Posted on 05/05/2008 7:08:56 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
Writer Stephen King: If You Can't Read, You'll End Up in the Army or Iraq Photo of Noel Sheppard. By Noel Sheppard | May 5, 2008 - 09:54 ET
Remember shortly before Election Day 2006 when Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) suggested that if you don't get a good education, "you get stuck in Iraq" (video available here)?
Well, last month, famed horror auther Stephen King was speaking in front of a group of high school students at the Library of Congress, and he virtually made the exact same statement.
For those that can bear it, what follows is another in a long line of liberal media members bashing the military (embedded right, h/t Terry Ann):
I don't want to sound like an ad, a public service ad on TV, but the fact is if you can read, you can walk into a job later on. If you don't, then you've got, the Army, Iraq, I don't know, something like that. It's, it's not as bright. So, that's my little commercial for that.
Nice sentiment when the nation is at war, Stephen.
Stephen King drinks toilet water.
I would love for some of these jerks to take the ASVAB and see how well they do.
This odd person writes novels that scare people but have no intrinsic value. He has nothing worthwhile to say about education or war.
Stephen King drinks used toilet water.
“Stephen King drinks toilet water.”
“drinks” = “is.”
His books stink.
Jerk. And he said this to kids in a speech. Loser. I’m tired of morons like this trashing and smearing our military personnel. I bet most of them have more intelligence and class than this clown will ever have.
That's just great Stephen. Scaring kids into thinking they'll lose their legs by serving their country.
I’ll stack up the intelligence of the average American Soldier against a moonbat like Stephen King any day.
his book KING OF THE GYPSIES is the only useful book he ever wrote.......The movie was horrible
“Writer Stephen King: If You Can’t Read, You’ll End Up in the Army or Iraq”
Some of the most intelligent and well educated and well read people I’ve ever met, I served with in the Army. I’ve bought this jerks’ last book.
I was attending a Realtor membership luncheon and the fathers around the table were discussing how they tell their sons basically the same thing. I had to bite my tongue real hard.
I remember an interview with him during the Cold War, decrying our participation in the arms race. Now that freedom from Communist totalitarianism has been preserved for so many around the globe, I’m sure he would retract that statement too. /sarc
Typical elitist, ivory-tower dwelling, liberal, snotbag, unwashed creep.
Not only is that a stupid thing to say on an emotional basis, it’s factually incorrect.
Do your research Mr. King, the Army will not accept someone who cannot read.
The left hates America. I used to laugh at the idea of a civil war. Now, I wonder not if a civil war could happen, but when.
There was a King discussion a year or so ago on this thread, and zillions of freepers were explaining that not only was King a great writer, but that he writes TRUE LITERATURE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Not THAT was funny.
I thought it was Peter Maas(Serpico)who wrote that book?
Hey mr. king, if you can’t read, you can’t do well enough on the ASFAB to get into the Army. Eff off, you effing moron. I will never buy one of your increasingly sh!tty books or watch a movie based on one again. Seriously, FOAD.
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