did John Kerry just call soldiers stupid?

[Nephythys]

ah ha- he flubbed it allright-

Original script-

“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.”

(funny- Bush got better grades than Kerry- so I wonder where Kerry would have gotten us stuck)

and what he said was-

“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.”

Which can be- and has been- taken in a totally different context.

He blew it, took NO responsibility (which is such a great quality in a man who wants to be President ain't it?) and comes off looking like a jerk.

No surprise there.

Some are also saying the transcript of the original was written AFTER the fact- as a CYA.