Talk:Post turtle

Looking for documentation FoolesTroupe (talk) 05:22, 23 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

"All hail the mighty and true writers of Wikipedia: The anonymous and new editor. Never forget this fact. You scare him away and you destroy this site. You serve him and not the other way around. Your "power" is worthless without him." FoolesTroupe (talk) 05:43, 23 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Citation now provided and linked to from Molly Ivins page - do some people have so little to do that an article that is not even finished is tagged as 'unsalvageably incoherent with no meaningful content or history' within ONE (1) minute of first being posted? I'm scared! FoolesTroupe (talk) 06:20, 23 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Joke[edit]

I took the reference to Bill Clinton out. The joke doesn't seem to have been applied to him in the NYT article. In that article the phrase is used to mean that the turtle is known to have gotten help getting there. It doesn't tell the joke that it later evolved to.

Also, I put the people referenced by the joke in alphabetical order. Chronological would probably be better if someone wants to determine that. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.105.94.242 (talk) 20:38, 25 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I just got an email with the same joke, only referencing Sarah Palin, which I must admit, seems most appropriate. -- MacAddct1984 ^{(talk  contribs)} 19:42, 29 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Do we really want to keep that list? I mean you can apply that phrase to almost any politician (if it fits or is appropriate is often difficult to tell and a matter of personal opinion). I'd vote against it --Mirrakor (talk) 13:01, 6 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Notability[edit]

I suppose it depends on what US political orientation you are. It is notable as a Molly Ivins statement. Google is your friend.

FoolesTroupe (talk) 23:29, 23 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I do not think it is a Molly Ivins statement. Here is a New York times article from 2002 [1] or even:

Type of Material: Book (Print, Microform, Electronic, etc.)

Personal Name: Emery, Allan C.

Main Title: A turtle on a fencepost : little lessons of large importance / Allan C. Emery ; introd. by Billy Graham.

Published/Created: Waco, Tex. : Word Books, c1979.

Description: 117 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.

ISBN: 0849928699 :

and here is a list of old sources. Gtstricky^{Talk or C} 15:39, 24 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Here is a source for the exact phrase used in April 2002. Do we have any from Molly earlier? Gtstricky^{Talk or C} 16:14, 24 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Some reorganisation of the article and insertion of other earlier cites by others. Thanks for help. I'm happy for other origin cites to be also added. I'm an Aussie so US centric help is appreciated. (smile) FoolesTroupe (talk) 08:23, 30 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I'm sure this has already been applied to other non-US politicians, but I have now see this applied to the Austalian PM, Julia Gillard, too. Mark Hurd (talk) 02:45, 13 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Bad Reference[edit]

Footnote #3 (about Obama being a post turtle) leads to a parked domain page for clintondems.com. I'm removing it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.22.237.136 (talk) 19:07, 1 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]