It's For The Children Soldiers

It's For The Children Soldiers - One of the things I detested about Bill Clinton (and still detest about Senator Linda Berglin, DFL-Minneapolis) was the way he'd find some way to squeeze "the children" into any debate, or even "casual" political remark (as if he had any of those).

CLINTON: "Well, Boy Scout Troop 227 of Ottumwa, Iowa, welcome to the White House. For the sake of the children, don't touch the furniture..."

So John Kerry, in response to what must have been an avalanche of opprobium over his "Regime Change" crack a few weeks ago, is starting to do the same:

While campaigning Tuesday, Kerry said some people overreacted to the remark. The decorated Vietnam War veteran also repeated his frustration with GOP congressional leaders who never served in the military but used the remark to assail Kerry's patriotism.

''When I fought in Vietnam and fought for my country, I didn't give up my right to make quips and to participate in the debate,'' the lawmaker said.

"When I fought in Vietnam..."

I can see it now.

"When I was slogging through that rice paddy with my M-16 in my hand, I never thought I'd be discussing capital gains tax cuts...".

On the bright side; maybe this whole flap, and clumsy way of extricating himself, will be to him what "Poland is Free" was to Gerald Ford...

Posted by Mitch at May 1, 2003 10:41 AM