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Line 17: − − Democratic [[Senator John Kerry]], the party's 2004 Presidential nominee, [[mock]]ed Southerners and their tradition of military service during the 2006 Midterm elections saying, − {{Cquote|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. <ref>[http://www.airforcetimes.com/legacy/new/1-292925-2325787.php Blistering of Kerry for stuck in Iraq' remark continues] By Rick Maze, Military News ''Air Force Times'', November 01, 2006.</ref>}} − The incident is widely believed to have killed any hope for Kerry to run as a viable Presidential candidate in 2008, or ever again.
What does this have to do with "the South?" Moved to Talk
The South also tends to lag behind the rest of the nation academically. Reading and math scores of students in the region are somewhat slightly below national averages. <ref>http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/states/</ref>
The South also tends to lag behind the rest of the nation academically. Reading and math scores of students in the region are somewhat slightly below national averages. <ref>http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/states/</ref>
==References==
==References==