eah, it was Kerry who at some point said "if you don't do well at school, you'll wind up in Iraq". Which is pretty much the worst thing he could have possibly said, since he painted a negative image of the soldiers serving in Iraq (who undoubtedly have the fullest respect of even the strongest opponents of the war) in order to criticize the war. It's just plain terrible and absolutely baffling that he said it. The media had a field day with the story and Bush suddenly didn't seem like the biggest idiot anymore after that.
He said that in 2006, two years after he ran. And he meant "If you don't study well, you get
us stuck in Iraq." So it wasn't a botched "AMERICANS ARE STUPID" joke, it was a botched "BUSH IS AN IDIOT" joke. Had he been elected, I highly doubt Kerry would have said that.
. granted I do live in Lynchburg but still it was pretty alarming!
Why have they not changed the name of your town?