John Kerry on Meet The Press on Sunday:

MR. RUSSERT: Do you believe that Iraq is less a terrorist threat to the United States now than it was two years ago?

SEN. KERRY: No, it’s more. And, in fact, I believe the world is less safe today than it was two and a half years ago.

and moments later…

MR. RUSSERT: Is the United States safer with the newly elected Iraqi government than we would have been with Saddam Hussein?

SEN. KERRY: Sure. And I’m glad Saddam Hussein is gone, and I’ve said that a hundred times.

He actually did say we were less safe… before he said we weren’t.

He’s kicking off his first campaign tour for the 2008 presidential election in the Middle East. First stop, Jordan.

Former US presidential candidate John Kerry met Jordan’s King Abdullah II at the start of a tour of the region expected to include a trip to Iraq.

King Abdullah and Kerry discussed “efforts being exerted to move the peace process forward and achieve peace and security in Iraq,” the official Petra news agency reported.

The worst is yet to come. John Kerry, who voted for the war in Iraq and then voted against funding to support our troops is giong to visit our troops on the frontlines of the war on terror:

The Democratic Party senator from the state of Massachusetts who lost to US President George W. Bush in last year’s election is expected to visit Iraq to thank US troops for their service.

“He’s going because he wants to thank the troops from Massachusetts for their service, as well as other troops, his spokeswoman April Boyd said in December.

Of course, John Kerry had two opportunities in the past year and a half to offer thanks and support in the form of needed funds, but chose to vote against the $87 billion supplemental, and he didn’t even show up to vote for or against the $25 billion supplemental that was later brought before Congress.

Browsing Amazon.com last night brought to me to discover a book that was set for release on January 1, 2005 titled John Kerry: Our Forty-fourth President from the Our Presidents series by The Child’s World Publishers.

I thought this to be very odd. Was this a joke? According to Amazon the book was still set to be released on January 1, 2005. According to Barnes & Noble the book is set to be released in March of 2005. No signs of publication being cancelled.

A search on isbn.nu revealed that the ISBN is actually valid… but the book’s publication has in fact been cancelled.

That’s too bad… how funny would it have been if the book did get printed and released?

UPDATE: Michelle Malkin is amused by this discovery as well…

UPDATE: And if you’re easily amused…

Some of you might remember my senator, John Kerry. He ran for President this year and lost. He was repeatedly caught taking as little as two different positions on vital issues of the campaign.

Well, now that he’s no longer running for President, he’s not taking any positions on issues:

Sen. John F. Kerry (D-Mass.), who championed renewable energy in his presidential bid, yesterday said he won’t take a stand on the proposed Cape Cod wind farm until the Army Corps of Engineers completes its environmental impact report next year.

“After this process is complete and the environmental impact statement is final, Sen. Kerry will make a decision based on the best interest of our state and our energy future,” said Kerry spokesman David Wade.

Kerry had been expected by some observers to weigh in on the controversial wind farm after the Army publicly released its voluminous draft environmental report last month. The failed Democratic presidential nominee, who has helped lead the fight against drilling in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, as many other environmental causes, has refused to take sides on the controversial Cape wind farm, even as he touted wind power and other forms of renewable energy during the 2004 race.

Perhaps he’s waiting for the results of the global test to come back?

Looks like John Kerry is taking some of his leftover cash from the election and putting it into the recount effort in Washington state and the runoffs in Louisiana. To accomplish this, he’s going to form his own political action committee.

John Kerry is giving $250,000 to support Democrats in disputed elections in Washington state and Louisiana and forming a new fund that could help his future political ambitions.

Kerry is forming a political action committee that will allow him to donate to Democrats in local, congressional and governor’s races in the next two years, as well as support promote his agenda on the environment, health care, energy and Social Security.

Kerry spokesman David Wade said the Massachusetts senator has wired $200,000 to support another recount in the Washington governor’s race. Democrat Republican Dino Rossi was certified as the winner Tuesday, but Democrat Chris Gregoire was only 42 votes behind.

Kerry also wired $50,000 to Louisiana, where Democrats are running in two run-off races in contests where no candidate won a majority in last month’s election.

Kerry’s PAC—not officially named yet, so we’ll call it FlipperPAC for now—has no money in it yet, but Kerry does plan to raise money to “fill the PAC’s coffers.”

FlipperPAC will be based in Boston, and headed by Democratic strategist John Giesser, who has worked on presidential campaigns since 1994 and Kerry’s 1996 Senate race.

Well, that’s his excuse today…

John Kerry believes he lost to President Bush because of the video from Usama bin Laden (search) that surfaced just days before the Nov. 2 presidential election.

The Massachusetts senator told FOX News’ senior correspondent Geraldo Rivera that he believes he lost because the tape may have scared the American electorate.
…
“Tough luck, senator,” Rivera said to Kerry, referring to the Democrat’s election loss.

Trying to recount Kerry’s words verbatim, Rivera said Kerry responded by saying:

“It was that Usama tape — it scared them [the American people].”

Amazing isn’t it? There’s always an excuse, a reason, or some explanation for his loss that distances himself from responsibility for his defeat. The most interesting thing this reveals is that in order to make this excuse Kerry has to concede that on issues of national security, he was the weaker candidate.

Did the Kerry camp fail to respond to the tape effectively? They certainly did try to take advantage of it. No one can forget that the Kerry campaign took a poll on the tape, and it certainly gave Kerry the opportunity to rehash the debunked accusation that Bush “let bin Laden get away” in Tora Bora.

For Kerry to suggest that Americans were scared into voting for Bush is essentially saying that Bush not only got lucky, but that people weren’t thinking straight when they voted for him.

It is time for Kerry to be honest… not just with himself, but with everyone. The American people trust Bush more to handle issues like national security and terrorism because he is a proven leader and has decisive leadership.

John Kerry is just an embarrassment.

UPDATE: David Limbaugh also notes the story…

With the election behind him, John Kerry must now figure out what he wants to do. Is he going to just fade away like his buddy Michael Dukakis did in 1988, as the first Massachusetts liberal to lose to George Bush.

Apparently, those close to my senator say they don’t see Kerry fading away. According to the AP, “instead, they said he would probably take the road less traveled by recent senators who tried and failed to take the White House, and remain a strong voice in Congress on issues he cared about.”

Remain a strong voice? How about become a strong voice. Besides the fact that Kerry hasn’t done anything for me since he’s been in the Senate, he hasn’t even been in Senate enough to have any kind of voice on behalf of his constituents since he began running for President.

John Kerry was initially rejected by his own party until his comeback in Iowa. He was then rejected by the broader electorate last week. What kind of a voice he might have in the future, I don’t know, but don’t expect him to overshadow future presidential nominees in his party.

With any luck, when he’s up for reelection in 2008, the people of Massachusetts, now more aware of his record will kick him out of the Senate… something he should have done voluntarily when he went AWOL from the job in the first place.

John Kerry during the second presidential debate on October 8th:

“…I can’t take what is an article of faith for me and legislate it for someone who doesn’t share that article of faith, whether they be agnostic, atheist, Jew, Protestant, whatever. I can’t do that.”

John Kerry last Saturday, pandering to social conservatives in Xenia, Ohio:

“I will bring my faith with me to the White House and it will guide me,”