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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."
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.
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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.