Thirty years from now, when your grandchildren ask "What did you do in the great World War II?" you won't have to say "Well, I shoveled shit in Louisiana."

Tim Cavanaugh | August 27, 2008

What counts as foreign policy leadership credibility? Having a grandparent who served with George S. Patton, of course!

Dig the evidence from tonight's speeches:

Patrick Murphy: "With a grandfather who marched in General Patton's army, Senator Obama understands the needs of our nation and its military."

Claudia Kennedy: "His grandfather enlisted after Pearl Harbor and marched in Patton's army."

John Kerry: "...his grandfather who marched in Patton's army..."

And more!

So if that's all it takes, how come George C. Scott never became president? Oh wait, he did.

Comments

Fleetwood Crap|8.27.08 @ 9:13PM|#

I loved how when Bill Clinton was taking the stage, the music was "Yesterday's gone, yesterday's gone."

|8.28.08 @ 8:43AM|#

That wasn't a foreign policy credibility argument, it was an American bio argument.