John writes:

> Yes, presidential siblings can be an entertaining lot!  I'm reminded of
some
> comedian's comment during the Carter administration:  "Isn't America
> wonderful.  Overnight a man can go from being a humble, small-town gas
> station owner to being the nation's number one embarrassment!"

I suspect it's a deer-in-the-headlights phenomenon. You can live your dull,
dreary life, complete with its small cheats and indiscretions, and nobody
notices, even if your brother is governor of your state, as was the case with
Carter, Clinton and Bush. Nobody seemed to care all that much. But once your
brother is elected president, the world changes -- and you aren't prepared for it.
You didn't run for anything and you didn't think that anything much would
happen to you as a consequence, but now every slimy businessman is ready to offer
you free money and sex in order to curry favor with the president's family --
and you aren't prepared enough, cognizant enough or have the ethical backbone
to recognize the sliminess of the offers. Besides, they all seem so innocent in
the beginning.

Wirt Atmar

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