Off the cufftangential

November 1, 2006

One wonders at the many gaps between a prepared statement and the words that fall off the tongue.

You know, education — if you make the most of it, you study hard and you do your homework and you make an effort to be smart, you can do well. If you don't, you get stuck in Iraq.

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I can't overstress the importance of a great education. Do you know where you end up if you don't study, if you aren't smart, if you're intellectually lazy? You end up getting us stuck in a war in Iraq.

O lordy lordy lordy.