Kerry was delivering a speech at a college and was telling the kids to study hard or they'd end up "stuck in Iraq"--with the implication that the no-so-smart kids ended up there. Then he claimed it was a botched joke, but in I think it was exactly his true thought that came out of his mouth. I am sorry that he is unable to claim his own words and stand proud. But it was bad enough that a dem that he was going to support prior to the election told him "don't come" and lost of people have had lots to say about it. I just feel sorry for him. He'd have done better to say "damn right that's what I said" and bring up the REAL issues. His backpedaling has landed him in a deep hole. He was already politically DONE as far as I was concerned, but this lost him more ground.

Good for you taking a news time-out.