The Botch Is Back

By Ben Yagoda. In eight years, we’ve gone from Kerry to Perry. The “Kerry” would be John, who, in 2006, said this in a speech to a group of students:
“You know, education, if you make the most of it, you study hard, 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.” Kerry staffers’ damage control on the line—which many people took as insulting to current, former, and future troops—wasn’t stellar. More...