--- In [email protected], [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > In a message dated 11/1/06 8:54:01 P.M. Central Standard Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > The Republicans didn't distort anything. Kerry's words were very obvious if > > you ever heard them. They were repeated many times. Had Republicans edited > the > > tape you might have a point. Only after what he said blew up in his face, > in > > the media, did he say it was a botched joke. He should have had an apology > > ready right then, but refused and he waited too long, with too many of his > > own party members demanding he apologize publicly, today. > > > > _http://mediamattershttp://medihttp://media_ > (http://mediamatters.org/items/200611010012) > > > > > > > At an October 30 speech at a campaign rally in Pasadena, California, Kerry > told a group of assembled college students, "Education, you know, 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." In response > to the uproar over these remarks, Kerry's staff gave reporters what they > claim were Kerry's prepared remarks, which make clear that he intended to > criticize Bush's intelligence -- not the troops'. From the November 1 Los > Angeles > Times _article_ > (http://mediamatters.org/rd?http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/front/la-na- campaign1nov01,1,7297851.story?coll=la-headlines-frontpage) > on the controversy: < Your key words here are "In response to the > uproar". The White House demanded an apology to the troops even if it was a > mistake > or a botched joke once Kerry said it was a flubbed joke because the > statement, as it stood, clearly belittled the troops in Iraq. >
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