Tuesday, May 06, 2008

Writer Stephen King smears the troops

Noel Sheppard of Newsbusters reports : Writer Stephen King: If You Can't Read, You'll End Up in the Army or Iraq
Remember shortly before Election Day 2006 when Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) suggested that if you don't get a good education, "you get stuck in Iraq" (video available here)?

Well, last month, famed horror author Stephen King was speaking in front of a group of high school students at the Library of Congress, and he virtually made the exact same statement.
Yeah... we remember
The fact is that the average serviceman, and service woman, is above average.
While the average LibRule (D)emocrat hates free speech...
Horror Author Tells Fans to Email NB, Shuts Down Discussion of Anti-military Remarks
The saga of horror novelist Stephen King's disgraceful comments about America's military took an interesting turn Monday when shortly after instructing visitors to his website to send me a message stating "Hi, Noel—Stephen King says to shut up and I agree," his own message boards were shut down.

If you buy Stephen King's paper-backs used, he doesn't get any money... just sayin'
Cross Posted at DANEgerus

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