{"id":497,"date":"2015-12-22T19:34:58","date_gmt":"2015-12-22T19:34:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/johnknoerle.com\/?p=497"},"modified":"2017-07-26T15:44:07","modified_gmt":"2017-07-26T15:44:07","slug":"politics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/johnknoerle.com\/historical-fiction\/2015\/12\/22\/politics\/","title":{"rendered":"Politics: JK’s Best and Worst"},"content":{"rendered":"

JK\u2019s Best & Worst of Just About Everything:<\/strong> Politics<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Best <\/strong>analysis of the current US political climate:<\/p>\n

\u201cThe best lack all conviction and the worst are full of passionate intensity.\u201d \u2013 William Butler Yeats, 1919<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Best <\/strong>observation about political negotiations:<\/p>\n

\u201cYou can go egg to omelet but never omelet to egg.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Best <\/strong>observation about statesmanship:<\/p>\n

\u201cCompromise makes a good umbrella but a poor roof.\u201d – James Russell Lowell<\/p>\n

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Best <\/strong>Societal Value Grid for use by political consultants in tracking their core constituencies:<\/p>\n

\"chart\"<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>Best <\/strong>quote on diplomacy:<\/p>\n

\u201cFormality is simply anger with its hair combed.\u201d \u2013 Lee Blessing, \u201cA Walk in the Woods\u201d<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Best <\/strong>ever name of a political leader:<\/p>\n

Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (former President of Indonesia)<\/p>\n

Runner-up:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Megawati Sukarnoputri (former previous President of Indonesia)<\/p>\n

Honorable mention: <\/strong><\/p>\n

Joko Widodo (current President of Indonesia)<\/p>\n

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Best <\/strong>sexy name of a political leader:<\/p>\n

\"Violetta<\/a>
Violetta Chamorro (first female President of Nicaragua)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Worst <\/strong>name of a political leader:<\/p>\n

\"Egon<\/a>
Egon Krenz (East Germany\u2019s last head of state)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Worst <\/strong>political\/philosophical quote to use in the company of women:<\/p>\n

\u201cA people is a detour of nature to get to six or seven great men.\u201d \u2013 Frederick Nietzsche<\/p>\n

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Best <\/strong>indication that your local dictator has become a bit too enamored of himself:<\/p>\n

\"His<\/a>
His excellency Saparmurat Niyazov, \u2018Turkmenbashi\u2019, the President of Turkmenistan, who died of a heart attack in 2006.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Some say that he established a \u2018cult of personality\u2019 just because he renamed the days of the week after family members and constructed a fifty foot gold-plated statue of himself in Ashgabat. The statue stood on a rotating pedestal so that it would always face the sun.<\/p>\n

The statue was melted down shortly after his death. But Turkmenbashi lives on in the words of his epic poem “You are Turkmen”, an excerpt of which is enshrined below:<\/p>\n

Let your cream boil over always, never feel the lack of it,<\/em><\/p>\n

You are the Turkmen, with strong and agile arms!<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Worst <\/strong>remark from an obnoxious liberal:<\/p>\n

\u201cI think that point of view is fine if it helps you as a coping mechanism.\u201d<\/p>\n

Runner-up:<\/strong> \u201cHello, I\u2019m Mildred Cunningham, environmental advocate\/incest survivor.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Best <\/strong>succinct summation of the liberal agenda:<\/p>\n

\u201cA liberal is someone who wants to salve his guilt with your money.\u201d – JK<\/p>\n

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Best <\/strong>photo I have of our dear departed political commentator\/genius, Tony Blankley:<\/p>\n

Photo snapped in D.C. a year or so before Tony\u2019s untimely death in January of 2012. To his left are my wife Judie and Tony\u2019s wife Lynda. I\u2019m the bald guy.<\/p>\n

\"jk\"<\/a><\/p>\n

R.I.P.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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