Comments on: Second-Rate African American Comedians for Truth

By: Ahab

Ahab — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 03:58:22 +0000

I agree with countertop, to a certain extent. Lying about getting shot at is just dumb; it’s not a “problem”, it’s a credibility issue.

It puts you in the same category as people who pretend to be war heroes or ex-SEALs or whatnot.

By: countertop

countertop — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 16:43:40 +0000

Kerry ALWAYS had problems.
Bush ALWAYS had problems.
Clinton ALWAYS had problems.
Obama ALWAYS had problems.
Bush ALWAYS had problems.
Dukakis ALWAYS had problems.
Reagan ALWAYS had problems.
Carter ALWAYS had problems.
Nixon ALWAYS had problems.
Johnson ALWAYS had problems.
Kennedy ALWAYS had problems.

Its just so frustrating when the political partisans try to spin these very real problems as being false, something made by the wing nuts or the looney left, instead of admitting every politician has faults, has problems with the truth, and will present adequate opportunities to be totally discredited.

Just because your preferred politician of the day screws up, it doesn’t make you any less of a person. Its the politicians fault, not yours. I just don’t get the extent that people unconnected to the process take this stuff so personally (mostly/overwhelmingly on the left the last few years, but thats just recent trends, it also happens on the right).

By: Mikee

Mikee — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 14:08:03 +0000

Never underestimate the power of truth used as ridicule. It sank Kerry. Truthful ridicule also will sink Hillary if used soberly, expressed with deep regret that the foolish things coming out of her mouth are not only not true, but are egregiously false.

I personally liked the Kerry story about the dog getting blown from one boat to another the best…. Or maybe the magic hat story. Or maybe the self-inflicted shrapnel wound which earned him his first purple cross….

By: Les Jones

Les Jones — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 12:49:35 +0000

What xrlq said.

Look, Kerry was not on a boat by himself. He had a crew. Not one member of his crew has stepped forward to support his story, not even a member of the “band of brothers” he brought on stage with him who supported his campaign for presidency. If those guys don’t support the Cambodia story then the Cambodia story is bullshit.

By: Xrlq

Xrlq — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 10:55:25 +0000

That would be worth a good deal, if it were true. He didn’t go to Cambodia at any time in 1968, or AFAIK, at all (he may have gone back years later as a tourist, I dunno). To save time, I might also add that not only wasn’t Nixon President on Christmas of 1968, he also wasn’t President on Halloween of that year.

By: tgirsch

tgirsch — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 03:29:26 +0000

For what it's worth, he was in Cambodia in 1968, just not on Christmas Day of 1968. But let's not let a little thing like truth get in the way of our snark, shall we?

By: deadcenter

deadcenter — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 02:25:40 +0000

read the comments after the end of the article. lot’s of folks not too fond of hills over there.

By: Ravenwood

Ravenwood — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 21:06:34 +0000

I missed an opportunity to see Sinbad’s act when I was in college. I couldn’t afford the $7.

By: Scott

Scott — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 18:54:14 +0000

“memory should always match the video tape”

By: Alcibiades McZombie

Alcibiades McZombie — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 18:33:24 +0000

Well, Houseguest is an okay matinee movie.