Pete and Repeat Riflebottom.

Amos and Andy
Abbot and Costello
Ozzie and Harriet
Clinton and Carter

I can see the above all paired up and all but I am having a problem with:

Bush and Rice

I don't get it. Hat Tip to Left Coast Right Wingers at Townhall for this article from Reuters.

It is an article about peace in the Middle East and knowing what I know now, as I knew many years ago, peace in the Middle East is like having air conditioning in Hell's Lake of Fire. The first paragraph, if it was intended to create shivers up and down the spines of reasonable people, it worked.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Anxious not to repeat mistakes of past Middle East peace-making, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has turned to former presidents Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter for tips ahead of her own conference this year.

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WHAT? If this was the only blurb, I would most assuredly have to take something for the migraines. What has either man(?) done that has actually worked and has actually lasted and is actually still working? Any takers on that?

Here is a hint.

NOTHING! That's what.

And why is that? Because Israel is still there. AchuSneezaDingBat of Iranistan has suggested that Israel be located to Alaska. Did the nuance of that "message" get missed by someone? Or, was it purely shrugged off as just another one of those pesky Islamicist jokes and not to be taken seriously?

Here. This will clear things up.

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"She's trying to draw on the historical record and the experiences of others to see -- see what she can glean and how that may be applicable to the current day," McCormack said.

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There. Feel better? You do? I don't. Why does it "look better" if one seeks the advice of losers and folks that hate you? What good does that do?

What the hell is wrong with these people? Political Correctness is REALLY getting to be so much more than irritating.