Generational Battle Gets Fierce

by R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr. - August 24, 2006 - New York Sun

At Mr. Clinton's birthday celebration in New York on October 29 I wonder if Catherine Mayo will put in an appearance. She might well be the Cindy Sheehan of the moment. At her recent court appearance in Boston she proudly wore a Rolling Stones T-shirt, and she is definitely on the Clintons' side in the present 1960s intergenerational rivalry. Ms. Mayo, 59, is the lady whose disruptive behavior on a transatlantic flight to Washington, D.C. caused the plane to land in Boston. She opposes the Bush Administration. On the airplane she spoke mysteriously of some sort of relationship with Al Qaeda and at one point lowered her pants and urinated in the aisle — a peace demonstration that I think all will agree clearly got out of hand. In 2003, while writing for a Pakistani newspaper, the Daily Times of Pakistan, Ms. Mayo declared, "I am an American child of the 1960s. We defied the standards of our parents and declared that a war was unjust. All conflicts can be settled by peaceful means." Two days later America invaded Iraq. Now she is really mad.

This is a really funny article. I don't usually post the "inside politics" type articles but the popularity of Bill Clinton is still something that I just don't get. Want the names of a few other democrats I just don't get. How about, Cindy Sheehan, Cynthia McKinney, Catherine Mayo, Al Sharpton, Nancy Pelosi, Jesse Jackson, Jim Black, Frank Ballance.

However if you really want to talk about someone who should be the face of the democratic party I propose Mel Reynolds. A recent article on urbin.net noted

Jessie Jackson has added former Chicago democratic congressman Mel Reynolds to the Rainbow / PUSH Coalition's payroll.

Reynolds was among the 176 criminals excused in President Clinton's last-minute forgiveness spree. Reynolds received a commutation of his six-and- a-half-year federal sentence for 15 convictions of wire fraud, bank fraud & lies to the Federal Election Commission. He is more notorious however, for concurrently serving five years for sleeping with an underage campaign volunteer.

This is a first in American politics:
An ex-congressman (a democrat) who had sex with an underaged subordinate;
won clemency from a president (a democrat) who had sex with a subordinate;
then was hired by a clergyman (a democrat) who had sex with a subordinate.

His new job? Youth counselor. Is this a great country or what?

Please note. Mel Reynolds is still a revered leader of the democratic party, just like Bill Clinton and Jesse Jackson.