When Captain Kangaroo died a few years back, millions of parents faced the tough decision of how to tell their kids. Most didn't want to say Captain Kangaroo was dead because kids that young don't understand death. Instead, many parents chose to say he had been "cancelled." Since then, a lot of kids have been hoping Captain Kangaroo would come back one day.
And now he has.
Turns out, the good Captain was hiding out as the US Ambassador to the United Nations under the assumed name of John Bolton.
Now he's resigned because of what President Bush called the "stubborn obstructionism" of the Senate, which refused to confirm him.
Others thought the Captain had some management issues. In an unprecedented public letter to the Senate, 64 former American ambassadors and diplomats wrote "On many occasions, [Captain Kangaroo's] hard core go-it-alone posture . . . alienated the bulk of the diplomatic community and cost the United States its leadership role with the U.N."
Oops.
The Captain, at least, can return to his role as the beloved host of his popular children's show. But who will the President nominate to be our next Ambassador?
Actually, I know a former kid's show host who's looking for work.
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