Poor guys.
(Edit: *commence sarcasm*) Their sorry educations are all too evident. Hmm...maybe they were even homeschooled. That must be it! (Edit: *end sarcasm*)
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Michelle Malkin has had lots of recent posts about the John Kerry controversy if you are in the dark about it! I don't normally post on political topics, but sometimes they're hard to pass up:o)
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(ht: Candid Reflections for picture link)
posted by Erin | 1:03 PM
12 Comments:
What a lovely, thoughtful, christian comment.I am sure home educators everywhere will be pleased with such a remark.
Maybe as a good christian woman you should have looked beyond the words and been more concerned with the emotions that lead these soldiers to feel this way, rather than making snide comments about their intelligence.
Don't you have problems with students being shot at high school in America ? oh yes so much better than home !!
Anonymous, my post was meant to be entirely sarcastic. I've edited it to make that a little more clear hopefully:o)
Oh...the part about homeschooling was ENTIRELY sarcastic as well. I am a big supporter.
I would have got it without the sarcastic quotes but it is wise to make it clear - to offend is no one's desire. I am glad you handled it with grace.
LOL Erin, I had the same thought about them probably being homeschooled! I know my public school friends/family think my kids are gonna turn out to be absolutely stupid because HEAVEN FORBID I'm homeschooling them!!!
Love this photo!!!!!
Oh, that is TOO TOO funny! Thanks for sharing the pic. :)
It is President Bush, not the troops, that is stuck in Iraq. John Kerry is absolutely right.
Kathryn,
Thanks for taking the time to comment. I deleted your second comment because it was off-topic. But the next time I post on the patriarchy, you're welcome to add your opinion there. Thanks!
Erin, don't let the (anonymous) turkeys get you down. Most homeschoolers I know, myself included, still have our sense of humor :-)
Hugs!
Thank you Erin. Senator Kerry's remarks were aimed at President Bush, not the troops, although perhaps he didn't say it as clearly as he might have. I only want to clarify that.
Mr. Kerry's lack of an immediate and distinct apology seems to suggest that either: A. he meant exactly what he implied, or B. his comment really was a "botched joke", which for some reason he was very hesitant to boldly correct and apologize for from the outset. In the "botched joke" scenario, his extreme defensiveness doesn't make sense.
He did apologize somewhat, for anyone who may have taken it wrong. At any rate, he was not disparaging the troops, he was disparaging President Bush's "character" and failed Iraq policy. No WMD's, no connection to 9/11 or Al Qaeda before this war gave Al Qaeda a reason to go in there, and no exit strategy. People are dying because of it.
Zan, you make some good points. Especially as to Bush's education. Why would Kerry use Bush--someone whose education was equal to (and even better grades-wise) than his own--as an example of what happens if you DON'T get an education?
John Kerry has historically been no friend of the military:
We will not quickly join those who march on Veterans' Day waving small flags, calling to memory those thousands who died for the "greater glory of the United States." We will not accept the rhetoric. We will not readily join the American Legion and the Veterans of Foreign Wars -- in fact, we will find it hard to join anything at all and when we do, we will demand relevancy such as other organizations have recently been unable to provide. We will not take solace from the creation of monuments or the naming of parks after a select few of the thousands of dead Americans and Vietnamese. We will not uphold traditions which decorously memorialize that which was base and grim.
- John Kerry, "The New Soldier"
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