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June 29, 2007
Dan Rather Wins the James Earl Carter Bitter Old Man Award
Congratulations to Dan Blather, formerly a leading propagandist at CBS News, for winning the first annual James Earl Carter Bitter Old Man Award. The award is named after Jimmy the Dhimmi for good reason:
Having not gotten over his 1980 landslide loss to Ronald Reagan, Carter has become a perpetual critic of his successors and shown such little grace in his retirement that the only times he appears in the media, he seems to be criticizing his own nation (and its leaders) while praising its adversaries (particularly the most vicious). Ostensibly committed to human rights, Mr. Carter seems to find that only the United States and its allies violate them, while blaming other nations' violations on the policies of the United States (and its allies).
Through the better part of his public actions since voters in 44 states rejected him, this sourpuss has helped redefine the term Bitter Old Man.
The Dan was granted the award for good reason too:
He seems to delight in grousing against nearly the exact same people whose very success (and just plain presence on the national stage) makes Mr. Carter so unhappy. But, what really sealed the deal for the Awards Committee was Mr. Rather's recent lambasting of Katie Couric, his successor at CBS News. The committee found this particular attack showed Mr. Rather to be a bitter old man in the same spirit as Mr. Carter, attacking his successor(s) in order to deflect attention from his own failings.
"This is not just the pot calling the kettle black," said one of the judges, "This is the old pot, long since unusable, calling the new kettle black because of its first burn mark."
Winning this award could be Blather's greatest accomplishment since establishing "fake but accurate" as the criterion for network news reporting.
On a tip from V the K.
Posted by Van Helsing at June 29, 2007 12:59 PM
Comments
WTF? No "What's the frequency, Kenneth?" references? VH, how could you possibly overlook this opportunity to slip one of those in? That incident is, in the entirety of pop culture (such that it is), an all-time classic. Good post, nonetheless. Disregard my flippant criticism...
Posted by: skh.pcola at June 29, 2007 4:45 PM
it's almost sad watching them unfold to reality - nah, it's actually pretty satisfying.
Posted by: nanc at June 29, 2007 10:20 PM
