Finally, a National Conversation on Our Fun Deficit

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NRO/ The Campaign Spot:

Jim Geraghty

March 20, 2015

 

Who’s ready for “fun camp”, America?

 

The punch-lines write themselves on this one, and that’s exactly what’s happening. Hillary Clinton, soon to announce her candidacy for president, spoke last night before the American Camp Association in New Jersey. In an effort to try to connect with her audience, she said, “We really need to have camps for adults. … None of the serious stuff. None of the life challenge stuff. More fun. I think we have a huge ‘fun deficit’ in America.”

 

So Clinton hands over to us all to consider the idea of a progressive sending adults to camps, and the idea of a politician infamous for being humorless and suspicious being an arbiter of “fun,” wrapped in a great big bow.

 

 

I haven’t seen a Democratic presidential candidate this enthusiastic about camps since FDR.

 

She may not have much to say about the national debt or the budget deficit, but you can’t say she doesn’t have a plan for the fun deficit!

 

 

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