John Kerry actually said...

"This jurist is the best of the best, and we are convinced that he is going to do a tremendous job."

"there is an overriding responsibility of the international community ... to find a path away from a return to national violence in the Congo"

"the results are so marred by widespread charges of fraud and dishonesty that the credibility of the entire election may be fatally impaired"

"we are deeply disturbed by the loss of life that has already occurred and, unfortunately, the potential for ever-widening regional domestic conflict and upheaval"