A professor friend of mine says that his campus is covered in fliers calling for Gary Hart to run for president. And indeed there’s a website devoted to drafting him: Rungaryhart.com
I particularly like the first item on the list of accomplishments: “2001 — Flew to White House, Sept. 6, to warn president of imminent attacks on US cities.”
Funny how I don’t remember that.
Still, I heartily encourage Hart to challenge president Obama. Democracy, Yay!
The Democrats are thinking small. After all, Carter and Mondale are still available for another term!
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseYou overlook Al Gore. Just think of the debate between Obama and Gore. Both have Nobel peace prizes. Both would expound upon their green qualifications.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseIf Speaker Newt can run, nobody is too stale. Run, Gary, run!
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseIt's also last on the list of accomplishments. Apparently, he's done absolutely nothing since then.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseWorse, 10 of his "accomplishments" seem to be more accurately "proposals" or "warnings". Talk about padding a resume.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseWell, since the White House doesn't have its own airport, could he perhaps have just flown into DC and camped out in Lafayette Park with a cardboard sign saying it was the end of the world? Maybe with enough of a beard that he wasn't recognized?
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseI'm sure the Washington Post will get right on this biographical inconsistency!
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseC'mon, be a little more contemporary. How about John Kerry? He's tanned, rested, and ready. Although he still IS a human toothache, so that would be a problem. (and the capcha was Chevy Volt. Arrgh!)
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseI yearn instead for Mike "Desert Fox" Dukakis. He is only 78 and could campaign in a toy tank; perhaps with the slogan "Socialism: Good enough for Greece, good enough for the U.S.A."
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseAh, Gary.
Hart was responsible for the single most ludicrous answer I've ever seen in a political debate, back in 1984. When asked by the moderator whether he'd order a Soviet airliner to be shot down if he were told, as president, that one was flying towards SAC-NORAD and was not responding to radio calls, Hart replied, "That would depend on whether the passengers were wearing military uniforms or not."
John Glenn almost fell out of his chair laughing at that response.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseI call BS. There is no campus anywhere "covered" in Gary Hart for President flyers. This thread can now be closed.
Reply to this commentLinkReport Abuse"Imminent attacks" is probably overstated, but a quick archive search shows that Hart did visit Condi in the White House on Sept. 6, urging the administration to do more to prepare for terror attacks.
Not surprising Jonah doesn't remember it, since a quick archive search shows he spent early September 2001 writing about his family vacation and his dog. External Link
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseHow dare he?!
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseHe had every right to. I wasn't doing anything more noble than Jonah that day.
The point is, Hart was probably doing more to prevent the attacks before they happened than 99.9% of the country. Jonah chortles because Hart's effort never registered on his dogs n' TV jokes radar. And look, now some college kids think he should be president. Haw haw.
I thought it was worth pointing out, not for the first time, that Jonah's sort of a tool.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseI thought it was worth pointing out, not for the first time, that Jonah's sort of a tool.
And your bestseller is coming out when? When can I see you on national TV? Where's your syndicated column? What's the name of the paper you work for, so we can follow your incredible journalism career?
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseNone of those accomplishments exclude someone from being a tool. Exhibit A : Rush Limbaugh.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseLadies and gentlemen, I present to you Exhibit B.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseHis point was serious. So was mine. And you ignored both. How many millions of people voted for Obama? So he must not be a tool, right?
Honestly, from you I expected a retort less sophomoric than "how many books have YOU sold?"
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseI signed with a literary agent earlier this month. No joke. A real fancy pants NYC literary agent. Sold zero books thus far, but I'm kinda proud because it's extremely difficult to do. Also, I'm not the one calling people who've made a name for themselves - in the profession you yourself are in, who does have anywhere near comparable success - "a tool."
Your posts deserve the responses I give them.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseNot to mention you actually write your own books, Colonel.
Bill Ayers is evil, but he's no tool.
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