelligence of President Bush. And Senator Kerry is extraordinarily angry that Americans would take him seriously enough to pay attention to his actual words after his failed presidential run. But, as one Democrat congressman reportedly told ABC News, "I guess Kerry wasn't content blowing 2004, now he wants to blow 2006, too."

It isn't just anonymous Democrats distancing themselves from Kerry and the Democrat leadership. Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi are staying silent for fear that Americans would recognize the consequences of a Democrat Congress. Kerry was told he wasn't welcome to a scheduled rally in Minnesota. And now, Bruce Braley, the Democrat running in Iowa's 1st District whose election Hillary Clinton claimed was her "top priority," asked Kerry to stay away. Maybe Mrs. Clinton advised Braley that the junior senator from Massachusetts is increasingly an embarrassment to the Democrat party and to himself.

To read my first post on Kerry's slur, click here.  To comment on my most recent post, click here.

Bill Frist, M.D.

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