Smart As You, Johnny

New York Sun ^ | 11/2/06 | Larry Schweikart (LS)

[LS]

Senator Kerry's comments about uneducated people being "stuck" in Iraq — essentially calling the men and women of the American military stupid — is one of the political blunders of the age. Seldom does a candidate single-handedly sink his party once, let alone twice, though William Jennings Bryan came close. Mr. Kerry may have done so.

Worse, it's simply not right to promote the idea that soldiers are dumb or even undereducated. New York Times reporter Chris Hedges asserted, "poor kids from Mississippi … who could not get a decent job … joined the Army because it was all we offered them." In reality, however, the American military — yes, even the foot soldiers — is the most educated in history and better educated than the American public on average. Annually, thousands of top honor students take the military entrance exams. The recruitment test, which all inductees must pass, includes questions that many Ph.D.s would miss, and I would gladly hold a contest pitting any 10 American Army soldiers, randomly selected, against any 10 public school teachers on a standardized test.

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[Shelayne]

Is this going to be on FOX? E.D. Hill hosting makes me think that it is, but want to make certain.

Thanks for the heads-up.

[HarleyLady27]

....but my question is: is kerry smarter than the smartest woman in the world?????? lolol

[Shelayne]

Thanks for the PING!

Excellent work, LS!

[GodBlessUSA]

Way to go, truth be told!! LS! :)

God Bless Our Courageous Heroes!

[Fudd Fan]

Excellent editorial, LS. Congrats on the national exposure as pundit!

[GodBlessUSA]

Thanks Bahbah,
I appreciate this ping :)

[Bahbah]

Thanks, GodBless. It is good to see you. I really thought the Snowflakes would enjoy Larry's work.

[dinasour]

I guess I should say, thanks for the ping.

[prairiebreeze]

thanks for the article and the ping

bttt!

[shezza]

Ping-a-rooskie!

[maine-iac7]

Is this going to be on FOX? E.D. Hill hosting makes me think that it is, but want to make certain.

re my posts # 93 & 94

ARrrg! Sorry!

I just cut and posted the notice from the FOX web site - and didn't even catch that it didn't include ON FOX!

Thanks for the catch!

[daybreakcoming]

BTTT

[Eaker]

As to affecting the election by 1%-2%

I think that LS is refering to Kerry's gaffe not his editorial.

[Shelayne]

Great! This is must-see-TV!

Thanks for your response! I was going to check myself, but got caught up with other things.

[daybreakcoming]

Hi - that was an excellent post.

I am finding young teens don't know what they are going to wear the next day - much less make a life decision. :o) Sounds like yours turned out ok.

I knew so many guys who went to VN that I knew that was all BS that the left was claiming they all were. I despised the left then and despise them even more today.

[Tarheel]

An excellent article-- good work and thank-you!

[billhilly]

"As to affecting the election by 1%-2%

I think that LS is refering to Kerry's gaffe not his editorial."

That explains why I went into the military. Too dumb to understand the obvious.

[Westbrook]

I think (is -4/5 an answer?

Yes, that's the correct answer for the problem as stated.

However, I think they meant to express it this way:

5q - 7p = 3

...which would have yielded a more rational answer of 2.

[Eaker]

LOL!

[Chena]

***applause!!!!!!!

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Excellent article, Larry! I'm so glad to see that your words were published for all to see. Thank you so much.

BUMP!!