--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jstein@> > wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <sparaig@> 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. > > > > Here's what he said... > > > > "You know, education, 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." > > Not according to Dr. Pete. According to him, the media left > off the last line from what he actually said (and I assume > that to be the "Just ask President Bush" line).
Dr. Pete is mistaken. He's got what Kerry said and what he was supposed to say confused. > > > > > > > ...and here's what he was *supposed* to say in > > his prepared remarks: > > > > "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." > > > > The as-prepared remark couldn't have been clearer > > (although I'm sure the Rethugs would have managed > > to distort it into a slam at the troops anyway). > > > > But the fact that it was *Kerry* saying it, of all > > people, should have clued folks in that the garbled > > version couldn't have been about the troops. Kerry > > has always been a fierce defender of the troops and > > never has and never will say anything negative about > > them. > > > > I'm not a big Kerry fan, and I wish he'd have kept > > his mouth shut until after the election. But the > > way the Bush crew is playing this is as despicable > > as it gets. > > > > Yesterday Bush said: > > > > "The members of the United States military are plenty > > smart, and they are plenty brave, and the senator from > > Massachusetts owes them an apology." > > > > Notice how he stuck in "plenty brave"? Kerry didn't > > say anything at all about bravery, but adding "plenty > > brave" will make folks think Kerry not only impugned > > the troops' intelligence of the troops but questioned > > their courage. 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/
