EC-Bills Posted July 6, 2005 Share Posted July 6, 2005 Linky Still can remember the debate and his memorable statement: "I think America is seeing right now the reason this nation is in gridlock. The trickle-downs and the tax-and-spends, or whatever you want to call them, are at swords point." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crap Throwing Monkey Posted July 6, 2005 Share Posted July 6, 2005 Medal of Honor notwithstanding, a merciful God would have killed him shortly after that debate and spared him the pain of living with it... I still cringe thinking about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
/dev/null Posted July 6, 2005 Share Posted July 6, 2005 Medal of Honor notwithstanding, a merciful God would have killed him shortly after that debate and spared him the pain of living with it... I still cringe thinking about it. 375250[/snapback] a merciful god would have killed him before the debate so it never would have happened Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EC-Bills Posted July 6, 2005 Author Share Posted July 6, 2005 Sheesh. I try to highlight the positive, okay the only positive, and you two immediately jump in with the negatives Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich in Ohio Posted July 6, 2005 Share Posted July 6, 2005 the only thing that I could think that would have been worse then having him as a possible VP would have been having that weasel edwards as VP. No steel plate in his cranium but the way he repeated that old poor mill worker story made me think he had a mental condition that was similar in nature to the stockdale wound. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnTheRocks Posted July 6, 2005 Share Posted July 6, 2005 Phil Hartman on SNL doing Stockdale was classic! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alaska Darin Posted July 6, 2005 Share Posted July 6, 2005 Stockdale was a man's man. It's only too bad that so many will remember the feeble and overmatched guy in the Presidential debate. RIP Admiral. The world was better for you being here. Nice headline. Couldn't have been "Admiral James Stockdale, Congressional Medal of Honor recipient, passes." Nah, too classy. Fuggin' media. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VABills Posted July 6, 2005 Share Posted July 6, 2005 RIP Admiral. May you haunt Janoi Jane to her grave. Toss things at her in hell from you loft in Heaven. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crap Throwing Monkey Posted July 6, 2005 Share Posted July 6, 2005 Sheesh. I try to highlight the positive, okay the only positive, and you two immediately jump in with the negatives 375266[/snapback] Hey, I mentioned the MOH. Mentioned it first, actually. Given that I've never served, and that I watched that debate, it's only natural that I'd be more sensitized to his debate performance than his medals...just because I have an unavoidable civilian bias, however, doesn't mean I don't recognize the guy was a hero. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EC-Bills Posted July 6, 2005 Author Share Posted July 6, 2005 Hey, I mentioned the MOH. Mentioned it first, actually. Given that I've never served, and that I watched that debate, it's only natural that I'd be more sensitized to his debate performance than his medals...just because I have an unavoidable civilian bias, however, doesn't mean I don't recognize the guy was a hero. 375421[/snapback] I know. Just throwing out some good natured crap. No seriousness involved my last statement above Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reuben Gant Posted July 6, 2005 Share Posted July 6, 2005 Many thought the Perot candidacy was serious until Stockdale said: "Who am I, and what am I doing here?" He was sadly overmatched and should have never been chosen. Sad that a good man will mostly be remembered for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crap Throwing Monkey Posted July 6, 2005 Share Posted July 6, 2005 Many thought the Perot candidacy was serious until Stockdale said: "Who am I, and what am I doing here?" He was sadly overmatched and should have never been chosen. Sad that a good man will mostly be remembered for that. 375575[/snapback] On the other hand, I'm sure most VPs ask themselves that at least once a day... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boomerjamhead Posted July 6, 2005 Share Posted July 6, 2005 I saw him on a show on the Military Channel a couple of weeks ago. He was very well spoken and hardly the man we saw in those debates. RIP Admiral. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reuben Gant Posted July 6, 2005 Share Posted July 6, 2005 On the other hand, I'm sure most VPs ask themselves that at least once a day... 375580[/snapback] He, however, was overmatched by Dan Quayl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crap Throwing Monkey Posted July 6, 2005 Share Posted July 6, 2005 He, however, was overmatched by Dan Quayl. 375587[/snapback] Good point. That's kind of like losing a debate to a "Tickle Me Elmo" doll... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wacka Posted July 6, 2005 Share Posted July 6, 2005 Doesn't matter what else he did. He got the Congressional Medal of Honor. "Nuff said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reuben Gant Posted July 6, 2005 Share Posted July 6, 2005 Good point. That's kind of like losing a debate to a "Tickle Me Elmo" doll... 375646[/snapback] "could you repeat that please, my hearing aid was not turned on." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blzrul Posted July 7, 2005 Share Posted July 7, 2005 He could have just said no to the nomination. I squirmed in agony for the poor man. To many people who didn't know much about him or his background (probably most Americans) he became a joke. He deserved better. Another reason to just say no. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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