Posted on 11/01/2006 8:35:21 AM PST by libertarianPA
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic Sen. John Kerry said on Wednesday he was sorry about a "botched joke" that drew election-year fire from President George W. Bush and other Republicans who accused him of insulting U.S. troops in Iraq.
Kerry reiterated the target of his joke was Bush, who immediately seized on the senator's remarks to rally Republican supporters ahead of Tuesday's elections, in which the party's control of Congress is at risk.
Kerry said he was returning to Washington from a trip campaigning on behalf of Democratic congressional candidates because he did not want to be "a distraction."
A day after rejecting calls to apologize for his remarks, Kerry, appearing on the "Imus in the Morning" radio show on MSNBC, declared: "I said it was a botched joke. Of course, I'm sorry about a botched joke."
While campaigning in California on Monday, Kerry told a college crowd: "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."
Kerry's office said the senator had misread his prepared remarks. They said he had intended to say, "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."
Leaving out a word ('us'), yeh, that's possible. Leaving out a whole phrase?
"Kerry's office" must think we're as dumb as JF'nK himself thinks the troops are.
oops. I mean two whole phrases. "us in a war" and "Just ask President Bush".
"And it would only make sense if he's saying that education isn't all that important because if you don't study, if you aren't smart, and if you're intellectually lazy, you can end up getting elected and reelected President -- but only if you are lucky enough to run against not one, but two opponents who are even dumber and intellectually lazier than you, right?"
hee hee!
Yes...if THAT was the point he was trying to make...then it might make more sense.
Kinda ironical, ain't it?
Would "Freudenschade, baby!" apply here due to him shooting himself in the foot when trying to slam the president?
ROTFLOLOL!
That is EXCELLENT!
Thank you!
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