Bizarro metaphor of the week

Submitted by ryanteaguebeckwith on April 3, 2008 - 8:05am.
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Fill in the blank: A visit from Bill Clinton is like ...

If you wrote "Klan shootout," you must live in Pembroke.

Here's the bizarro metaphor of the week, from a story in the Fayetteville Observer about Bill Clinton's scheduled stop at UNC-Pembroke Friday:

Charles Locklear dined on fried chicken and cabbage as he talked about former President Clinton’s visit. He said it will be a good thing for the town.

"This will kind of put us on the map like back in the '50s when we had the Ku Klux Klan shoot out. We might be back on the front page again," he said.

Mr. Locklear, that's the Secret Service at your front door. Better go answer.

Hat Tip: Gregory Phillips 

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Re: Bizarro metaphor of the week

Submitted by blculbre on April 3, 2008 - 9:10am.

hayek66,

History aside, it's still a hilarious comment.

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Re: Bizarro metaphor of the week

Submitted by hayek66 on April 3, 2008 - 8:52am.

Come on, it's just an old man making a comment. The 1958 face off between the Klan and the Lumbees essentially ended the Klan's presence in Robeson County. I doubt the President Clinton's visit on Friday will be on the same level.

Reports vary about the number of people gathered on that cold night, but there were thought to have been around a hundred Klan members. They brought a large banner emblazoned with "KKK" and a portable generator, which powered a public address system and a single bare light bulb. When the meeting began, the arc of the dim light didn't spread far enough for the Klansmen to see that they were surrounded by as many as a thousand Lumbees. Several young tribe members, some of whom were armed, closed on the Klan meeting and tried to take down the light bulb. The groups fought, and a shotgun blast shattered the light. In the sudden darkness, the Lumbees descended upon the field, yelling and firing guns into the air, scattering the overmatched Klansmen. Some left under police protection while others, including Catfish Cole, simply took to the woods.

http://www.lib.unc.edu/ncc/ref/nchistory/jan2005/jan05.html

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