What was that?

Yesterday, at a campaign event for Phil Angelides at a college in California, John Kerry said the following:

“You know, education, if you make the most of it, if you study hard and you do your homework, and you make an effort to be smart, uh, you, you can do well. If you don’t, you get stuck in Iraq.”

I would like to give him the benefit of the doubt; perhaps the words came out wrong. If it was any other politician I would probably ignore such a statement. However, Senator Kerry made it clear in the early 70s that he doesn't mind slandering the troops for a little political gain.

Watch the video here, courtesy of YouTube:



Here is a great response:
Senator John McCain said Kerry “owes an apology to the many thousands of Americans serving in Iraq, who answered their country’s call because they are patriots and not because of any deficiencies in their education.”

Kerry's statement caused a tremendous amount of outrage, to say the least. Read more:
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