Uh oh. John Kerry's in a little bit of trouble.
From the NY Daily News.
In a speech Monday at Pasadena City College in California, Kerry opened with some one-liners, then said: "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."
He shouldn't have said that. There are few things that people are more proud of than their time in the military, their association with someone in the military, or our military history. To call people in the military stupid, which is what he did, was not a good political move. I think what's worse is Kerry's unwillingness to apologize.
It's kind of like two kids in third grade arguing over something. The republicans jump all over Kerry for his remarks and what does Kerry do? He shoots back at Bush for Iraq. Yeah, we get it.
"I'm stupid?? Yeah, well...you smell bad. And your clothes are too small. "
Bush is doing a terrible job in Iraq. That's what everyone stands on during their campaign. We get it. But what about your comment to those students? It's like when someone asks my father in law how old he is (usually on his birthday), his response is also "6 foot 2 inches".
Things for Kerry are going to get worse before they get better. The republicans have their own issues to deal with, but Kerry just offended almost everyone in this country.
Unfortunately, Bush responded with...
"The members of the United States military are plenty smart and they are plenty brave and the senator from Massachusetts owes them an apology,"
Now why did he have to go and use the word "plenty". Damn it.
I'm going to keep an eye on this one, I think it has legs.
By the way, if you have last week's 60 Minutes on your DVR, make sure you watch the piece on the military's medical treatment of soldiers and wounded civilians in Iraq. It's sad but a great story.
David out.
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