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Kerry claims HS graduation rate is at 47%

http://www.drudgereport.com/matt.htm
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From today's Drudge Report:
Sen. John Kerry claimed this morning on NBC TODAY that 53% of America's children do not graduate from high school: a claim that raised eyebrows in the NBC control room, sources tell the DRUDGE REPORT.



Kerry made the comments after host Katie Couric asked the former presidential candidate about Bush's State of the Union call to train 70,000 additional teachers in math and science.

COURIC: He wanted to train 70,000 additional teachers in math and science.

KERRY: That's terrific. But 53 percent of our children don't graduate from high school. Kids don't have after-school programs. He didn't ask America to sacrifice anything to achieve great goals and the biggest example is making the tax cut permanent for the wealthiest people in America. The average American struggles to find time to take carry of families, working two or three jobs. It's a disgrace. He did not tell the real state of the union.

Kerry's 53% claim conflicts with a recent press release from the U.S. Census Bureau: "High School Graduation Rates Reach All-Time High".

And the Census Bureau's own website states: 85.9 Percent Of Americans Aged 20-24 Are High School Graduates.
(U.S. Census Bureau Website, www.census.gov , Accessed 2/1/06)

Pure comedy, coming from the Democratic leadership.
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Reply #2 from JoeUser Forums Top

53% of brain cells are a terrible thing to waste!

want to place a bet on no liberals chiming in?  Or if so, demanding another source?

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Reply #3 from JoeUser Forums Top
maybe it was 53% of liberal children?
Reply #4 from JoeUser Forums Top

maybe it was 53% of liberal children?

You mean adults.  The children still have a chance to!

Reply #5 from JoeUser Forums Top
Displays exactly how much respect we should grant the statistics that come out of the mouths of the average politician of either side...
Reply #6 from JoeUser Forums Top
I read that 53% of people who get BOTOX are still ugly.

Hehe.
Reply #7 from JoeUser Forums Top
I read that 53% of brain cells are lost at meetings of the DNC>
Reply #9 from JoeUser Forums Top
read that 53% of people who get BOTOX are still ugly.


Ha! Good one TW John looks like a hound dog doesn't he?!

I think he has his blinders so firmly on about the "tax cut for the wealthy" that he doesn't see what is really coming out of his mouth. I agree, good comedy!
Reply #11 from JoeUser Forums Top
I guess he's been reading about Milwaukee Public Schools and thinks that is indicative of the whole country. Of course, as usual, he's dead wrong.

It's hilarious, he says that we Americans haven't sacrificed enough, but then his example is "tax cuts for the rich"? If his point is that nobody but "the rich" benefitted, how is it a "sacrifice" for the rest of us if it gets repealled? I'm also entertained by his call for everyone else to have to sacrifice more. The only thing he's ever sacrificed was his honor and integrity... and that's assuming he may have had them to sacrifice. ;~D
Reply #12 from JoeUser Forums Top
Inexcusable blunder even though he probably confused it with stats on minority graduation within urban areas.
Reply #13 from JoeUser Forums Top
"Inexcusable blunder even though he probably confused it with stats on minority graduation within urban areas."


I would think you'd have to look to the worst areas to find even urban 'minority' schools that have a 53% dropout rate. It sounds more to me like he just pulled a number out of his posterior...
Reply #14 from PolMach Forums Top
Inexcusable blunder even though he probably confused it with stats on minority graduation within urban areas.


I guess he did a Ford, eh?
Reply #15 from JoeUser Forums Top
I would think you'd have to look to the worst areas to find even urban 'minority' schools that have a 53% dropout rate


Detrit qualifies. But then schools in the same county have graduation rates anywhere from about 45% to about 90%.
Reply #16 from JoeUser Forums Top
We conservatives must set Kerry straight. We're proud of our 16% dropout rate. That's 1-in-6!
Reply #17 from JoeUser Forums Top
Inexcusable blunder even though he probably confused it with stats on minority graduation within urban areas.

If ya don't know something, don't make something else up. It's not a sin to say "I don't know"! ::
Reply #18 from JoeUser Forums Top
is high school really that tough? I graduated by spending a little time doing homework along with a part time job.

i think you would actually have to put effort into not graduating. skip classes, turn in nothing, and fool your parents or guardians
into thinking that nothing was wrong for 4 years. maybe spend some time in jail.

graduating from high school is easy.

it's all the parts after that are hard.
Reply #19 from JoeUser Forums Top
is high school really that tough? I graduated by spending a little time doing homework along with a part time job.

Good for you! Congratulations. Yes, life does not get any easier... trust me. I'm 35 and I'm still trying to figure out what I want to be when I grow up.

So if you're still here, what was the grad rate for your HS seniors? John Kerry claims it was in the 47% range. Hopefully you can elaborate on this.
Reply #20 from JoeUser Forums Top
I would think you'd have to look to the worst areas to find even urban 'minority' schools that have a 53% dropout rate.

Kerry did not qualify his statement. He said "But 53 percent of our children don't graduate from high school." He didn't say that was some areas, or even that it was for underprivileged youth or anything. His was a blanket statement that was an out and out inaccuracy. And I am confident that it was not on accident.