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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI want to apologize for my ignorance
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/herschel-walker-confirmed-u-ambassador-231500436.html?utm_source=spotim&utm_medium=spotim_conversation&spot_im_redirect_source=notifications&spot_im_comment_id=sp_Rba9aFpG_a639b7cd-20a6-35bb-9db7-38c6b6c663a7_c_33lSFU9F4F2WfLGU3FyMKczkE5r&spot_im_highlight_immediate=trueSnip
The Senate on Tuesday confirmed former football star Herschel Walker to serve as U.S. ambassador to the Bahamas.
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I want to apologize for thinking America was already as big of a laughingstock as possible. I was wrong.
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I want to apologize for my ignorance (Original Post)
EnergizedLib
Oct 2025
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dweller
(28,662 posts)1. But wait !1!
im sure there will be more lows in laughingstock to come
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EnergizedLib
(3,137 posts)2. The bar is already below the ground
Yet somehow it keeps descending even lower.
3catwoman3
(29,775 posts)8. Heading for the Marianas...
Trench.
58Sunliner
(6,406 posts)3. JHC.
mr715
(4,119 posts)4. Eh, who cares
Its gross, but let the dude be the... uhgh... ambassador extra- ugh extraordinary and, ugh, blarg plenipotentiary of the Bahamas.
Its a vacation for him with a salary.
niyad
(133,985 posts)5. A salary that WE pay for!
Oeditpus Rex
(43,094 posts)6. 'Come and play for me, boy
"and you'll still have a job in 40 years. (But, damn, I wish Rootie Tootie Flutie were available.)"
rubbersole
(11,275 posts)7. A laughingstock with nukes and tsf with the button.
The world is probably scared shitless.
czarjak
(13,678 posts)9. Remember when Hershel said he wanted to be an FBI agent after football?
rubbersole
(11,275 posts)10. Well, if he'd worn a helmet more often...
SeattleVet
(5,931 posts)11. Hey! He even had a (plastic???) badge and everything!
He's obviously ready to step into the role.
He's least as qualified as any other tRump appointee. (That is, totally unqualified and an embarrassment to the country.)
EnergizedLib
(3,137 posts)12. Tyler Robinson might still be at large
If that were the case.