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...torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans, born in this century, tempered by war, disciplined by a hard and bitter peace . . ." -- John F. Kennedy, Inaugural Address...
...this generational conceit is unlikely to be updated as a theme for Clinton's Inaugural Address. Imagine a hapless Clinton speechwriter struggling to reduce the baby-boomer life experience to tough-minded Kennedyesque cadences. No way would the incoming President dare tell the unvarnished generational truth: "Again, the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans, born after World War II, nurtured in prosperity, aroused by Vietnam, sustained by rock 'n' roll, tested by drugs and promiscuity, embraced by the media and belatedly betrayed by the nation's decline in living standards...
Peterson suggested a variety of precedents for discussion by the panelists including the generational change--"the passing of the torch"--between the Eisenhower and Kennedy presidencies...
...many ways, Clinton can add to his electoral mandate all of Perot's votes; while it is true many Perot voters disliked Clinton, their clearest message was a rejection of the existing Bush administration. Clinton carries that torch for them...
Consider, for example, a presidential race in which the leading candidate tap-dances and croons torch songs, carries on a tabloid affair with a beauty- pageant entrant and has a running mate who is a national joke when he's not a faceless nonentity. This party's winning agenda consists of one word: love. Americans are urged to vote their belief in romance, and overwhelmingly they fall...