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Why John Kerry was and still is unfit to be President of the United States, his performance at Davos should be enough to convince all but the totally ClueProof™. It is the most shameful series of lies and distortions used to bash this country on record, or at least up in the top ten.

More on this shameful appearance at The Political Pit Bull, who notes that Kerry called the US “an international pariah”—while sitting on a stage with a representative of the world’s major state sponsor of terrorism.

UPDATE at 1/27/07 9:27:27 am:

More of Kerry’s appalling blast at his own country: Sen. Kerry Blasts U.S. Foreign Policy. (Hat tip: Killgore.)

(AP) DAVOS, Switzerland Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry slammed the foreign policy of the Bush administration on Saturday, saying it has caused the United States to become “a sort of international pariah.”

The statement came as the 2004 Democratic presidential nominee responded to a question about whether the U.S. government had failed to adequately engage Iran’s government before the election of hard-liner Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in 2005. Kerry said the Bush administration has failed to adequately address a number of foreign policy issues.

“When we walk away from global warming, Kyoto, when we are irresponsibly slow in moving toward AIDS in Africa, when we don’t advance and live up to our own rhetoric and standards, we set a terrible message of duplicity and hypocrisy,” Kerry said.

“So we have a crisis of confidence in the Middle East — in the world, really. I’ve never seen our country as isolated, as much as a sort of international pariah for a number of reasons as it is today.”

Kerry said the government needs to use diplomacy to improve national security.

“We need to do a better job of protecting our interests, because after all, that’s what diplomacy is about,” he said. “But you have to do it in a context of the reality, not your lens but the reality of those other cultures and histories.”

Kerry criticized what he called the “unfortunate habit” of Americans to see the world “exclusively through an American lens.”

The outrageousness of Kerry’s statements is multiplied by the fact that he himself voted against the Kyoto Protocol—as did every single member of Congress. This was not a Bush decision—it was a unanimous decision of the United States government.

This is truly disgusting. LGF has pictures of the performance. The people of Massachusetts deserve much better than this creep.

UPDATE: I see one of Kerry's water carriers linked saying Kerry had spokent "truth to power". Proving that the ClueProof™ are alive and well. Here is part of the text of S. RES. 98, dated June 12, 1997:

(1) the United States should not be a signatory to any protocol to, or other agreement regarding, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change of 1992, at negotiations in Kyoto in December 1997, or thereafter, which would–

(A) mandate new commitments to limit or reduce greenhouse gas emissions for the Annex I Parties, unless the protocol or other agreement also mandates new specific scheduled commitments to limit or reduce greenhouse gas emissions for Developing Country Parties within the same compliance period, or

(B) would result in serious harm to the economy of the United States; and

(2) any such protocol or other agreement which would require the advice and consent of the Senate to ratification should be accompanied by a detailed explanation of any legislation or regulatory actions that may be required to implement the protocol or other agreement and should also be accompanied by an analysis of the detailed financial costs and other impacts on the economy of the United States which would be incurred by the implementation of the protocol or other agreement.

John Kerry voted "yea". There is no truth coming from Kerry's mouth. Other than the revealed truth of what he is, of course.

UPDATE: Video. The remarks speak for themselves.

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Left Wing, Politics, World news | Gaius January 27, 2007

By bird dog, January 27, 2007 @ 3:27 pm

Who is he working for?
By Luther McLeod, January 27, 2007 @ 5:46 pm

I’v wondered about that (who’s paying) since learning of the 71′ Paris trip.
By daveinboca, January 27, 2007 @ 6:22 pm

Kerry has been a pathetic America-hater since he left Vietnam after three months and three fake Purple Hearts to malign the US Armed Forces. If he didnâ€™t live in the twisted Peoples Republic of Taxachusetts, heâ€™d be just another ambulance chaser.

Instead heâ€™s a skirt chaser of rich women. And still hating America after thirty-five years. Too bad we donâ€™t have this clown running again for Prez, as he has LOSER written across his forehead.

He can’t stop soiling himself in public. Think Depends are in order.
By second edition, January 27, 2007 @ 10:47 pm

The problem with the Bush administration and many conservatives is they do not want to hear the truth. Speaking out and speaking truth to power is not popular with Republicans.
Senator Kerry loves the United States enough to speak out against the issues and ideas that are damaging our repution and threatening our well being hear at home.
By Gaius, January 27, 2007 @ 11:03 pm

I don’t much care for Nancy Pelosi, for a number of reasons. The one time I thought she got it right was when she slammed Hugo Chavez for his speech at the UN where he called Bush “the devil”.

Politics stop at the waters edge or you are damaging your country, not speaking truth to power. But I guess your agenda means more than the country that allows you to have your agenda.

And when the bill comes due, you’ll look back and regret your stupidity. If you survive long enough.
By Pamela, January 28, 2007 @ 12:41 am

Gaius,

Hi there, Kerry water carrier here… The Kyoto Protocol vote in the Senate that you reference in response to my post was a non-binding vote.

The Senate actually never voted against ratifying the Kyoto Protocol. Your spin is just another example of how the wingnuts attempt to twist Senate votes to mean something that they don’t. Here’s an explanation on the vote for S. RES. 98, dated June 12, 1997:

Q. Did the U.S. Senate vote against ratifying the Kyoto Protocol?

A. No. The protocol has never been submitted to the senate for ratification. The Bush administration has referred to a vote on the non-binding Byrd-Hagel resolution, which registered views on some aspects of protocol negotiations. The vote on the Byrd-Hagel resolution took place prior to the conclusion of the Kyoto agreement, and before any of the flexibility mechanisms were established. The resolution was written so broadly that even strong supporters of the Kyoto Protocol, such as senators Joseph Lieberman (D-Conn.) and John Kerry (D-Mass.) voted for it. In doing so, Sen. Kerry said: “It is clear that one of the chief sponsors of this resolution, Senator Byrd . . . agrees â€¦ that the prospect of human-induced global warming as an accepted thesis with adverse consequences for all is here, and it is realâ€¦. Senator Lieberman, Senator Chafee and I would have worded some things differentlyâ€¦ [but] I have come to the conclusion that these words are not a treaty killer.”
By Gaius, January 28, 2007 @ 8:09 am

OK, so a non-binding resolution is a meaningless, useless gesture that signifies nothing at all, right?

Why are you pushing so hard on an iraq motion?

Nice attempt to have it both ways. Kerry’s all about positioning and shifting to meet the polls. You appear to enjoy being pandered to by the likes of him.