Thanks to Pookie's Toons of today.
Posted on 01/28/2005 7:32:15 AM PST by BibChr
Speaking to a capacity crowd at a The French Were Right rally, Senator Ted Kennedy (D - MA) pronounced the effort in Iraq "failed," "a quagmire," "bad form," "tacky," "really embarrassing," "stubborn," "coyote ugly," "like waking up after a four-year binge — and believe you me, I know," and "just plain buck-toothed stupid."
Each of these comments was punctuated by a standing ovation by the crowd, which had already been enlivened by an arms-dropping exercise led by the opening speaker, Senator John Kerry. "You go, Teddy!" cried one attendant. Many "Kennedy/Boxer '07" signs were held aloft by people wearing "Math Is For Fundamentalists!" T-shirts.
"There's only one thing to do when you get yourself in a bind, Mr. Bush," said Kennedy. The audience craned their heads around, to see if Bush were in attendance. (He was, at the time, at his ranch in Crawford, barbecuing ribs for a group of Iraqi children liberated by American troops.)
"Just one thing to do," Kennedy thundered. "Just get out of the car, and swim away, Mr. Bush! Get out of the car! Swim away!"
These remarks were taken up by the crowd, who chanted them for the next five minutes, led by Mr. Kennedy until his face got red and he had to sit down.
A passer-by asked one of the chanters whether the irony wasn't overwhelming. (He is in the hospital, expected to make an almost full recovery.)
"'Irony'? What was he even talking about?" puzzled Francoise deBleauvier, an organizer of the meeting.
yep- Cleveland Plain Dealer, July 20 1969. Ironically, the smaller headline is "Apollo In Orbit for M-Day".
Good heavens. And no blogosphere or FR at the time to roast it in acid.
Dan
In case you didn't already see and snicker.
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LOL!
I would have missed it!
Thanks so much for the *PING*!
:-)
Wait a sec...You wrote this?
Very clever!
You have talent!
The note of surprise in your voice wounds me.
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Dan
Seriously,
I was trying to pay you a compliment!
I had no idea you were "famous"!
Oh, I know, and appreciate it. I'm just a-funnin' you.
And sometimes the line between "famous" and "infamous" can be pretty slim!
Dan
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Thanks to Pookie's Toons of today.
Dan
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