European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 30, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse � a Liisu s this daughter grows into a Democrat Tammy Thompson my 6-year-old daughter s a has taken me More than a year to come to grips with that reality an about that Long to be Able to say the sentence out loud. It s difficult for a hard line conservative Republican like myself to Deal with the thought of a Liberal in my family let alone it being a child i bore. But the signs have been there for years. I be just been fooling myself and explaining away the prob lems. Looking Back now i d say the signs have been pre sent since her birth in 1987 oddly enough the height of the Reagan years. She entered the world screaming but with her eyes closed. I blamed it on the pain medication. An Early talker but late Walker definite indicators i be decide she began a Cru Sade against Lumberjacks in her late 2s or Early 3s. She actually wanted me to pull trucks Over that were hauling fresh Cut Trees to the paper Mills. Stop the truck Mommy she d yell. Ask pm where the Birds will live if they take All the bleeding heart. When she was 4,1 showed her the Ocean. This i be come to find was Only the Start of her second crusade cleaning up the fish this from a girl who likes her toys precariously arranged in my living room ignoring my continuous rantings for her to move the Mountain into her bedroom. I longed for the Youthful Why is the sky Blue questions but Only heard the rhetorical cries of Why Don t people use trash cans then the fateful 1992 election rolled around. My Darling nieces saw president Bush As a grand fatherly figure who spoke Only truths pitted against the Fork tongued Democrat who probably wears a wig. Nobody has that Nice of hair the eldest said i m not As Lucky As my sister though. In t or. Clinton cute mom my 5-year-old lobbyist posed. Opening laugh David Mosman Australia Peculiar people yes dear. But statements like that Are one of the reasons women weren t allowed to vote not too Long ago. You re dragging us Back to the Stone age was my reply. Or. Gore likes Trees too she pronounced one yes dear. Thai s a Lovely Quality in a Man and i m sure it s exactly Why Tipper married him i said. She watched the debates past her bedtime but i was sure the Man would say something to dash my child s dream. It never happened. After Clinton s Victory my daughter celebrated dancing and singing As if she d had something to do with it. But like any Good politically Correct Young Ster she did t rub it in to dear old mom. I sulked for the maximum six month mourning period regard less of her antics. I still wonder if her inaugural invitation was t lost in the mail somewhere though. What did i do wrong As a Parent alcoholism is believed to be an inherent trait. Study has shown homosexuality could be caused by a Gene. Is there a Chance your political affiliation is formed in a Small portion of your brain As you develop in Uteri is there surgery to Correct it sgt. Tammy Thompson is stationed at Rhein main a. Germany. Joel Smith recently read people Magazine s "25,most intriguing people of 1993" Issue. Some the entries Are dismaying. For example Michael Jackson. It was a pretty rough year for the King of pop. As if having to admit him self to a drug rehab program weren t bad enough the poor Guy is then assailed by allegations of child molestation. My question to the editors at people Magazine however is this do you think anyone is really surprised let s face it this Guy just has t seemed right since off the Wall. Fabio. I guess i m just shocked that a Man with no discernible Talent whatsoever can gain International celebrity based on Little More than Long Blond hair and facial features each the approximate size of Duluth Minn. But then again there is Michael Bolton. Bill and Hillary Clinton. There s really nothing surprising about this entry but i must say that the folks at people demonstrated some very astute Edito rial judgment in listing these two As one person. Lyle Lovett. This entry is particularly shocking. Lovett has been making great records for years but hardly anyone gave a rat s Tail about the Guy until he married what a her name the actress. The Only Rea son this wedding made headlines is and let s be honest Here Lyle Lovett is butt ugly but hey More Power to you Guy. The Mississippi. Say in t that a River Lorena Bobbitt this woman sliced off her Hus band s Penis with a Kitchen knife. Now she s in peo ple Magazine posing elegantly in a swimming Pool like some kind of cover girl. I have to wonder is this the sort of person we want America s major Media Glamor izing in any Way As a concerned civic minded not to mention extremely male individual i must answer but perhaps most shocking of All is a very obvious omission on the part of those who assembled 1993 s most intriguing people list. How could they have ignored the two most important influential people of the year they Are men of vision men of strength two men of one mind who have not Only crested but Are now the driving Force behind the wave of societal change that will shape Western culture for generations to come. I think you know who i mean huh huh huh huh huh huh. Spec. Joel Smith a stationed in Darmstadt. Germany. Contents from the cover. 4-5tvs super bowl Kickoff. Sidelights. 6-9"gettysburg" is on the Way. John Amos Bunker on "704 Hauser Andy Kooney wonders about morals. Odds & ends. 10miss manners lets the machine answer. In tune 11 hos of stars could replace Billy Crystal. This week s films 12-13 Chuck Vitich Iron will is Doggone Good. Military circuit listings. Television listings. 14-17local, Cable and satellite schedules. Home entertainment 18the action in hard voices 20-21 resigning in All Candor. Linda Ella rec up to her knee in trouble. Disclosure. Michael Crichton on a sizzling Issue. Words & wit. Purposeful digging by a Llian Safire. Books Peter Ament reports from the front. On Parade tie King of marriage. Last laugh. The definitive Dave Barry. 22-2324 .2527 28 sunday is a weekly supplement of the stars and stripes editor Ducky Fox Art direction Peter Jaeger production Bernard Jensen editorial assistance Louis Pierce Page 2 sunday january 30, 1994
