Zeev's Turnips Talk Politics (ZTTP)

[Tom K]

The Ghost of Orwell II

"I voted for the $87 billion before I voted against it"

"We have some SUVs. We have a Jeep. We have a couple of Chrysler minivans. We have a PT Cruiser up in Boston. I have an old Dodge 600 ... We also have a Chevy, a big Suburban."

"I don't own an SUV. My family does"

Asked by TIME in a March interview whether the Iraq war would be worth the costs if no weapons of mass destruction were ever found, Kerry replied, "No, I think you can still — wait, no. You can't — that's not a fair question. You can wind up successful in transforming Iraq and changing the dynamics, and that may make it worth it, but that doesn't mean [transforming Iraq] was the cause [that provided the] legitimacy to go."

In a 1971 interview, when asked how many medals he threw away in a protest, Kerry said, "I can't remember, six, seven, eight, nine"

"I don't fall. That son of a bitch ran into me" - Kerry went on to fall several more times that day, without any help from his bodyguards