At least it’s not just me!
Dems love saying "Jefferson Beauregard Sessions" as much as Pubs loved saying "Barack Hussein Obama"
I’ve got my own opinions of the side of the American Civil War that General Beauregard sided with, but I’ll be honest, his name was not one of his flaws. If I had “Beauregard” for a middle name, you bet your last penny I’d insist on it being included on my calling cards.
I chalk it up there with folks referring to Hillary Clinton as “Killary”, there’s just no alternate universe where that sounds like an insult.
President John Tyler, born 1790, has grandchildren who are still alive.
For an individual whose middle names roughly translates to “beautiful look”, he ain’t too purty.
“Beauregard”, really? Sometimes you just can’t make it up.
I also liked saying William Jefferson Clinton. Something about a middle name like that is fun to say.
Seeing as even Southeners say it, I don’t think it’s the same thing as Barrack Hussein Obama. The point of that was to imply he was Muslim. He isn’t. Using “Jefferson Beauregard Sessions” makes him sound like he’s from the South, and he is.
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Yes, Sessions’ full name has been used a lot in the past several days. But it’s just been several days. AFAICT, the wingnuts never got tired of saying “Barack Hussein Obama.”
So if we libruls are still saying/spelling out Sessions’ full name eight years from now, you’ll have no argument from me. We’re less than 1% of the way there, though.
Well I haven’t been calling him Jefferson Beauregard Sessions yet. But I have to say it certainly does have a nice ring to it.
Ahem.
Jefferson Beauregard Sessions the Third.
Right. The difference is that Barack H. Obama is neither Muslim nor culturally Arabic in any way. Whereas Jeff B. Sessions is an unreconstructed Southern Klan-lover.
The only way to make this name more Southern is to nickname Jeff Sessions “Roscoe” or “Bubba”.
Nah, it’s just fun to say Jefferson Beauregard Sessions in a heavy Southern accent. Since I grew up down south and have a (now mostly hidden) Southern accent, I always pull out the heavy accent for Sessions’ name. It amuses the hell out of the Massachusetts liberals.
I have always enjoyed an equally southern sounding name of a public figure, however I suspect his ancestry is from a different page of the social registry. Ladies and gentlemen, I give you Jim Bob Cooter.
Flowers? For me? I do declare Mr Beauregard! You are my heeeeero…Was I…talking in my sleep?
This is my imagined GrumpyBunny heavy southern accent.
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Whoa, whoa, whoa. I said servant, and never mentioned race, cotton, plantations, or the big house in my depiction. I’m not subtle about alleging racism, or anything of the like. The “Sessions is a racist” panorama would be MUCH more conspicuous. However, I did err with respect to the local delicacies. Alabama is not a top three producer of pecans OR peaches. For that, I offer my humblest apologies.
It really is fun.
Or just “J.B.”
His own record does that well enough, without anyone else having to try.
How about if you worked a “Buford” in there?
Not true: The Klan are a buncha dirty pot smokers.
(In fairness to the honorable JBS, the pot smoker quote reads very tongue-in-cheek to me)