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November 18, 2003
Matt, help!
Thanks to the Note for both pointing this out and for the title.
Political Points: Politicians Stage a Dramatic Exit
Quick About-Face for General Clark
LEAVE it to a military man to know when to retreat. In a town hall meeting with some 50 people in Portsmouth, N.H., on Thursday, Gen. Wesley K. Clark uttered four little words that caused many of the women in the room to sit up straight. Recounting his home life during his years in the military, General Clark said, "My wife didn't work."
The general apparently did not realize what he had said until one of those women pointed it out to him, none too softly: "Don't ever say a military wife doesn't work."
Knowing he had misfired, General Clark fell back — loudly and rapidly — shouting into the microphone in an attempt to get the words back. "Oh no!" he said. "My wife worked herself to death. But my wife didn't earn income outside the home. I'm sorry I didn't mean that the way it sounded. Correction! Correction!"
The general said his wife, Gertrude, was a veteran of the Red Cross, the P.T.A., officers' wives clubs and other groups. Shortly afterward, he thanked his savior. "You saved my bacon, I can tell you that," he said.
He's funny.
Posted by glyphic at November 18, 2003 03:02 AM