Regardless of what Kerry meant, isn't it ironic that he couldn't read a speech about education?
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It's hilarious.  Even if you accept his jibe at the pres it's still funny.  Bush was accepted into grad school at Harvard.  Kerry couldn't quite make the Harvard/Yale cut.  He had to go to law school at Boston College since his grades were not quite up to snuff.
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You can't even write intelligently...so how can you even begin to understand international politics...another fine example of public schools...\n\nYou should have to pass a writing, and English comprehension test before your allowed to post anything on here...
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I believe all those saying "too long to read" are victims of the #11 where the "No Child Left Behind" Act completely gutted our educational system as well as #6 where you don't need to think for yourself, overpaid corporate puppet pop stars can do all the thinking for you.  No need to read, like, words and stuff...buy Nike shoes and drink Coke!\n\nTurbo, my man, you don't get out much do you?  Its ok, watch your Fox News blurbs during American Idol and I'll see you in Sunday school...if someone can't see the paralells in how our great and unique expirement in a lasting constitutional Republic has devolved into just the latest Empire to come down the pike, they have no grasp of history.
939009
John Kerry is a dumb a$$ who needs to sit down and keep his mouth shut, because obviously he is not smart enough to open it.  The sight of that man repulses me.
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Ah, that is NOT what he said.\n\nHe was talking about staying in school so they don't get "stuck in Iraq."\n\nNot quite the same.\n\nMr Kerry served in the military.
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Who, me?  With 180+ semester hours of undergrad credits.\nFormer member of Mensa (top 2% on IQ tests)\nRetired Army\n\nMost of the guys I knew in service are now retired, two are nuclear physists, one an electronic engineer, one an air traffic controller, one a university professor, two lawyers....and a few ordinary guys, but not many.\nI think that Kerry meant to say what he said and that his "failed joke" excuse is untrue.
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He was at a liberal college, in a liberal state, and talking liberal politics.\n\nHe knew his audience and said what he said because he knew they would respond favorably to his words.\n\nExcept they didn't, because what he said was insulting, not funny.  It wasn't a joke, nor was it intewnded to be a joke.  It is insulting to soldiers, vets and the stuidents he was addresssing.\n\nHe was not misquoted, nor was it taken out of context.  He said what he intended to say.  What he didn't expect was that he would be caught.\n\nWhat he said was politics.   The context in which it was delivered was politics.  That he said it has nothing to do with politics, it has to do with poor taste.
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Even Kerry couldn't answer that the same way two days in a row, so who knows?
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Come on...We both know it wasn't ever even meant to be a joke.  You are far too smart to believe otherwise.\n\nBut to answer your question,  The GOP should capitalize on Kerry's inability to admit when he makes an err.
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Yes. Man had to have intelligence first before there could be literacy. \n\nIntelligence is having a high degree of mental capacity and expressing good judgment and sound thought. \n\nIlliteracy simply means having little or no education, being unable to read or write.\n\nThere are many ways one can learn in addition to reading and writing, therefore I believe a person can be capable of intelligent conversation and abstract thinking without having had an education.
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I don't know about him being a nice guy (what does that mean anyway?), but I do know that he has an I.Q. of 91!  I also know that of all the Presidents since Roosevelt, he is the only one not to have written anything...no books, no white papers...nothing.  I know that the average number of words spoken by all the other Presidents is/was around 11,000 and he uses only 6,500.  As H.L. Mencken said (I paraphrase)...the White House is adorned by a downright moron.
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So true! But then again, shouldn't someone have made sure that he could speak English before he even became the president? Someone let it slip by, and now look what we're stuck with.
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PROBABLY, BUT HERMAN GOT THE BRAINS, KERRY IS  A LIBERAL RETARD.
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When I disagree with liberals on this board, it's usually not from them being soft in the mellon, in fact, many are very bright.\n\nCertainly this person couldn't have been serious, could they?\n\nIf they were.....\n\nit's sorta of like suddenly forgetting how to fill your lungs with oxygen......
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I believe that someday colleges and universities in the US will be able to provide free education...but not yet. I look forward to the day though.\n\nRe your question: When you say "Doesn't IT state that everyone is entitiled to a free education"....what is the IT you are referring to?? I don't think I have read that anywhere....and I read quite a bit.\n\nRegarding the war: I agree. Too long. Too much. Too little exit strategy. \n\nBut, let me ask you this: Is there EVER an obligation for a stronger nation to help out the people of another nation when those people get gassed and murdered? \n\nI happen to think that with strength comes obligation...ie, if a big guy sees an old lady's purse get snatched...and the big guy can stop the bad guy...isn't it his OBLIGATION to do so??? Did we have that OBLIGATION in Iraq??? Maybe, maybe not. Do we have that obligation in Darfur? Probably. Did we have that obligation in World War II to stop the Nazis? I think so.\n\nDebt is rising because we are funding an incredibly expensive war. Think what that money could do here in the US for education. But, lets say we achieve peace and stability in Iraq and in the Middle East....what is that worth? Zero? It is worth something....I just don't know what.\n\nClinton was charming....he was a proponent of some good domestic policies...but, his foreign relations and actions were bad. Really bad. That will not be what he is remembered for. \n\nI don't think Bush is smart. However, to say Clinton wasn't "out playing on a ranch or golfing while our country needed him..." is not fair. It would be like someone saying "...clinton was getting blown and playing with cigars while our country needed him." \n\nRemember, right now school money comes from taxes. When the economy slows, people make less $$...and therefore the government's income goes down. But, the schools' demands for money don't go down. The answer? Well, we could raise taxes, or we could try to get the economy going. Or, we could cut school spending. \n\nLots of issues....difficult choices....
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Kerry`s statements just prove the how the Democrats are uninformed and have true contempt for the Military. As do the postings here by liberals.\n\n1.The Military is better educated than the general population. \n2.The Military is all volunteer. \n3. One can not join without a minimum of a high school degree.\n4. 73.3 percent of the Enlisted Military have some college, 16.2 percent have an associate’s degree or equivalent semester hours, and 4.7 have a bachelor’s degree. 85 percent of officers have advanced degrees – 70.7 percent have master’s degrees, 12.1 percent have professional degrees and 2.5 percent have doctorate degrees.\n5. Dropouts can not get in the Military. They have to go to Mc Donalds.\n6. Bush out performed with better grades Kerry in the same school and Bush went further.\n7. There is no draft that takes underachieving kids out of school and sends them to war, that was the Vietnam war.\n8. Kerry was talking to students about education.\n\nSo Kerry`s joke doesn`t fit and he was stating what he believed about a Military he has contempt for. The "Joke" was damage control for the gullible. Look at how they defend the Kerry instead of the military he defamed.\n\nSenator McCain wants an apology too.
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i heard that he gives speeches now.. Wonder how cause you can't understand a word he says.