Did he actually say that? He sure did. Don’t believe me? Read for yourself.
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Yes, because one awkwardly-phrased statement in one 90-minute debate is the functional equivalent of the last four years of Bush’s inability to communicate in his native tongue.
Wanna buy some wood?
Out of context it looks more stupid than it was. He was talking about the hiring of illegal aliens. He meant to say something like, “in the US it’s against the law it hire illegal aliens” or something.
Haj
Isn’t it pretty clear that he meant “It’s against the law in the Unitd States to hire people [who are here] illegally.”?
I’m not a big fan of Kerry (though I certainly like him better then Bush), but this seems nitpicky.
He could very well be.
He could be a minor disaster for your country.
Two coulds in this post so far. If I was talking about someone else I wouldn’t have to use could 
So US political argument has come to this:
Your candidate is just as dumb as our candidate.
Cool.
I submit that this thread is just as stupid as George Bush.
Lord Asstar, your ability to parse one line said by one candidate is extremely lacking. Besides, how many honest-to-goodness oral fuckups have there been by Kerry as opposed to Bush just in the debates alone?
C’mon man, let’s not be silly about all of this.
Sam
If we’re going to quibble about little things that Bush gets wrong when he speaks, then we might as well do the same thing for the guy who wants his job.
This actually passes for incisive political commentary here these days.
John Kerry is not stupid. His wife Teresa says she’s taught him to make risotto. It was in the N.Y. Times yesterday*.
*a risky revelation, given that even now the GOP is probably preparing an attack ad portraying Kerry as a wuss and suggesting that real men only make three-alarm Texas chili.
Wow, that is one truly desperate OP.
Well, I looked it up on the internets and it turns out that Kerry was absolutely wight.
I’ll be gracious enough to allow the OP’s assertion, just for the sake of argument.
[Bill Nye] But consider the following: [/Bill Nye]
Kerry’s not MEAN. And that makes one hell of a difference. IMHO.
I would have thought Kerry was smart enough to learn from Cheney’s flub about not meeting Edwards before.
But apparently not.
Regards,
Shodan
**He very well be.
He be a minor disaster for your country. **
Well that just doesn’t make any sense. I think you still have to use could, or you might come off as sounding like you have the speaking ability of George Bush.
Crap. :smack:
Where did I say I would just have to take could out.
I said I wouldn’t have to use it and I wouldn’t.
well, it’s not Bush’s intellectual abilities that make him a scary leader, IMO.
For instance, I believe strongly that Bush is far more intelligent than a lump of stale tofu. I do think, however, that the tofu would do a better job of running your fine country.
Okay. I’ll leave the whooosh out of my posts.
