--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: > > > > You *do* know Kerry wasn't referring to the troops > > per se, don't you? He was referring to Bush having > > gotten us--the country--stuck in Iraq because he > > failed to take advantage of his education and never > > learned how to think analytically or to be curious > > enough to inform himself. > > > > When I heard the joke repeated by a liberal friend, both of us thought he meant the troops. > He made it VERY obscure at least by the time *I* heard it. Still haven't heard the original. > > Had he said: "study hard in school, or you will end up like our leaders: stuck in Iraq with no > plan to get us unstuck," it might have been more clear. Maybe not as "clever" to the ear, > which is the problem with attack-jokes: clever and funny isn't always clear, especially when > taken out-of-context.
Kerry strayed from his prepared text (which was released to the press at the time): "It's great to be here with college students. I can't overstress the importance of a great education. Do you know where you end up if you don't study, if you aren't smart, if you're intellectually lazy? You end up getting us stuck in a war in Iraq. Just ask President Bush." To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
