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You are here: Home / James Carville emerges from the conflagration riding a burning alligator

James Carville emerges from the conflagration riding a burning alligator

by DougJ|  June 13, 20108:14 pm| 38 Comments

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I’m not a fan of cartoons in general but this made me laugh:

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  1. 1.

    Dave C

    June 13, 2010 at 8:19 pm

    xkcd rules!

  2. 2.

    Unabogie

    June 13, 2010 at 8:22 pm

    One question. Is “we are all Georgians now” the stupidest thing John McCain said in that election, or was there anything worse? Because looking back, what the hell did he think he was doing with that?

  3. 3.

    sunsin

    June 13, 2010 at 8:25 pm

    @Unabogie: Trying to start a war. What else?

  4. 4.

    General Egali Tarian Stuck

    June 13, 2010 at 8:27 pm

    James Carville is a burning Alligator. You can quote me on this.

  5. 5.

    Allison W.

    June 13, 2010 at 8:27 pm

    @Unabogie:

    The stupidest thing McCain said was: ‘Meet my VP Sarah Palin’. “We are all Georgians now” was the most desperate. I honestly think he was talking off the top of his head on that one. I’m sure his managers banged their heads against the wall after that one.

  6. 6.

    fucen tarmal

    June 13, 2010 at 8:29 pm

    @Unabogie:

    in a campaign floundering for resources he was assuring the 527 groups that might work on his behalf, that he could indeed be bought, and he would go to bat for those lobbys who favored him with cash.

    though because he didn’t take matching, it had to be encouraged through outside efforts, rather than direct payoffs to the campaign.

  7. 7.

    Unabogie

    June 13, 2010 at 8:30 pm

    @Allison W.:

    Hey, at least Palin’s pick was somewhat tailored to appeal to somebody. Who the hell did he think would go all teary-eyed over the Georgians (besides other Georgians)?

  8. 8.

    barneyG2000

    June 13, 2010 at 8:33 pm

    You don’t like cartoons?

  9. 9.

    Martin

    June 13, 2010 at 8:36 pm

    @Allison W.: Nah, he at least has his own craven reasons for nominating Palin. It was the most evil thing he did, but not the stupidest. I think the stupidest thing he said was in response to the question “How many houses do you own?”:

    I think — I’ll have my staff get to you. It’s condominiums where — I’ll have them get to you.

  10. 10.

    stuckinred

    June 13, 2010 at 8:37 pm

    Now that it’s late night in Soweto the hip hoppers are at it in Boston.

  11. 11.

    Elisabeth

    June 13, 2010 at 8:40 pm

    @Unabogie:

    Who the hell did he think would go all teary-eyed over the Georgians (besides other Georgians)?

    Neocon warmongers who think we’re still fighting the -Soviets- Russians.

  12. 12.

    Belafon (formerly anonevent)

    June 13, 2010 at 8:41 pm

    It’s xkcd. The signal to noise ratio there is about .8, which really blows everything away.

  13. 13.

    Elisabeth

    June 13, 2010 at 8:41 pm

    @Martin:

    The Palin pick was the longest-lasting disastrous thing McCain did, though.

  14. 14.

    dmsilev

    June 13, 2010 at 8:47 pm

    @Unabogie:

    One question. Is “we are all Georgians now” the stupidest thing John McCain said in that election, or was there anything worse? Because looking back, what the hell did he think he was doing with that?

    So many stupid things to chose from. Sarah Palin has already been mentioned, so let me nominate “I’m suspending my campaign so I can fly back to Washington and go to a meeting where I will pretend to do something about the economy.” I don’t remember what he actually said, but that was what it boiled down to.

    dms

  15. 15.

    The Dangerman

    June 13, 2010 at 8:49 pm

    If I’m recalling correctly, someone on McCain’s campaign was taking money from some Georgian folks through some lobbying; so, it was a natural for him, money talks (while bullshit walked in as his Vice Presidential nomination).

  16. 16.

    The Dangerman

    June 13, 2010 at 8:52 pm

    Also, I think we should recall that McCain never had a chance; they were phoning the whole thing in (see Palin, French President). I mean, fuck it, they had a website where anyone could comment on John McCain’s balls. No discipline at all.

  17. 17.

    Mark S.

    June 13, 2010 at 8:52 pm

    @Unabogie:

    Maybe it wasn’t as stupid as Georgia, but for me this incident summed up how stupid and dangerous a McCain Administration would be. He was willing to antagonize a NATO ally rather than admit he misheard a question.

  18. 18.

    stuckinred

    June 13, 2010 at 8:56 pm

    What a goofy conversation.

  19. 19.

    calipygian

    June 13, 2010 at 8:56 pm

    John McCain’s campaign manager Randall Scheunemann was bought and paid for by the Government of Georgia:

    Georgia has paid Scheunemann’s firm, Orion Strategies, LLC, nearly $900,000 since 2004, including $200,000 for an eight-month contract that began on May 1, two weeks after McCain issued a strong statement criticizing Russia and supporting Georgia.

    McCain was just trying to keep his customers happy.

  20. 20.

    mem from somerville

    June 13, 2010 at 8:57 pm

    Should link to original work: http://xkcd.com/748/

  21. 21.

    eemom

    June 13, 2010 at 9:03 pm

    I’d prefer to see an alligator riding a burning James Carville.

    As for the stupidest thing McCain said in the campaign — good heavens, we could be here all night. But lemme just throw in “The fundamentals of our economy are strong.”

  22. 22.

    Chad N Freude

    June 13, 2010 at 9:18 pm

    The thread devolved into a discussion of stupid things John (I never considered myself a maverick) McCain has said. But in what will be a vain effort to get back on topic, the subject of the cartoon reminded me of this report on Pro Publica, something more worrisome than snarking about Sarah Palin’s mentor. The author was interviewed on NPR Fresh Air this week.

    (And, yes, for the record, I think the cartoon is both funny and horrifyingly predictive.)

  23. 23.

    Unabogie

    June 13, 2010 at 9:29 pm

    @Chad N Freude:

    My fault. It’s because the tag says “we’re all Mayans now” and I had flashbacks.

    I’m better.

  24. 24.

    BethanyAnne

    June 13, 2010 at 9:33 pm

    @mem from somerville: and note for the folk new to xkcd that you have to roll over the graphics. The author hides a 2nd punchline in the rollover text :)

  25. 25.

    Martin

    June 13, 2010 at 9:36 pm

    @Chad N Freude: Yeah, I don’t see how BP can continue operating in the US considering the sheer scale of violations they’ve had. It’s not like they had one bad incident, or are just a bit worse than the others – they appear to be far and away the worst in the US.

  26. 26.

    Roger Moore

    June 13, 2010 at 10:05 pm

    @Martin:

    Yeah, I don’t see how BP can continue operating in the US considering the sheer scale of violations they’ve had.

    I’m betting on gross corruption. Remember just how bad the mess at MMS was/is. This is a “regulator” that was failing to collect royalties while its employees were receiving sex and drugs from the companies they were supposed to be overseeing. As far as I can tell, the organization hasn’t been materially reformed in the years since those revelations came to light. To the contrary, they’re still passing out drilling permits like they’re candy. Is it any wonder that BP is still around?

  27. 27.

    AhabTRuler

    June 13, 2010 at 10:26 pm

    DougJ@Top: The sin that you committed is dropping the alt text.

  28. 28.

    Mr Furious

    June 13, 2010 at 11:09 pm

    “Rolling alligator-filled wall of flame” was enough to get me started. The Carville line was the icing on the cake.

  29. 29.

    sukabi

    June 13, 2010 at 11:46 pm

    well since the cartoon was about “worst case” scenarios, this would be it…

    and it seems that BP has acknowledged at least part of the above linked scenario…

  30. 30.

    Uloborus

    June 14, 2010 at 3:41 am

    @Roger Moore:
    Incidentally, Obama explained why those permit waivers continue, and I thought it was rather good. They’re waivers for a site-specific environmental impact analysis. They’re given routinely because the law mandates the MMS make that decision within 30 days, and you can’t do a site-specific environmental impact analysis of any value in that time. So they don’t have much choice but to give a waiver and move on.

    I mean, don’t get me wrong, MMS was a terrifying example of Cheney’s disgusting lawlessness and corruption, and it’s a long way from properly cleaned up – but I’ll buy that explanation that the waivers themselves can’t be fixed without a new law.

  31. 31.

    fucen tarmal

    June 14, 2010 at 4:55 am

    the brittish are crying! the brittish are crying!

    oh noes, their criminal ass corporation is losing share value because americans are saying bad things!

    i’m sorry, but i will double down on pissed off if we let bp off the hook at all, because holding them properly accountable will have a negative impact on the brits….

    make them pay all we can make them pay, and if they don’t cough up all that it takes, well in brittish history, populations have been enslaved, and wars have been fought over less…

    there is nothing in international law that says the brits can’t be on the losing end of one of them type situations, even though, to hear them tell it, doing damage to their poor pensions would be the worst genocide ever.

    that makes me want to fill the streets of london with a rolling wall of flaming aligators, james carville citizen and reptile commander.

  32. 32.

    Boney Baloney

    June 14, 2010 at 5:47 am

    On the minus side, it’s a cartoon about Fishface Carville riding an alligator.

    On the plus side, it’s an acknowledgement that 1) life goes on beyond soccer, and 2) hurricane season is wide open, with the world’s largest non-radioactive ecological catastrophe boiling away at ground zero.

    Back during the ’60s, Dr. Strangelove types talked about altering the weather by spreading oil on the ocean’s surface. Well, this should be interesting to see in practice, considering nobody ever let them try it on a grand scale. In fact it’s already interesting. Flash floods all the hell over the American Midwest — gee, that’s kind of peculiar.

    If the Missippi River goes 100% bonkers, a large part of Flyover Country could be screwed from behind. I look forward to seeing NY and LA grow their own food crops in that case.

    In the meantime, soccer! Hoo-ah!

  33. 33.

    bob h

    June 14, 2010 at 6:37 am

    Carville and his wife are circus clowns. He’s trying to enhance his fading street value with his tantrums in New Oryeans.

  34. 34.

    gmf

    June 14, 2010 at 7:42 am

    I don’t complain about this kind of thing usually – but you really should’ve linked to xkcd.com either for the comic (and skipped the thumbnail”) or somewhere in the post. This guy seems to work really hard and is so very good at what he does, he deserves the traffic.

  35. 35.

    brantl

    June 14, 2010 at 8:13 am

    “James Carville, riding a burning alligator…”, so the only way to tell one from the other, is which one’s on top?

  36. 36.

    jayjaybear

    June 14, 2010 at 9:38 am

    brantl:

    That conjures very disturbing imagery…

  37. 37.

    twiffer

    June 14, 2010 at 10:19 am

    @AhabTRuler: agreed. you only experience half of xkcd if you miss the alt-text.

  38. 38.

    sidereal

    June 14, 2010 at 5:05 pm

    I’m not a fan of cartoons

    Evidenced by the fact that you call a comic a ‘cartoon’.

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