Nerve Endings Firing Away

“This is the classic G.O.P. playbook. I’m sick and tired of these despicable Republican attacks that always seem to come from those who never can be found to serve in war, but love to attack those who did.

I’m not going to be lectured by a stuffed suit White House mouthpiece standing behind a podium, or doughy Rush Limbaugh, who no doubt today will take a break from belittling Michael J. Fox’s Parkinson’s disease to start lying about me just as they have lied about Iraq. It disgusts me that these Republican hacks, who have never worn the uniform of our country lie and distort so blatantly and carelessly about those who have.”

Look, Kerry’s got balls now!

If you’re wondering what the heck is going on, then listen up. Bush and his cronies are attacking Kerry for something he said. You might just think this was October 2004. And of course, they are misquoting and misleading as always. Gosh! these Republicans sure are desperate now. Probably, stealing an election might be their only way out.

Anyway, to cut short the smear campaign, Kerry has apologized and admitted to ‘botching up the joke’ about Bush, which I too agree with. He has also retreated back to Washington and is off the campaign trail. I think any hopes he had of running again in 2008 have now vanished.

BTW he was supposed to say this:

“I can’t overstress the importance of a great education. 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.”

And he said this:

“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.”

Hence the target of the joke turned from being on Bush to being on the troops. Bush and his cronies perfectly knew what Kerry meant but this is election season and spin is the flavor. I must admit that Kerry isn’t smart enough to double-check his words especially in the final week of the election campaign.