Putz comes up with a 14th reason the Democrats will lose.

John Kerry, who last I checked isn't running for anything, apparently told some kids at Pasadena City College to study hard, lest they wind up in the Iraq meatgrinder. So apparently, people are going to vote for Republicans now or something. (Updated below).

(Updated again below).

JOHN KERRY -- a gift that keeps on giving. Unfortunately, it's a gift for the Republicans. . . .

Kerry's suggestion that the troops in Iraq are dumb failures is not only reprehensible, but false on the facts. In other words, a typical Kerry performance, just in time for the elections. Democrats must be wondering what they were thinking to nominate him in 2004, and why he won't go away now.

A major blunder for Kerry and the Democrats, timed to do maximum damage to them and maximum good for the Republicans.

So it's official, Putz has added to his list. The 14th reason the Democrats will lose, John Kerry.

For those keeping track at home, this supposed Kerry gaffe trumps Bob Corker's daughter's hot action, Lynne Cheney's questioning the patriotism of free press, George Allen's thugs assaulting a constiuent after he asked him a question, Rush Limbaugh's classless attack on Michael J. Fox, and the news that 103 Americans have been killed in Iraq this month.

UPDATE

Should've guessed. As usual, the wingnuts are making shit up. A nothing is even less of a nothing. Kerry was talking about President Bush, not the troops. "Study hard and know your history, and don't be a dumbass or you'll wind up invading Iraq."

Kerry has issued the following statement.

"If anyone thinks a veteran would criticize the more than 140,000 heroes serving in Iraq and not the president who got us stuck there, they're crazy. This is the classic G.O.P. playbook. I'm sick and tired of these despicable Republican attacks that always seem to come from those who never can be found to serve in war, but love to attack those who did.

I'm not going to be lectured by a stuffed suit White House mouthpiece standing behind a podium, or doughy Rush Limbaugh, who no doubt today will take a break from belittling Michael J. Fox's Parkinson's disease to start lying about me just as they have lied about Iraq . It disgusts me that these Republican hacks, who have never worn the uniform of our country lie and distort so blatantly and carelessly about those who have.

The people who owe our troops an apology are George W. Bush and Dick Cheney who misled America into war and have given us a Katrina foreign policy that has betrayed our ideals, killed and maimed our soldiers, and widened the terrorist threat instead of defeating it. These Republicans are afraid to debate veterans who live and breathe the concerns of our troops, not the empty slogans of an Administration that sent our brave troops to war without body armor.

Bottom line, these Republicans want to debate straw men because they're afraid to debate real men. And this time it won't work because we're going to stay in their face with the truth and deny them even a sliver of light for their distortions. No Democrat will be bullied by an administration that has a cut and run policy in Afghanistan and a stand still and lose strategy in Iraq ."

Chris Matthews on "Hardball" pointed this out, and even Dick Armey said it was a bunch of made-up nonsense. From Kos.

One surprise: just heard Tweety say flat out that reading the full transcript it's clear that Kerry was insulting the president, not the troops. Dick Armey was on at the time and essentially agreed and laughed about how funny it was that the GOP was feigning mock outrage. Ha ha. Ha ha. Funny funny GOP.

It's desperatation time. The GOP would like to talk about anything but Bush, Iraq and the Republicans' failures. Shrieking at Kerry is not going to work.

2nd UPDATE:

From HuffPost, Kerry's team issued this, which he uses all the time.

"I can't overstress the importance of a great education. Do you know where you end up if you don't study, if you aren't smart, if you're intellectually lazy? You end up getting us stuck in a war in Iraq." - Senator John Kerry

Kerry flubbed the line. Again, I hope the Republicans have something else, because this is not going to let them keep the House.