Is Kerry not winning the election in 2004 proof of the failure of the education system in America?
962106
No, but Bush winning means there are several people who voted for him against their own beliefs and were fooled in to thinking it was for their beliefs.  It proves you can fool some people all of the time.
323042
None of the above. The problem that confronts American Education is the lack of people who are running our Education system at the top level.  I am an educator but refuse to go into the school system of today because of the hyprocracy that it represents. Our American Education system has started slipping about 30 years ago and is, maybe to your surprise, behind that of China, India and elsewhere. American schools have gotten away from the basics of the three Rs.
844821
Papacito gave good advice.\n\nThis is a school day!  What are you doing on the net?\n\nJ. Kerry warned you about your fate if you have a poor education.\n\nBut, on the flip side, G. Bush proved that you don't have to be smart...\n\nFor future voting reference: \n\nExamine your values.  Learn about the candidates and issues.  Try to weed out the "media spin".  Vote with your brain.
861782
It always makes me sad when ignorance is made to seem a virtue.  And, yes, I would say religion's interference in education is a factor in the decline of education in the U.S.  I wouldn't say it's as large a factor as lack of discipline due to overcrowding in classes and parents who are too distracted by jobs or their own selfish wants to make sure kids do their homework and respect their teachers, but it's a factor nonetheless.
931343
It isn't. They run candidates. They just don't get many votes.
960035
look here\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_kerry#Controversy_over_comments_on_Iraq_and_education
337167
since the american school system was founded by the church and seperation of church and state is a myth...I am for religon in school!
394924
Yes. This was a real study conducted by several top name Universities around the country. They did in fact prove that most Repubs are far less educated and intellegent than democrats. But hey, no real big shocker there right?\nAnd yes, it is hillarious and also very sad that all the red states are in the mid-west and south. Oh man, why can't all these stupid repubs go to school.
807190
From what I was hearing on talk radio (right wing) last night, Kerry's mouth was the October surprise and will keep the republicans in their congressional seats.\nBasically he was campaigning for the Republicans with that stupid remark............................\nPart of that comment included something about studying and "getting smart".  Huh!!!!!!!?????????????\nYou do not GET SMART...you either............ARE SMART or you are not smart.\nEducation makes you educated........not SMART.\nHow did he ever get in the senate????
588307
It's a sad commentary on the educational system in the US.
694834
Looks like you are a failure of our educational system
975634
The next logical thing for the US to do is close all the schools they are obviously failing dramatically. Sorry about all the big words.
1135952
Nope, and they won't, as long as they run morons like Kerry, Americans in general are very intelligent, and as long as the democrats, keep putting up  morons, without a smart agenda, they will continue to lose. but the real loser is America. As long as we have politictions that are more worried about their careers than what is good for America. We all lose.
308466
Yes, and there is proof.\n\nThe Ohio election was rigged:  Voting machines were removed from traditionally democratic area, resulting in lines that were hours long, keeping people from voting.\n\nIf the election in Ohio had been fair, Kerry would have won, and would be President today.
709192
Well, with our current system, your vote really doesn't count much. Especially in Presidential elections. The Electoral College is a huge disaster for MANY reasons, and has got to got. Evidence: George Bush is president.
965476
I don't think so!!!! Just like the media, many schools are turning liberal and are teaching opinions and not history!!!
180160
ABSOLUTELY NOT!!\n\nHere is what happened ... what liberals refuse to see the truth in.\n\nIn November 2000, Al Gore was PROJECTED to win Florida by media outlets using their projection formulas. Only problem was was that they were wrong. George Bush was declared the official winner by a narrow margin - about a 1,000 votes. Due to the closeness of the election, Florida law required a recount. The recount showed Bush won by only 537 votes.\n\nAl Gore disputed the results and asked that four counties be recounted as allowed by law. However, it soon became clear that the recount could not be completed and certified by 5.00 pm on November 14th as required by law. The heavily Democratic counties of Volusia and Palm Beach sued to have the deadline extended. The Bush campaigned countersued claiming it was unfair to change the rules in the middle of the process.\n\nEventually, the Florida Supreme Court ruled in favor of the counties and extended the deadline. The Bush campaign appealed to the US Supreme Court which sent the case back to the Florida Supreme Court for clarification. The Florida Supreme Court again ordered the recount. Bush filed an emergency stay of the recount with the US Supreme Court - which the court upheld.\n\nAt this time (12 December 2000), the Florida House of Representatives voted to certify the original results of the election and voted along party lines. After the certification of the election, the Florida Supreme Court ruled that the recount should continue. Later that same day, the US Supreme Court in Bush vs. Gore, voted 5-4 to end the count in accordance with Florida law. They cited different counting standards and no one central authority figure in charge as the reasons for the ruling.\n\nBush vs. Gore effectively ended the recount, and Bush was certified the winner.\n\nNOW, you tell me if George Bush cheated. He followed procedures allowed by law - as did Al Gore. He used the courts to try to get a favorable outcome - as did Al Gore. Al Gore - had the situations been reversed - would have done the exact same thing George Bush did.\n\nWas it a clean win? Absolutely not. Was it legal? Absolutely.\n\nInterestingly enough, the USA Today, the Miami Herald, Knight Ridder and the Tampa Tribune conducted a recount after all was said and done. Under every possible scenario using the conditions that the Gore campaign requested, George W. Bush STILL won the election in Florida.\n\nInteresting facts:\n\n* Some Democrats blamed Ralph Nader for the loss. Had Ralph Nader not run, Gore would have won both New Hampshire AND Florida. Either state would have given him the victory.\n* Had Al Gore won his own home state of Tennessee, he would have won the election.\n* More than 8,000,000 Democrats nationwide voted for George Bush.\n\nThe Democrats have not forgotten the election of 2000, and all of the anti-Bush rhetoric playing today is a direct result of the loss. The election of 2000 is tearing the party apart.\n\nMany liberals claim that "Bush is not my President." As a conservative, this is the most ridiculous comment I have ever heard. It doesn't matter who you voted for or who you think should have won, Bush is still the President for ANY American citizen. Fortunately, only a small percentage of close-minded inviduals think like this, and most of the country thinks they are ridiculous.\n\nEDIT: You libs quote websites like http://www.smirkingchimp.com and http://www.moveon.org and http://michaelmoore.com as credible resources for the news??? Websites that obviously have an agenda? Fortunate that most Americans there, too, see through that garbage.\n\nTo the two of you who said you will never vote again. While I think EVERY American should vote, I am glad to see that two liberals who do not think very clearly have taken themselves out of the election cycle. Nothing like giving up and helping your vowed enemy win again, huh? Hope that make you feel great, 'cause it does me!!  :-)