European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 3, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 18 the stars and stripes wednesday june 3,1987 columns today s crossword Harf invited disaster to strike him Brand Booney actually disaster did t so much strike Gary Hart. A would be More accurate to say lightning found the lightning Rod he d put up Over his life. He attracted disaster to himself. There have been More jokes passed among friends about Hart than about about any politician since Ted Kennedy s tragic incident at Chappaquiddick. The humor in the Hart jokes is not so dark because his Story did not involve any death but the death or his Hopes Tot High office. Only a few or the jokes Are printable. A couple of examples if he spent three Days on a boat with thai girl wearing the Bikini she had on in the pictures and he never Laid a hand on her i would t Trust him As and what s Gary Hart s favorite dish i Don t know. What is Gary Hart s Favorule dish Johnny Carson s comment May have been the Best i m glad to see that they be Laken sex out of the pulpit and put it Back in politics where it the thing that Gary Hart does i seem to under stand ii that people have not condemned him for adultery although it seems highly Likely he committed n. They were turned off because they think he tied. It suddenly became apparent that he was appearing to be one person when he was speaking As a politician but was actually someone else. People Don t condemn the act he apparently com Mih cd. They condemn the character Ofa person who posed a holier than thou As a candidate and turned out to be not nearly so holy As his speeches suggested. How could Hart expect us to look at pictures of Donna Rice posing in a just Short of Playboy Bikini and expects to believe that he took a trip with tier Tob mini in the confined quarters or a Small boat to Chat about fund raising for his Campaign come on if Han had come clean and said he and his wife were not getting along and that he was in fact seeing other women in anticipation of a divorce h is quite possible the Public would have accepted it. He be the Only Man not getting along with his wife ii Seemi Likely that if he d said that the Miami Herald never would have staked out his Home to prove something he a already admitted. What the Miami Herald proved was not that he apparently spent the night with a woman who was t Sis wife but hat he want very honest All of us should have been suspicious of anyone Yuho graduated from the Yale divinity school and instantly decided not to be a minister but to enter Yale Law school it s like quitting the peace corps logo to West Point. To tit Tun a i shy i testing one two three. Byar Buchwald Washington has tone absolutely Daft by insisting Hal everybody take tens to find Oul if they Are fit Tolerme the country. 1 was walking Down Pennsylvania Avenue Whan a Man with a clipboard stopped me and said have you Ever committed adultery of course not. Thai would make a mockery of my marriage vows i answered. Don t be a Wise Guy he said. This is a test to Sec if you arc worthy of running for president of the United Are you saying if i Haven t committed adultery i can be a candidate no but if you have been unfaithful he Public has a right to know the names of those involved. How do you feel about wife swapping you mean wives swapping recipes and Needle work designs i have no objection As Long As my meals on the table when i get Home at 1 started to walk away. Not so fast a second Man said As he got out of Avan. I have to give you a lie Detector test to find out if what you told this gentleman is i Don t wan to take a lie Detector if you refuse you la never work for the depart ment of agriculture As Long As you i Don t want to to work for agriculture. I m Happy doing what i m then you have to be tested for whal the hell for Vou could have gotten infected being Happy doing what you re beat it or i m calling
