Your first President was a victorious general. As were Grant and Eisenhower. Seems when you guys really like a war, someone gets moved into the Oval Office.
Yet all three hated war and feared the influence of the military on government. Also, if we were really going to learn from history, we should have noticed that Grant presided over the most corrupt administration in the nation's history. He was innocent of the corruption, but completely clueless about politics. As a result, we had an administration under which government contracts were openly sold on the streets of Washington.
Incidentally, Washington surrendered a grand total of once in his military career, and it was to the French.
This is partly because he was a master of the strategic retreat.
You know, that could be their master plan. We're not affraid of terrorism anymore because we're terrified about the economy. Genius.
McCain can pull the greatest upset in electoral history if only he's willing to bomb AIG's headquarters.
This is partly because he was a master of the strategic retreat.
Uh-huh. What we would now call guerrilla warfare.
McCain can pull the greatest upset in electoral history if only he's willing to bomb AIG's headquarters.
Who do you think punched Richard Fuld in the face?
Carter was a lieutenant when he left the Navy to run the family business after his father died. He is the only graduate of the Naval Academy to become president, and we can only hope that remains true. He is not convincing evidence that military training makes a good president. He's a great ex-president, though.
McCain needs to go down to Wall St. dressed as a superhero and kick some ass. Maybe The Punisher or The Comedian or Sgt. Hatred.
McCain needs to go down to Wall St. dressed as a superhero
Knowing him, he'd probably fuck it all up and end up being down there dressed as Robbie Rotten.
McCain needs to go down to Wall St. dressed as a superhero and kick some ass. Maybe The Punisher or The Comedian or Sgt. Hatred.
Oh, I think we know which superhero he'd want to dress up as. [link]
Knowing him, he'd probably fuck it all up and end up being down there dressed as Robbie Rotten.
Or Johnny Rotten.
At the ending of a debate, he could say to the audience, "Ever get the feeling you've been cheated?"
Or Johnny Rotten.
An aside: the authorities tried to stop the Sex Pistols' album, "Never Mind The Bollocks, Here's The Sex Pistols", on grounds of obscenity. They were represented by the human rights lawyer Geoffrey Robertson. He argued that the word bollocks was in fact an English word of impressive pedigree, and for instance had once been the testicle-synonym of choice for English translations of the Bible. With the King James Version, however, 'bollocks' was replaced by 'stones'.
Whereupon Mr Rotten informed his lawyer not to worry if they lost, because they'd just rename the album "Never Mind The Stones, Here's The Sex Pistols".
