White House Raps Kerry For Remarks On Iraq

Update Below.

OK. I'll weigh in on this story that won't die.

IT SHOULD! There's nothing there:

An embarrassing faux pas by 2004 presidential candidate John Kerry sparked President George W. Bush's Republicans, six days before key Congressional elections.

Yes, it was a faux pas. He blew a joke and it came out sounding wrong, but it takes someone who is anti-Kerry or anti-Dems to hear/read it wrong.

Update: Here's the joke as it was supposed to be delivered: "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. Just ask President Bush."

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