I am shaking my fist at John Kerry

And the Democratic party.

And the Republican party.

And the mainstream media.

In case you've been living in a cave in Siberia and therefore haven't heard (in which case, I envy you), here's the situation: John Kerry was giving a speech to a bunch of college students. John Kerry said that if you don't get a good education you "get stuck in Iraq". The Republicans immediately decided that he clearly was slandering all the servicemembers who are, in fact, stuck in Iraq. Kerry responded, no, it was meant to be a joke at Bush's expense, he just forgot a key word ("us" between "get" and "stuck"), mostly because John Kerry is not a good public speaker and even worse at making funny speeches.

Now Kerry has apologized publicly but the Bushies are still up in arms about it. Meanwhile I've yet to hear anything from any servicepeople who are, in fact, as offended as the GOP would like us to think. And predictably, Democrats are now getting all pissy because the Republicans are being stupid.

And all of this is because...a senator who is not currently up for reelection tried and failed to make a joke to some college students in California.

Everyone is to blame for this stupid situation here - the GOP for getting all worked up over a non-issue, and the Dems for rising to the bait. But seriously:

John Kerry - GO AWAY. Most democrats didn't like you when you got on the ballot in 04. It's not going to happen again in 08, and you're actively hurting the chances of someone who truly is liberal, intelligent, and a good leader. We should be focusing on important issues, not your crappy speeches.