[atomicpossum]

John Kerry claimed this morning on NBC TODAY that only 53% of America's children graduate from high school

Actually, the quote says that 53% DON'T graduate.

[oblomov]

When Kerry said "our", he was referring to himself and the mouse in his pocket.

[Brilliant]

Actually, he said 53% DON'T graduate from high school.

Probably because he considers only public high schools to be real high schools.

[mnehring]

More BS from Kerry. The number is actually 85%.

http://usgovinfo.about.com/od/censusandstatistics/a/highschool.htm

Of course, no one will call him on it..

[kpp_kpp]

actually, in reading it it sounds like he's saying only 47% graduate.

[Mo1]

Kerry's 53% claim conflicts with a recent press release from the U.S. Census Bureau: "High School Graduation Rates Reach All-Time High"

As usual he gets his facts wrong

But I wonder if he realizes that he just slammed the Teachers that teach the kids??

[CougarGA7]

But 53 percent of our children don't graduate from high school.

So what he actually said is 47% of children graduate and more than half dont.

You have to be a real peice of Samsonite to even imagine that that statistic is true, much less say it.

idoit.

[Lekker 1]

Facts...Schmacts.

[Sometimes A River]

The average American works 3 jobs?

[Zuben Elgenubi]

Maybe he was only referring to Massachusetts.

[Phantom Lord]

The DUmmies are swearing up and down that Kerry is right, and that the number how don't graduate is likely worse.

[BenLurkin]

Don't know why he's complaining, the illiterate, semi-literate and ignorant voters mostly lean towards his party in every election.

[staytrue]

"High School Graduation Rates Reach All-Time High"

Bush's fault ?

[RetroSexual]

I assume that Couric was grinning and bobbing her head the whole time?

[Vaquero]

the NEA and the liberal agenda amongst educators couldn't be the problem....eh chin boy?????

[US_MilitaryRules]

Skerry forgot to mention that 100% graduate from home schooling!

[hflynn]

Even the Perky One seemed annoyed with Kerry.

[SoftballMominVA]

Does that 85% number include kids from all types of schools -- including homeschooling?

[UCANSEE2]

What he meant to say was that he was only in attendance at high school 53% of the time.

[cinives]

But 53 percent of our children don't graduate from high school. Kids don't have after-school programs... He didn't ask America to sacrifice anything to achieve great goals and the biggest example is making the tax cut permanent for the wealthiest people in America. The average American struggles to find time to take carry of families, working two or three jobs.

Maybe parents don't want to pay for kids to have after-school programs. Maybe parents would rather their children come home after school. Oh right, less time to indoctrinate those kids in good Dimmocrat values. Maybe I don't know any average Americans, but Kerry's grammer leaves a lot to be desired. Did he mean families work 2 or more jobs, or individuals work 2 or more jobs ? Maybe if taxes weren't so high Americans wouldn't need to work 2 or more jobs, hhmmm ? Why do all these politicians think an appeal to "sacrifice" is a stirring call to Americans ? Anybody here want to "sacrifice" anything ?