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Occupying much of the news and the talk shows in the last few days has been a poor choice of words on the part of former Democrat candidate for President John Kerry. Reported as a joke gone bad or a peek at Mr. Kerry’s real sentiments, many in his own party are distancing themselves from him and assertions abound that would have one believe his political future may be over.

ABC news reported the incident as: Two days ago, Kerry stirred controversy when he told a group of California students those individuals who don’t study hard and do their homework would likely ‘get stuck in Iraq.’

Even after a considerable examination of the entire transcript and what was described as the statement as it was intended it still paints himself as belonging to a ruling class and believes that he is smarter and superior to the rest of us. Even the most superficial examination of available media shows any number of references to earlier misstatements and actions that lead to a similar conclusion. Though I am biased, in that I am a combat veteran of six years in Vietnam and I remember clearly the statements he made to the North Vietnamese during the peace negotiations and his testimony before Congress, I don’t think he really meant to say the specific words that are reverberating across the nation. More »