Will people please leave the Bush twins alone? One of the more disgusting stories to emerge recently was this statement by Artists and Activists United for Peace protesting Jenna Bush's desire to teach at a school in Harlem:

"We don't think she is of a high enough moral character to teach school, considering her past adventures," organizer John Penley was quoted by The New York Daily News as saying. "Her taking this job is keeping a black person from getting the job. We think she and her sister should enlist in the military," he added.

High enough moral character? Yes, she drank a lot in college, and oh, is that aberrant behavior. Whoever heard of someone in college going to too many parties and drinking too much?

Though it is true that, theoretically speaking, thousands of us are waiting for the Bush twins to enlist in the military--on a personal, non-political level, the Bush twins can do whatever they damn well please. It isn't our business what career track Jenna takes.

Here is a young woman who has every economic and social privilege that exists, yet she wants to be a teacher. And naturally, someone shows up to criticize her.

Isn't Jenna already unfortunate enough, with a parent who is bent on destroying the nation's security, economy, environment, and democratic structure? Leave her alone.