Garry, Good point. According to your facts, Kerry's "botched joke/line" was literally correct. Hmmm. Maybe he really intended to say it. Let's analyze. First, he claimed he was talking about Bush, and that DID seem to be the context. Later he said he botched a joke. If both are true, and he botched a joke about Bush, I'm unclear about how the joke was supposed to have been read. He said he botched it, but he has yet to divulge how it was supposed to have gone. (Or has he? I haven't heard.) Until he does, one can only deduce that the joke was supposed to imply some very bad and unfunny logic: "kids, if you don't get an education, you might end up becoming a president and starting a bad war". Whether he was making a senseless joke about Bush and stupidity and kids, or whether he was making a general statement about the education level of most troops, his words were idiotic. Making a good joke about bush is extremely easy (there is no shortage of material), and the idea of criticizing the troops in public is extremely "stupid". Now that is not to say that Kerry's reaction to Republican pouncing was not necessarily accurate or courageous, but it must be taken "in context".
A good thing about being a Libertarian is that I don't have to explain or defend either big-party politicians. -Mark ++++++++++++++++++ Dosen't insult me, a veteran of 100 combat missions in Korea 52-53 during which 25% of the pilots in my unit were killed or captured The army recruiters are now accepting kids without high school diplomas ........ in the early 90's 27% of army applicants with high school diplomas were found to be functionally illiterate. For many kids who can barely sign their names the army with it's massive sign-on bonus and all sorts of high sounding promises is attractive to one who can't find a decent job. Face it man ..... we're in Iraq-Nam, an unconstitutional non-winnable war thrust upon the gullible by a chicken-hawk. Those rag-heads haven't forgotten the crusades ....... how long do you think before they forget and forgive the 650,000 arabs we have killed this time around. Imagine if a bunch of "others" of a weird religion and with weapons 10 times more hi-tech than yours invaded your country, destroyed whole towns, cut off your electricity and water, imprisoned and tortured for 5 long years? Sure would generate a massive dose of hatred in my gut. And I'm no supporter of any democrat, let alone Kerry, but realistically the social and fiscal policies of Bush are only a hair apart from those of the Dems. Garry Baldy ForumWebSiteAt http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian/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/
