What media bias? This is how the New York Times quoted Kerry’s “botched joke”/insult to the troops, the idiotic remark millions of us have seen on tape for ourselves:
“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.”
Well, except he didn’t say that, did he? Not exactly, as the NYT had to admit next day, probably after an angry phone call, or two, or two thousand. We directly quote the NYT’s botched apology:
Correction: Nov. 3, 2006
A Political Memo article yesterday about the fallout for Senator John Kerry over what he called a “botched joke” referred incompletely to the differences between prepared remarks and what he actually said about the Iraq war to students at Pasadena City College in California on Monday. Mr. Kerry not only dropped the word “us,” but he also rephrased his opening sentence extensively and omitted a reference to President Bush. Mr. Kerry’s aides said that the prepared text read: “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.” What he said: “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.”
Read it for yourself here.
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I just found your blog, broadcasting from within the heart of the beast, locally, that is. From here in Ferndale, I watch and wonder when the Hezbollah sleeper cells in Dearborn will be alerted to go out and do their dirty work.
Hi Harry
Thanks for checking us out. I think the biggest Hezbollah activity here is fundraising, but we did just get a lot of new folks after the war.
Great blog, I have you bookmarked and will check back often. Good luck with your efforts.
Your neighbor across the big lake.
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