Why are people in power so dumb?

I'm sure by now most of you, if not all, have heard about the political blunder that Sen. John Kerry made Tuesday Oct. 31 by attempting to make a joke during a speech at a college. He said:

"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."

Many American soldiers, soldier families, politicians and American citizens took a great offense to the Senator's comment that he was belittling our soldiers' intelligence. Kerry insists that his comment was aimed toward the President and not at soldiers. The White House representative, Tony Snow, quickly jumped on the opportunity to put Kerry in his place stating that some of America's finest are in the military and that he owes them and our country an apology, which Kerry did today.

In my opinion, Kerry is an idiot for thinking that his comment would in anyway be directed at Bush and the actions he has taken in the war... because to me it sounds pretty dead on that he is saying if you don't do well in school and aren't smart you'll end up in the military with the other non-intelligent people of our country. NOT A SMART COMMENT! It was stated by CNN that this is just Kerry's way of jumping into the spotlight and getting attention, which I definitely agree with, but if that's the case... that is a dumb way to go about that. It makes Kerry look like a dumbass for thinking it was supposed to be aimed at the President and second, that it isn't going to make him look good and get good support from Americans.

In the words of Carlos Mencia... Kerry definitely gets the Dee Dee Dee award of the week!!