Did Senartor Clinton accuse Rumsfeld of characterizing the invasion with "happy talk" yesterday?
2006-08-04 02:48:34 · 7 answers · asked by Victor C 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
A "cakewalk" was a celebratory prance done by slaves during the 19th century. It inspired a dance called the Cakewalk in the latter 19th century.
The cakewalk happened when a dance contest was held during a picnic by the slave owners to see which slave was the best dancer. The slave who won was given a cake. Frequently the winner of the contest would prance around to bask in the joy of having won the cake. That was the "cakewalk."
Another familiar expression comes from that custom too. "Have your cake and eat it too" comes from the expectation of the winner to share the cake with the other slaves. Perhaps the winner wasn't even supposed to eat any cake at all? If the winner did not share, he was scorned for "having his cake and eating it too."
Today a cakewalk's meaning has been clouded by time. But I believe the meaning stems from the contest between slaves, not from the dance that came later.
2006-08-04 05:27:20 · update #1
invading Iraq was a cake walk, occupying Iraq is a diffrent story. suck it up partner and stop being such a baby.
2006-08-04 03:15:04 · answer #1 · answered by Ray M Be (Bay) 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Defeating the Iraqi Army was pretty much a cakewalk and troops were greeted with flowers !
The real problems came later, Sunni militias , Bathists , TERRORIST from all over the middle east .
Everybody trying to be the next Saddam .
Clinton just wants her face on the news , she's going to run for
President
2006-08-04 03:02:27 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If Rumsfeld's definition of a "cakewalk" means slipping and sliding on something slippery where one can no longer control ones actions and falls embarrassingly down, than yes he's perfectly correct!
2006-08-04 03:46:49 · answer #3 · answered by PersianGolfer 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. Well, no. Actually it was his former assistant Ken Adelman.
But the whole thing was a little humorous (I admit it shouldn't have been considering the subject at hand). I'd love to see what he wrote down before his response. I bet it began with a "B" and ended in an "H".
2006-08-04 02:52:40 · answer #4 · answered by Pitchow! 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the behavior of all the democrats leaves something to be desired. Most still think there were no links to Iraq , they are always down on our intelligence ,what glass ball did they get there intelligence?? some of the behavior is so bad it is near being a traitor , how do they think that behavior will make us think that they are trustworthy.
2006-08-04 03:13:48 · answer #5 · answered by JOHNNIE B 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All I know is that she reamed him real good. Had him sputtering nonsense like George W.
2006-08-04 02:57:14 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, he also said our troops would be "greeted with flowers".
2006-08-04 02:53:07 · answer #7 · answered by Kutekymmee 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋