Between father and son [Ellen Goodman: Conservative parents don't 'nuture'.]

The Boston Globe ^ | September 26, 2004 | By Ellen Goodman

[johnny7]

SOMETIMES I wonder what it must be like when the presidential son comes to Kennebunkport for a visit. Does George the Younger tell George the Elder what he tells the country? Does he say that we are safer with Saddam in prison than in power? Does he insist that we are better off having overthrown the dictator rather than containing him? I suspect it might be just a splash awkward. After all, it was dad who decided not to topple the Iraqi when he was on the run. It was George the 41st who believed that the chaos might be worse than containment. When another and another car bomb goes off in Baghdad, does this most discreet father ever want to say: I told you so?

[CarolTX]

And this looks like a variation on the call for a more "sensitive" war. Barf!

[Alia]

T'would seem to me that she draws painful attn to her own child's tragic end when she writes to criticize other parents, particularly on bogus political grounds.

You've put that well, and succinctly. Why is Ellen Goodman afraid to look in the mirror, no?

[CyberAnt]

It isn't just their "soft life" .. it's that they don't have any friends with opposing views.