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Posted on 06/18/2024 11:21:13 AM PDT by DallasBiff
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Carter was a high school graduate when Pearl Harbor was attacked at the end of 1941, Carter went to college and eventually to the Naval Academy with a planned graduation date of 1947.
Lt. Commander Ford was in WWII.
A matter of interpretation ... but the very things you mention are what I’m talking about. People rag on Ford for being clumsy ... because a comedian told them to think that. People rag on Bush (pick one) for being stupid ... because a comedian told them to think that. People rag on Palin for being a “ditz” ... because a comedian told them to think that. People ragged on Reagan for being senile ... because a comedian told them to think that.
Like I said, it takes a special kind of stupid.
Half the population is below average ...
Palin for instance, it is the image that they saw over and over that sticks in their mind, not be told it.
“””More recently, Dana Carvey’s malaprop-laden impression of George H.W. Bush, Hartman’s puppy-dog Bill Clinton, Will Ferrell’s George W. Bush and Tina Fey’s Sarah Palin have embedded themselves in the culture.”””
I’m not clear on the nature of your objection.
Words vs images? Told vs shown?
Doesn’t matter. What matters is that some people allow comedians, literal buffoons, to form their political and social worldviews. And that’s dumb. IMO.
Maybe for 2024:
WAIT & SEE WITH FJB!
I'M NUTS ABOUT JOE BIDEN
SEMISENTIENT PRESIDENT
Maybe SNL was kind of right making fun of Ford. He wasn’t really a clumsy oaf but boy he sure was a dullard.
I met (then Congressman) Ford with a small group of young Republicans.
During our DC trip we talked to a dozen Republican officeholders including a couple of cabinet members.
Every one of them was intelligent, articulate and were easily able to give solid answers to our challenging questions...
Except Gerald Ford—he was an idiot and a clown and was totally stumped by our questions. Rumors were this was caused by a football head injury—but don’t know if the rumors were correct.
Peanut farmer with an affable brother with a taste for beer. I was starting to develop a taste for beer at the time.
By contrast, Jerry Ford was the stereotypical uncool Republican. He was a bit of a fuddydud. Jimmy seemed cool. He listened to Linda Ronstadt. Did Jerry Ford listen to Linda Ronstadt? I think not! Jerry Ford might have listed to the The Carpenters. .
As a Polish-American, when Ford said that the Soviets didn’t dominate Poland, that was a big one for me.
Nah. Even if he makes it so his son takes over, at some point the Mullahs were going to kick out the Royal Family of Persia. It was inevitable.
Lbj was worse.
The country survived LBJ - that's not a sure thing yet, with FJB still in the White House...
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