The Prez can't win, part II

Michael Kinsley, head honcho of Slate.com, wrote the other day that Jenna and Barbara Bush (the presidential daughters, not his mom and someone else), have a resposibility to either publicly stand behind thier father or publicly decry his policies. Why? They aren't publicly elected officials, paid by the public to be the First Children. As he writes in his article, they're over 21 and have a right to speak for themselves. He seems to think that means they have to join his crusade against thier dad or make themselves targets for his website. I think the same constitutional guarantee that allows Kinsley to shoot his mouth off, allows them to keep thier mouths shut. I think it shows a great deal of previously unshown maturity for them to stay silent and out of the limelight.

I'd say it would be nice if Kinsley did the same, but then what would I gripe about???