Republican or Democrat, American or Foreign, the politicos are fine subject for speculation, rumination and a bit of derision
Funerals and Politics
This is the second funeral attended and orchestrated by mostly Democrats that I watched with my own disbelieving eyes.
First was the infamous Wellstone funeral when all the Democrats in attendance (Wellstone was a Democrat congressman) carried on in a manner most inappropriate for a funeral. At least by my definition of a funeral which would be a solemn event for benefit of the deceased.
The Coretta King funeral, just recently, was another. Although for this funeral I give some allowances. For many of the speakers at this King funeral were colleagues of King, or political buddies, as the case may be. While I might disagree with a lot of the sentiment expressed I can understand on some level that Mrs. King herself shared the passion and idealology of many who pontificated at her funeral. Mrs. King would probably approve, I surmise.
I'm not at all sure about an ex-president spouting about wire-tapping, an obvious slap at the current president uttered at the politically opportune moment what with the NSA flap still rustling in the political winds.
I must take a moment here and document for posterity the story of Jimmy Carter's sad presidency. I am old enough to remember it quite well. At the time I was a daring and dashing liberal. Carter's policies changed me forever.
Let us document:
-long gas lines-if your license plate ended in an even number than you got gas on even numbered days. Same with license plates ending in odd numbers.
-mortgage rates upwards of 15-20% ladies and gems. I sat and listened to tears of those who dreamed of owning a home, who finally had the money for a down payment, who couldn't possibly afford such high interest rates. It was terrible.
-let us not forget the mad bunny
-the Iran-Hostage crisis. What a debacle. A failed rescue attempt. They held our American citizens for over a year! On the day that Ronald Reagan was inaugurated the hostages were released. Figure it out.
-Carter himself bragging how he liked to start a fire in the fireplace then turn on the air conditioner. Wow, what a flap. Here we were sitting in gas lines for endless hours and this guy's wasting energy like this.
-oh...and don't forget, no Christmas lights. Yes indeed. No Christmas lights the year of the gas lines to save energy. It was dismal.
Article comments
1 - RogerMDillon
Where are the Republicans? Or did you only mention them to pretend that you are non-partisan?
"when all the Democrats in attendance (Wellstone was a Democrat congressman) carried on in a manner most inappropriate for a funeral"
Impressive, you waited until your second sentence to write a falsehood. What proof do you have to offer that "all", not some, not most, not the majority carried on in this way. Please provide evidence.
Carter:
"the Iran-Hostage crisis. What a debacle. A failed rescue attempt."
Sounds like you don't support the troops.
"They held our American citizens for over a year! On the day that Ronald Reagan was inaugurated the hostages were released. Figure it out."
It's so easy to figure out that even you should get it. Reagan and his staff had no problems using the hostages as political tools and selling weapons to our enemy to get into power.
"By me the Valerie Plame fuss is a nothing thing and a waste of time and money."
Thankfully, you aren't involved in national security. Just because you don't understand something doesn't make a nothing thing.
"that's pretty much her only qualifications for any sort of elective office."
Article I, Section 2 of the Constitution sets forth three qualifications for representatives: each representative must be at least twenty-five years old, must have been a citizen of the United States for at least the past seven years, and must be (at the time of the election) an inhabitant of the state he represents.
She doesn't need anything else, so unless you live in her district, your opinion, as is usually the case, doesn't mean squat.
If you are going to write about scuttlebutt, why not write about Cheney being drunk and out with his mistress when he shot Whittington in the face? Or are you saving that for your True Crime piece?
2 - Maurice
Roger
where did you get the (wrong!) idea that Patfish was non-partisan?
You may want to read a book titled "444 Days".
Oddly enough you missed her point completely about qualifications.
3 - RogerMDillon
Maurice,
I didn't say she's non-partisan, but if you look at the sub-title she used for this feature, it says "Republican or Democrat...are fine subject for speculation, rumination and a bit of derision". I raised the question because it was inaccurate. Oddly enough you missed that point completely.