Ric, I believe (but cannot verify) that VW created the ad for a run in various mags of the time (LIFE etc) after Chapaquidick (sp?). The argument being that had Kennedy owned a bug with its excellent floating properties (remember how hard it was to close bug doors because of the great sealing properties?) then he would not been in that mess and so on and so on and would have become president .....Lampoon may have "borrowed" the idea, no? DC ---------------------------------------------------------------------- David Carment School of International Affairs Carleton University Ottawa, Ontario K1S 5B6 voice - (613) 788-2600-6662 fax - (613) 788-2889 Email address: dcarment@ccs.carleton.ca ----------------------------------------------------------------------
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