Here’s information on the unit whose photo went worldwide after Kerry’s absurd unfortunate remark – and his failure to give a timely apology.
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.
Here’s the picture again:
And here’s a great posting from Law Prof Ann Althouse, who has a popular weblog:
Althouse: Is Kerry obsolete yet?
Lowry’s bottom line is a warning that the attitude Kerry "seemed to be" expressing really does represent the mainstream of the Democratic Party and that voters shouldn’t fall for the moderate Democratic candidates because they are a device to leverage that Party into the majority. But what if you would like to see the Democratic Party renewed? I’d like to see a more moderate Democratic Party that is committed to national security. The only way for that to happen is if these attractive, new candidates win. They may have been put forward as a device to gain majority power, but once there, are they going to let themselves be treated as mere devices? Won’t they hold great power from the center? Why wouldn’t that work out quite well and hasten the obsolescence of guys like Kerry?
I think that as far as Democratic politics is concerned, Senator Kerry’s "use by" date has expired.
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