Kerry: Snow, McCain ‘Nut-Jobs’ for Criticizing Military Education Comments
OH NOW WE’RE THE NUTS! Man I need to send Kerry a gift, the Democrats must be having a collective meltdown.
By Nathan Burchfiel - CNSNews.com Staff Writer - Link
October 31, 2006(1st Add: Includes additional comments from White House Press Secretary Tony Snow.)
(CNSNews.com) - Raising eyebrows and infuriating conservatives, Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) in a speech Monday encouraged young people to get an education or “get stuck in Iraq.”
“Education, if you make the most of it, you study hard, and you do your homework and you make an effort to be smart, you can do well,” Kerry told students in Pasadena while campaigning for California gubernatorial candidate Phil Angelides.
“If you don’t, you get stuck in Iraq,” he added.
The comment set off a firestorm on conservative websites, with some commentators accusing him of “elitism,” and of “smearing” the troops by implying that they are uneducated.
Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz) called on Kerry to apologize Tuesday.
In a statement posted on his political action committee’s website, McCain said Kerry “owes an apology to the many thousands of Americans serving in Iraq, who answered their country’s call because they are patriots and not because of any deficiencies in their education.”
“The suggestion that only the least educated Americans would agree to serve in the military and fight in Iraq, is an insult to every soldier serving in combat,” McCain said.
In a statement released Tuesday, Kerry accused White House Press Secretary Tony Snow and “assorted right-wing nut-jobs” of distorting the comments “to divert attention from their disastrous record.”
Snow told a press briefing Tuesday Kerry “not only owes an apology to those who are serving, but also to the families of those who’ve given their lives in this.”
“This is an absolute insult, and I’m a little astonished that he didn’t figure it out already.” Snow added.
“If anyone thinks a veteran would criticize more than 140,000 heroes serving in Iraq and not the president who got us stuck there, they’re crazy,” Kerry said.
“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.”
DUDE SOUNDS PISSED….I WONDER WHY? LOL!
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