I saw your comment there on presidents doing most good after their presidency was over. I'm thinking JQ Adams might actually have a chance. He did the Amistad case - at least acording to the movies. He served in the US House as well. If that Clinton for Secretary General thing ever became more that a whispering campaign he might have a shot.
I have to say, the line would be sort of funny in another context, when it's not part of a rush to belittle someone like Carter. The setting really got to me, though. God, those people piss me off.
You know, I did the same thing: I clicked from Kevin's, but while the site was loading, I thought, "why the fuck am I doing this?" and closed the window. God, they suck.
Ogged is right. Since the election, I've been making a concerted effort to avoid going to sites that will just piss me off. I much prefer to pretend Jonah Goldberg doesn't exist.
As Norbizness put it so eloquently: doughy pantload.
This little episode fits neatly into the previous discussion here about the term 'chickenhawk'.
Let's see, a bunch of guys who never served in the military thinks it's just dandy to ridicule the naming of a military vessel after somebody who did. And did so by any and all accounts honorably.
If that's not a perfectly valid character flaw to point out, I don't know what is. Sad, sad, little men.
It's the sort of thing "big-city elites" would find funny, isn't it? I thought those were all liberals.
Posted by apostropher | Link to this comment | 02-16-05 8:59 PM
Hey apostropher,
I saw your comment there on presidents doing most good after their presidency was over. I'm thinking JQ Adams might actually have a chance. He did the Amistad case - at least acording to the movies. He served in the US House as well. If that Clinton for Secretary General thing ever became more that a whispering campaign he might have a shot.
Posted by benton | Link to this comment | 02-16-05 9:15 PM
I have to say, the line would be sort of funny in another context, when it's not part of a rush to belittle someone like Carter. The setting really got to me, though. God, those people piss me off.
Posted by FL | Link to this comment | 02-16-05 9:17 PM
You know, I did the same thing: I clicked from Kevin's, but while the site was loading, I thought, "why the fuck am I doing this?" and closed the window. God, they suck.
Posted by ogged | Link to this comment | 02-16-05 11:40 PM
Ogged is right. Since the election, I've been making a concerted effort to avoid going to sites that will just piss me off. I much prefer to pretend Jonah Goldberg doesn't exist.
As Norbizness put it so eloquently: doughy pantload.
Posted by peter snees | Link to this comment | 02-17-05 4:59 AM
I've decided to spend my computer time only with other human beings. That means that The Corner is out.
Posted by Melanie | Link to this comment | 02-17-05 6:47 AM
This little episode fits neatly into the previous discussion here about the term 'chickenhawk'.
Let's see, a bunch of guys who never served in the military thinks it's just dandy to ridicule the naming of a military vessel after somebody who did. And did so by any and all accounts honorably.
If that's not a perfectly valid character flaw to point out, I don't know what is. Sad, sad, little men.
Posted by rufus | Link to this comment | 02-17-05 1:19 PM
If you're going to trash a current or former president, do something really fun (and admittedly juvenile) like this.
Posted by Jon | Link to this comment | 02-17-05 5:48 PM