John Kerry has rarely if ever been successful at much in life. The only reason he ever obtained the 2004 Democratic presidential nomination was because Howard Dean flopped. Kerry was there to pick up the pieces, and then fumbled a presidential election because of his own ineptitude and incompetent statements.

Now John Kerry has this to say about US military personnel:

“You know, education, if you make the most of it, you study hard, you do your homework, you make an effort to be smart, you can do well. If you don’t, you get stuck in Iraq.”

Every once in awhile, John Kerry's true feelings about the US military come out into the open, just as they did when he stabbed the military in the back upon his return from Vietnam. Kerry's comments are as despicable as they are revealing of the left's larger view of our military.

White House spokesman Tony Snow had this reaction:

MR. SNOW: … It sort of fits a pattern. You may recall that last year Senator Kerry on CBS's Face the Nation accused U.S. soldiers of terrorizing kids and children in Iraq and recently also described troop concentrations in Baghdad as, quote, “having failed miserably.” What Senator Kerry ought to do first is apologize to the troops. The clear implication here is: If you flunk out, if you don't study hard, if you don't do your homework, if you don't make an effort to be smart and you don't do well, you, quote, "get stuck in Iraq." Bret, an extraordinary thing has happened since September 11th, which is a lot of people, America's finest, have willingly agreed to volunteer their services in a mission that they know is dangerous, but is also important. And, you know, Senator Kerry not only owes an apology to those who are serving, but also to the families of those who have given their lives in this. This is an absolute insult, and I'm a little astonished that he didn't figure it out already. I mean, you know, as far as Senator Kerry -- I mean, you've seen me; if I say something stupid, I apologize as quickly as possible. And this is something for which he ought to apologize. Meanwhile, it's probably reasonable to ask some of the Democrats -- ask Jim Webb or Tammy Duckworth, both of whom are citing their military record, "Okay. What do you think about? What do you think about this quote? Do you agree with him? He was your presidential nominee." And as for the notion that, you know, you can say this sort of thing about the troops and say you support them, it's interesting.

If John Kerry supports American troops, that support certainly takes a backseat to anything that Kerry believes that he must do to advance his ambitions. Those ambitions hilariously include another potential run for the nomination of his party as president. I rather doubt that there is a scintilla of a chance of that happening now. There are still sane Democrats out there, they're just not present in the leadership of the moment. But many of those same Democrats will have a decisive influence on who gets their party's nomination in 2008, and they are not likely to take kindly to Kerry telling them that they were too stupid to have avoided military service.

This morning John Kerry is attempting to say that his comments were - "and the White House knows it," he says - about the president. The bumbling and fumbling John Kerry cannot even manage to come up with a competent and credible excuse for his despicable comments of last evening.

Every time you see or hear John Kerry, all you have to remember is that the only reason this man ever got the nomination was because Howard Dean crashed and burned. That really does say at all about John Kerry and the totality of his political career.