No, not George H.W. Bush, but another guy from the northeast, John Kerry. Mr. "I voted for the $87 million before I voted against it" has now managed to insult, yet again, the working men and women of the U.S. military:
"You know, education, if you make the most of it, you study hard, you do your homework and you make an effort to be smart, you can do well. If you don't, you get stuck in Iraq."
Does that sound like Kerry was talking about George W. Bush, the president? Maybe if you read it again it will.
"You know, education, if you make the most of it, you study hard, you do your homework and you make an effort to be smart, you can do well. If you don't, you get stuck in Iraq."
Still doesn't? Hmm, you must just not be smart enough, then, because that's who Kerry says he was talking about when he made that remark in front of all those microphones.
Nah, it isn't that you aren't smart enough. It's that that wasn't what Kerry was saying at all. He was actually taking a swipe at the best educated military the U.S. has ever had and saying that anyone who went to Iraq is stupid.
Now, Kerry is backpedalling from the remark and taking more direct swipes at George Bush's military service, a strange argument to make from a man whose embellishments of his service led to his downfall in the 2004 presidential cycle.
Could this be just the inspiration Republicans need to go to the polls on Tuesday? I hope so. It would be oh, so fun to read new stories about how Diebold stole the election.
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