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Is John Kerry’s Yacht Named ‘Failure’?

Posted on | July 7, 2013 | 44 Comments

Things are going badly in Egypt, although it’s hard to say just how bad they’re going. The latest trouble sign:

[The office of interim President Adly Mansour] said pro-reform leader Mohamed ElBaradei had been named as interim prime minister but later backtracked on the decision saying consultations were continuing. A politician close to ElBaradei said the reversal was due to objections by an ultraconservative Islamist party with which the new administration wants to cooperate.

So, the liberal ElBaradei is unacceptable, but an “ultraconservative Islamist party” is OK — in fact, the Islamists get to veto the liberal?

When it was believed that ElBaradei had been appointed as interim prime minister, a Muslim Brotherood member said:

[El-Baradei’s] enthusiastic support for the military coup and arrests of our leaders has shown that he does not really believe in democracy… This appointment and the military coup that brought him to power will take Egypt back to the Mubarak era.

Exactly what was so bad about “the Mubarak era”? Never mind: The Muslim Brotherhood hated Mubarak, and they had their chance to run the show during Morsi’s government, and the fact that implementing sharia law isn’t really good for the economy or anything else . . .

Well, never mind any of that, you see. BLAME THE JEWS!

If Egypt goes from bad to worse — and what are the odds, eh? — no one can blame John Kerry, although he courageously stands ready to take credit if somehow things turn out all right:

“Over the days since the unrest in Egypt intensified, Secretary Kerry has been in constant contact with the national security team, regional partners, and his counterparts. In addition to participating in a secure call with the National Security Council today to review the very fluid situation in Egypt, he has been in hourly touch with Ambassador Patterson and in the last two days he has also spoken with Mohamed Elbaradei, Qatari Foreign Minister al-Attiyah, Omani Sultan Qaboos, Emirati Foreign Minister bin Zayed, Saudi Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal and Turkish Foreign Minister Davutoglu.”

Excellent cell-phone reception off the coast of Nantucket, I’m told.

In case you’ve been busy this week and missed all the Egyptian drama, Gene Hackett has a thorough summary at ViralRead.

 


Comments

44 Responses to “Is John Kerry’s Yacht Named ‘Failure’?”

  1. trangbang68
    July 7th, 2013 @ 11:28 am

    Islamists complaining someone doesn’t respect democracy is rich. These are the barbarians who throw acid in girls faces for going to school and stone rape victims. Maybe the Muslim Brotherhood can do a get out the vote spot on MTV

  2. rsmccain
    July 7th, 2013 @ 11:36 am

    Is John Kerry’s Yacht Named ‘Failure’? http://t.co/xKnVTvbrvp #tcot #egypt #p2 #news

  3. Josh_Painter
    July 7th, 2013 @ 11:36 am

    RT @rsmccain: Is John Kerry’s Yacht Named ‘Failure’? http://t.co/xKnVTvbrvp #tcot #egypt #p2 #news

  4. AmPowerBlog
    July 7th, 2013 @ 11:37 am

    RT @rsmccain: Is John Kerry’s Yacht Named ‘Failure’? http://t.co/xKnVTvbrvp #tcot #egypt #p2 #news

  5. redrivergrl
    July 7th, 2013 @ 11:37 am

    RT @rsmccain: Is John Kerry’s Yacht Named ‘Failure’? http://t.co/xKnVTvbrvp #tcot #egypt #p2 #news

  6. rsmccain
    July 7th, 2013 @ 11:39 am

    RT @thatMrGguy: Is John Kerry’s Yacht Named ‘Failure’? http://t.co/zqajhHxPbN

  7. ECHackett
    July 7th, 2013 @ 11:39 am

    RT @yidwithlid: RT @rsmccain: “Excellent cell-phone reception off the coast of Nantucket, I’m told.” http://t.co/Ft9DI32NGn | @danielhalper…

  8. lestersisk
    July 7th, 2013 @ 11:41 am

    RT @rsmccain: “Excellent cell-phone reception off the coast of Nantucket, I’m told.” http://t.co/xKnVTvbrvp | @danielhalper @ECHackett @yid…

  9. JCCentCom
    July 7th, 2013 @ 11:42 am

    RT @rsmccain: Is John Kerry’s Yacht Named ‘Failure’? http://t.co/xKnVTvbrvp #tcot #egypt #p2 #news

  10. dwayne_63
    July 7th, 2013 @ 11:43 am

    I thought it was called the ‘Sugar Mamma’. RT @thatMrGguy: Is John Kerry’s Yacht Named ‘Failure’? http://t.co/Sb5oteBAhq

  11. rsmccain
    July 7th, 2013 @ 11:44 am

    RT @preciseBlogs: Is John Kerry’s Yacht Named ‘Failure’ http://t.co/q9P7mQvF9j #news #conservative #egypt

  12. rsmccain
    July 7th, 2013 @ 11:45 am

    RT @Citzcom: Is John Kerry’s Yacht Named ‘Failure’?: Things are going badly in Egypt, although it’s hard to say just how ba… http://t.co/…

  13. rsmccain
    July 7th, 2013 @ 11:50 am

    RT @Lockestep1776: Is John Kerry’s Yacht Named ‘Failure’?: Things are going badly in Egypt, although it’s hard to say just how ba… http:/…

  14. rsmccain
    July 7th, 2013 @ 11:50 am

    RT @CHideout: Is John Kerry’s Yacht Named ‘Failure’?: Things are going badly in Egypt, although it’s hard to say just how ba… http://t.co…

  15. GeekSoapBox
    July 7th, 2013 @ 11:53 am

    Is John Kerry’s Yacht Named ‘Failure’? : The Other McCain http://t.co/SFAVxiNqxG

  16. Frank Underwood D-SC
    July 7th, 2013 @ 11:56 am
  17. RS
    July 7th, 2013 @ 11:56 am

    It’s amazing all these Ivy League types manage to forget that the first rule of the Hippocratic Oath applies to diplomacy as well: First, do no harm.

  18. wjjhoge
    July 7th, 2013 @ 11:57 am

    RT @rsmccain: Is John Kerry’s Yacht Named ‘Failure’? http://t.co/xKnVTvbrvp #tcot #egypt #p2 #news

  19. OldmanRick
    July 7th, 2013 @ 12:17 pm

    Not at all. However, it is his middle name.

  20. gastorgrab
    July 7th, 2013 @ 12:19 pm

    I have to imagine that Ann Patterson is feeling kinda cheated about now.

    You don’t get an ambassadorship in the Obama administration without reaching pretty deep into your pockets.

  21. gastorgrab
    July 7th, 2013 @ 12:21 pm

    Shariah is religious central planning.

  22. StuVanTine
    July 7th, 2013 @ 12:36 pm

    @smitty_one_each It’s named “Evader.”

  23. jonzies
    July 7th, 2013 @ 12:46 pm

    RT @rsmccain: Is John Kerry’s Yacht Named ‘Failure’? http://t.co/xKnVTvbrvp #tcot #egypt #p2 #news

  24. Frank Underwood D-SC
    July 7th, 2013 @ 12:59 pm

    The only harm that Kerry could have done on his boat is hit another boat. Safest place for this Nation and Egypt was him out on the water.

  25. Freddy At Night
    July 7th, 2013 @ 1:24 pm

    Reckon I really don’t understand all the geopolitical implications of what’s going on in Egypt or why it matters…

    Is this a Shi’ite vs. Sunni thing?

    And what’s better: Mubarak, Morsi and the Bros, or whatever you call who is “in charge” now? Or is one IAF plane with one bomb taking out the Aswan High Dam the answer here?

  26. Evi L. Bloggerlady
    July 7th, 2013 @ 1:29 pm
  27. Dis
    July 7th, 2013 @ 1:47 pm

    While I agree Kerry is a disaster he pales in comparison to Hillary Clinton. I’m amazed to see the knives for the swift boat captain come out so fast. MSM doesn’t have his back like they did Hillary. She was the architect of America’s failed diplomacy, she was behind the Benghazi coverup. Hillary will do Anything to get into the WH. Her policies are the same as Obama, a disaster. Why treat her special? Look no further than the Benghazi hearings as Senators fall all over themselves to thank her for her exemplary service as she screams they are all dead “what does it matter”. Is it service when you enrich yourself, use your office for political gain? Is that equivalent to a soldiers service, a soldier whose leaders like Hillary try to cut their benefits? Something is already wrong, she already has way too much support or silence from those who now savage Kerry.

  28. Adjoran
    July 7th, 2013 @ 1:58 pm

    If Kerry wished to be considered independently from Hillary’s tenure, he should have kept his word to be forthcoming with Benghazi evidence and witnesses. Part of the cover-up = part of the crime.

  29. Evi L. Bloggerlady
    July 7th, 2013 @ 2:17 pm

    The Democrats are cursed with Kerry, and we are cursed with John McCain…

  30. joej2020usa
    July 7th, 2013 @ 2:37 pm

    Is John Kerry’s Yacht Named ‘Failure’? http://t.co/kC4LrRyPjX

  31. JannieAlexa
    July 7th, 2013 @ 2:41 pm

    “Excellent cell-phone reception off the coast of Nantucket, I’m told.” http://t.co/8W14hvUgpK … | via @rsmccain | #tcot #tlot #Charlatan

  32. jakee308
    July 7th, 2013 @ 3:02 pm

    Kerry should go for the “Pequod”.

    “Call me John Effin Kerry.”

  33. jakee308
    July 7th, 2013 @ 3:02 pm

    Well at least ONCE McCain was a hero.

  34. MicahStone
    July 7th, 2013 @ 3:38 pm

    Is John Kerry’s Yacht Named ‘Failure’?

    NO – It’s named the SS TAX EVADER….

    Hanoi-john kerry – OBOZO’s current disgrace for Sec of State, evaded the $437,500 one-time sales tax charge in Massachusetts, as well as about $70,000 in annual excise taxes by docking his newest $7 MILLION yacht in Rhode Island. (The yacht was built in New Zealand with NO AMERICAN JOBS INVOLVED.)

    D-cRAT socialist extremists love to tax you to death, then tax your death. But they hate to pay taxes, and they’ll cheat the government out of every penny they can.

  35. Ivanalaska
    July 7th, 2013 @ 5:00 pm

    RT @rsmccain: Is John Kerry’s Yacht Named ‘Failure’? http://t.co/xKnVTvbrvp #tcot #egypt #p2 #news

  36. Ivanalaska
    July 7th, 2013 @ 5:01 pm

    RT @rsmccain: “Excellent cell-phone reception off the coast of Nantucket, I’m told.” http://t.co/xKnVTvbrvp | @danielhalper @ECHackett @yid…

  37. ThePoliticalCom
    July 7th, 2013 @ 5:28 pm

    Is John Kerry’s Yacht Named ‘Failure’? http://t.co/k3ww6FI2oF

  38. Dana
    July 7th, 2013 @ 5:35 pm

    If John François Kerry is relaxing on his yacht instead of paying attention to Egypt, that’s the best thing he could do. He fouls up the least when he isn’t doing anything.

  39. Evi L. Bloggerlady
    July 7th, 2013 @ 5:42 pm

    This is true!

  40. Bob Belvedere
    July 7th, 2013 @ 5:46 pm

    It makes sense for the Mohammedins to complain in this case because it is through Democracy that they can come to power with relatively little violence [at first, of course].

  41. Bob Belvedere
    July 7th, 2013 @ 5:49 pm

    Part of it, I think, is that many on the Left see John Forbes Kerry as a loser. Add to that the fact that beating-up on him means the MSM don’t have to beat-up O or Hillary, and, well…

  42. Bob Belvedere
    July 7th, 2013 @ 5:50 pm

    Why do you hate Ishmael?

  43. NCHornet
    July 7th, 2013 @ 6:44 pm

    Is John Kerry’s Yacht Named ‘Failure’? http://t.co/1bTpaKN68e

  44. sokeijarhead
    July 7th, 2013 @ 8:29 pm

    Is John Kerry’s Yacht Named ‘Failure’? : The Other McCain http://t.co/ILYqpSsOPx