Is Jimmy Carter the greatest president in history? Not only did he manage to free captured / arrested / kidnapped / whatever American Aijalon Mahli Gomes, but he also managed to get out of North Korea without having to party with the super-awkward Kim Jong-Il the way Bill Clinton did. Plus, he did not succumb to the temptation to set himself up as North Korea’s new dictator. Does freeing this one American prisoner redeem him for the entire Iranian hostage crisis? Yes, according to people with short attention spans (i.e., everyone in America). [NYT]- An Alabama Congressman told a funny joke to an audience in Montgomery about how Nancy Pelosi might get sick and die. The metapunchline: it was Bobby Bright, a Democrat! And voting for Nancy Pelosi for speaker makes him feel uncomfortable and weird, apparently, even though he redeems himself by voting against literally every aspect of the House Democratic agenda. [AP]
- The liberal New York Times says that conservatives don’t really care enough about gay marriage anymore to try to stop it, which will come as news to the people in Iowa trying to get half the Supreme Court there voted out, because of gay marriage. [NYT/WP]
- Everyone is surprised that Ben Quayle won his primary in Arizona, because everyone had pretty much come to the conclusion that he was a moron and a loser. [Politico]
- You will be completely shocked to learn that Katrina recovery has gone better for white and middle-class people than it has for black and poor peope. [WP]
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August 27, 2010
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The liberal New York Times says that conservatives don’t really care enough about gay marriage anymore to try to stop it…
So the GOP has pretty much moved on to teh Muslins and teh Messicans?
That party has a fairly short attention span. They’ll demonize one group as long as it gets them votes, then move on to the next pariahs once teh mainstream starts showing signs of accepting the group they’re currently demonizing.
BTW, a quick question for those of you who watched Chris Matthews congratulating Ken Melman on his “courageous” coming out, last night: did you make it all the way to the bathroom, or like me, did you vomit in you own lap before even getting off the couch?
Unlike all other decisions which had one-vote margins, the decision by Iowa’s Supreme Court was unanimous. They have seven members, but only three are up for a vote this November. So even if the haters managed to oust all three of them, they’d still be stuck with a majority that supports teh gays.
Who is this Brock Landers and why is he running for congress under the pseudonym Ben Quayle?
“Plus, he did not succumb to the temptation to set himself up as North Korea’s new dictator.”
Sadly. I wish he would. I work with South Korean people every day. They are such friendly, energetic and dynamic people, I haz a sad for their oppressed brethren in the north. If only Carter were their new Dear Leader…
Isn’t that just another way of saying Ben Quayle is a man of the people? People love Sarah Palin because she’s just like them, too – dim-witted and shallow, yet in spite of/ because of that, really arrogant.
[re=646911]Serolf Divad[/re]: I’d rather watch reruns of Teh Badgirls Club than sit through ole’ Spitty. He, like that insufferable Halperin, are just unmitigated hacks.
You will be completely shocked to learn that Katrina recovery has gone better for white and middle-class people than it has for black and poor peope.
President Obama doesn’t care about poor peope (sic).
There’s only so much paranoid hate to go around, and having a black president has naturally lead the Republicans to focus their bigotry on the traditional racial minorities, leaving them little time for their hatred of the gays.
“…but he also managed to get out of North Korea without having to party with the super-awkward Kim Jong-Il.”
I like Jimmy but I can’t help but think it was the other way around. Kim let this dude go in exchange for NOT having to have his pic made with the peanut farmer from Plains.
[re=646917]freakishlystrong[/re]: Tweety does have his shining moments though. He does have the ability to let people who are [admittedly] fools make even bigger fools of themselves (Bachmann, Lazio, the Koran burning preacher, Kevin James (not the fat actor) & some others I can’t remember).
I DO think Jimmy Carter was a great Prez…probably the greatest of the past century. The guys before that traveled a very different road and it’s hard to compare. But Jimmy faced questions with the truth – not P.R. & polling. Remember the rabbit attack and “lust in my heart” – he came closer than any other Prez to leveling with the country. Imagine how different the country would be if this had prevailed instead of R.R.’s slick P.R. machine?
And, OK, I used to tip a few with his bro, Billy…but even so…pure of heart counts and has been noticeably absent ever since…look at the Quayle boy.
I hear North Korea is looking for a new Dear Leader. Anybody know how much it pays? Benefits? I’m just saying I’m not all that busy right now.
Hey, Mr. Josh Fruhlinger! Did YOU solve the whole Iran hostage crisis thing? No? Well then I guess everything you’ve done since then is ALSO completely meaningless and is therefore subject to ridicule. Hell, why don’t you just sit in the back of your bedroom closet with your thumb in your mouth for the rest of your life? At least then we wouldn’t have to put up with your snide comments about a man who has done more actual good for real human beings since he has gotten out of office than you will probably ever do in your entire life. Maybe when they hand you a Nobel Peace Prize for Smarminess you can show your face to the light of day again. Until then, stfu.
[re=646932]Monsieur Grumpe[/re]:
Who would want to rule that shithole? I mean, it’s got a lot of shoreline, but are the beaches any good?
I think Reagan pretty much redeemed Jimmy Carter for the Iranian Hostage Crisis by manipulating things so Carter couldn’t use the hostages’ release as an October Surprise.
[re=646936]Oblios Cap[/re]: There was that movie where James Bond infiltrated North Korea by surfing to shore at night but something tells me that it wasn’t filmed on location.
Carter, like most ex-presidents, has a lot of blood on his hands.
Even Kim Jong-Il cowers before History’s Greatest Monster, Jimmy Carter.
[re=646933]LunarMovements[/re]:
You’re new here, right?
[re=646911]Serolf Divad[/re]: Tweety’s kind of losing it these days. Maybe he never had it, but half the time he just shouts people down and refuses to let them answer his insanely complicated questions. It’s kinda like Alvin Green: funny at first, but then sort of sad.
[re=646960]Serolf Divad[/re]:
They have a kind of Kos-ian way of commenting, don’t they?
[re=646933]LunarMovements[/re]: Try that shit on Ken Layne. Go on. I dare you.
[re=646936]Oblios Cap[/re]: Sure the beaches are good. No seaweed or tiny crustaceans to step on because people ate all that. Of course, the anti-tank mines and razor wire detract a bit from the natural splendor, but other than a few hundred surly and heavily armed DPRK ‘tourist guides’ you pretty much have the place to yourself.
[re=647011]Cape Clod[/re]: How many of your fellow children did you kill with dares like that when you were a kid?
“I bet you’re too chicken to pee on the third rail, aren’t you chicken?”
To all Carter admirers: The march toward the deregulation of everything began under Carter. (Cf. Airlines, Destruction of) Reagan and Bush–with a little help from The Triangulater–just completed the job. Nuff said.
[re=646933]LunarMovements[/re]: If you’re going to choke yourself out while masturbating furiously its better to lean away from the keyboard, so that when you come to you’re not frightened and bewildered by where you wound up in the interwebs when your head crashed onto the keys.
[re=646933]LunarMovements[/re]:
Hey dude, back off. That’s ‘The Comics Curmudgeon’ you’re talking about.
[re=647080]Throgmorton Dustbin[/re]: You forgot to mention the Community Reinvestment Act, because it seems to be in vogue to blame the Bush Depression on the fact that banks were forced to lend money to the Browns ™.
[re=646933]LunarMovements[/re]: Welcome to wonkette. I believe that some of the other folks have already brought out the welcome wagon, but in case you still care, let me attempt to decipher:
This is a site of snark. There’s snark in the comments (except this one, of course), and there’s snark in the articles. While I don’t believe there is a Wonkette Constitution (hell, I’m a recent arrival and haven’t even gotten the George Soros Decoder Ring), there is a pretty broadly accepted concept that ANYBODY and ANY BELIEF can be made fun of. Occasionally, this leads to entertaining mini-flame-wars, but most of the time folks pretty much ignore random shots that may be a little weak on their understanding of historical detail (Jack).
So, if you choose to continue to frequent this fount of whatever it is a fount of, try to do two things.
1. Be funny. Obviously, you’ll want to look elsewhere in the comments for examples.
2. Don’t assume that anything anyone says is intended entirely seriously (except for the, trust me, obviously serious occasional rant).
3. Remember that Jack is too young to, for example, recite the names of all the Iranian Embassy hostages.
Okay, three things.
Cheers
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