Jimmy Carter rabbit incident

Pertinent perhaps because this is the Chinese year of the rabbit, and in particular the Water Hare - all I know I learned from Wikipedia (aren't rabbits and hares different species?).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabbit_(zodiac)

Re: Jimmy Carter rabbit incident

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Post by OliveMate » Wed, Aug 02, 2023, 7:29 AM UTC

King-Aaron wrote: post #2

Not the strangest thing I've read today, but it's up there.

If you enjoy reading about strange things that were used to attack political leaders, there's always the Ed Miliband bacon sandwich photograph - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Miliband_bacon_sandwich_pho...

Re: Jimmy Carter rabbit incident

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Post by m463 » Wed, Aug 02, 2023, 8:27 AM UTC

King-Aaron wrote: post #2

Not the strangest thing I've read today, but it's up there.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_image_of_Bill_Clinton#H...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_W._Bush_shoeing_inciden...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Carter_UFO_incident

there are more at the end of the article...

Re: Jimmy Carter rabbit incident

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Post by King-Aaron » Wed, Aug 02, 2023, 9:32 AM UTC

OliveMate wrote: post #5

King-Aaron wrote: post #2

Not the strangest thing I've read today, but it's up there.

If you enjoy reading about strange things that were used to attack political leaders, there's always the Ed Miliband bacon sandwich photograph - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Miliband_bacon_sandwich_pho...

That's certainly up there, along with our ex prime Minister Tony Abbott eating a raw onion with the skin on

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTkRWRn...

Re: Jimmy Carter rabbit incident

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Post by geon » Wed, Aug 02, 2023, 10:45 AM UTC

Mustard, tan suits and swimming rabbits. Do you have more ridiculous presidential controversies like this?