I’d like to point out that my opponent
I’d like to point out that my opponent is not wearing pants behind his podium.
(Jimmy Carter and Gerald Ford)
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Anybody actually remember this debate? I’d like to know what they were discussing.
I remember the debate and no, I don’t recall what was being dicussed. Most likely the fact that Ford pardoned Nixon.
YEP! That was a big one!
Which is why we got 4 years of Carter. Can’t really blame people though, 10 years of Vietnam was a bitter pill for a lot of people and they were ready for a change. They just didn’t expect a change that drastic.
I always thought Carter was kind of “Doomed to Anonymity in History” because of the Nixon/Ford Administration before him, and the Reagan Administration after him…He was, and is, an extremely intelligent man who probably served this country better in the years before and after his Presidency than he did during it.
MG, I will give you that. His Nobel Prize was well earned, and I have a lot
of respect for both of them for the work they have done after he left office.
My opinion of Carter is similar to my opinion of Gore. I’m still not sure Gore would have made a very good president, but he’s probably done more good as environmentalist than he could have as president anyway, much like Carter.
Unlike Carter, Gore’s fat head isn’t doing him any favors. At least
Carter wears his humility in an honest way.
Yeah, Carter seems actually charming, but I given how much acting is involved I try to stick with policy not personality traits.
But Jimmy had that great Brother…and brewmeister…I actually drank a Billy Beer once…and got the sh!ts for a week…
I honestly never thought of Carter as an actor. You may recall
that when he gave his now famous flub when asking Amy about
nuclear arms, he was honestly perplexed as to what the big
deal was.
Oh, and for the records, I never did like Carter as a president.
While he did have some memorable moments, he really did stuff the economy up.
They’re all actors. No way they get to that point without being very shrewd and skilled about behavior and its effects on others.
Maybe for those who have had a career in politics. Carter was a two term state senator and a one term governor. That doesn’t really give me any indication that he was a life time politician (although he ultimately became one.) Let’s face it, Carter was rather naive as a president, and just didn’t have the shrewdness that other politicians normally have.
Point taken, but I can’t help but assume that his peanut farmer ingenue routine was played up for effect every chance possible. For instance, he wasseen as having such naive appeasement-oriented foreign policy approaches, throwing words around like Apartheid etc. Was that just an oops didn’t know any better moment? I doubt it. Didn’t he himself claim he used seemingly “innicent” but really provocative concepts to “stir debate”?
whoa, how does one deal with this wraparound=typo issue?
@pittypat: Ritual disembowelment to the deity of your choice helps.
It’s a violation! I’m the furious typer and must be allowed to exercise my speech rapidly and without error whenever I want so leaaaave meee allooooone!!!
Anybody else remember when jimmy Carter claimed to have been attacked by a swamp rabbit while fishing? {Link}
Is PK eating links now? I tried to post the “Jimmy Carter Gets Attacked by a Swamp Rabbit” article from Wikipedia…and it won’t post…
yikes. I feel bad for bunny *and* POTUS.
*snort* yes, I remember. I think he had to much Billy Beer!
@pittypat: Having trouble with typos?
Bwahahahahaha!!!
Eddie, agreed on both counts. Gore always seems to let his ego get in the way of some really good ideas, whereas Carter just works at his ideas and lets them speak for themselves.
that reminds me of the time i sat down to see an inconvenient truth. the data really was interesting but i couldn’t stand all the gore backstory stuff.
That’s why I don’t like horror movies, too much gore.
Yup, that’s why I exorcist my right to avoid them.
you shouldn’t hold such a grudge against them
But there are too many horror movies in the ring.
Hallo, ween can we switch topics?
I saw what you did there.
you guys are a scream
Just like no one expects this kind of change from Baracky Baby, and that’s going to be a bitter pill to swallow also.
They were probably talking economy, it was bad. Industry had been geared for war for a long time and now the war was over. We had high unemployment and high inflation. There had been many prominent assassinations in the previous ten years, (Ford was chair of the Warren Commission), Watergate, dirt on the war, and Ford was a little scary despite his lovable habit of tripping. We were soon to get our asses roundly kicked with an oil embargo, which Carter understood. He said we needed to address it as “the moral equivalent of war.” If only we had acted on that!
He does have the look of a man not wearing pants…
More importantly, the look of a man who has just been called out for not wearing pants.
Gerald Ford as protrayed by Chevy Chase…enough said!!
Dan Akroyd as Jimmeh!
“Sit, Liberty…good dog!”
I always loved Chevy’s pratfalls as Ford, then later that next week, you’d see Ford falling down the steps departing Air-Force-One…
Or decorating the White House Christmas tree! That was classic!
“He look…. like a man”
Not really…
I always wonder if Ford had a Usual Suspect for ‘Deep Throat’…
My mom is always like put on pants and I’m like no get outta my room. She got told
We already have a Steve.
And we prefer his sentence structure and overall coherency.
Unless, of course, you’ve been drinking NyQuill, in which case the sentence makes complete sense…
*votes Steve II off the island*
I don’t know, Rho…sometimes it’s entertaining to keep them around a few more rounds…maybe we should give Steve II the chance to redeem himself…NyQuil is a powerful elixir.
To be fair, using my (now) rather common first name is hardly creative. When I was growing up I didn’t know anyone else named Steve(n).
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@ Jane & diss – Thanks! I try not to sound drunk unless I’ve been drinking, in which case all bets are off. *huggles*
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Temporarily “The Steve”, pending a more creative name change.
*******YOUR ATTENTION PLEASE************
Announcing a new “Name ‘The Steve’ Contest!!!
Our friend Steve is in need of a new name…please submit your choice here. ‘Steve I’ will choose his favorite, and the winner will be awarded 100 internets for creating said name!!
Damn. Now I have writer’s block.
Um, nothingupmysteve?
But please tell me we can do more than one!
I think this is a winner!
Of course, I’m not Steve.
Hey! I’m Not Steve!! eh, thatt would be a better name for a rock band….
@Jane: Lies. You just can’t stop thinking about that box I gave you the other day…
Well, that too.
Puddin’ Tayne.
How about Arthur?
“What do you call that haircut?”
“Arthur.”
As I am the originator of the contest, I can’t win…but I think “Nizzleflute” makes a great user name…
That is an amusing word, but it bears a striking similarity to skinflute, which isn’t really what I’m going for.
Here’s an anagram: “vesten”
(Dutch for “face down” heh heh)
Sorry to heather this thread, but I like Steven in Arabic:
ستيفن
The Sheer, Unadulterated, Hotness that is THE Steve…
Perfect new name would either be “Steve III” or “Steve 3″ ?
TriSteve? No really, try him!
…is he hot? Uhm, I mean, I don’t swing that way baby! Have I mentioned how much I like boobs? Because I do…..really.
Oh, oh, how about “Steven”?
I’m not coming up with much….Actually, I kinda like “The Steve”.
awwww *blushes*
Seconded.
If not “The Steve”, then there is always the fallback “Steev”
His Steveness?
Stever than you?
The House of Steve?
I’m Steve and You’re Not?
Stevenator?
And in the spirit of SNL, Steve-O-Rama..
I like the sound of that one best!
+1 vote for Steve-O-Rama…
Hahah, I like that one eddie!
I can actually hear Rob Schnieder saying it too..
Steve
Steve-o
The Stevenator
Steve-O-Rama
Ok honey, just stay in your room then… there’s a good boy… *shuts door, locks with padlock…*
…and be sure to take your medication…
And put on some damn pants, you reprobate, or I’ll stop paying your cell phone bill!
And stop injecting the word “like” in places that it doesn’t belong!
Now, quit whimpering or I won’t make you a Hot Pocket!!!
While I disagree with your sentance-structure, I agree with the sentiment. If a man cannot loaf around his room in his drawers, then the terrorists win.
Or sentence, rather.
I, too, also agree! (Provided that man = “man or woman” and his = “his or her”. )
And the unfunny lol streak is broken! Hooray!
Yes this one is a win if I do say so myself.
..now excuse me while I go trip over something.
He was quite the klutz as I recall. Tripping up or down steps and such…
The podium is the thing you stand on. The thing you stand behind is a lectern.
Yah get off your soapbox why don’t cha
…is he wearing underwear?
He’s wearing Rosalynn’s underwear.
O.O
Brain bleach! STAT!!
Boxers or briefs?
Hayne’s
this is pretty much amazing.
btw.
Carter came along when the country was desperate for honesty and integrity and no more “biz as usual.” Sound familiar? I think he was a godsend and a great Prez for his time. Even if he wasn’t wearing pants.
Just out of morbid curiosity, were around when Carter was president?
*you*
What the hell planet are you from? Carter was possibly the worst president in American history.
Very nice one. Made me laugh twice
I R sorry I no means to stealz the indentity of The Steve, I will go back to my cave and sulk
The fact that there’s no pants already generates plenty of votes.