Personally, I like W's own words on the subject. From Maureen Dowd, NYT, 8/22/99
By the time he got to Fairlawn, Ohio, on Friday he was still deep in Clintonspeak. "I think parents, particularly baby-boomer parents, ought to say to children, 'Do not use drugs,' " Mr. Bush said. "I think we owe the children that responsibility to share our wisdom. I worry about a society that sends a different message. One of the interesting questions facing baby boomers is, 'Have we grown up?' "
He was pressed by The Times's Adam Clymer: "And if a child asks a baby-boomer parent, 'Well, did you?' "
He replied: "I think the baby-boomer parent ought to say, 'I've learned from mistakes I may or may not have made. . . .
You may interpret those quotes as you wish. I interpret them as entertainment, myself. |
