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NanceGreggs

(27,820 posts)
Tue Jul 14, 2020, 03:34 AM Jul 2020

John Kerry once famously asked ...

... re Vietnam: ”Who will be the last man to die for a lie?”

The question now is: ”Who will be the first child to die for the lie that it’s safe to re-open schools in the midst of a pandemic?”

Will the first child to die of Covid-19, after contracting the disease in his third grade classroom, be awarded a posthumous presidential Medal of Freedom?

Will his parents be invited to a White House dinner of Big Macs and KFC in recognition of their willingness to sacrifice their own child for Trump?

Will said child’s photo be plastered all over Trump re-election ads, lauded as a young patriot anxious to give his own life in order to see the man who caused his death re-elected?

We are living in a time when all-of-the-above is not impossible – in fact, all-of-the-above is incredibly probable.


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John Kerry once famously asked ... (Original Post) NanceGreggs Jul 2020 OP
"Who will be the last man to die for a mistake" denem Jul 2020 #1
It is. dchill Jul 2020 #4
K&R smirkymonkey Jul 2020 #2
John Kerry would have made an awesome Scarsdale Jul 2020 #7
One of the best candidates I have ever seen.nt CatLady78 Jul 2020 #9
wow, you nail it, Nance Skittles Jul 2020 #3
First, they locked children in cages ... n/t sarge43 Jul 2020 #5
Frankly I think its time to consider upgrading our school systems nationwide for children older than cstanleytech Jul 2020 #6
Mr. Kerry was being kind when he said 'mistake." planetc Jul 2020 #8
k&r bigtree Jul 2020 #10
 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
2. K&R
Tue Jul 14, 2020, 04:18 AM
Jul 2020

Strange. I had a dream about him last night. He was a professor in a class I was taking and I fell in love with him. I don't know why because that is not something that would occur to me in reality.

It was a very bizarre dream and very detailed, the part I am telling you is only the summary, but it was just so surreal.

Scarsdale

(9,426 posts)
7. John Kerry would have made an awesome
Tue Jul 14, 2020, 06:13 AM
Jul 2020

president. He commanded respect as Sec of State. Of course, being highly intelligent, the gop HAD to destroy his chances, to install yet another sub-par one of their own. I always had the greatest respect for Kerry, and everything he did.

Skittles

(153,212 posts)
3. wow, you nail it, Nance
Tue Jul 14, 2020, 04:30 AM
Jul 2020

listening to Betsy DeVos' interview just made me feel sick, these folk just DO.NOT.CARE.

And as someone pointed out, how do kids self-distance while doing active shooter drills? This is the world repukes are creating for children.

cstanleytech

(26,332 posts)
6. Frankly I think its time to consider upgrading our school systems nationwide for children older than
Tue Jul 14, 2020, 05:36 AM
Jul 2020

12 and consider switching a lot of them to remote home schooling via school provided tablets with WiFi and cellular built in.

planetc

(7,841 posts)
8. Mr. Kerry was being kind when he said 'mistake."
Tue Jul 14, 2020, 08:18 AM
Jul 2020

At the age of 20-something, he would not have accused the entire U.S. government of being liars, although some of them certainly were. He was trying to offer the government as much dignity as he could as he urged it to get the heck out of Viet Nam. Almost certainly elected president, best known now for two new political terms: flip-flopping, and Swift Boating.

bigtree

(86,006 posts)
10. k&r
Tue Jul 14, 2020, 11:17 AM
Jul 2020

...so right, Nance.

Tragic that republicans (and the privileged and largely unaffected) just don't seem to care.

Extra kudos for the John Kerry quote analogy.

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