Kerry Rhetoric

(Topeka, Kansas) Presumptive Democratic Party nominee for president John Kerry spoke on the anniversary of the 1954 Brown vs. Board of Education decision. Citing the fact that Hispanic and African-American students don't do as well in school as white students, Kerry followed with:

The answer, he said, was "letting America be America -- by reaffirming the value of inclusion, equality, and diversity in our schools and across the life of our nation."

Apparently to clear up the fogginess of Kerry's statement, DNC Vice Chair Lottie Shackelford said,

"John Kerry is more than political rhetoric."

Frankly, if I were assigned to reaffirm the value of inclusion across the life of America, I'd be lost. I honestly don't have any idea what his statement is supposed to mean. All I know is, thanks to Lottie Shackelford, that it's more than political rhetoric.