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Tramspotter 10-31-2006 02:35 PM

did John Kerry just call soldiers stupid?
 
Or is he just scaring kids into doing their homework?

Ghoulish Delight 10-31-2006 02:40 PM

Kerry once again proves he's got the communication skills of a writing desk.

But looking beyond whether or not to skewer Kerry, considering that No Child Left Behind included provisions that mandated increased access to students by military recruiters, is it hard to imagine that Bush's educational goals are to steer students away from higher education towards the military?

Gn2Dlnd 10-31-2006 02:41 PM

No, he called the president stupid. The video edit leaves out the preceding line about GW formerly living in Texas, but now living in a state of denial.

Not Afraid 10-31-2006 02:46 PM

Sorry folks, but I agree with Kerry.

wendybeth 10-31-2006 02:49 PM

So do I. However, as Georgie pointed out to fellow Yalies, even a C student can become president!

LSPoorEeyorick 10-31-2006 02:54 PM

There's probably a more tactful way to phrase that. But it's true that a majority of soldiers haven't had collegiate-level education. And it's true that it'll be harder for them to find a well-paying job than if they'd had collegiate-level education.

Speaking from personal experience, the people in my extended family who served in the military in the last fifteen years did so because they were not at the top of their class, and did not have the ability to secure a job that paid as well as the military did. I'm certainly not saying that this is true in all cases; just the cases in my life.

Gn2Dlnd 10-31-2006 02:56 PM

Please read the article, the jab was not being made at soldiers.

http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/10/31/D8L3OTV00.html

Ghoulish Delight 10-31-2006 02:58 PM

Some more circumstantial evidence - the biggest difficulty military recruiters have had in recent times is that only 1/3 of potential recruits can actually pass the qualifying exam. So, again I point to No Child Left Behind and the fact that it's entire emphasis is on teaching students how to pass exams rather than on actually improving and teaching a curiculum.

Ghoulish Delight 10-31-2006 03:01 PM

Quote:

I'm not going to be lectured by a stuffed suit White House mouthpiece standing behind a podium.
Crap John, if you'd had passion like that during your campaign, some people might have actually given a crap and voted for you. Sigh.

Jupiter 10-31-2006 04:32 PM

so what about the people that went to college to become officers that are over there? i have say that kerry is an idiot. i so disagree with him.


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