Reagan was divorced, didn't seem to harm him any . . .
The problem with K is that he's a flaky lefty by mainstream standards, not that he Lacks Moral Fiber.
jks
--- Jon Johanning <jjohanning at igc.org> wrote:
> On Friday, February 6, 2004, at 01:51 PM, Yoshie
> Furuhashi wrote:
>
> > Dennis Kucinich has been divorced twice
>
> So what's wrong with divorce? I've only done it once
> (no plans to
> repeat), but I really don't understand why Americans
> divorce so much
> and yet object to it in a candidate. Well, yes I do
> -- they feel that a
> president has to represent all the ideal god-like
> qualities they lack
> in their lives. As far as family life is concerned,
> I think this goes
> all the way back to the ancient notion that kings
> had to provide a
> conduit between the energies of the gods and the
> crops of their
> countries' farmlands. That is, a good king's chief
> duty was to keep the
> harvests abundant by providing a clear channel from
> the gods to earth.
>
> The modern equivalent is: a president who has an
> intact family and
> whose sperm has adequately fertilized a good little
> wife will keep that
> GNP right up there. That was what horrified so many
> people about
> Clinton's escapade: by spilling his seed with that
> Monica chippie, he
> threatened the well-being of the entire economy. The
> Shrub, on the
> other hand, combines the appeal of a reformed drunk
> who has accepted
> Christ as his personal savior (under the influence
> of his good little
> demure wife) with that remaining trace of a frat-boy
> glint in his eye
> that suggests that he's still pretty potent.
>
> By these standards, Kerry looks pretty presidential
> to me, but does he
> actually have any kids? I haven't seen evidence of
> them. If not, that
> could be disturbing evidence of a lack of fertility.
> (Actually, what
> sells me on him is that he shares his hobby of
> playing classical guitar
> with me).
>
>
> Jon Johanning // jjohanning at igc.org
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> Nor ever ever shall, until that I die,
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