Kerry did not say the soldiers are stupid. He was clearly criticizing the Bush administration, not the soldiers. After all, he was one, unlike the Commander in Chief.

This is a desperation move by the trailing party in the last days before an election, hoping some hot issue can right the ship and doing their damnedest to incite one any chance they get. Who knows, maybe it will work. It worked in 2004 when they succeeded in turning Kerry's and Bush's war records on their heads. The guy who used connections to get into the National Guard so he wouldn't have to go to Vietnam, and who apparently couldn't even be bothered to do much of that, succeeded in putting a decorated Vietnam vet on the defensive about his war record. Amazing.


>we are not talking about kids drafted from HS here, neither about dropouts.
>I am very aware recruiters and how they do their job.
>What is so repulsive to me is this guy is insinuating if you are a soldier in Iraq you are stupid.
>I guess he should know. Oh, wait, he was in Vietnam, that’s different
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>>hmph, what so repulsive? I suppose if they bring the draft back, that they won't be drafting the kids that stayed in school and went to college, they'll draft the dropouts just like they did before!
>>And in case you didnt notice this is a major threat to your kids right inside the walls of your public schools - it's called military recruiters!
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>>>This is truly repulsive. I am so glad I did not vote for this guy (not that I ever had the intentions)
>>>This is NOT Rush Libmbaugh that sometimes talks out of his behind this guy wanted/want to be the Commander in Chief.
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>>>http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/news_theswamp/2006/10/kerry_gives_fel.html