Photo of group "nature sliding" from The National Archives. The entire party is wearing tin trousers, the seats of which have been treated with paraffin.
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Posted on 07/20/2002 7:13:27 PM PDT by vannrox
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Photo of group "nature sliding" from The National Archives. The entire party is wearing tin trousers, the seats of which have been treated with paraffin. |
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Upon his return to the White House, Carter told his staff about the furry amphibian's assault. Most of them refused to believe him, insisting that rabbits can't swim (although since most mammals can swim, there's no reason to believe that rabbits cannot), and that even if they could, they certainly wouldn't attack humans, and certainly not presidents. Fortunately, a White House photographer had been on the scene, and had recorded the bizarre attack. The photograph showed Carter with his paddle raised, warding off a small creature which might, or might not, have been a rabbit. One staffer was quoted as saying, "You couldn't tell what it was." Undaunted by their skepticism, Carter had the image enlarged, and there it was--a killer bunny rabbit, apparently bent on assassinating the president. The story might have ended there, except that White House Press Secretary Jody Powell mentioned the incident to Associated Press reporter Brooks Jackson in August. The Washington Post ran it as front page news. The original photograph was not available (until the Reagan administration leaked it in 1981), but the paper filled the gap with a cartoon modeled on the poster for the movie "Jaws," starring the rabbit and entitled "Paws." Powell made a belated attempt to impress the public with the seriousness of the attack, calling the creature a "swamp rabbit," but since Carter had to appease his
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I absolutely deny any and all involvement in this episode!
(*Not the cushy chair!*)
Me too! :-) Horrible movie but it was good for some laughs. It was my pleasure to bring you happy memories! :-)
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Today in Odd History, Jimmy Carter was attacked by a rabbit during a fishing trip in Plains, Georgia. The rabbit, which may have been fleeing a predator, swam toward his boat, 
rabbit-loving constituents by insisting that he had not actually smacked his buck-toothed opponent with his paddle, but only splashed water at it to drive it away, it seemed unlikely that he had been in danger. The entire episode became a symbol of Carter's floundering presidency. According to 
The Unfinished Presidency : Jimmy Carter's Journey Beyond the White House
