Yeah, after all, it was posted originally in off topic, so it’s fair to bring it up. But Kerry is right. If you’re really honest, and look at the demographics of the military, it’s primarily made up of the poor and the uneducated. Most people who are serving are there because they have very few options. That doesn’t take anything away from their service; it’s simply the truth.
And the way he has responded has garnered him untold press, where he has been allowed to soapbox endlessly about Bush’s failures in Iraq. It isn’t exactly great for Bush, seven days before the election, to be dragged through the Iraq debate once again.