nominations for most embarrassing moment in American history

[mike_c]

As future generations will remember them. Here's mine:

[kitkatrose]

1. Anything from the Bush* administration,

particularly any of his speeches or press conferences.

[Mistress Quickly]

2. here's mine

[prodigal_green]

5. As an Oklahoma Cherokee all I can say is

:kick:

[Mistress Quickly]

8. A true shame what was done. n/t

[unblock]

3. the bush v gore decision

they could have just said, "we have 5 votes, we're voting for bush" and at least it would have been honest.

but the entire text was the most tortured, feeblest logic, the thin veil over the obvious fact that they just plain voted however the wanted, to hell with the law.

the sentence that states this is not to be construed as precendence-setting is probably the single most embarrassing line in any judgement, ever.

[ewagner]

4. Some good nominations here

but I think Eisenhower being humiliated by Khruschev over the U-2 spy incident was one of the most internationally embarrassing moments we ever faced.

[OpSomBlood]

6. 4/13.

The 4/13 press conference is definitely in the top ten most embarrassing moments in U.S. history.

I mean that with no exaggeration whatsoever.

[Touchdown]

7. Not as heavy, but still embarrasing, and funny since he's a whore...

Geraldo breaking into Al Capone's vault to find...NOTHING! ROTFLMAO!

Father Guido Sarducci did an investigation afterwords, where he broke into Geraldo's house, and his guys broke into Geraldo's vault, and found all of Al Capone's stuff in it. LOL!

[riverwalker]

9. the pre-war America

was the most humiliating I can remember. It was like a mass hypnosis. Congress rolled over, the media on their knees, dissent was rare. We were a nation of zombies, the whole culture was a wave of jingoism that drowned any rational thought. I felt then we were doomed, the terrorists had already won. The sad thing is that the kids who enlisted during this time actually believed Iraq was responsible for 9/11, and had WMD's, and they were marching off to save their country.

[Alpharetta]

10. Reagan and Ollie North trading guns for hostages in Iran

Ollie North now gets the podium in baptist churches on Sundays and a "tough on terrorism" microphone on Fox.

Reagan has the National Airport named after him and boy will he get a big monument in D.C. after he dies.

My european friends ride me about this constantly. It's embarrassing.

Reagan and Ollie North basically caved in to the hostage takers, aligned with Iraq, alienated Iran further instead of working it out, and set the anti-arab tone for future Republican presidents. That deal, made before the Reagan vs. Carter election and intended to defeat Carter by not releasing the hostages until after the election, is the most hypocritical anti-democratic moment in American history.

No, wait. Maybe it was Plessy vs. Ferguson.

[leftofthedial]

11. the last 3.5 years

although it's more sickening than merely embarassing.

[Devils Advocate NZ]

12. I can't believe no one has mentioned this yet:

US diplomats could be excused for having felt a little nervous.

When Mr Bush's father attended a state visit in Japan in January 1992, he responded to the arrival of Japanese beef steak (French-style) with a projectile vomit into the lap of Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa.

Suffering from flu at the time, George Bush Senior then slumped under the table before getting up a few minutes later and announcing he felt great.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/3200032.stm

I mean, it is still being mentioned 11 years after it happened, and HE PUKED ON A PRIME MINISTER ON TV!!!!

Jesus, I get embarrased when I do it in the privacy of my own toilet, this has GOT to be in the running for most embarrasing moment!