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Smart As You, Johnny
New York Sun ^
| 11/2/06
| Larry Schweikart (LS)
Posted on 11/02/2006 7:49:02 AM PST by LS
Senator Kerry's comments about uneducated people being "stuck" in Iraq essentially calling the men and women of the American military stupid is one of the political blunders of the age. Seldom does a candidate single-handedly sink his party once, let alone twice, though William Jennings Bryan came close. Mr. Kerry may have done so.
Worse, it's simply not right to promote the idea that soldiers are dumb or even undereducated. New York Times reporter Chris Hedges asserted, "poor kids from Mississippi
who could not get a decent job
joined the Army because it was all we offered them." In reality, however, the American military yes, even the foot soldiers is the most educated in history and better educated than the American public on average. Annually, thousands of top honor students take the military entrance exams. The recruitment test, which all inductees must pass, includes questions that many Ph.D.s would miss, and I would gladly hold a contest pitting any 10 American Army soldiers, randomly selected, against any 10 public school teachers on a standardized test.
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TOPICS: Editorial; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: election2004; elections; kerry; republicans; votegop
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To: LS
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posted on
11/02/2006 8:27:21 AM PST
by
maine-iac7
("...but you can't fool all of the people all of the time." Lincoln)
To: Bahbah
To: LS
Excellent!
God bless you, Sir!
I only wish we had people of your caliber supporting us during the Viet Nam war!
Semper Fi,
Kelly
63
posted on
11/02/2006 8:30:10 AM PST
by
kellynla
(Freedom of speech makes it easier to spot the idiots! Semper Fi!)
To: LS
64
posted on
11/02/2006 8:30:42 AM PST
by
michigander
(The Constitution only guarantees the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself.)
To: SandRat; freema
65
posted on
11/02/2006 8:31:06 AM PST
by
kellynla
(Freedom of speech makes it easier to spot the idiots! Semper Fi!)
To: LS
Well done, LS! Major kudos for such a smart and informative piece.
66
posted on
11/02/2006 8:32:32 AM PST
by
sarasota
To: doug from upland
That is just fabulous, doug.
67
posted on
11/02/2006 8:33:01 AM PST
by
Bahbah
(Shalit, Goldwasser and Regev, we are praying for you)
To: LS
In short, to look at those who currently serve in harm's way and see the poor, the stupid, the brutal, and the baffled is to apply a liberal, aristocratic lens more appropriate to 19th-century Prussia than to 21st-century AmericaWe don't do cannon fodder anymore.
The piece is brilliant LS
68
posted on
11/02/2006 8:34:39 AM PST
by
McGavin999
(Republicans take out our trash, Democrats re-elect theirs)
To: LS
69
posted on
11/02/2006 8:35:33 AM PST
by
JPJones
To: LS
"Gang, this is my first truly national editorial. Thanks to the Sun for running it. This WILL affect the election, and is good for 1-2% at the polls."
That is a fine op-ed. Congratulations.
As to affecting the election by 1%-2%, I think you wildly overestimate the reach of the New York Sun. If every editorial printed every day in the year, in all publications, had the ability to affect national events by 1%-2% we would have to dramatically revise the methodology of computing percentages.
To: red irish
Yea, I believe it. Kudos! :-)
71
posted on
11/02/2006 8:36:21 AM PST
by
HitmanLV
("If at first you don't succeed, keep on sucking until you do succeed." - Jerry 'Curly' Howard)
To: LS
72
posted on
11/02/2006 8:36:38 AM PST
by
Fiddlstix
(Warning! This Is A Subliminal Tagline! Read it at your own risk!(Presented by TagLines R US))
To: LS
Great editorial LS. Keep up the good work!
73
posted on
11/02/2006 8:36:48 AM PST
by
Liberty Valance
(Keep a simple manner for a happy life)
To: LS
That was very good.
I'll add that 100% of Air Force recruits have at least a HS diploma. They won't take you if you don't (and a GED doesn't count)!
74
posted on
11/02/2006 8:37:16 AM PST
by
visualops
(artlife.us)
To: rabidralph
""It takes a college education to break 'em, and a high school education to fix 'em."
How true that is.
To: LS
Great read, LS! A nice way of saying, "Kerry, you ignorant sl*t". ;-)
76
posted on
11/02/2006 8:39:29 AM PST
by
DejaJude
(Admiral Clark said, "Our mantra today is life, liberty and the pursuit of those who threaten it!")
To: rabidralph
""It takes a college education to break 'em, and a high school education to fix 'em."
How true that is.
To: LS
78
posted on
11/02/2006 8:41:43 AM PST
by
EdReform
(The right of the people to keep and bear Arms shall not be infringed -- * NRA * -- * JPFO *)
To: LS
79
posted on
11/02/2006 8:42:53 AM PST
by
F-117A
(They say there is no such thing as an ex-Marine,.Murtha disproves that!!!)
To: LS
Way to go!
What the US Army recruiting poster under "President" Kerry would look like:
Our brave warriors n Irak respond to Jon Carry"
Kerry is no different re his hatred of a strong America and our warriors than 99.9% of the rats in congress. Every rat running for election should have to face a copy of this banner everytime they show their treasonous faces. Pelosi, Murtha, Clintoon, Boxer, Kennedy, Durbin, Levin, Rangle, Reid and other rats in congress hate our military and a strong America. Just look at their voting records the past two years as President Bush pointed out this week.
Vote against all traitors this election day. Support our troops and their CIC, President Bush.
80
posted on
11/02/2006 8:43:32 AM PST
by
Grampa Dave
(There's a dwindling market for Marxist Homosexual Lunatic wet dreams posing as journalism)
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